T-Bird78

T-Bird78 has 6 years experience.

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1. When Referencing Dr. Google Can Be Harmful

   T-Bird78 replied to Krystle Maynard's topic in General Nursing

   My sister called me one night, a few years ago, crying, telling me she had leukemia. I told her she did NOT have leukemia. She’d gotten some bloodwork done and was doctor had called her with them. Her white count was slightly elevated, so she googled...

2. Job dilemma!!

   T-Bird78 replied to T-Bird78's topic in Career Support

   I did my drug screen Tuesday, just waiting to make it official!

3. Let's share some nursing tips

   T-Bird78 replied to LindaGracie's topic in General Nursing

   As one of my nursing instructors phrased it, when administering a suppository, pinch those hiney cheeks closed as soon as you insert it! When the pt won’t quit talking while trying to get vitals, that’s when you use the oral thermometer and keep...

4. Job dilemma!!

   T-Bird78 replied to T-Bird78's topic in Career Support

   I’m going to take it. The hour drive will be terrible, but it’ll get me started in my new career field and get the desired experience so I can apply for remote jobs in a year or so. I wasn’t scared of the what ifs, it was if the drive would be wort...

5. Job dilemma!!

   T-Bird78 posted a topic in Career Support

   After 15 years as a nurse, I decided to get into the billing/coding side of healthcare. As we all know, it’s impossible to get hired when you don’t have any experience, even though I took the coding course from a local university and passed the test...

6. Should nurses be forced to wear tracking device at work?

   T-Bird78 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Agreed. Sad thing is the clinical director had been a nurse in a past life but was strictly an administrator with no training on our processes so she coudln’t work it.

7. Going from 3 12s to M-F 5 8s

   T-Bird78 replied to TryingtoThriveRN's topic in General Nursing

   I’ve only worked M-F 8-5 type hours because I wanted to have evenings, weekends, and holidays off to be with my family, especially with my kids being young. Yes, there are days you’re not leaving on time, but it is easier to plan your week. The downs...

8. Your Local Pharmacist Can Now Prescribe Paxlovid To Treat COVID-19

   T-Bird78 replied to Terry Ann Donner's topic in COVID

   I was on paxlovid becuase my NP at the u/c center told me it would make me feel 100% better the next day and I was hurting so badly I’d do anything for the pain (I had COVID last month and the best way to describe it is to compare it to the second do...

9. Should nurses be forced to wear tracking device at work?

   T-Bird78 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I worked for a medium-sized practice, 19 locations and 200+ employees. I called out sick and the clinical director called me back to ask why and if I could still make it in or not. I was literally on my way to the ER (hyperemesis gravidarum, and that...

10. ETOHer...(and other slang)

    T-Bird78 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    PITA. Pain in the a— Buy one get one free (when multiple pts have an appt together and demand to be in the same exam room at the same time)

11. Should nurses be forced to wear tracking device at work?

    T-Bird78 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

    I can kinda almost see the reasoning behind wearing one at work, but the whole “don’t forget to take it home” thing is concerning. Are they tracking you at home too? If they call you to cover on your day off and you say no because you’re out of town...

12. Health Care Workers Settle COVID Shot Mandate for $10.3 Million

    T-Bird78 replied to InHisImage's topic in COVID

    As someone pointed out months ago, if someone never claimed religious exemption for flu or Hep vaccines they shouldn’t be allowed to claim it for this one.

13. The Supreme Court has overruled Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision establishing the right to abortion.

    T-Bird78 replied to Julie's topic in Headlines

    Well, this comment didn’t age well. The 10-year-old girl in Ohio who was RAPED by a family member (incest) was denied an abortion. She had to drive to another state (illegally) and get one in Indiana. That provider is now being investigated and possi...

14. My Coworkers are Driving Me Nuts

    T-Bird78 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    This isn’t necessarily task-specific but apparently I’m the only one who fills ice trays in my office. Several of my coworkers don’t use the ice because they drink bottled water or buy lunch and get water from there, but I fill my Yeti every morning....

15. Taking a Long Leave of Absence from Work

    T-Bird78 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Go for it. One of my coworkers has been out on leave since December and just got her leave extended for another month. Our company allows up to 9 consecutive months in 12-month span for leave (yet has also cancelled long-term floats, so we’ve been sh...