Chewie_123

Chewie_123 specializes in Acute Care.

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1. Nursing myths. Stories that you know cannot be true

   Chewie_123 replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

   At my hospital, the big superstition is the "code hour" between 2 & 3 am, when most codes are supposed to happen. Just out of curiosity, several colleagues and I have been keeping track of hospital wide codes called on our shifts, and over the p...

2. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

   Chewie_123 replied to sethmctenn's topic in Humor

   Dr. Evilsizer. Answers to Dr. Evil.

3. Help with diluting meds for IVP

   Chewie_123 replied to RNtoB2010's topic in Student Assist

   For the purpose of nursing school, do what your instructor tells you. And this does sound like the most correct way to do things. Don't forget to switch the filter needle out before adding to the NS. In reality, most nurses I work with and myself dr...

4. How important is GPA while in Nursing school?

   Chewie_123 replied to AcousticFoodie's topic in Student Assist

   As they say... C=RN. 4.0s are great, but not worth killing yourself for. The grading scale in nursing school is so skewed anyway, any passing grade is a good one!

5. Staying Thin at Work-Its a Problem

   Chewie_123 replied to monicanurse's topic in General Nursing

   Get comfortable with saying "no, thanks" and bring your own yummy snacks. Like bell pepper sticks or something.

6. Mandated scrub colors

   Chewie_123 replied to FLOBRN's topic in General Nursing

   White or navy blue for RNs Light blue for CNAs/PCTs Green for Techs/other support staff Black/tan for housekeeping Its really not bad, except they also make us wear big plastic magnetic badges with our designations on them. Many have been lost... I'...

7. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortag

   Chewie_123 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   As I'm sure many others have said, there is no "nursing shortage." There is a shortage of nurses willing to work under the horrible conditions most facilities impose on their bedside staff due to a wide variety of reasons, most of them involving mon...

8. Do you regret going into nursing?

   Chewie_123 replied to Crystal112's topic in General Nursing

   Sometimes. Being a nurse is truly a dream come true. But the worse-than-high-school clichiness, bad management, highly-paid out of touch executives, cost (staff) cutting, overtime, repetative documentation, entitled frequent fliers, etc... really...

9. Health Care Bill

   Chewie_123 replied to VerbalGrl715's topic in General Nursing

   At the moment, I am most worried about medicare cuts. Less reimbursement money to my hospital will mean more budget cuts. But those budget cuts won't be made to executives or management, they will be made to floor staff, either by cutting staff, or c...

10. nurses and spelling

    Chewie_123 replied to Bormio's topic in General Nursing

    I think the problem is mostly grammer. I haven't had any kind of grammer related lessons since second grade...

11. Is it true about the poo?

    Chewie_123 replied to gaia1214's topic in Humor

    Take a look at this video: And accept it will be part of your life for as long as you are a nurse.

12. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Chewie_123 replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

    Wow. I have been following this thread for a good two years... and this story is the one that has gotten me closest to puking!

13. How many pair of scrubs do you own?

    Chewie_123 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in Uniform/Gear

    I have 4 sets of navy blues I wash and rotate.

14. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    Chewie_123 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    We have containers of Caviwipes in brackets every couple dozen feet or so, I can't stand finding them empty. We also use half-sheet of paper form to write down minor communication stuff to stick in the chart for Drs and other staff. I'll come in and...

15. Time for a Title Change

    Chewie_123 replied to breastfeed's topic in General Nursing

    "Nurse" is the only thing not broken in this profession. I am proud of my title. Changing it would only be a bandaid over a nasty open wound. We need to change from within first. We are a bunch of well-educated professionals, and need to start ac...