SmBaxter

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1. What do you all LOVE about night shift?

   SmBaxter replied to indeed's topic in General Nursing

   The absolute BEST aspect of working nocs....NO SUITS!! I love my coworkers, and we work really well together. Teamwork, autonomy, and the Shift Diff...these are the best...

2. How do you reward you...

   SmBaxter replied to nursegoodguy's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a B&B nut...they know me by name and FAV products! ( They probably know my credit card number by heart, too.) I also go fabric shopping! This coming Nov is a real treat...going on a Caribbean Cruise with my Mom...no kids, husband, patients, d...

3. OK, I'll do it, where are you from

   SmBaxter replied to 2ndCareerRN's topic in General Nursing

   Live, love,laugh and work in Southern New Hampshire!

4. nursing superstitutions.....any truth in???

   SmBaxter replied to micro's topic in General Nursing

   Hey Karen -did you mention that you wore your code scrubs on the tele unit????

5. nursing superstitutions.....any truth in???

   SmBaxter replied to micro's topic in General Nursing

   oops hit wrong button! failure from the ms with rr of FOUR! Needless to say, my patient ended up in the ICU on a Narcan gtt for well over twenty-four hours! I scoff no more!

6. nursing superstitutions.....any truth in???

   SmBaxter replied to micro's topic in General Nursing

   In our hospital, if you are working on the Tele Unit, and are wearing purple scrubs, one of your patients is going to go "south". I thought it was bull until one night I floated down there, while wearing my purple scrubs, and had a pt on a ms pca go ...

7. oh shyt

   SmBaxter replied to thisnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Thisnurse! You are a saint ( Saint Thisnurse!) I would have handed him the washclothes and towels and said " Have fun cleaning it up! I don't have time for this shyt!" AND, I would have called the admitting with EVERY bowel movement and antic!

8. Lame admit Dx's

   SmBaxter replied to ceecel.dee's topic in General Nursing

   My personal favorite bad dx is CHANGE IN MENTAL STATUS...then they always turn out to be a&ox3-just really weird!

9. A funny thing happened last night

   SmBaxter replied to wendyssmile's topic in General Nursing

   Hey Sleepqd-LOL!!

10. HELP......I'm having a "dumb" moment!

    SmBaxter replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    I have only heard Death Rattle, Cheyne-stokes breathing or agonal breathing. Suction, please or sc scopolomine! Unfortunately, I've heard a lot of that! I work Oncology/ Palliative/Med-Surg.

11. Nightshifters: What wakes you up while you are trying to sleep in this 9 to 5 world?

    SmBaxter replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    What wakes me up...Until I learned to shut off the phone..telemarketers! Lawn Mowers! Airplanes ( I live near an airport!) Used to it now, incidently! My children ( I have five.) Light ( Thank God for room darkening shades!) My capricious, not too sp...

12. Inquiring Minds Want To Know: Outrageous Orders!

    SmBaxter replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    I've SEEN a foley to wall suction! The strangest order I've received from a Dr. was about a pt on tube feedings with a kangaroo pump...pt was not tolerating the feedings with outrageous residuals, and vomiting copious amounts...the doctor on call ord...

13. What is the freakiest thing you have ever seen at work?????

    SmBaxter replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Weirdest thing I have seen so far in two years of practice has been a patient with a foley to wall suction...I thought it was a joke when I saw it on the Kardex!

14. I Said... 'huh?'

    SmBaxter replied to betts's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Betts! Good luck with this...it's criminal that destruction of property takes precedence over a patient's life! Waiting for a code to call 911? Calling the facility down the street for supplies that are already on the premesis? Not being able to ...

15. Who works nights?

    SmBaxter replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

    I find that sleeping a couple of hours in the AM when I get home, and then getting 3 or 4 hours right before I go in helps a lot. Believe me, you will be so excited the first night, you will have no problems staying awake! Eat healthy foods ( trite b...