KY RN

KY RN specializes in Med-Surg/home health/pacu/cardiac icu.

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1. Reality shows!! What's your favorite show?

   KY RN replied to Brian's topic in Rock

   Naked and Afraid

2. The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

   KY RN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Relations

   I don't know if she was, but I sure was, walking into that.

3. The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

   KY RN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Relations

   The worst patient I ever had was an older woman (50) having sex in a semi-private room. (with her 30 year old son.) Needless to say, everybody got called into that situation, SW, APS, nurse manager, risk management.( The roommate got moved to anoth...

4. i'll probably get flamed to the moon and back for this but..

   KY RN replied to elijahvegas's topic in General Nursing

   My true calling is laying on my RV couch and travelling the world. Since I do not get paid for this, I am a nurse. I think that most of the people who say they have a true calling, would say something much different, if they weren't getting a pay ...

5. Don't Bother Me While I Sleep! Never Mess With A Sleeping Nurse

   KY RN replied to Joe V's topic in Rock

   I told my children it had to be blood, bones, and brains before they could wake me up. They burst in because one had fallen on his bike and hit his head. My son said, "Mom, this time it is blood, bones, and I think BRAIN!"

6. Can you have a life AND do HH?

   KY RN replied to lweatherby's topic in Home Health

   I started HH 3 months ago and I got off Friday, charted 2 hrs., Sat in AM for 2 hrs., and have been charting for 3 hrs. today. It seems never ending. Then , there are the phone calls. I have pts. that have called me at 2 AM. I repeatedly tell the...

7. How to deal with +++needy and loud pts

   KY RN replied to Aeterna's topic in Relations

   Perhaps you could get the Dr. to consider a psych consult, anti-anxiety meds, and/or a sitter? When I have people like this, I usually ask to get another team the next time. Two days in a row of these types of patients really wears me out. At ou...

8. mandatory designated quiet time

   KY RN replied to zoebaily's topic in General Nursing

   My hospital used to have set visiting times. Now, the hospital has a new policy that anybody can visit at any time. The hospital cites the new CMS rules for this new policy. Of course, this is so fun when a patient is in a semi-private room and d...

9. Healthcare, Customer Service, Real Life and a little help from Mel Gibson.

   KY RN replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

   This is an accurate assesment of today's healthcare system.

10. Feels like a slap in the face...

    KY RN replied to MECO28's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry this happened to you. Did the external applicants,perhaps, know the hiring manager?

11. Patient refuses discharge what to do? long...

    KY RN replied to chapsticknurse's topic in Med-Surg

    You want IV pain meds, you don't go off the floor. If you go off the floor, you will not get IV pain meds because we cannot assure your safety. If you refuse to leave, we have HUGE security guards that will escort you out.

12. Making coughing more comfortable post op?

    KY RN replied to BA_anthropology's topic in General Nursing

    Try having her place a pillow across her incision when she coughs.

13. No prenatal care?!

    KY RN replied to rrprn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Prenatal care is generally a "Westernized" idea. My husband is from a Central American country. Most of his friends who have immigrated here do not know what the idea of prenatal care is and really think it is unneeded. I have had to drive the wiv...

14. Remind me why I do this

    KY RN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric

    You do it for the money. Oh wait, I think I just ate some funny mushrooms on my pizza! Seriously, you do it, because you are superwoman :dancgrp: and you can change some elderly resident's life, one day at a time.

15. Tubal Ligation Failure

    KY RN replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    My children are 14(twins), 6, & 2.