ADN 2002

ADN 2002

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  1. Pet peeves!

    ADN 2002 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am sure this has been addressed along the way, but what are your nursing pet peeves? A couple of mine: How many times have you been taking a medication history on a patient, only to have them tell...

  2. Another Five Star Visitor Thread

    ADN 2002 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    The sad thing is that so many of these family members are SO VERY IGNORANT, and even worse, they don't care that they are. Did you ever want to shake a visitor and shout "WAKE UP!!" We have so many...

  3. Screening your phone calls?

    ADN 2002 posted a topic in General Nursing

    All right, fess up. How many of you screen your calls against the facility where you work? Here's my story: I have been on vacation since last Tuesday, and I'm scheduled to go back tomorrow. I got...

  4. Screening your phone calls?

    ADN 2002 replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    HA! That's hilarious... UPDATE: I was NOT the on-call nurse for the evening shift tonight, the supervisor yesterday saw a problem with staffing and made a decision to inform me I'd be staying late....

  5. Screening your phone calls?

    ADN 2002 replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking I probably didn't ask my question correctly -- I think we ALL probably check our caller ID before answering the phone. To rephrase, I guess what I'm asking is how many people look at...

  6. Group One

    ADN 2002 replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, I totally agree. No offense to anyone intended, but this is absurd! Who ARE these people? Are there other similar "agencies" out

  7. Labelling Lidocaine

    ADN 2002 replied to imenid37's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We open lidocaine as it's needed. Depending on the doctor, we'll either pour it into a sterile cup on the table or the doctor draws it up (while we hold the vial) with an empty syringe from the...

  8. Calling in Sick

    ADN 2002 replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    We have to call in to the house supervisor -- all but one of them asks why and most of them try to talk you into coming in anyway. The one that doesn't ask says it's a HIPAA

  9. L&D vs. Postpartum

    ADN 2002 replied to laborRn01's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Actually, in my facility, PP technically just gets mom - we have a well baby NBN. (Not to say the baby never comes out to the room and we have to handle baby care as

  10. Postpartum Nurses-Love it or hate it?

    ADN 2002 replied to cammy429's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For the most part, I am happy with postpartum. I kind of wish I had just postpartum patients so that I can do all the good teaching stuff but in my facility, they throw in lap choles, non-infectious...

  11. road side assistance??????

    ADN 2002 replied to msmellnhead's topic in General Nursing

    That's hilarious.

  12. L&D vs. Postpartum

    ADN 2002 replied to laborRn01's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a PP nurse. Our patients do not recover in L&D - as soon as the episiotomy is sewn up, they're out the door to us. The biggest problem I have with the labor nurses is that they'll sit on a...

  13. Can you be an OB RN with an Assoc. Degree?

    ADN 2002 replied to kmj1228's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm an OB RN with an

  14. Pet peeves!

    ADN 2002 replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    For the record, I AM nice. I am not saying everyone should talk/think/act like nurses, but it's not unreasonable to expect a patient to know what they're allergic to. I also have no problem telling a...

  15. How tired is unsafe for work?

    ADN 2002 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    I got so messed up on my meds (namely, Effexor) awhile back that between that and my natural tendency for mild tachycardia I ended up in the doctor's office with a resting heart rate of 160. Bought...

  16. Pet peeves!

    ADN 2002 replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, here's another one -- how about when you walk in the pt's room and their phone immediately rings and suddenly it's like the most important call in the world and YOU have to wait for their stupid...

  17. Pet peeves!

    ADN 2002 replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    It's times like that you want to tell the pt "Okay, well, we'll know for sure when you're in full-blown anaphylaxis!" How dumb can people

  18. Please assess your patient well!

    ADN 2002 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Good grief! I've had stuff left for me (not nearly as critical as yours) and it really bugs me. The IV thing would have totally freaked me

  19. Pet peeves!

    ADN 2002 replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    *gasp!* You mean you DON'T know what the little white pill is? Despite the fact that only about 50% of the PO meds out there are little and white? LOL! I love to give the pharmacists a hard time...

  20. Starting IV's...

    ADN 2002 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds nuts, but I sit sometimes when I'm watching TV or something (not looking at my arms) and palpate veins - I learned fairly fast how they feel and where they are and now I am a lot more...

  21. when your family member is acting obnoxious

    ADN 2002 replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    I would probably unleash on the family member and say all (okay, maybe not ALL, but most) of the things I wish I could say to patients and their

  22. Working while sick!

    ADN 2002 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am so aggravated. I have been ill since last weekend (on and off, I have times that I feel okay), but earlier in the week, I was having diarrhea x 3 days (TMI, I know) and actually had a syncopal...

  23. Working while sick!

    ADN 2002 replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    I actually have a doctor's appt. tomorrow with my PCP - I think I"m going to see if he'll order a couple days bedrest for me..I think I need that worse than anything else right now.

  24. Patients You *Know*

    ADN 2002 replied to goodknight's topic in General Nursing

    I also work in a hospital in a small town - my hometown of about 10,000 people. And, while I know a lot of people on my own - a great many more people know my parents and recognize the name from my...

  25. Working while sick!

    ADN 2002 replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. What is the point of having sick days vs. vacation days if all you can touch really is vacation days? I've worked here three years and I've only been able to use "sick" days once -- after...