cnyrn

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1. Acute Rhabdomyolysis?

   cnyrn replied to adidas99's topic in General Nursing

   Scrawny, little guy in his 30's, wanted to "bulk up", lifting lot's of weights and taking protein supplements (vague about type and amount) adm. to fllor a couple years ago with rhabdo,.Lots of pain, angry and un co-op with staff and MD. Sent him to...

2. How does your unit handle new graduates?

   cnyrn replied to RNPATL's topic in Med-Surg

   13 new grads since May, most failed their boards and are working as aids til they try again, a few of them are okay, most have an attitude, feel that "with the nursing shortage" any behavior is acceptable (poor work ethic, unprofessionalism, careless...

3. what other degrees do you have outside of RN

   cnyrn replied to Carotid's topic in General Nursing

   AAS in Advertising and Design, worked 8 years in the field (screenprint, ad layouts, etc)

4. How are all of you paying for school?

   cnyrn replied to Paleobug's topic in General Students

   Drag out the payments for as long as possible, still paying $15 month for a stafford from 1996! (we're poor with 3 dependents) They're are more than happy to renegotiate to increase payback time- I've even heard of them garnishing it from Social Secu...

5. Student Nurses in Upstate NY

   cnyrn replied to CrazyNurseD's topic in General Students

6. I am a man, can I study nurse course and be a nurse?

   cnyrn replied to cgzca's topic in General Nursing

   Heck yeah, why not?

7. New grad dealing with angry/yelling patients

   cnyrn replied to pumpkin's topic in Relations

   The nut job was back today, he tried to get me to accept a donation for the March of Dimes. I told him the hosp. fund raiser was over but I'm sure that he could independently donate on his own. Today he was wearing a headband that was really the wa...

8. New grad dealing with angry/yelling patients

   cnyrn replied to pumpkin's topic in Relations

   The whole incident was kept quiet as it would have been the headline in the local newspaper police report. I agree that something be done to protect the workers exposed to this wack-o.

9. New grad dealing with angry/yelling patients

   cnyrn replied to pumpkin's topic in Relations

   Yesterday at the risk mgt. mtg. (with the CEO, etc.) psycho old man family memeber of pt. busted his way in, tried to cane an administrator and threatened to kill everyone. They had to call a Dr. Strong. Yep, his wife will still be on my med-surg fl...

10. Asperger's Syndrome

    cnyrn replied to michelle95's topic in Pediatric

    Michelle- I have a 14 year old son with Aspberger's, originally dx. at age 4 with mild autism. If you have any specific questions about my experiences with AS, I'd be happy to discuss them with you privately, feel free to e-mail me. ...

11. Obesity in the hospital

    cnyrn replied to dietersmanifesto's topic in General Nursing

    Some of my most rewarding nursing experiences have been with bariatric pts. Some will take their hospital admission (usually a problem that is secondary to their obesity) as an opportunity to make real changes in their lifestyles, are highly motivate...

12. Students Drawing Blood/Inserting IVS in MD?

    cnyrn replied to GoodyNurse2b's topic in General Students

    It was left to the instructor to decide in my NY school, occasionally she'd let a seasoned lpn or paramedic.

13. Anybody else work with a "super nurse?"

    cnyrn replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    Same thing at my hosp. super nurse is the one who takes the easiest assignments (the one's who are being D/c'd and the ALOC's,taking one more pt. than the rest of the staff so she won't get an admit) sits around all day and hides out in an empty room...

14. unacceptable abbreviations - compliance problems

    cnyrn replied to luvbug9956's topic in General Nursing

    I am more concerned over MD writing order that is illegible and vague, requires 3 nurses and ward clerk to decipher, then a follow up phone call verify and clarify. MD gets annoyed, we say "if we could read your orders....." Next day, same old, same ...

15. Disgusting! Stealing from a nursing home resident...

    cnyrn replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    I was a manager in LTC years ago, one Christmas we all adopted residents and bought them gifts. Well, on Christmas Eve, someone went through them all, unwrapped them, took what they liked (almost everything, blankets, clothing, real nice gifts) on C...