ADN 2002

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1. Another Five Star Visitor Thread

   ADN 2002 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   The sad thing is that so many of these family members are SO VERY IGNORANT, and even worse, they don't care that they are. Did you ever want to shake a visitor and shout "WAKE UP!!" We have so many issues with visitors, particularly the "under 14" r...

2. Screening your phone calls?

   ADN 2002 replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

   HA! That's hilarious... UPDATE: I was NOT the on-call nurse for the evening shift tonight, the supervisor yesterday saw a problem with staffing and made a decision to inform me I'd be staying late. :angryfire I should start keeping a copy of the ...

3. Screening your phone calls?

   ADN 2002 replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

   I'm thinking I probably didn't ask my question correctly -- I think we ALL probably check our caller ID before answering the phone. To rephrase, I guess what I'm asking is how many people look at the ID, see that it's work and say "ha! yeah, right...

4. Group One

   ADN 2002 replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

   LOL, I totally agree. No offense to anyone intended, but this is absurd! Who ARE these people? Are there other similar "agencies" out there?

5. Screening your phone calls?

   ADN 2002 posted a topic in General Nursing

   All right, fess up. How many of you screen your calls against the facility where you work? Here's my story: I have been on vacation since last Tuesday, and I'm scheduled to go back tomorrow. I got called twice yesterday by my facility asking me to ...

6. Labelling Lidocaine

   ADN 2002 replied to imenid37's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We open lidocaine as it's needed. Depending on the doctor, we'll either pour it into a sterile cup on the table or the doctor draws it up (while we hold the vial) with an empty syringe from the sterile field. I think it's a good idea, cuts down on ...

7. Calling in Sick

   ADN 2002 replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

   We have to call in to the house supervisor -- all but one of them asks why and most of them try to talk you into coming in anyway. The one that doesn't ask says it's a HIPAA violation.

8. L&D vs. Postpartum

   ADN 2002 replied to laborRn01's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Actually, in my facility, PP technically just gets mom - we have a well baby NBN. (Not to say the baby never comes out to the room and we have to handle baby care as well.)

9. Postpartum Nurses-Love it or hate it?

   ADN 2002 replied to cammy429's topic in Ob/Gyn

   For the most part, I am happy with postpartum. I kind of wish I had just postpartum patients so that I can do all the good teaching stuff but in my facility, they throw in lap choles, non-infectious med/surg overflow, breast surgeries, GYN surgeries...

10. road side assistance??????

    ADN 2002 replied to msmellnhead's topic in General Nursing

    That's hilarious. :yelclap:

11. L&D vs. Postpartum

    ADN 2002 replied to laborRn01's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a PP nurse. Our patients do not recover in L&D - as soon as the episiotomy is sewn up, they're out the door to us. The biggest problem I have with the labor nurses is that they'll sit on a patient in recovery after a c/s or take a while wit...

12. Can you be an OB RN with an Assoc. Degree?

    ADN 2002 replied to kmj1228's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm an OB RN with an ADN.

13. Pet peeves!

    ADN 2002 replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    For the record, I AM nice. I am not saying everyone should talk/think/act like nurses, but it's not unreasonable to expect a patient to know what they're allergic to. I also have no problem telling a patient exactly what will happen to him/her if th...

14. How tired is unsafe for work?

    ADN 2002 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    I got so messed up on my meds (namely, Effexor) awhile back that between that and my natural tendency for mild tachycardia I ended up in the doctor's office with a resting heart rate of 160. Bought myself a night in the hospital on tele with that on...

15. Pet peeves!

    ADN 2002 replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, here's another one -- how about when you walk in the pt's room and their phone immediately rings and suddenly it's like the most important call in the world and YOU have to wait for their stupid phone call (does not matter you have 15 things yo...