Blee O'Myacin

Blee O'Myacin BSN, RN

ED, ICU, Heme/Onc

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  1. Will life saving Emergency Care be around when you need it?

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Emergency

    I think that in a case of a major catastrophic event, people are going to be on their own for the most part. The hospitals in my area are not prepared for a major casualty incident.

  2. This Current Recession!!!

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

    Closing units and laying off nurses makes no sense. Especially in light of more people losing jobs and benefits, who will then put off routine care, only to show up half dead in the ER -- or use the...

  3. The patient who wouldn't stop screaming...

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

    She'll probably sleep all day too. Please tell me that you documented each and every visit into the patient's room??? Pretty please?? I am so sorry that you had such a rough night.

  4. Vent from the patient's side of the aisle

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

    Patients are always the last to know. I'm a brain tumor survivor too - no one takes a 19 year old girl with headaches seriously either. Even w/double vision. I'm 36 and have obviously lived to tell...

  5. nurses and vacations off work

    Blee O'Myacin replied to 2lip's topic in General Nursing

    We travel - and off peak since both of our jobs require holiday shifts. A trip to Iceland is in the works for late February.

  6. Do patient's have the right to smoke even if family doesn't want them to?

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

    Never a good idea to escort a patient off grounds, for any reason. Even if you don't agree, it isn't worth the liability of "kidnapping" a LTC resident. Personally, I don't have the time to take...

  7. Nursing hours for like emergency nurses

    Blee O'Myacin replied to hellobye123's topic in General Nursing

    What is a "virtue" hospital? I am unfamiliar with that term. If there are needs, no staffing office is going to say no to a nurse filling the hole. However, that's not what is always best for the...

  8. Nursing hours for like emergency nurses

    Blee O'Myacin replied to hellobye123's topic in General Nursing

    Why on earth would you want to? Don't burn yourself out before you've even left the gate. Work your three days and have a life. Working every third weekend and every other holiday is limiting...

  9. New Grad Advice on ED

    Blee O'Myacin replied to ezkabar0037's topic in Emergency

    I think you should try to find a job in the ED. You are moving and will be starting a new job all at once, so it might as well be the one you want if you can find it. You'll get a crash course in...

  10. Need Easy RN school Ny or Jersey

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

    You say you are in Brooklyn - look into the CUNY system, you already meet the residency requirements for decreased tuition. Any NJ state school, you would be paying out of state fees - which are...

  11. Immediate Bedding. Thoughts?

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

    Our hospital has been doing this recently - and it was chaos at first. It's gotten slightly better. Most of the time, we have a second triage nurse who goes from bed to bed triaging patients, we...

  12. Boosting Moral

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

    I think that without chocolate and pizza, I'd probably just want to stay drunk... Seriously though, a small amount of bittersweet chocolate releases endorphins, so even if you avoid dairy and sugar -...

  13. Any ER nurse that has an idea for a research paper in the ER?

    Blee O'Myacin replied to RN28MD's topic in Emergency

    Percentage of blood cultures that come out positive, broken down by type of infection and whether they come from the community or from a group living environment. We've been seeing a lot more people...

  14. Inactive nurse with one yr med/surge wanting to do ER now???

    Blee O'Myacin replied to RN28MD's topic in Emergency

    I think that you should jump back in after your course. Make sure you get a solid orientation and run with it. I think you are going to be fine - your skills and your prioritization will come back...

  15. When to wear gloves!?

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

    Wear gloves. You never know. Better to keep things cleaner for the patient

  16. I think my sister has Munchhasens (LONG)

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

    I'm in a similar situation with close family members. The only thing I can do is stand on the sidelines and watch it all unfold, because I've found that my advice to them falls on deaf and then...

  17. Has your head ever gone numb????

    Blee O'Myacin replied to CaliGirl0629's topic in General Nursing

    Please make an appointment with your PCP. I hope you feel better soon.

  18. Inactive nurse with one yr med/surge wanting to do ER now???

    Blee O'Myacin replied to RN28MD's topic in Emergency

    I'd suggest a refresher class and make sure that your job gives you the orientation time that you need. The ER is rarely as dramatic as you see on the Discovery Health shows - they probably film for a...

  19. AML Leukemia Final Stages

    Blee O'Myacin replied to Del's Daughter's topic in General Nursing

    Just spend all the time you can with him. He may or may not be aware of the increasing confusion - might think it's everyone else that's different and not him (universal no matter the disease). When...

  20. Common Nursing Themes

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

    I'd rather not be pigeon holed into that list of qualities. Mr. O'Myacin and I were together long before our respective LEO and nursing careers began. We set out to have careers where no one calls...

  21. Tips on how NOT to appear like a Drug seeker

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

    Reminds me of a patient with lots of new track marks asking me for tips on venipuncture. (Guess she wasn't having much success with it given the location and amount...) I don't doubt that even drug...

  22. Diarrhea & dehydration

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

    The key here is "upon examination". The patient was examined. The family reports two days of watery stool. We don't know how much stool was actually being passed, how little or much the patient was...

  23. Things people say coming out of anaesthetic

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

    My husband clearly remembers a naked nurse on rollerskates carrying a plate of keilbasa in the room with him during his cardiac cath. He was in there for almost 9 hours (having an ablation too) - and...

  24. Rules for the ER (long)

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

    *sigh* Sometimes I refuse to go to the ER too. Then I realize that I have to put on my big girl pants and go to work. Vent thread. I'm just going to flat out say that while I am sorry that you had a...

  25. LTC resident telling a fib

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

    There was a lot of time from 9:30p to when "Jane" was brought to the hospital. Plenty of time for her to have contact with another staff member who raised the head of her bed. If she has periods of...