Cabbagehead

Cabbagehead has 7 years experience and specializes in Cardiovascular.

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1. Day 7: 2016 Nurses Week Caption Contest

   Cabbagehead replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Pt: "Whaaat, honey?! No one told me I wasnt supposed to remove my foley, IV, and monitor, then sneak down the back stairwell wearing only a polo shirt, so I could 'get some fresh air'!! Sheeesh.":brb:

2. Day 5: 2016 Nurses Week Mashup Contest

   Cabbagehead replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   "GuessdaVitals" ~The highly technical craft utilizing a unique blend of a pt's recent values, emotional status, and what kind of snacks he got overnight to determine: B/P, temp, resp, etc ~

3. Day 3: 2016 Nurses Week Meme Contest

   Cabbagehead replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   When I return to the floor after running to the gift shop for candy and no call lights are on, AND no one fell OR died!!

4. Day 2: 2016 Nurses Week Fill In The Blank Contest

   Cabbagehead replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   I hope I dont find...both ladies on the floor; one in the bathroom sitting indian style and stating she "fell", and the other tangled in her iv tubing near the foot of her bed!

5. Day 1: 2016 Nurses Week Caption Contest

   Cabbagehead replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   "For the last time, kid, I'm here to check your breathing, not change your damn diaper!"

6. Reasons patients turn on their call light

   Cabbagehead replied to diamondp17's topic in Relations

   I think there should be a set number of times, per shift, a patient may ring their call bell. When they've reached their allotted max, their horn should be revoked. 😬

7. Any RN's at Northside Hospital?

   Cabbagehead posted a topic in Florida

   I am starting on a telemetry unit at Northside Hospital in the next few weeks. Was wondering if anyone had comments (general or otherwise) about the place? I'm relocating to Tampa from Virginia so, everything will be new for me.. :heartbeat

8. What's a "Complex Medicine" floor?

   Cabbagehead posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am applying for jobs and am not sure what types of patients to expect on a Complex Medicine floor. Is it the same as Med-Surg? Thanks for any help!

9. What do you call your "greatest" compliment?

   Cabbagehead replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

   I had a 60 something yr old patient who was very interesting. we had good conversations even though he had serious medical issues going on simultaneously. in fact, that particular day, all four of my cardiovascular stepdown pt's were critical. As i ...

10. How do you feel at the end of your shift?

    Cabbagehead posted a topic in New Nurse

    ]I am in my 1st year on a telemetry unit. Frequently, I go home feeling like I've failed. In the back of my mind, I know that good things have happened over the course of the day. But the mistakes and shortcomings seems to overtake my memory of the d...

11. End of shift frustration

    Cabbagehead posted a topic in New Nurse

    I'm a new grad still working with a preceptor. The end of orientation is rapidly approaching (2 wks). As expected, increasing my patient load has stressed me a great deal. I focus on my mistakes and may or may not realize my victories on any given ...

12. Female foley cath- burning

    Cabbagehead replied to Cabbagehead's topic in New Nurse

    That makes sense. It was hard to tell what was going on with this patient since she had other pain/discomfort issues. The urine was clear and yellow, so no problems there. In the case of a UTI is the catheter removed?

13. Female foley cath- burning

    Cabbagehead posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hi- I am a new grad and inserted a foley cath in a female patient yesterday. It was my second time doing it, so I was nervous. Anyway, I got immediate urine return, advanced it, then inflated the balloon. About 7cc's into the inflation she started to...

14. Living off loans??

    Cabbagehead replied to MemphisTiger's topic in General Students

    Yeah, the work commitment plan is a good one! The loan is Sallie Mae's Tuition Answer Loan. Good luck!

15. Living off loans??

    Cabbagehead replied to MemphisTiger's topic in General Students

    Hi there, I live off of loans to pay for school and my rent, etc. I will graduate in December from a 2nd degree accelerated BSN program, but have racked up quite a bit of debt in the process! Unfortunately it was unavoidable. My school is also a very...