Miss Lizzie

Miss Lizzie

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  1. When did nursing caps go extinct in the wild?

    There is one nurse in CCU in my hospital who still wears a cap.
  2. Nurses Talk To Nurses. Doctors Talk To Doctors

    I feel fortunate that abusive behavior is not tolerated in my hospital. Several months ago a doctor called me into one of my patients' rooms and started screaming at me and belittling me in front of my patient and his adult daughter. It turned out th...
  3. Losing respect for nursing students

    I don't think this is a generational issue. I think it's about the boundaries, standards, rules, and expectations of the individual nursing program. There is a college in my town whose nursing program is made up almost entirely of traditional student...
  4. Almost passed out during clinicals!!

    I almost passed out twice while I was in nursing school. The first time was while I was observing at an oncology clinic. I was watching a bone marrow aspiration and I started to feel hot. When I started getting tunnel vision I had to ask for a chair ...
  5. What Kind of Patients Do You LIKE Most?

    A&O elderly people, especially elderly men. My favorite are the World War II generation patients. They are just wonderful people and it's a pleasure to care for them (at least all the ones I've met). Any patient who is appreciative.
  6. GI bleeds. Especially with dementia patients. C diff. Drug seekers. Borderline personality disorder. Overbearing, demanding family members.
  7. Are there any jobs in nursing where you can work alone?

    One of my coworkers used to work in hospice. She said she charted at home in the morning. Then she'd start seeing patients in their homes at about 9am. She would be done seeing patients by 2:30 and then went home to finish charting. Maybe this kind o...
  8. Floating?

    We get floated pretty often on my floor whenever we have a low census. I'd prefer being floated to being sent home. They keep a record of when each of us was floated and we take turns. I don't mind being floated because it gives me the chance to lear...
  9. What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

    I live in Florida and work on a remote tele/med surg floor and our ratio is 5 to 1. But a lot of the time we are 4 to 1. I have floated to CCU in my hospital and the ratio there is 2 to 1. There are other hospitals nearby that have 8 to 1 ratios for ...
  10. My school was like Seas' school. It got harder and harder each semester. I'm glad my school was that way because I think it prepared me well. Every semester we learned increasingly more complex concepts and had increasingly more clinical time.
  11. Protect Your Patients When Giving Promethazine (Phenergan)

    Thanks for the article. This is good information. I hate giving IV phenergan. I just had a patient a little while ago who had a choice of either 12.5 mg IVP phenergan or PO phenergan. I made sure that she understood the risks of the IVP phenergan, bu...
  12. Nurses are the real heroes ?

    Definitely best autocorrect of the day.
  13. I had this problem until the nurse practitioner at my dermatologist's office recommended a lotion called Theraseal. My hands are completely healed now. Theraseal moisturizes and also creates a protective barrier that lasts through several hand washin...
  14. My hospital pays $60 cents more per hour for a nurse with any bachelor's degree, not just a BSN.