Lisky90

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1. I'm not sure how I should feel about this???

   Lisky90 replied to Lisky90's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much to all of you for taking the time to read this...and thank you so much more to all of you who responded, and for some of your encouraging words. I feel so much better this AM after clearing my head and getting some sleep. What scare...

2. I'm not sure how I should feel about this???

   Lisky90 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm so tired after doing 14 hours today...but, I can't get this off my mind and this is the perfect place to get some feedback...so I'll try to be as brief as possible. This was my first day back at work after being off for two days; however, I haven...

3. I'm not sure how I should feel about this???

   Lisky90 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm so tired after doing 14 hours today...but, I can't get this off my mind and this is the perfect place to get some feedback...so I'll try to be as brief as possible. This was my first day back at work after being off for two days; however, I haven...

4. Full time work & Full time school??

   Lisky90 replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Students

   Alot depends on what kind of work you do. While getting my first degree, I worked as an EMT...very flexible and depending on what type of area (rural vs urban) you work in, will determine how busy you are. You usually get paid whether there are calls...

5. Ways I have heard Metoprolol pronounced...by medical personnel.

   Lisky90 replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

   Ty-yen-ol...my preceptor for OB used to say that all the time...didn't feel that it was my place to correct her but, pts used to look at her funny when she offered it that way and she never noticed.

6. what do you all think about 12 hour shifts?

   Lisky90 replied to emmycRN's topic in General Nursing

   Love 12s...Where I work, there is still the same amount of pt care that needs to be squeezed in to 8 hours vs 12 but, at 3p I still have 4 more hours to complete things...charting, dressings, etc. Sometimes at 3p I can kind of sit for a bit and regro...

7. Crazy stuff can happen

   Lisky90 replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

   I just busted a gut out loud all alone in my kitchen after reading (my kids who were in bed had to come out and see what I thought was so funny)...OMG!!! That must have been awful...it was bad enough having it on my gloved hand and plastic gown...but...

8. IV insertion observation

   Lisky90 replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Students

   Yep...I agree. Once you're the one doing whatever it is that is being done, it's a whole different feeling. You're usually too busy concentrating on what you're doing to think about feeling queasy.

9. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   Lisky90 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   I had a confused pt that had a capped trach. I took the cap off for trach care and put it down on his tray in front of him but, then thought better of doing that as he was confused so I said, out loud "better not put that there...he'll probably end u...

10. Should a telemetry nurse be expected to float to a critical care unit?

    Lisky90 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    This may sound like a silly question but, what makes an ICU nurse different than a tele nurse? I am still a pretty new nurse (one year since graduation)so, I really don't know what I would/should say if the small hospital that I work at asked me to f...

11. Crazy stuff can happen

    Lisky90 replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my...I hope I didn't totally gross everyone out with my Foley story. That all happened to have happened the day that I had posted it. I think my grossest medical story however, was when I was an EMT and we responded to a fight to find a man sittin...

12. Most interesting Micro-organism!!

    Lisky90 replied to kcstudentnurse06's topic in General Nursing

    pseudomonas is a good one...there are now many strains that are becoming multi drug resistant...which warrants a "critical value" phone call from the lab, when sensitivities are finished. Also ESBL...got a call from the lab the other day that a pt ha...

13. Crazy stuff can happen

    Lisky90 replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    I have a good one...from today as a matter of fact. One of my patients, who is a parapalegic called me in to tell me he thinks his Foley is clogged and needs to be flushed. His urine cx just came back with >100,000 Proteus and the urine in the bag...

14. Most Challenging Class/Moment

    Lisky90 replied to MLS619's topic in General Students

    My most stressful moment was the day I showed up for clinical at 7am...only to find all the staff staring at me, wondering why was I there. I found that odd, as my group had been there all semester...how could they not know why I was there??? Finally...

15. KCI wound vac question

    Lisky90 replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Wound

    The last time I did one, the sponge went directly onto the wound...I believe there was one once that I did that had orders to put gauze and then the sponge on the wound. You are right though, if there is a Tegaderm over the wound it will contain any ...