TygRNoef

TygRNoef specializes in PCU, LTC.

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1. I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

   TygRNoef replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

   Would you be willing to keep that patient in a LTC facility to wait and see if that's the case? Not many of them carry themselves to the bathroom. I've seen more than one infected wound that had no noticeable odor. The OP probably didn't report...

2. Not many Black/African American nurses working in the ICU's

   TygRNoef replied to i-njoy-being-a-nurse's topic in CCU

   It seems you've hit on the problem, and missed the problem all at the same time. Since you can't see where the racism originated, you assume it must not be racism, yet the reason you can't see where the racism originated is because it originated befo...

3. Does suctioning trach's ever get easier?

   TygRNoef replied to MadpeysRN's topic in General Nursing

   It depends on you. Sputum used to make me gag far more than feces. Working in cardiac, and LTC before this, I've seen FAR more feces than sputum, and now sputum doesn't bother me at all, but feces still makes me gag. Now I actually enjoy suctioning, ...

4. I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

   TygRNoef replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

   I find myself in the same boat. I don't know everything, and I know that no one else does either. All of us will, at one time or another, miss the obvious, and make mistakes. Some of us more than others of us. As a new nurse, I missed a lot of things...

5. I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

   TygRNoef replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

   I've been steaming about this a bit, and I'd like to address another couple of points you made. Why don't you have enough information? What information are you missing? The OP stated, in the opening post that the patient had a temp of 101.5 that sp...

6. I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

   TygRNoef replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

   Let me fill you in on another reality of my job. I no longer work in LTC, I clawed my way out of that field, because it IS pure hell for an RN that actually cares. I now work in cardiac critical care, and while I still get yelled at by MDs, I now hav...

7. I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

   TygRNoef replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

   I'll find your first post, oh, here it is. Hmmm, I see NOWHERE where you said anything even resembling, "I definitely agreed that one if not both of her patients should go to ER." Your implication was clear, you capitalized "non-emergent," and rela...

8. I passed the pharmacology calculations test!

   TygRNoef replied to garnetgirl29's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   My NCLEX had apothecary questions on it, but I was supplied with a calculator.

9. Nurse on vacation

   TygRNoef replied to Joe V's topic in Rock

   I've been called to come in while on vacation more than once. . .

10. I'm trying my best, but seriously stop putting me down on the phone

    TygRNoef replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    In your OP, when you said, my first thought was SEPSIS. Reading this entire thread, I was wondering why nobody thought of this. Instead, people like VICEDRN are berating you because you wouldn't take your 2 year old child in for a fever of 101.5. I...

11. Patient died...

    TygRNoef replied to samiam4's topic in General Students

    No, there's nothing you could have done different. If anyone bore any blame on this man's death, it wasn't you, if he did, in fact die. I'm just struck by something in your description of his case. Sats in the 60s at night? I imagine he had a DNI ord...

12. Nurse's vent!

    TygRNoef replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

    It seems like your mother is one of the many that think we just hand out pills and clean poo. I remember a discussion I had, regarding the damage cocaine does to your heart, with someone once, where I informed them that I had knowledge in the subject...

13. PCT ratio to patients 34:1 ..... how is this safe?

    TygRNoef replied to katehensley's topic in Technicians

    1 RN to 3 patients? On a Med-Surg floor? Honestly, if I could have a ration like that, I'd be fine with no aide at all. I work in Cardiac PCU and our ratio is usually around 1:5 with 1 PCA for 30 patients. It's not safe, and close calls are common. M...

14. Getting a Job through a Residency/Internship

    TygRNoef replied to ACaring&Sweet,Rn's topic in Career Support

    Are they charging you for the event, or are you just speaking of the money you will spend to be able to attend? I wouldn't go if they were charging for the event. I have never attended one, but I know a lot of people that have. Most didn't get hired,...

15. CEU's - Preferred online source?

    TygRNoef replied to MiaLyse's topic in General Nursing

    I use Medscape almost exclusively. I never subscribed to their e-mail lists, and only sign on when I care to get some CEUs. I've done a few that were intended for just physicians, and, as long as you're properly registered, it converts the credits to...