nursekathi

nursekathi has 4 years experience and specializes in Med Surg, Psych.

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1. Funny Doctor Situations

   nursekathi replied to Ubernurse's topic in Humor

   I worked with a Lebanese doctor who was very extremely arrogant, and also quite defensive about cultural issues, very defensive. His coloring was dark, and he had a good bit of an accent. One day he went into a room to see an adolescent, who was a te...

2. The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

   nursekathi replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

   When I worked child/adol. residential psych, my all time telephone order from a doc, when I described 8 of our under 12 year old boys beating the living tar out of each other & staff, "pick the 4 worst, give them each geodon 10 mg IM, and tell th...

3. travel with family???

   nursekathi posted a topic in Travel

   Hi, I'm new around here. I have a year experience as a psych nurse supervisor, and am currently working as a m/s tele float nurse. Once I have my year in, next spring, I really want to travel. I have so many questions, but most of all, I want to know...

4. Animal Cruelty ' Therapy'?

   nursekathi replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

   Is this boy going home to live with the naive father? That is a scary thought. It is even more scary to me to think that the treatment team is aware of this behavior and allowing it to continue; very irresponsible. It sounds to me like they are just ...

5. will somone enlighten me?

   nursekathi replied to sweetface18's topic in General Nursing

   :yeahthat: Sometimes I b**** & moan, too. But I love my job, and am better off than most around me. I am a nursing supervisor in a child/adolescent psych hospital, making $21/hr (very small, low cost mid-west town). Our mental health techs (psyc...

6. 1:1 Vigilance is sooo boring....

   nursekathi replied to BoogiePop's topic in Psychiatric

   we have 1:1s pretty often at my facility. It is rough. As the nursing supervisor, when I am working, I will only allow the same MHT to watch a 1:1 for 2 hours, then switch with someone else. This saves their sanity, and is also safer, as being with t...

7. Uninsured: Dual Diagnoses

   nursekathi replied to jadespirro's topic in Psychiatric

   Definitely, speaking out to gov officials, of your city, county and state about the importance of treatment and encouraging others to do the same.

8. borderline-help: 2 different nurses/2 different approaches

   nursekathi replied to gcja's topic in Psychiatric

   I have worked in psych for 1 1/2 years, and also love it! I was just promoted to evening supervisor in a child/adolescent residential facility. We have had a few borderline adolescent females, and they are very trying, but quite interesting. I feel f...

9. Make up...?

   nursekathi replied to ails's topic in General Nursing

   I am in shock In my LPN program, they were very strict about NO makup In my Rn transition, it was allowed, but very light, and they were scrutinizing that. I think I would go to the school admin. about this one. I put up with a lot of demeaning crap ...

10. You Know You're a Nurse When...

    nursekathi replied to Brownms46's topic in Humor

    I love these!!! How about you pee ( or hear a family member pee) and calculate their I&O in your head & get an urge to write it down!!!

11. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    nursekathi replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Humor

    Oh, I hadn't thought about most of these tales in a long time, boy do they seem so silly now! How about: A "high" belly means a boy, "low" girl (or is it the other way around??) A draft (especially while sleeping) causes cold/flu ***** (you know what...

12. Just passed the NCLEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    nursekathi replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in New Nurse

    congradulations!!! i just found out i passed yesterday, and boy was i sweating, too. i am an awesome test-taker, and was shocked by how uncertain i was. almost all prioritizing questions! yuck! i shut off at 75.

13. worried

    nursekathi posted a topic in Cardiac

    Hi. I'm pretty new around here, and hope to gain from everyone's vast wisdom. I've been a LPN working in psych for the last 1 1/2 years, while finishing my RN. Happily, I passed my boards yesterday, but unfortunately lost my job in doing so, as my fa...

14. Med education

    nursekathi replied to MN2MSrn's topic in Psychiatric

    At our facility, which is child/adolescent, we give each child some med education at every med pass. It only takes a matter of several extra seconds. First we teach them the med names, pointing to each pill in the cup so they learn which is which. Th...

15. 900 mg's of Seroquel????

    nursekathi replied to NurseCard's topic in Psychiatric

    I have given 1200mg to teens in my residential facility as a hs dose, with smaller doses throughout the day.