IdislikeCODEbrowns

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1. The Truth..Bone Marrow Donation Painful? Possible?

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to SexyFloridaGirl's topic in Oncology

   I am a RN who recently donated through Be The Match registry, I have been on the registry for 5yrs and never got a call until this past dec. I was a perfect match for a middle-aged lady suffering from AML in Argentina. The recipients dr wanted per...

2. Med-Surg floor sucks, and nursing unions

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to coco42rn's topic in Med-Surg

   What? 48$/hr, that's exactly double my pay per hr, man I need to move to your hospital

3. Giving Report

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to Pinky89's topic in Med-Surg

   Just try to think of the bigger picture, the patient came to the hospital y? What are we currently doing for him? What's the overall plan for this patient (i.e CHF exacerbation plan to continue IV LASIK until can tolerate PO then discharge to skilled...

4. which continuous infusion medication should be infused through central ine

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to hanadi's topic in Medications

   Continuous fluids that should go through a central line are TPN, I can think of others that are intermittent only but need to go in centrally such as +20meq of potassium and certain chemos are best through centrals

5. Gastric cancer and NGT

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to tnguy31's topic in Hospice

   If the NGT is set to suction and used for decompression then I would assume it would be more for the patient's comfort/palliation

6. What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to monkeybug's topic in Relations

   I have been on the bone marrow registry for many years now and never got a call until this past dec, I happened to be at work on that day and was excited to share the news that I was a 'potential' match for a stranger w/ cancer so I went in to my man...

7. OMG Say it correctly!

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to seanynjboy's topic in Relations

   MAC-Donalds instead of MIC-Donalds

8. Question for Lonestar RN graduates...

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to Boymom3's topic in Texas

   I graduated from Lonestar Cy-fair in Dec 2011 and already had a job 1mo before graduation at Methodist willowbrook hospital. I already have a bachelor's degree in something else in addition to my ADN

9. Noise level at night

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to NoonsRN's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry to offend anyone but my beef w/ this whole issue is that I am seeing more and more pts who pick and choose when they want to be treated like pts and when they want to be 'paying customers who feel its ok to be waited on 24/7, I understand contr...

10. Noise level at night

    IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to NoonsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe that 'Big Mouth' nurse you were referring to at the nurses station was trying her best to keep herself awake bc she not only works nights but has 2 small children she must 'watch' during the day when she should be sleeping, and IMO I'd much pre...

11. Who's ready for a hospital hurricane party!?!

    IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital we are not allowed to bring family members if the hospital goes on lockdown for a hurricane. We get to choose whether or not we are on the 'ride out' team (meaning we stay 24/7 at hospital from the moment we start lockdown until the m...

12. Patient Care And Customer Service Are Not The Same!

    IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to TheCommuter's topic in Relations

    My hospital is 'sooo' into this customer service BS, they have given us scripts to follow when doing 'bedside report' we are supposed to have things ready for pts when they come up to our floor from wherever (ER, OBs, etc) like fresh ice water, the t...

13. Patient assignments - Are nurses assigned to empty beds

    IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to LearningAboutNursing's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital nurses are assigned empty rooms all the time...I work med-surg and pt. ratio is typically 1-4, our pt. assignment goes by acuity/location (room #) and skills/talents of each nurse. We do rounding with administration 1-2 per shift to u...

14. Nurses, have you been been spit on, pushed, scratched and verbally or assaulted?

    IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to Brian's topic in Relations

    One of our respiratory techs at my hospital was telling me a story the other day about a trach pt. who was AAOx3 and during a suctioning session, the pt. coughed (which is usally to be expected) but this particular guy had a tendency to have copious ...

15. 3 things you wish someone would have told you, that you had to find out on your own..

    IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am still pretty new myself but one thing I learned last night was to be very cautious when holding onto a med (especially a narcotic) when it should be wasted at the time you drew it up and figured out you weren't going to give it d/t pt. condition...