TeeKay12

TeeKay12

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  1. I have a slightly different experience: my daughter was severely injured at age 6. For years, we were in and out of EDs, ICUs, and rehabs. I went to nursing school for a 3rd career, after being a SAHM for 20+ years. I did ED, Med/Surg, and ICU. I...
  2. HIPPA violation if the patient isn't in your facility?

    By your own admission, your husband is the one who outed you. To his best friend. Is it possible your hubby told the friend, who then told his wife and forgot to say "And they really want it to remain private for a little longer"? Why are you so o...
  3. Refusing to change/toilet pts

    It's my license on the line. It's my job to make sure my patients are cared for to the best of my and my staff's ability - and that includes toileting, cleaning up feces or urine, and bathing if that's what needs done. Yes, it's hectic on the floor...
  4. Pain is a pain

    I ask the patient what the worst pain they ever had, and how this pain compares. I started doing this after my nephew was in ED for RUQ pain, and stated his pain was a 4/10 to the question of "1 being none, and 10 being the worst you've ever felt". ...
  5. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

    One of the things I hated most about bedside nursing. Scripted performance. I'm very much for keeping the patients informed. I'm opposed to the idea of 'selling' the services of my colleagues - especially if I am required to either lie or state a ...
  6. Fill In The Blank...

    "I was on WebMD and......"
  7. Favorite Motivational Quote

    "It all started with a mouse." (meaning, the smallest things can become huge)
  8. Graduating soon, feeling unprepared

    I attended a 4 year university, considered to be one of the best private schools in the state for nursing. I was an "alternate" student - I was 40 when I started! I have a disabled daughter, and I've dealt with WCs (power and manual), vents, suctio...
  9. caseload for telephonic case management

    It will depend on frequency of contact. I currently work in telephonic case management and handle low to medium acuity clients - from infants to elderly. My case load is 350. The majority of my clients, I contact and work with no more than every 6...
  10. Funniest thing you've heard in an interview

    I was on the interview committee for a new manager. We didn't ask any silly questions, but our interim manager, who was interviewing for the position did. She wanted to know if any of us wanted to see photos of her new baby, told us about her breas...
  11. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    Mine is feet. They don't have to be nasty, they just have to be feet. Trachs, ostomies, pressure ulcers, ocular emissions, feces, vomit, all of that doesn't bother me. Make me deal with feet and I'm gagging.
  12. African American patients - a cultural question

    First, I agree - I've seen it in every culture I've worked with (first job was a predominately AA area, most co-workers were African or AA, next job was in a lower-income predominately white area, with a large population of Burmese and quite a few Hi...
  13. Nurses: How far is your commute?

    It used to be 60 minutes each way, 3 nights a week, 1900 to 0730. It is now about 25 minutes each way, 5 days a week, M-F 0800-1700. Much better!
  14. Why???? Are?? They?? Failing???

    I "failed" one class in my last semester. It was a tough semester for me, personally - I had a parent in ICU for most of the semester, another parent had 2 MIs, a child in ICU for a month (in a different hospital, in a different county), and another...
  15. LPN or BSN

    In my area, no-one hires LPNs. No-one. It's hard to find a position if you have an ASN. Experienced LPNs in the hospital network I used to work for were phased out of bed-side care and became Techs (CNAs basically), IF they were given a position at...