sheez

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1. Caring for Patients with SCI

   sheez replied to Chuck Stoner's topic in General Nursing

   Look past the equipment and find the person. Silence can be golden. Body language tells alot about you. Study Study Study....get a good text book about your new area....find a mentor you trust. Good luck!

2. Is every RN out there burned out and unhappy??

   sheez replied to Tleeves's topic in Career Support

   I agree that not all the job is peachy, but finding your "nitch" is crucial. I don't know of 1 job that is pain free and perfect. Nursing does give you endless choices to grow, change, and find where you can be your best. I am proud to say my neice...

3. Is every RN out there burned out and unhappy??

   sheez replied to Tleeves's topic in Career Support

   I agree that not all the job is peachy, but finding your "nitch" is crucial. I don't know of 1 job that is pain free and perfect. Nursing does give you endless choices to grow, change, and find where you can be your best. I am proud to say my neice...

4. Nursing is pathetic...

   sheez replied to [email protected]'s topic in Career Support

   Ahhhh....the Small time Electrician gets $100.00/hr, pays $4,000 and up a year for insurance to run his business, has $50,000 dollars of equipment minimum, employees plus taxes if hired, crawls through hot attics and under houses, etc., and works 1/2...

5. It's hard to live with a nurse because...

   sheez replied to Brian's topic in Humor

   LOL! Good one! My daughter (14) calls me up in the ER and says "Dad is covered with blood. He had an ATV accident". I ask her..."Is he walking and talking." She says "Yes, but he is talking funny". I say, OK, take him to the set tub in the gara...

6. It's hard to live with a nurse because...

   sheez replied to Brian's topic in Humor

   LOL I have actually woken up my husband from sleep because I thought his breathing was "scary"!!!!LOLOLOL

7. Verbal Orders

   sheez replied to D. Rowe's topic in Emergency

   I'm sorta late to this discussion, but don't most docs own a fax machine? Why can't they fax the written orders directly to the ER or better yet the floor admitting the patient? I have a hard time understanding some of the accents and this would r...

8. nurse:patient ration in the ED

   sheez replied to Hayden's topic in Emergency

   Wow, sound like I am semi-retired where I work! We are very rural, and have 1 RN/MICN and 1 EMT. It doesn't change. If things get wild, I try homehealth, acute/tele (1 RN there), or my manager. I have been known to hi-jack a paramedic/EMT team whe...

9. Signing in confidentially

   sheez replied to Speers's topic in Emergency

   We individually talk to each patient. This is true for both the rural ER I work now and the larger ER I worked in before. If you have a Triage Buddy, that helps. Make the screening short and sweet. I have an EMT that helps screen patients when I am...

10. Rattlesnake Antivenin

    sheez posted a topic in Emergency

    The Antivenin for rattlesnake bites is so hard to mix. It drives me nuts. I have tried warming the diluent first and it doesn't seem to help much. The patient needs it now, not in 1/2 hour. Thanks! Sheez

11. JCAHO requirements

    sheez replied to abgarlisi's topic in Educators

    Well, you wrote this in August, but I thought I'd write you! You can buy videos from the Powers That Be....the agencies that make up the rules. I saw some order forms just yesterday in our COBRA update info... COBRA's version of Hints from Heloise....

12. Funny things patients say !

    sheez replied to TAM's topic in Humor

    Scene: Waiting Room with view to Nurses Station. Several patients are waiting in a small rural hospital ER waiting room. An indignant 60ish lady says in an impatient voice "Nurse! Nurse!" I stop what I am doing and politely say "Yes?" She whines ...

13. Funny things patients say !

    sheez replied to TAM's topic in Humor

    I had to insert a foley catheter on a gentleman in his 70's. He had an enlarged prostate gland, and I ended up having to change tactics and insert a slightly smaller foley with much manipulation of the necessary parts. I was very relieved when the ...