cathyish

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1. Is This True? (extra coccyx bone, tail?)

   cathyish replied to Meerkat's topic in Ob/Gyn

   it's really true - my hubby had a small one removed as an infant. the only problem he has ever had was that in his 30s a cyst develoved in the location and he had to have it drained.

2. How do you give cough syrup?

   cathyish replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

   i remember a cough syrup tv commercial from my youth (and perhaps a variation is still being shown?) with a line about "coating" the throat with soothing relief. however, as a student, during pharmacology we we told to (have the patient) force fluid...

3. Tea Causing Vomiting?

   cathyish replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   i start off the morning with a cup of hot tea while my coffee is brewing, and i drink brewed iced-tea all day long, so no tummy problems for me. do you get n/v from other warm beverages on an empty stomach?

4. wearing perfume to work

   cathyish replied to acaringnurse's topic in General Nursing

   wow! i'm not one to wear perfume to work, but your story is so powerful. thank you.

5. lack of job experience

   cathyish replied to suzi_h's topic in New Nurse

   I was a stay at home mom for for 14 years before I started nursing school. When I filled out applications for my first job hunt last May, I just wrote a short personal statement about why I decided to become a nurse at this point in my life. It was...

6. Was this safe?

   cathyish replied to jessnurse05's topic in General Nursing

   you need to know that you can refuse to take any assignment for which you feel unqualified, untrained or unsafe. you are working under your license now, and it's up to you to know your own level of competency. do not allow a short-staffing situation ...

7. A few questions for the "older" new nurses...

   cathyish replied to adiliegro's topic in General Nursing

   I was 42 when I started nursing school and 45 when I passed the NCLEX (June '05). I had multiple job offers.

8. black list?

   cathyish replied to hoping05's topic in New Nurse

   thanks for the reply. i don't think i've done anything to warrent a "no re-hire", but i wanted to be careful. i haven't yet applied to another hospital - the recruiter at this one is "looking" within the hospital for me.....i am going to spend my da...

9. Ready to call it quits

   cathyish replied to smarge117's topic in New Nurse

   thanks for the reply. :) i haven't quite decided what to do (or where to apply next). the large mega-hospital corp in this area, does have 12-week preceptorships, but you must stay at the job for 2 years or pay them back $7,000. i'm going to loo...

10. Ready to call it quits

    cathyish replied to smarge117's topic in New Nurse

    . gee, it sounds like you and i were hired by the same hospital...... i was hired as a new grad on a post-partum/ mother/baby unit, and was given only 3 weeks orientation, and had to beg for an additional 3 weeks. i had 4 different preceptors in ...

11. black list?

    cathyish replied to hoping05's topic in New Nurse

    i've read that phrase before (here on the forum), but what exactly does it mean? does it mean that the hospital that is giving you the reference wouldn't hire you again? if so, what basis are they using to make that statement? thanks in advance, (...

12. Dysfunctional Unit or Thin-skinned nurse?

    cathyish replied to cathyish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    not a conservative, so no problem there :) .... it's funny, as my co-worker was complaining about nursing schools turning out nurses who expect to only care for 6-8 patients, and bragging about how she'd taken "15 patients on many occasions", and an...

13. Dysfunctional Unit or Thin-skinned nurse?

    cathyish replied to cathyish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks for the hug i can sure use one! we are providing couplet care for the most part, but we occasionally have ante-partum patients and gyn surgeries i've checked the awhonn site, but can't seem to locate the staffing ratios you reference. what is...

14. Dysfunctional Unit or Thin-skinned nurse?

    cathyish replied to cathyish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thanks everyone for your replies and your support! i can't begin to tell you how much i appreciate your input. it has truly touched me to know that there are nurses out there who care enough to give advice to a stranger. all of what you've told me ...

15. Dysfunctional Unit or Thin-skinned nurse?

    cathyish replied to cathyish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i've been off orientation for about 7 weeks now....not every shift is so overstaffed - on occasion i've actually had 4 couplets, but probably 75 % of the time we have above that. but the situation worried me enough that i've spoken to both my precep...