katfishLPN

katfishLPN

ub-Acute/LTC, Home Health, L&D, Peds

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  1. You experienced ED nurses will get a kick out of this.....

    katfishLPN replied to ParrotHeadRN's topic in Emergency

    No, I would say they come in to see a

  2. So you thought your ER experience was bad? - this is long but certainly ices the cake

    katfishLPN replied to SK-222's topic in General Nursing

    I could not agree

  3. Stuck by Used Insulinn Needle

    katfishLPN replied to jlhayes's topic in General Nursing

    this sounds like the same thing i was told when i was stuck with a used lancet. i stupidly :trout: let it go and i have regretted it so much!!! do not let this go. this happened to me over 10 years...

  4. Where do you live?

    katfishLPN replied to Mamakidee's topic in Washington Nursing

    I am from Kirkland and my sister lives in Snohomish. Right now I live in Moses Lake but getting ready to move back to the Seattle area!!! I miss

  5. Overlake or Evergreen Hospital?

    katfishLPN replied to ira808's topic in Washington Nursing

    Have you thought about Everett hospitals like Providence? Believe me the commute to Kirkland/Bellevue from Everett can be brutal!! I have done it and I know first

  6. Belleview Community College

    katfishLPN replied to aerorunner80's topic in Washington Nursing

    I have lived and worked in the area you are wondering about. I have first hand experience that the hospitals hire the Shoreline grads while the Bellevue grads (at least in my experience and that I...

  7. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    katfishLPN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of times if you run into resistance when inserting a foley into a male it is because they have an enlarged

  8. Why Does It Seem That RN's Hate Us and Hospitals Don't Believe In Us??

    katfishLPN replied to brown eyed girl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Actually that is not true. If an LPN is IV certified they can do IV's. I am IV certified and have had to start IV's for the new RN's I have worked with. So I guess it can work both

  9. ashamed today

    katfishLPN replied to susiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Oh I've seen

  10. Have you ever taken care of a famous pt?

    katfishLPN replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    I

  11. Have you ever taken care of a famous pt?

    katfishLPN replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    When I read this I thought the same

  12. This is a basic med pass question

    katfishLPN replied to blingbling's topic in General Nursing

    If the resident is asking for it routinely then call the MD let him/her know and get the order changed. It is actually that simple and ask the MD for specific times so no one has to guess. :wink2:...

  13. Advice for student nurse/PCT

    katfishLPN replied to nutara's topic in General Nursing

    i always remind the staff i supervise that this is a 24 hour a day job when they start complaining that so and so didn't do such and such. that quiets them down in a

  14. Admin Tyl and Vicodin w/ in 4 hr

    katfishLPN replied to 1st edition's topic in General Nursing

    I agree the max. daily dose of acetaminophen is

  15. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    katfishLPN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    :smackingf i was working part time in ltc and this day i happened to be the med nurse. i went up to the floor at the beginning of my shift and listened to report. the day and evening charge nurses...

  16. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    katfishLPN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I am an Lpn and am IV certified. We had a patient with an IV in the LTC facility I was working at. I was working night shift and at the end of a very busy shift the IV came out. About that time the...

  17. Well, I got to do some nursing ahead of schedule!

    katfishLPN replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    My goodness you have been having quite some experiences lately huh?? Thank God you were there! I hope they realize how close to death they

  18. Oops, sorry! Son got wrong vaccination

    katfishLPN replied to hotshot05's topic in General Nursing

    txspadequeen921]She came in with a attitude ,she would have left with a bigger one...I would have stopped her right there .... :nono:NO WAY in H*LL would she touch my child and take out her pinned up...

  19. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    katfishLPN replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is off topic and completely inappropriate in this thread. ~

  20. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    katfishLPN replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

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  21. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    katfishLPN replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: I completely agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am more than sick and tired of this...

  22. which shift do you prefer 3-11 or 11-7?

    katfishLPN replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have always worked 3-11 (unless against my will I have filled in on other shifts) I love 3-11 you get to sleep in and then I can catch up with my friends when I get off work on Friday and Saturday...

  23. Charting Bloopers

    katfishLPN replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    This isn't something that was charted but something that happened to me. I had an unconscious patient in a SNF. I did an assessment I don't remember the particulars but I called the doc and got an...

  24. Reminiscing

    katfishLPN replied to knockandhello's topic in General Nursing

    Quote from weeziebat: Do they still insist you have an enema before childbirth? There you are in labor getting an enema. Yuck! No they don't do that anymore Thankfully!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been a...

  25. Need Advice please

    katfishLPN replied to ebsf's topic in General Nursing

    I find it interesting that you state "I am doing nothing." I beg to differ!! You are doing THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB in the world...raising your child! Nursing school will always be there as I said...