mustangsally

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1. Nursing "shortage"?

   mustangsally replied to Prn35Rn's topic in General Nursing

   I live in the Madison area and hear horror stories about other hospitals in the area with staffing. The hospital I work at seems to be pretty well staffed and does not seem to have the staffing problems that the other hospitals have. We have actual...

2. HELP my dry hands!!!!

   mustangsally replied to OneChattyNurse's topic in General Nursing

   I admit I have the creepy old lady hands too. I have tried many different creams my physician had recomended aquaphor at night with cotton gloves (found at my local drugstore, course I live in Wisconsin) and Cetri ok can't remember the name. I fina...

3. What you se is not always what you get

   mustangsally replied to Furball's topic in General Nursing

   Just another thank you, I really needed a heartfelt story right now:)

4. enema- is that oral or rectal?

   mustangsally replied to tonia's topic in Humor

5. Please tell I'm not the only one!

   mustangsally replied to KRVRN's topic in Humor

   Nah, hey I'm here putting off sanding drywall:( Not exactly my idea of a fun way to spend my day off work:( Hey when I am on this bulletin board I can actually say I looked up nursing information when asked what I did all day. Well I guess in addi...

6. charge nurse for ltc need advise

   mustangsally replied to antralan's topic in Geriatric

   Regulations vary from state to state. I haven't been in long term care for over a year now, but maybe I can help. The most important thing before they leave you to be in charge on your own is that they give you enought time to know the policies and...

7. Smile some more

   mustangsally replied to ToofunnyRN's topic in General Nursing

   The ETOH w/d patient who had been after me all day to let her go outside to have a smoke. This is a patient who is very difficult to keep her staging level down and was lethargic at this time from the lorazepam we had given her to keep her at a low ...

8. Nursing Home to Surgica FLoor

   mustangsally replied to ShadyRn's topic in Med-Surg

   I made the same transition over a year ago after working as a Nurse Manager at a LTC faciliity which I had worked at during breaks from college. While I still love geriatrics the mundane mind numbing stacks of paperwork was frustrating, I wanted to ...

9. you might be a nurse

   mustangsally replied to nur20's topic in General Nursing

   ...you judge how busy of day you are having by how long it is before you get a chance to go to the bathroom ...after growing up with a nurse for a mother you now understand why she was so anal about teaching you the importance of hospital corners on ...

10. most and least favorite DX to care for?

    mustangsally replied to MollyJ's topic in General Nursing

    Least favorites: any kind of drug resistant disease MRSA, VRE; ortho, any ortho; the needy ETOH w/d frequent fliers; Favorites: challenging families and patients (usually, but not always); abdominal surgeries (not hernias); mastectomies; gyn surge...

11. "Nursing homes" giving nurses a bad rap

    mustangsally replied to M2BchgoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with all of the above replys to the original poster. Having worked in long term care throughout college and after I graduated, it is hard also for me not to take your post personally. I loved working in the nursing home it was some of the m...

12. What Freaks You Out?

    mustangsally replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    bloody emesis, I mean the stuff that is semi fresh yet with clots, ok gotta stop description to go gag

13. All Nurses Read This

    mustangsally replied to buck227's topic in General Nursing

    1) RN, BSN 2) 2 3) US- midwest 4) yes, although would always settle with more 5) yes 6) yes 7) yes 8) yes 9) yes 10) yes, usually 11) no 12) at least once unless it is a really bad day, usually they will try to find help so you can get to ...