ohgoodnessgracious

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1. Can I do this to help me insert a Foley?

   ohgoodnessgracious replied to allthesmallthings's topic in General Nursing

   NO!! Definitely not!! Goodness forbid something happens, you poke and make the patient bleed, etc. how are you going to explain the 10 ml syringe stuck up there? And what about infections???

2. Stress Relief after a BAD shift?

   ohgoodnessgracious replied to JStollRN's topic in Stress 101

   I took up playing video games! Recently I've been playing a game called Call of Duty: Black Ops. You can really take a lot of frustration out on that game!!!

3. Good nursing shoes for low arches (a.k.a. "flat feet")

   ohgoodnessgracious replied to RPN_2012's topic in Uniform/Gear

   ALLEGRIA SHOES!!! I have flat feet and I love my pair of Allegrias. I used Danskos for a while too but they were much too heavy for me and the sizes always ran too small so it'd take some time to break them in. With my Allegrias, they were perfect...

4. I think cutsey scrub tops look ridiculous on adult units

   ohgoodnessgracious replied to AZO49008's topic in Uniform/Gear

   My analytical and critical thinking skills are just fine within my Hello Kitty scrub tops, thank you very much.

5. Plzzzz small help needed friends...

   ohgoodnessgracious replied to rita.kumar83's topic in Student Assist

   Alcohol swab always first and always flush to make sure your IV line is patent. You don't want to just assume a line is good, only to find out later that your patient's hand is swollen like a baseball mitt because of infiltration. Once your seconda...

6. Free diseases

   ohgoodnessgracious replied to mizfradd's topic in Humor

   Hahahahaha good one!! And SHE's the one calling him sick and needing to seek medical attention... tsk tsk tsk!

7. Enteric Outbreak!

   ohgoodnessgracious replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   N95 masks, really? Doesn't that seem a bit much? We're lucky we get N95 masks to last a shift on our unit for our airborne patients!

8. Burnt out

   ohgoodnessgracious replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

   The way I see it -- be a good nurse but don't let it be your life :) Leave work at work. On your commute home, reflect on your day as a way of release. When you get home, do the things you like, love, and have to do and make sure you leave plenty o...

9. Conflicting test question...

   ohgoodnessgracious replied to DirtyBlackSocks's topic in General Nursing

   I *hate* questions like these - absolutely not practical at all. Like you said, if he's screaming - air's moving in and out of that face. If he's blue, then that's a different story!

10. Am I crazy?

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to izeofblu1973's topic in General Nursing

    Seems a bit dramatic - but, you're right. Someone needs to be assessing him closer, esp. his I/Os and h/l status as a post-op patient. When a family member was sick, the same thing happened to us. I brought in my stethoscope and assessed him mysel...

11. Funny Nursing Dreams

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to abbaking's topic in Humor

    Hahahaha great - and frightening - posts, everyone My worst one was when I dreamt I was on my very very last final away from passing nursing school. I was freaking out studying and... I. Slept. Through. The. Final. I was so jolted from it, I woke u...

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

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to grace90's topic in Humor

    Ugh... Pink's "Just Like a Pill" always reminds me of my obnoxious pain medicine-seeking patients. "I can't stay on your life support, there's a shortage in the switch, I can't stay on your morphine, cuz its making me itch I said I tried to call ...

13. Karma Kicks back or I was eaten as a student

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting how things work out sometimes, huh? In any case, I'm glad you were the better person and stuck it out there :)

14. working with an incompetent nurse.. need advice!

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to owenlevi2's topic in CNA/MA

    Had to edit this post because I totally missed the first part of your post....... if you yourself were not there to witness all of this, it wouldn't be wise to go to your supervisor with "he-said/she-said" stories. Speak with the person(s) who witn...

15. Advice on Chest Tube & mistakes by colleague

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    I've had chest tube patients and can't recall seeing vaseline gauze dressing for them. I know some places don't do it because it can cause an increase in infections around the site.