veegeern

veegeern BSN, RN

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  1. Are You A Type "a" Nurse Or Type "b"

    veegeern replied to kellbell1's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts exactly. Our outpatient infusions/transfusions are usually completed by 1500, and we've usually discharged a couple by this time. This means we usually flex down - we lose a nurse and a...

  2. Why is it ok to euthanize animals but not humans

    veegeern replied to admorn03's topic in General Nursing

    Had an elderly patient on my unit a few weeks ago who just wouldn't quit breathing. Her body was dying. Her flesh smelled rotten. We wrapped her in linens because her skin was weeping and where...

  3. How do you do calorie counts at your facility?

    veegeern replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah

  4. "I'm going to sue you", What do you say?

    veegeern replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Nursing Career

    This has been said to me twice in the past year. Both times were by family members on the telephone. In both cases the patient had intentionally not given their dear loved one the pass code that...

  5. Strength & Conditioning for Healthcare Providers

    veegeern replied to Aunt Minnie's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know of a particular exercise program, but would reccomend anything that strenghthens the legs, torso, and arms. Oh, that's the whole body isn't it! If you go to a gym (especially on campus)...

  6. Common Sense & Nursing

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

    I believe that common sense is something that you either have or you do not. To me it's common sense that tells you to pick the trash, telephone, etc up off the patient's floor BEFORE they slip, trip...

  7. NP's in the ED

    veegeern replied to WhitDogg19's topic in Emergency

    I don't work in the ED, but I have been pulled there. We have 3 rooms set up like a physician's office - Fast Trak. The patients that sent here by triage see the NP. All others are seen by the

  8. Who does your daily blood work?

    veegeern replied to nbnurse95's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Me,

  9. Advice please

    veegeern replied to colleennurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    At one point during my first year of nursing we were short on night shift, so I worked 7p-7a for 3 months. I found that it was refreshing because most nights I had more time to "process" and...

  10. I have never met anyone like her...

    veegeern replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    It is a crime where I

  11. Meds you hate to give....

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

    I agree...a nightmare! Our internal medicine unit gets all of the outpatient infusions (IVIg, prolastin, iron,...) and blood transfusions for the hospital. So we may have 6-8 patients with one of...

  12. Meds you hate to give....

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

    :wink2: Thanks! I haven't given it, but we've had patients on our unit that had orders for it. I'll use this tip when it comes my turn. We had a nurse drop a bottle in the med room a while...

  13. Let's talk TRASH! Useless, outdated, OLD equipment or supplies on your unit, that is!

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

    You must work in my

  14. Let's talk TRASH! Useless, outdated, OLD equipment or supplies on your unit, that is!

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

    Prefilled flush are the best thing since...:yelclap: I'd love to get rid of those glass vials that you have to break the top off of...someone mentioned those earlier. How about those insulin syringes...

  15. Suction???

    veegeern replied to hbncns35's topic in General Nursing

    Suction at every bedside? Boy, do I wish! We set up suction for aspiration precautions, seizure precautions, chest tubes, NG tubes, patients we (nursing) think might need suctioning...but my...

  16. North Texas = Few Jobs?

    veegeern replied to TheCommuter's topic in Texas Nursing

    i won't comment on the quality of employment at an hca facility. however, i couldn't resist pointing out that hca is a publicly held company. frist sits on the board and is the 4th largest share...

  17. Got any funny acronyms at your ER???

    veegeern replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    My thoughts exactly! Our docs will tell us "We're beating a dead horse, but the family wants it beat so go beat it" as they hand off new orders. They'll also often tell us "PBAB" (pine box at...

  18. Pregnant nurse here

    veegeern replied to GeeBeeRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work on a busy medical floor with many max/total assist patients. One of our nurses (days) worked while pregnant. We helped her by not giving her students, taking her turn to float so that she...

  19. IV site dressing

    veegeern replied to mtnmom's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    This is an old thread that I found while doing a search for IV site dressings. Our protocol is to use the occlusive dsg, however we have a couple of MD's on our unit that go through the roof if they...

  20. What do you always try to put on an IV pump?

    veegeern replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    Our protocol requires us to use a pump for blood products, but otherwise the meds for us are the same as above. Our MD's prefer that we put CHF patients on pumps r/t inaccuracy of dial a flows, but...

  21. Fearful of infiltrating IV's

    veegeern replied to cjblu's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for this one. I have told student's and new nurses that this happens (no flashback) at times, but I couldn't remember

  22. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    veegeern replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

  23. Nursing School Bloopers

    veegeern replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    On our first day in the hospital we received orientation and then for the last hour we were sent out in pairs to go to patient's rooms and to "just introduce yourself and talk to them." (We were told...

  24. Share your mnemonics and tricks

    veegeern replied to Teachchildren123's topic in Nursing Humor

    These are great! I've heard and used some, but many are new to

  25. Addressing patients?

    veegeern replied to CanopyCindy's topic in General Nursing

    I usually greet my patients with Mr/Ms last name and a smile. I introduce myself using my first name, I'm a registered nurse, and I'll be with you until (3 or 7 depending on that day) today. In most...