SwinkerDoodleRN

SwinkerDoodleRN

Pediatric Intensive Care, Day Surgery

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About SwinkerDoodleRN

SwinkerDoodleRN has 3 years experience and specializes in Pediatric Intensive Care, Day Surgery.


Pediatric Intensive Care Registered Nurse

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  1. Funny doctor orders

    I love reading this stuff. I work in PICU and we have a doctor who will write "check snot for RSV.". Or "get pts butt out of bed" instead of writing ambulate hallways or swab for RSV! Lol. I've also looked at his progress notes and right After we ...
  2. Problems with PICU nurses

    :trout: I dont know why anyone would say these things.
  3. Average CNA salary?

    im in texas and we get 7. 8 for nights. this is at the best ltc facility in amarillo.
  4. Is it asthma?

    Sorry for such awful typing skills. im so tired i cant see what im doing. goodnite yall.
  5. Is it asthma?

    yes, mine is not ALL THE TIME. Actually, i need to go get my allergies tested to see why i get sick and then it wont happene again. anyways, no i keep it in the drawer and when it gets that time of year again i realizze i need it again and i pull i...
  6. Is it asthma?

    this happens to me somethimes during the time of season change. like when winter is turning into spring. i will be walking across the store aisle or something and i will start coughing and then i cant breath. its really scary and soemtimes painful...
  7. Smiles for patients

    With all this mumbo jumbo going on, I think that maybe you should turn your SMILES you were thinking about into COMFORTERS, or something like that. Instead of smiling that makes them smile, find a quote that comforts them. and always make sure your ...
  8. Rotten co-worker. Need Help!

    No, I heard my nurse tell Cindy this "Do you mind helping lay people down?" I think that either someone was around a corner and heard me tell the nurse she was slacking off and then ran off and gossiped it. either way, both were grown women! I can...
  9. Rotten co-worker. Need Help!

    Well, Cindy is not a nurse. She is a CNA right along with me and I was sharing mine and her workload. I cant write her up. Only my charge nurse can.
  10. what should i do while waiting?

    its never a bad idea to study. grab a friends pharmacology book, go buy a Drug Reference book, read up on stuff youll be studying later. GET YOUR NOSE IN A BOOK!! :chuckle
  11. Rotten co-worker. Need Help!

    I am a CNA at a LTC facility (Nursing Home). I have been there 4 months this month and I am 20 years old. The other night I worked with a 35 yr old woman and a 38 year old woman. I came in at 6:30 to begin lying resident down to sleep. By 7:00 I...
  12. Adjusting to 12.5 hour nights

    HI! :) I work 7p-7a shifts Mon, Tues, and Wed. Thursday I work 7-11. This is my summer schedule while Im not at school. Its wonderful to work nights when you finally get your routine down. Most people prefer nights. Last night I went to bed a...
  13. Wounds at End of Life

    Im so proud of our LTC facility. We turn patients Q2H and we have a 100% heal rate for any wounds that our patients are admitted here with.
  14. just a question about Texas

    I was born in the north panhandle and we had cold winters, hot summers. pretty normal. I am going to school in Canyon/Amarillo and its pretty much the same. Its wonderful here and weve got a nursing shortage. The paper is FULL of job ads for RN, ...
  15. east texas vs. amarillo

    My boyfriend is an LVN at BSA Hospital here in Amarillo. He just got his 2 year evaluation and is now making 25 dollars an hour. He is PRN/ weekends.