ValerieB

ValerieB has 25 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg.

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1. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

   ValerieB replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

   I don't have children either and recently someone asked me to work Christmas for them ( several times). I worked it last year. She has a small child and she was telling me that he's all upset. My mom was a nurse for many years and we got up really ea...

2. Would you do anything about this situation with an employer?

   ValerieB replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

   Unfortunately, in my hospital we have a "no fault" absentee policy. It doesn't matter why you called in sick, it's the fact that you weren't working your scheduled shift. As my mother the nurse manager would say, " I hope you had a legitimate reason"...

3. What's your job and what do you like about it?

   ValerieB replied to kimtab's topic in General Nursing

   I work full time in the float pool(PRN staff)on the med surg units. I love it because I don't get involved in all the little politics of the staff. It's nice because if you've had a bad day one day, you may not be assigned to that same unit the next ...

4. Futile Care Theory

   ValerieB replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

   How priceless is it when someone has lost most of themselves, is hooked up to a feeding tube, is incontinent, is unaware of what's going on around them, is contracted, moans all the time in pain? I agree that every life is priceless and should be car...

5. If you could no longer be a nurse?...

   ValerieB replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

   If I had to give up bedside nursing due to my MS, I think that I would like to run a support group for others afflicted with this disease.

6. Family Witnessing Code Activities

   ValerieB replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

   Personally, I would not want to witness a resusitation on someone that I loved. It's usually messy, stressful, and crowded with staff. If my loved one was elderly and had numerous medical problems, they and I would not want them "resusitated". I woul...

7. I'm the nosy lady in walmart. Woopsie.

   ValerieB replied to Indy's topic in General Nursing

   I swear I think that people go to Wal Mart/Kmart to actually beat their kids! I hate both of those stores and avoid them like the plague. Kudos to the one who spoke to the idiot physically abusing her child. Sometimes you wished you had one of those ...

8. No call/show doing OT.

   ValerieB replied to night owl's topic in Safety

   Give me a break! I can't believe he still has a job. That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of and then they find him asleep? Yeah, I'd sure want my loved ones in that LTC facility.

9. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   ValerieB replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   Amen to that! Spoken like a "real nurse". OMG, it's amazing that we nurses actually are "real people". :rotfl:

10. Precepting

    ValerieB replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Hey hon, I have my BSN and all that means is that I chose to get my 4 year degree at the same time I went to nursing school. Here are a few of my "required classes" to get my BSN: "statistics"," American Studies" ( I had to take an elective), "algeb...

11. Help! My grandma is in LTC, advice needed!

    ValerieB replied to L&Dnurse2Be's topic in Geriatric

    I used to be a QA director/infection control nurse in a LTC facility. Taking the foley out was a good thing and most LTC facilities don't like them unless there is a medical reason for them e.g. stage 3 or 4 pressure ulcers on the buttocks, neurogeni...

12. Does your hospital use agency nurses?

    ValerieB replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    We also have a float pool. We have two of them and I am a float pool nurse. It's not enough sometimes. I know the hospital's goal is to eliminate agency totally, but I don't think that's ever going to happen. Like I said, some agency nurses who come ...

13. Does your hospital use agency nurses?

    ValerieB replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    We use agency nurses at my hospital, but we are using them less and less. There are some agency nurses that are absolutely wonderful and we try and recruit them to work on staff permanently. We also have a huge list of "do not returns" for agency nur...

14. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    ValerieB replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You have got to be kidding me with the towel and wanting his clothes cleaned? At our hospital we have to attend mandatory customer service meetings annually. They are two hours long and if we don't go, we are suspended. I can see being respectful and...

15. IV Phenergan and Toradol "Push"

    ValerieB replied to CrohnieToo's topic in Emergency

    I have given IV phenergan many times. We are "supposed " to dilute the dose with 9 cc's of NSS and push it slow. Our IV pumps are designed to allow us to piggy back the syringe as you would a mini bag and I can set the pump to infuse it as slow as I ...