Kipahni

Kipahni RN

Oncology, Ortho/trauma,

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About Kipahni

Kipahni has 8 years experience as a RN and specializes in Oncology, Ortho/trauma,.


I am a Clinical Instructor, Med/ Surg Nurse working in a teaching hospital and PRN Agency. Hoping to start my midwifery training soon.

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  1. Do you auscultate your NGs?

    residual and x-ray to verify tube placement
  2. For a lie to work it takes an agreement between two people, the one who speaks it and the one who believes it. A great author and speaker Pamela Meyer wrote a book called Liespotting. The goal is not to play a game of "tattle tale" or "gotcha!" it ...
  3. Give me some hope...Is ANYONE happy being a nurse??

    TU RN- I like how you described the difference between ICU and Med/Surg. I had a hard time relaying to my students and co-workers the difference. Both have different types of stresses. One is not harder then the other, so I would say it just depends ...
  4. Give me some hope...Is ANYONE happy being a nurse??

    I use to love nursing. And at times I still do. I love NURSING tasks. Education, Skills, Assessing, ect. However most nursing jobs are in corporate like atmospheres, and this can cause high stress and irritability. I love the teamwork and my co-worke...
  5. Pet Peeve

    Just making an observation but I was wondering that when you call a Doctor do you not make recommendations for care? I only ask this because after assessing/working with a pt and you notice something don't you call the doctor and say " Hey I noticed ...
  6. Actually all schools regardless of the program have to meet their clinical hours as stated by their state board of nursing. Which is usually around 1,000hrs. Now the QUALITY of their clinical sites do vary based on availability and curriculum. It is...
  7. Tips of Floor Nursing

    Not sure what kind of tips you are looking for but here are a couple I have picked up over the years 1. cut the fingers off of the glove to use around fore arm IV's and tape down for people to shower. Or use the glove over hand Iv's. 2. always pull t...
  8. Having worked as adjunct for both ADN and BSN, I can say neither is "better" than the other. Both had to offer a set amount of clinical hours so that their students could meet the requirement for the state board. Both had to have rigorous tests and a...
  9. Worst interview ever

    I have never talked to my computer or to myself out loud but this post made me say out loud "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" like some Maury/Jerry Springer show response to a lie detector test. Wow. Just wow. And I am one of the stupid ones to answer the w...
  10. I have been a clinical instructor as adjunct to three Nursing Facilities. 2 BSN programs one ADN. All three of them require a rubric to base the grades on. This includes turning in all required assignments on time to professional look and arriving on...
  11. Nobody Likes Me. Everyone Hates Me.

    Could not agree more. I told one of my fellow coworkers last week as she started to complain about her pt load "Are you just frustrated and want to vent to me so that I am here just to listen? Or are you asking for help and bringing solutions to this...
  12. Abuse Culture in Nursing...How Far Does it Go?

    I know when I look at nursing I wish it to look more like " Call the midwife" on PBS and less like C-SPAN with a little more crazies and drugs. But that is beside the point. To the couple of posters who have pointed out that they get abused at work f...
  13. Why are we still using the R word?

    Language evolves. That is why people still use retarded. "What makes a word bad"
  14. "Dear" doctor that just yelled at me

    10 Professions That Attract the Most Sociopaths - PolicyMic I have often read that sociopaths are attracted to become surgeons. they really can be horrible sometimes. Not all of them but a lot of them can.
  15. Leech Therapy

    I have taken care of a patient that was getting leech therapy q 30 min. on the face. He said it tickled. I was trying hard not to turn green.