ccharlonne ADN, BSN, RN

ccharlonne has 17 years experience as a ADN, BSN, RN and specializes in Med/Surg Tele.

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1. I called in sick today, they didn't accept it.

   ccharlonne replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

   A couple of years ago we had Noro virus go through the unit, affected both staff and patients. A newer nurse called me at home, she had it and tried to call outing they weren't accepting her call. She was vomiting and having diarrhea. She asked me wh...

2. What do you do when Work calls on your day off?

   ccharlonne replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

   Interesting reading through these old posts and seeing nothing has changed in the last 7-8 years. After this pandemic, will management look at staffing practices? I am not hopeful. I work nights and have experienced most of what you all wrote about (...

3. Battle Against Covid-19 Hits Home for RN

   ccharlonne replied to spunkygirl1962's topic in COVID

   Glad to hear of your recovery. I, too, recently contracted Covid-19 and had a "mild" case but I still don't feel back to "normal." I work 12 hour night shifts and after I work 2 in a row I find I sleep for 15 hours, not my normal. I have no idea how ...

4. How Long Do You Expect To Be a Nurse?

   ccharlonne replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

   Been a bedside nurse going on 14 years, I thought I would do this till I retired. Now I am almost done with my MSN and have been applying for jobs away from the bedside, I am so burned out after years of working short staffed, having no CNAs assigned...

5. Staffing On Covid Unit

   ccharlonne replied to RNKPCE's topic in COVID

   Work on Progressive Care, we are surging. Our dedicated Covid unit is usually full, our ICU is about half Covid patients, my unit is 30-50% Covid patients. Lots of requests to work extra shifts, short on RNs and CNAs. Day RNs who should have 4 patien...

6. Misuse of the ER

   ccharlonne replied to ShortFuse's topic in General Nursing

   ERs are definitely overburdened, the healthcare system is broken. Unfortunately not all minor complaints are caused by minor problems, sometimes they can be life threatening. When you are a patient and call your PCP and have to wait weeks for an appo...

7. Misuse of the ER

   ccharlonne replied to ShortFuse's topic in General Nursing

   Then there is the other side of the issue, the people who don't come in cause they are "not that sick" and when they finally feel sick enough to come in they have a perfed appendix and peritonitis or by the time they have a ride to the ER their strok...

8. What's your best catch?

   ccharlonne replied to beekee's topic in General Nursing

   A couple of my catches that remind me why it is important to always follow basic nursing processes: 20 something I admitted with Crohn's flare, NPO and on IV fluids. Gave him urinal, explained we measure what goes in and what comes out and to please ...

9. A Checklist for Patient Safety - This Nurse Quit, Will YOU?

   ccharlonne replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in Safety

   Sounds like my last job, just add worked a 12 hour night shift and have been sleeping for an hour when staffing person calls and wakes you up to ask if you can pick up a shift. I can't tell you how many times I was awake over 24 hours and not by choi...

10. Is leaving before hurricane abandonment?

    ccharlonne replied to CNAbutLPN2be2017's topic in General Nursing

    I used to live in Florida and stayed at my hospital through a couple of hurricanes. My hospital was an emergency shelter and vent dependent people were sheltered there so they would have access to emergency power. Some observations: 1. I was aware o...

11. What Did You Get For Nurses Week?

    ccharlonne replied to iPink's topic in General Nursing

    We got a plastic water bottle with the hospital logo. Very useful for me. The hospital sent food to the units, but I work nites so by the time I came in it was all picked over and leftovers, same as usual.