fivewestortho

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1. Spinoff : What We Do, What We Used to Do

   fivewestortho replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

   how aobut sitz baths after surgery. also warm bed pans. We don't even have metal ones anymore. Just plastic. I wonder if they too are thrown away? How about testing urine ketones. Haven't done that in ages?

2. Spinoff : What We Do, What We Used to Do

   fivewestortho replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

   oh i remember taping butts to side rails and using a heat lamp to dry the open area. I also remember using mom with the liquid part dumped inthe garbage and the past placed in the mouth and on the tongue, cured crusted mouth still does.

3. I was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse

   fivewestortho replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

   What a great subject. Lets see. I went to nurisng school right after highschool grad. Went to the big UK university in Ky. Flunked out. Was told to find another profession. Went to a hospital diploma program for 2 of 3 years. Flunked Microbioloby( a ...

4. Is your facility warning staff for overtime, for missing lunch breaks or other?

   fivewestortho replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   at the facility i work at we are again asked not to go over our TO. But there isnot effort to accomodate for morning or afternoon breaks or even a lunch break without interuption. My mother in law worked in a factory and got two 15 min breaks and a...

5. How would you make inpatient rooms better?

   fivewestortho replied to Email4KH's topic in General Nursing

   Have the least amount of furniture and the most pt friendly lounge chairs. I work on an ortho pedic post op floor with new hips and knees. We are constantly looking for walkers, bedside comodes, loungers, and call lights long enough to reach from t...

6. C'mere and share your on-the-job laughs!

   fivewestortho replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   One event i remember from my early days of nursing is taking care of a 80 something female and doing hs care. she brushed her dentures and put them in clean water in the denture cup and proceded to remove her artificila eye and placed it in the cup ...

7. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

   fivewestortho replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

   i have an assocate degree with all but 19 hours for a bs

8. What would you have said to this??

   fivewestortho replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

   I would probably repeat the order and tellthe doctor that i am writing it as he had spoken. on our orders there is a box to check that you have repeated the order. It clears you and puts the ball #$%^%$$# back in his court. I would also consider...

9. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

   fivewestortho replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

   This is an eye awaking discussion. I started as an LPN in 1982 at 6.10/hr. I quit hairdressing at an average of 10.00 /hr. the hours were better and the insurance better. After 25 years of nursing, 18 years as an RN. I make close to the salary of sta...