Blee O'Myacin

Blee O'Myacin BSN, RN

ED, ICU, Heme/Onc

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  1. What a sleazy doctor!

    Blee O'Myacin replied to traumahawk99's topic in General Nursing

    Just because he bills, doesn't mean that medicare (or whatever other insurance will pay) - so the hospital will wind up eating the expense. However, an anonymous tip to the ethics committee might not...

  2. Joke..You know you are truly an ER nurse if...

    Blee O'Myacin replied to HanaRN's topic in Emergency

    what happened to you? your feelings towards the er nurses and techs are quite negative. couching it in humor is troubling because this post has real teeth and fits in with all the countless er...

  3. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    Blee O'Myacin replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    When I was a student, I pulled back a patient's sheet to do my assessment and he had been eating milk duds, and had spilled them all over himself and the bed. Needless to say, I didn't think they were...

  4. Why Bachelors over Associates?!? is it worth it?

    Blee O'Myacin replied to NurseToBe20100102's topic in General Nursing

    I have a diploma. It took me three years just in nursing school and a year before that to do all the prereqs. Now I'm chipping away at the BSN because I want to have more options open to me - such...

  5. First Day in ED in 3 days!!

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Trauma08's topic in Emergency

    OP, how is it going? Are you taking the time during the shift to take care of your biological needs (ie - going to the bathroom and having a few snacks if not a real meal??) Hope you are loving it as...

  6. HELP!! Need advise!

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Nursingangel's topic in General Nursing

    You need to see a doctor. You know that. Go somewhere other than your workplace then you don't have to tell anyone that you know. There is no use worrying over nothing, and there is no time to...

  7. er visitors...a funny

    Blee O'Myacin replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    You can be a concerned family member without fitting into one of these categories. Unless you are standing at the curtain, tapping your foot and glaring until someone asks you if you need anything...

  8. Reasons Why YOU Won't Join A Union

    Blee O'Myacin replied to SBinGA's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Police officers have unions and they are considered professionals. They require a batchelor's degree for most departments and more than that if you ever want to move into a supervisory position. I...

  9. er visitors...a funny

    Blee O'Myacin replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    My favorites: BEDPAN BETTY: Family member of the patient who comes in ambulatory after waiting for 4 hours in the waiting room and starts yelling for a bedpan for "mother" to whomever passes in the...

  10. No blood return

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Calgon-take.me.away's topic in General Nursing

    Were you concerned about the line infiltrating? Like Tazzi said, if you could flush easily, then you could still give the vanco. I think that more harm would come to the patient if the vanco isn't...

  11. Advice on path to take

    Blee O'Myacin replied to nato191's topic in General Nursing

    If I could do it over again, I would have gone right for the BSN. You can always work as an extern or a NA in a hospital if you need to start working. Besides, you have to take the same...

  12. is this normal? (tmt of pt)

    Blee O'Myacin replied to beachbum3's topic in Emergency

    I can only say that in the ERs where I've worked, we could not discharge an intoxicated patient. But we do give them a banana bag and let them sleep it off. If a danger to self and others,...

  13. Fear of physicians and taking telephone orders

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Joni's Mom's topic in General Nursing

    For the sake of your license, read back and verify. "OK, Dr. X, that's 50mg of lopressor P.O. first dose now, then q12 hours." Or "Dr. X, do you want the lopressor held if the SBP is less than 100...

  14. Post Mortem Care for other faiths

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's great that you are interested in the way that different faiths take care of their dead. However, you are not expected to perform these rituals by your facility or by the family of the...

  15. Returning blood waste back into a PICC

    Blee O'Myacin replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I've never worked anywhere where the policy had us return the waste, but we use transfer devices on our PICC lines, and waste into a 10ml tube, drawing into a syringe and pushing it back would risk...

  16. need goals for ineffective peripheral tissue perfusion

    Blee O'Myacin replied to cuca2's topic in General Nursing

    Look, I was just trying to offer my assistance based on your question without spoonfeeding you the answer. There is no reason to get upset about that. Hope you found what you

  17. In your experience, the hardest part of being an RN

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Absolutely13's topic in General Nursing

    Not having to justify taking rightful bathroom and meal breaks, disputing the notion that I am somehow an inhuman "angel of the afflicted" cyborg... (Definately bring a snack, and remember to go eat...

  18. need goals for ineffective peripheral tissue perfusion

    Blee O'Myacin replied to cuca2's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously? Are you stuck, or are you just looking for someone to provide the answers? Should this be your priority diagnosis? How about the pain? Lack of circulation = lack of oxygen from...

  19. remembering patients

    Blee O'Myacin replied to sunny261's topic in General Nursing

    There are always going to be patients that I'll never forget, but I don't write anything down and try not to even bring it past the walk from the exit door to my car. I will share an amusing story or...

  20. Help w/ time mgmt.

    Blee O'Myacin replied to sundowners2's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for sharing what works for you. Like Yellowfinchfan, I also try to teach the "must do now, should do in an hour, and should get done by end of shift" idea of time management to the nurses that...

  21. First Day in ED in 3 days!!

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Trauma08's topic in Emergency

    Congrats on your new job. Take everything that you accumulated in nursing school and put it away in a nice, safe place where you are unlikely to trip over it. I carry a small canvas bag with me that...

  22. Can they rescind job offer due to this at employee physical?

    Blee O'Myacin replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    I am chuckling over the the hospital mentioned by a previous poster that does not hire nurses with prior neck, knee and back issues. So in other words, they only hire new grads with no prior patient...

  23. Did he get too much morphine?

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    OP - I have a question about one of your additional posts - in every facility I've worked at, IV potassium is a two-nurse drug. We need two RN's to be present when the drug is given in order to sign...

  24. Forward-rotating shifts better for worker health

    Blee O'Myacin replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I did a day/night 12 hr rotating shift, often flipping twice in a week. It was horrible - and that job didn't last long. I was a complete mess. I didn't know what day it was, or what time of day it...

  25. Debunking the night shift myths

    Blee O'Myacin replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I worked nights for a short time. I enjoyed how empty the halls were at 0200. We had patients who were there for awhile since it was a heme-onc ICU, so we had a few patients who had been night...