PixieButtercup

PixieButtercup has 13 years experience and specializes in med/surg, post-surgical, observation.

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1. The new person is a germaphobe.

   PixieButtercup replied to Brian's topic in Rock

   I am a total germaphobe! I use bleach wipes to wipe the computer prior to use. I wash my hands then use the sanitizer for my hands and glove up to every patients I see, even when they ask me to hand them water. I use alcohol wipes to clean my stethos...

2. How much personal info do you share with pts?

   PixieButtercup replied to Bouncyball's topic in Relations

   I'm usually comfortable sharing a little bit about my life with my patients. I work at a small community hospital and most of our patients are from the same community. I recently had a patient after surgery and her family and I started chatting as I ...

3. Reprimanded in front of coworkers becoming the norm....??

   PixieButtercup posted a topic in Relations

   At the facility I work at, it seems to have become normal practice for our nurse manager to let employees know about our "mistakes" by hanging a list of employee names with nasty messages and frowny faces on the bulletin board for anyone to see. This...

4. front desk job at a medical office ?

   PixieButtercup replied to Infermero's topic in General Nursing

   I worked as a receptionist at a pediatrician's office while I was in nursing school and there were really no skills that carried over to my nursing job. It might also depend on the kind of office you are talking about. The office I worked in, the bac...

5. So disgusted with everything

   PixieButtercup replied to JDougRN's topic in Emergency

   I would literally be written up or fired for saying or doing #1-4. Not kidding.

6. Anyone else see this?

   PixieButtercup replied to ksc0723's topic in General Nursing

   I live in SW Pennsylvania and I make just under $30/hr. But I have 9 years experience and I'm stand-by (though I do have a regular schedule) and don't get benefits. Maybe they're factoring in agency nurse pay scales? They make very good money. I don'...

7. trying to buy a stethescope

   PixieButtercup replied to Jill RN's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I have a Littman Master Classic II that I bought off of allheart.com. It's lasted me about 8 years without a problem. Allheart.com is much cheaper than even amazon.com....not sure about factoring in shipping costs, though.

8. "I'm a Nurse Practitioner!"

   PixieButtercup replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

   I work on a post-surgical unit....usually very busy. A few months ago I had a fresh post-op come up from PACU with about 5 family members. The daughter asked me how many patients I had that night. I answered 7. She then turns to the patient and says ...