SoCalCrafter

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1. Medical Abbreviation Font Solution

   SoCalCrafter replied to michaeljbuckner's topic in General Students

   Mac users rejoice! (PC users can do this too!) I went into System Preferences, and Word preferences, and Pages preferences, and in autocorrected typed in the hex codes for "with" "without" and "after" also the Rx glyph and the Micro glyph, which I ju...

2. Medical Abbreviation Font Solution

   SoCalCrafter replied to michaeljbuckner's topic in General Students

   Any ideas for the Mac user? I've been searching the internet and the only thing I have found is to use Microsoft Word and then insert the "overbar" symbols using the Equation Editor, which takes way to long. Any thoughts for us Mac users?

3. What's your nursing kryptonite?

   SoCalCrafter replied to ktliz's topic in General Nursing

   Oh I have to hear this one... Did pt. give a reason for not washing?!?!

4. Slow nurse response time is a danger to pt health

   SoCalCrafter replied to SoCalCrafter's topic in Safety

   I am making no more replies to this thread; if I wanted to be bashed I would take up kick boxing. I have called the hospital and talked to someone. They have had "several speed related complaints" about said nurse before, (her words not mine) and as...

5. Slow nurse response time is a danger to pt health

   SoCalCrafter replied to SoCalCrafter's topic in Safety

   When a person is wrong: they should admit it. I admit it was wrong to pass judgment on this nurse, that is only for God to do. But she was slow, and in my mind, slow response to a potentially serious situation is a safety issue. PLEASE, correct me i...

6. Slow nurse response time is a danger to pt health

   SoCalCrafter replied to SoCalCrafter's topic in Safety

   She stopped vomiting, what else was I supposed to do? Was I supposed to track down the nurse and say "oh by the way she stopped, thanks for not showing up" If she was in serious danger, I would have screamed, banged on the glass or thrown a chair thr...

7. Slow nurse response time is a danger to pt health

   SoCalCrafter replied to SoCalCrafter's topic in Safety

   Thankfully the vomiting stopped about 2 minutes after I made the call. When the nurse finally did show up my Granny couldn't help but laugh when she asked if the vomiting had stopped. "Alotta good it does now doesn't it?" I would have gone to the nu...

8. Slow nurse response time is a danger to pt health

   SoCalCrafter replied to SoCalCrafter's topic in Safety

   We were on a Cardiology CCU, (not a stepdown unit) thats why when she started vomiting I was ****** no one showed up, and the CNA (who was on FaceBook, sitting all but fifteen feet away from Granny's open door) didn't do anything either. (Didn't even...

9. Slow nurse response time is a danger to pt health

   SoCalCrafter replied to SoCalCrafter's topic in Safety

   Her blood pressure was something absolutely ridiculously high (unfortunately I was exhausted at the time and I don't remember the exact numbers) and she takes both the meds at home on a regular basis. She was due to take them at 10:00 just like at ho...

10. Slow nurse response time is a danger to pt health

    SoCalCrafter replied to SoCalCrafter's topic in Safety

    Thank you for responding so politely, trust me, its appreciated!

11. Slow nurse response time is a danger to pt health

    SoCalCrafter replied to SoCalCrafter's topic in Safety

    I'm sorry if I crossed any lines or upset anyone. I was worried, annoyed, scared for the life of my Granny, and thought I would get some advice from a place I know I could get some real-life answers instead of just the textbook answers. Since I have...

12. Slow nurse response time is a danger to pt health

    SoCalCrafter replied to SoCalCrafter's topic in Safety

    Unfortunately not, I'm going to school to be a MA. And I know to "some" nurses I'm the lowest form of medical staff there is; but hey, gimme some credit, at least I've got my foot in the door to be a nurse.

13. No Names....I'm just Saying That .....

    SoCalCrafter replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    I've had this problem, but not in nursing. I was a lead cashier and my store manger would walk up to the front of the store (His office with camera's was in the back of the store) and tell me I need to call for backup, and then walk away. Instead of ...

14. Slow nurse response time is a danger to pt health

    SoCalCrafter posted a topic in Safety

    While my Granny was on the hospital I noticed that all if her nurses take nearly fifteen minutes to respond to any call. While sitting with her through the night she began violently vomiting. I pressed the call button, asked for her nurse and it was ...

15. MA looking to further education... options?

    SoCalCrafter replied to SoCalCrafter's topic in LPN/LVN

    Great news. A friend gave me the tuition to go to the Medical Assistant class. :) I start Sept. 14th! I'm so excited!