serenidad2004 replied to Titanium888's topic in Urology
I've never given IM shots or shots of any kind on the side with the AVF/AVG. Isnt that what we also teach our patients? No needle sticks BPs etc on ur access arm.
serenidad2004 replied to EGVnurse's topic in Relations
I once took care of a physician... he came to our SNF after a heart surgery at a larger hospital. He was a doc I had dealt with many times before as he often admitted patients to our unit. He was one of the best patients I have ever taken care of. T...
My employer is a smoke free facility but they haven't started testing for nicotene nor do they deny employment to those that smoke. I am a smoker but am able to work through the day only having a cigarette on my unpaid lunch. I don't think my emplo...
serenidad2004 replied to Kturks06's topic in Urology
I work in a hospital unit. I do chronics the majority of the time but am on call one weekend per month (from friday at 8pm until monday at 5am.) If there is someone in acute who needs dialysis during the week myself and the other 4 nurses take turns.
serenidad2004 replied to Mrs.B-'s topic in Urology
I went to dialysis a year and a half ago after almost 9yrs SNF/LTC. I haven't lost any skills if anything I've gained them and have been able to draw on the experience I had. I felt like a new grad all over again, it is A LOT to learn and I have just...
No my husband doesnt get it, he is a cook. When I get home late, say shift was over at 3 but don't get off until 4. He is always like "well you were supposed to be off an hour ago you should have just left." Yeah ok... I have tried numerous times to...
serenidad2004 replied to savoytruffle's topic in Spirituality
While I am now Catholic I attwnded Unitarian church and summer camps growing up. They definately have a broader view of religion worship and everything else that traditional churches like Catholic Methodist Lutheran etc twnd to have fairly rigid view...
serenidad2004 replied to nervousnurse's topic in Geriatric
I was taught in LTC/SNF I could describe a wound ie: drainage amount character odor etc wound bed color periwound tissue appearance blanching and if any slough or eschar. What I couldn't do was call it a "stage X pressure ulcer" unless it had been pr...
Makes me laugh... on my last unit I was routinely refered to as "whexican." I am white but my husband is from Mexico. He has been here for over 20yrs but we do speak "spanglish" at home. Nickname came about because I would absent mindedly answer cowo...
serenidad2004 replied to Mikeinhouston's topic in General Nursing
On my previous unit we had a "staffing" nurse as well. She was supposed to do the schedule find coverage for call ins, fill any holes in the schedule, and help with admissions. Yep those things rarely happened. A hole in the schedule? Oh she "must ha...
serenidad2004 replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students
When I was in high school I wasn't a social butterfly. I had my close friends and that was it. I was nice helpful and would go out of my way to help the person who seemed was the "odd man out" Flash forward to nursing school... I too did things back...