Mommy2Katiebaby

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1. Unsuccessful IV stick.

   Mommy2Katiebaby replied to lisamc1RN's topic in General Nursing

   Oh yeah, and if you can, find a patient who's some big macho guy to try on - a lot of the time they like to feel they're being helpful AND show you they can stand the pain all at the same time. You miss, they'll go "That's okay, honey, go ahead and ...

2. Floating to other units, or not floating and how do you staff.

   Mommy2Katiebaby replied to jmgrn65's topic in General Nursing

   Then there are we agency nurses... we cost money, but we're worth it when patient safety will be compromised by having folks work either shortstaffed or on zero recovery time.

3. Unsuccessful IV stick.

   Mommy2Katiebaby replied to lisamc1RN's topic in General Nursing

   LOL, I'm sorry you missed, but you can't be a nurse if you're not willing to make a few extra holes in folks. I've been practicing for fifteen years and I still threaten my mom / baby patients with "Don't you dare hemorrhage, because you do NOT want...

4. Worst nursing experience

   Mommy2Katiebaby replied to Alpha13's topic in General Nursing

   Look out, you get the worst of the worst in this thread. Delivering a baby with osteogenesis imperfecta who died from it an hour later - and putting my thumb through her skull when I was trying to clean her up to give her to her parents. Or ANY br...

5. IVs - Scared Nursing Student

   Mommy2Katiebaby replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

   Look at the drip factor number (usually 10 or 15) on your IV tubing set package. That's the number of drops per mL that flow through that tubing. So if you are running an IV at 100 mL per hour (just to make it easy on myself, LOL) on tubing with a ...

6. How long until burn out?

   Mommy2Katiebaby replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

   The thing about this job that came as a shock to me (aside from the level of responsibility you take) was the myth of the kindly old patient propped comfortably on pillows in bed reading vs. the reality, which is often screaming, incontinent, throwin...

7. Milk and Molasses Enema

   Mommy2Katiebaby replied to medicrnohio's topic in Medications

   I dunno about "evidence based," but if you ever give one you will see the evidence, rely upon it. And the major side effect of lactose intolerance / milk allergy is... diarrhea, not anaphylaxis. And enemas rarely need to be sterile, as the lower GI t...

8. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

   Mommy2Katiebaby replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

   Didn't you ever have a totally inappropriate thought or impulse, get the giggles, and not be able to quit? I can see that happening to myself in the ventriloquist story... NOT the best way to handle someone's deceased Daddy, but if it ever did happe...

9. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

   Mommy2Katiebaby replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

   EEEEEEEEWWWWW!! This sounds exactly like the guy we had! I haven't seen one of those beds in years, but you'd think they'd design them to be poo-proof... that bottom sheet is hard to get off, but far from impossible!

10. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    Mommy2Katiebaby replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine was taking care of a quad in a Clinitron at home. (For newbies, this was a state of the art pressure relief bed that basically "floated" a patient on a cushion of very fine sand that had air jets blowing through it. I don't know if...

11. Minimum wage for nurses!

    Mommy2Katiebaby replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    Not on your life! Hee hee...

12. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    Mommy2Katiebaby replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    She was the dean at the nursing school I went to. "Dean Jean the Caring Queen," we called her. Most of my class liked her theories, but thought that practically speaking the lady was moderately nuts. I mean yes it's very important to care for your ...

13. Top 10 things never to say to clinical instructor

    Mommy2Katiebaby replied to CharliezAngie's topic in General Students

    What do you mean, you can't push K+? Um... somebody grab the EKG machine! Oops... what's this tube lying here on the bed? My patient barfed on himself, and I am like TOTALLY grossed out - will you clean him up and show me how? Darn it, ANOTHER ve...

14. Which nursing field gets the best job satisfaction?

    Mommy2Katiebaby replied to joli's topic in General Nursing

    I admit I have it good right now in Mom / Baby through my agency - the hospitals I work in love me so I rarely get really bad assignments, I never ever have to attend mandatory unit meetings or worry about unit politics, I can get vacation time (well...

15. Traumatized by nursing - advice needed

    Mommy2Katiebaby replied to kcsun3's topic in General Nursing

    I did home hospice for a number of years, and my best advice to you would be to start in an inpatient hospice if you can get hired. You'll have a chance to learn in a more supported environment than being tossed into the field (something you shouldn...