see2mee

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1. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

   see2mee replied to gt4everpn's topic in Relations

   I work in outpatient surgery. One day I overheard a patient telling his family members that the "anaHOOLiologist" had just been in to talk to him ...(it was about his anesthesia, of course). :)

2. drawing up small amounts of meds?

   see2mee replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

   I just had to give 0.625 mg of droperidol on Friday. I was happy to learn I got the math right but unhappy with having to draw up 0.25 ml. What a headache! I think we need to talk to pharmacy where I work too. As far as morphine goes, we do have ...

3. How did you choose the area of nursing

   see2mee replied to neeniebean's topic in General Nursing

   I tried to pick an area that was completely different from any of my other clinical experiences throughout school. I thought it would be a good idea to branch out to something different while I had the opportunity. I did my "Role Transition" in out...

4. Have you ever heard of "cupping"?

   see2mee replied to mommy2boys's topic in General Nursing

   I think it was Gwenyth Paltrow.

5. RN as Inpatient, horrible and looong rant

   see2mee replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

   I'm so sorry you were treated so badly. That's horrible, and it's completely irresponsible for them to send you off without instructions. Not knowing what to expect during your recovery just makes your anxiety worse, which is not good for the healin...

6. Help! Advice on kid swallowing a pill...

   see2mee replied to RNin2007's topic in General Nursing

   I've never liked putting a pill on my tongue to swallow it. I take a mouthful of water FIRST and then put the pill in my mouth and swallow. That way, it gets washed down without my ever noticing it. Good luck finding something that works. My daug...

7. What is a CBA Nurse?

   see2mee replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in Home Health

   I'm not a regular poster here (although I read the boards almost every day), but I thought I'd add my thoughts on this. Is there such a thing as a cost-benefit analysis nurse? I have a great medical abbreviations book from my former days as a medica...

8. Heel protectors

   see2mee replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

   My hospital won't even let us use the old style heel protectors/egg-crate foam boots anymore. We usually use pillows to "float" the heels, but we can also use what we call a "cheese boot". It's a big rectangular piece of faom with a hole (like swis...

9. Interested in L&D but scared of it

   see2mee replied to see2mee's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks for your response, Betsy. I would love to have that much orientation. I hope that's the case if I end up getting a job in L&D. At my current job, and I was fresh out of school, I got only 7 weeks of part-time orientation, and I had to r...

10. Interested in L&D but scared of it

    see2mee replied to see2mee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That helps a lot, Deb. Thank you very much. That sounds pretty similar to what I remember them telling me at the interview for the job I had to turn down back in December. Catherine

11. Interested in L&D but scared of it

    see2mee replied to see2mee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks, Deb. I SO wish I could pursue this now as I am so unhappy at my current job. I really enjoy my patients (mostly elderly), but they staff the unit on numbers, not acuity, and our manager routinely takes patients who are too sick for a subacu...

12. Interested in L&D but scared of it

    see2mee replied to see2mee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you all for you advice and encouragement. Just to clarify, enough nervousness to keep me on my toes I consider a good thing. And, yes, I ALWAYS ask questions when I'm not sure about something. I guess I'm just especially nervous with L&D...

13. Interested in L&D but scared of it

    see2mee replied to see2mee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks so much for your response, Jan. One to two years seems like such a long time to be so nervous. Being a new RN at my age, 41, it is so tempting to find something less nerve-wracking and just not put myself through all that, but I just can't q...

14. Interested in L&D but scared of it

    see2mee posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi. I mostly lurk on these boards, but I think they're great. I'm hoping I can gain some insight from you experienced L&D nurses. I felt a strong pull toward L&D nursing all through nursing school. I just graduated in Dec. of 2003. I was ...

15. Nurse patient ratio

    see2mee replied to gaulkari's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I definitely would not be taking this subacute position if I weren't in a bind with my schedule. I was thrilled to be offered the labor and delivery positions, and I was looking forward to 12 weeks of full-time orientation before going to my p...