NurseeTee

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1. Conn Nurses Meet N Greet

   NurseeTee replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Connecticut

   Hi everyone, I also graduated from St. Vincent's a few years ago. Now I work in New Haven on a surgical floor and I love it!

2. trach care???

   NurseeTee replied to LisaRn21's topic in General Nursing

   I have a patient right now who also uses a Shiley #6 Extended. They are disposable and should not be washed and reused. As for policy, we change the inner cannula once a shift, which is once every 12 hours. Obviously if the patient has a lot of sec...

3. What's your holiday bonus?

   NurseeTee replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   We have profit sharing that coincides with Christmas, so we get a check in the amount of 1-3% of our yearly salary about the 2nd week of December. The amount depends on patient satisfaction, discharge cost, etc. It's not technically a holiday bonus...

4. Float pool, ideas on making it better

   NurseeTee replied to wjf00's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a trauma floor where we utilize float pool nurses and aides frequently. They ALWAYS say they are dumped on, but it's simply not true. The whole entire floor is heavy and the assignments are evenly distributed for isolation, acuity, etc.

5. Little funny thing pt said about Reglan

   NurseeTee replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

   That's funny. I have had people refuse Reglan because it makes their stomach rumble too much, but one person who refused said to go ahead and give her Ativan because it eases her abdominal pain

6. Which hospital?

   NurseeTee replied to Rocknurse's topic in Connecticut

   I work at Yale and I LOVE it. There's tons of opportunity, the benefits are great, and there are multiple locations within the health system if you wanted a change of pace.

7. Help - Suspended

   NurseeTee replied to AnnetteER's topic in General Nursing

   If I called a code for a pt with a low blood sugar, I think that would get me in more trouble than bottoming out the sugar in the first place! Codes where I work are for respiratory or cardiac arrest only (or someone who is darn close), so to pictur...

8. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   NurseeTee replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   My story is from when I was working on my current floor, but I was a nursing student working an evening shift. Our actual floor was having a new call bell system installed, so they moved us to another floor in another wing of the hospital while the w...

9. Lung Cancer

   NurseeTee replied to postmortRNhere's topic in General Nursing

   While I can't find exact figures, it seems the standard number is that 80% of all lung cancers come from the person smoking. Other factors can include second-hand smoke, asbestos or other toxic exposure, or even just bad genetics. While I admittedly...

10. What would you do- med ?- thanks!

    NurseeTee replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Why is that? Have you made errors in the past that required you being checked?

11. What would you do- med ?- thanks!

    NurseeTee replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    I personally would report it, and here's why. When errors of any kind are reported, they are also compiled, and the hospital (or any facility) can make improvements based on those errors. Maybe others have made your same mistake and they can suggest...

12. Patients who "really" are allergic to NSAID's A story

    NurseeTee replied to GeriatricSunshine's topic in Emergency

    I would never ever give something that someone said they were allergic to. I don't need that over my head IF something were to go wrong. Better safe than sorry - if they say they are allergic, it's up to the doctors to order something appropriate. ...

13. Who am I, the HIPPA police?

    NurseeTee replied to ICRN2008's topic in HIPAA

    What I find amazing is that people are still spelling it HIPPA instead of the correct HIPAA even after someone pointed out the error. No one can claim to be an expert or "police" on the subject if they don't even know what it stands for.

14. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    NurseeTee replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious why the OR floor would have call bells?

15. Internet Porn at work-need advice

    NurseeTee replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    Bottom line is, nurse managers are there for a reason. They have specialized management training and skills, as well as resources and knowledge of certain policies, procedures and laws that us "floor" nurses don't necessarily know about. The least y...