luvbeinganurse

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1. Oh boy should I do this?

   luvbeinganurse replied to koan's topic in General Nursing

   I can only say, I love nursing. Not every day is great. Some days are exhausting and mentally draining, but I wouldn't trade being a nurse for anything else. As far as being a paper/pencil pusher - well, welcome to the real world of nursing. You'...

2. Funniest thing the nurse FORGOT to tell you in report

   luvbeinganurse replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

   Imagine my surprise when I was sent to a patient's home to change his suprapubic catheter, but no one had told me he had had his penis and testicles completely removed. I hope I didn't look as off-guard as I felt! Gosh! :imbar

3. If you could make your pt. Knowlegable

   luvbeinganurse replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

   I would make sure that the family understands that their wishes do not superceed the wishes of the patient, that having a POA does not mean a thing if the patient has not been declared incompetent to make his/her own decisions. Geez! Don't get me go...

4. What is the deal w/ this stupid hospital?

   luvbeinganurse replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   A similar thing happened to me. An agency where I had worked contacted me by mail, personally, asking if I were looking for a job and would I be interested in coming back to work for them, since I had a great work record with them in the past. They...

5. Nursing with Carpel Tunnel

   luvbeinganurse replied to ST_NURSE_MLD's topic in General Nursing

   I also have bilateral CTS. I work in home care and do a lot of blood draws. The most difficult part for me is when there are multiple tubes to fill - sometimes I cannot feel my fingers holding the needle, and I am afraid I will drop it. Of course,...

6. Test question help

   luvbeinganurse replied to nptobee's topic in General Nursing

   I would have picked B. Don't you just hate those kind of questions?

7. What do you specialize in?

   luvbeinganurse replied to lLiNAx's topic in General Nursing

   I work in private home care, mostly with geriatric people. I became a nurse because I wanted to be a nurse-midwife, but I ended up working with the older folks, and I wouldn't change a thing. I love my job! Every day is different. I am in peoples...

8. are "fake nails" okay for nurses?

   luvbeinganurse replied to Ruffles's topic in General Nursing

   Wow - I am really having to rethink my position on this. Although, for as little physical contact that I personally have with our clients, I don't think it's a problem. (My admissions are mostly for home health aides and homemaker/companions - the ...

9. are "fake nails" okay for nurses?

   luvbeinganurse replied to Ruffles's topic in General Nursing

   I wear acrylic nails. I am in private homecare. Most of what I do are nursing admissions and assessment, which sometimes take up to 2 hours of paperwork in the home. I keep the nails very short, only as long as the top of my fingers, wash my hands...

10. is it oriented or orientated?

    luvbeinganurse replied to cokie's topic in General Nursing

    claudification instead of claudication (or is it the other way around??)

11. 2 Nurses needed???

    luvbeinganurse replied to BrandieRNq's topic in Safety

    At my hospital, we double check insulin and blood products. Both nurses sign off on the blood products, but not the insulin. There is no rule to double check heparin, but personally I think it's a great one - wish it was one.

12. If you worked while in school, what did you do?

    luvbeinganurse replied to lizmatt's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as a caregiver in a private home, about 40 hours a week, mostly Friday night through Sunday. It was great because I could study as long as I wanted into the night after I had my little lady in bed - she was 97. And she also slept on and of...

13. Anyone doing Apical/Radial anymore?

    luvbeinganurse replied to boggle's topic in General Nursing

    I am also in home health, and I do it with every assessment as well. I just thought everyone did it, too! I have never seen 2 people doing it, tho.

14. My Heart Is In My Throat...Literally

    luvbeinganurse replied to Flo1216's topic in General Nursing

    You need to see a cardiologist. I had some "symptoms" for a very long time that I ignored. I went to the ER twice for heart palpitations because they were so bad that they made me feel nauseous. They put me on a monitor for an hour and sent me hom...

15. STUPID interview questions, add yours here

    luvbeinganurse replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the time, I have not been asked foolish questions, but at one interview (and I did not get the job - didn't even want it after the interview), the nurse manager asked me, "Name the steps of the nursing process, and using them in the right ord...