kmblue39

kmblue39 has 9 years experience and specializes in Orthopedic/General Surgery.

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1. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

   kmblue39 replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   You know I never thought about it like that. I never knew the restrictions. And yes, I still feel violated. Sweating bloody tears was just a figure of speech for how hard nurses work today what...

2. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

   kmblue39 replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Funny how words can be twisted around. I never said drug addicted nurses aren't worthy. I said get help, get in recovery, and then get a nursing job where there isn't a need to be exposed to...

3. Nurses Who Are Drug Addicts

   kmblue39 replied to jill48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   As a nurse who worked with a nurse last year who was diverting narcotics I can tell you that I greatly resented being put in that postion of working with that nurse, depending on them at night as...

4. worst clinical story please??

   kmblue39 replied to tcpmom's topic in General Nursing

   Yes it can get worse. But I am so proud of you for not whining or saying you are thinking of quitting. And I'm also proud that you had him for a patient. Most of the students I have had seem to...

5. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   kmblue39 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

   LOL, these are all just too funny! BTW, don't go running around in the baked potato patch at night You might trip and fall on a baked potato and have to have it surgically

6. Pet Peeve

   kmblue39 replied to BookwormRN's topic in General Nursing

   Information being disseminated in the staff bathrooms! That is consistently my #1 pet peeve. Can't there be just ONE place on the floor where we are not innundated with all the 'need to know info.'?...

7. What is the worst part about nursing?

   kmblue39 replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

   Hilton Healthcare, LOL! I need a nurse NOW!!!......would you raise my head up a little. No, that's too much! Down a little. No, up a little. No, down a little. Down a little more.......there....

8. Should I take a job with more opportunity but an unprofessional manager?

   kmblue39 replied to NurseRotten's topic in General Nursing

   hmmmmm, stay at the old place with a wealth of seasoned nurses (so good that no one will leave) or go to the new place with 90% agency nurses (so bad that they can't get anyone to work there as...

9. Unique Australian language

   kmblue39 replied to Grace Oz's topic in International Nursing

   LOL, there used to be an Aussie nurse working in our ER and I always loved to get report from her. One time when I asked her how it was going down there she said she was mucking around ------(can't...

10. big bad nursing myths busted

    kmblue39 replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses eat their

11. The responsiblities...how do you do it?

    kmblue39 replied to Jenso79's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    First of all remember that knowledge is power, then comes the self confidence. Focus on doing the best job, no matter what your job is, and you will be amazed at the changes in your self confidence....

12. Pt beds in the hallway

    kmblue39 replied to Nurse1966's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if the patient satisfaction scores would apply to the hallway patients? I don't see how we could get a five from a patient in the hallway no matter how hard we tried. But I do know that...

13. The C.R.A.P. Score

    kmblue39 replied to hollysunshine's topic in Emergency

    Hey, isn't the pain score one of the 2007 (2006) National Patient Safety

14. Pt beds in the hallway

    kmblue39 replied to Nurse1966's topic in General Nursing

    Besides the fact that I believe this to be totally wrong/unsafe, the only response to this thread I can think of is: So are they going to be staffing the nurses to take care of these hall patients or...

15. Vit K

    kmblue39 replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Emergency

    I have been working in ortho/surg. for over six years and have never given vit. k IV. The drug book says that sudden death can occur and I have never had trouble getting the route changed when I call...