alcrab01

alcrab01 has 3 years experience and specializes in PICU, CCU, Psych.

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1. What's the dumbest thing you ever got called on the carpet for?

   alcrab01 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   When I was a CNA, my supervisor scolded me saying, "When you come to work you immediately get started on completing your daily tasks and you're always the first person to start giving your baths." I said, "Oh, thanks!" She said, "No! This is not...

2. Would you call in because you didn't get any sleep?

   alcrab01 replied to Elvish's topic in General Nursing

   I wouldn't call in due to lack of sleep because at my hospital, if someone calls in they just triple up the other nurses instead of calling in someone else. So, it really affects the staff. So, no, I don't call in unless I'm puking or have a fever.

3. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   alcrab01 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   I have been reading this thread for the past couple of days. Tonight, a patient died on my ICU unit rather unexpectedly. About 1 minute after she was pronounced by myself and another RN, the "service alarm" on her bed started going off. I unplugge...

4. Patient freaking out

   alcrab01 replied to alcrab01's topic in General Nursing

   "To avoid a replay of this, just say, "Here's your medicine" and let the patient take it from there." Oh, that's not a good idea. Well, maybe if I added, "Do you have any questions about it?" or "Do you know what it is and why you are taking it?" ...

5. CNA's Aide the nurse... right!

   alcrab01 replied to CNA_Timmy's topic in General Nursing

   You know what? That was really crappy of her (pun intended). Don't worry, karma will catch up to her. Coming from an ICU where our brilliant management team recently got rid of all our CNAs due to "budget problems" I can tell you that you guys do ...

6. Patient freaking out

   alcrab01 replied to alcrab01's topic in General Nursing

   TiredMD- Hahaha this is very true. Afterall, this is a woman who washes out her Doritos bags with soap and water before she throws them away! And in case anyone complains about my lack of sensitivity- shame on both of us!

7. Terms we will not admit to using

   alcrab01 replied to gwenith's topic in Humor

   TFFTB- Too F-ing Fat To Breathe TSTL- Too Stupid to Live TYTB- Too Young to Breed PRATFO- Patient Reassured and Told To F- Off

8. Patient freaking out

   alcrab01 posted a topic in General Nursing

   This is really a HIPAA question, but I knew if I put that in the title no one would read it, haha! I work on a small psychiatric unit and when I pass out medications in the evening I go up to each patient and quietly say, (for example) "This is the ...

9. nurse doesn't believe in life-sustaining measures for herself

   alcrab01 replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

   I went to nursing school with a girl who is exactly the same way (maybe it's the same person!). We had a very similar conversation once in which she told me that if she was ever diagnosed with a terminal but treatable disease, she would refuse treat...

10. Caught stealing drugs

    alcrab01 replied to vonxojn's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with one RN who was caught digging through the sharps container to get bottles of Fentanyl that people had not thoroughly wasted. Another RN I worked with followed a friend of mine into the med room and distracted her so that my friend for...

11. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

    alcrab01 replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

    I worked with a resident in PICU that was.. challenged. She has failed the Peds rotation several times, but her husband was high up in the coporate level in the hospital so she was allowed to repeat it. On her THIRD ROTATION through the PICU I saw...

12. Random rant

    alcrab01 replied to anggelRN's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me of the way our radiology techs practice... I now go in the room and babysit when they are anywhere near my patient. All too many times, I have followed them to find the patient's HOB completely flat while they have tube feeds going, ...

13. from RN to Pharmacy tech

    alcrab01 replied to neatnurse30's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh, don't do it! I have never been so disrespected in my LIFE as I was working as a pharmacy tech at Walgreen's. I actually had a customer tell me that he was going to go home, get his gun, and come back through our drive-thru lane and shoo...

14. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    alcrab01 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't really a Press Ganey issue.. but the managers on my Critical Care Unit have fired all our our secretaries and nursing assistants because "our budget no longer allows for ancillary positions." Now, they have the NERVE to get angry that the...

15. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    alcrab01 replied to grace90's topic in Humor

    O.A.R. - Night Shift "Its 3 a.m., I wanna go to bed I got a lady running through my head Ran outta money, i'm lookin for a night shift It's 3 a.m. and i wanna go to bed" The Verve- Bittersweet Symphony "Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life Tr...