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  1. Does anybody utilize admission nurses?

    fetch33 replied to KatWright's topic in General Nursing

    I work a 55 bed ortho unit. We have nurses specifically work the admit/discharge role. They work only 3 days or so a week, on the really big surgery days. Being a night shift nurse myself, I don't get...

  2. Have you ever done CPR off duty?

    fetch33 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    We had a code on our unit a few days ago. I was at the head trying like heck to ventilate the man. Another nurse was on the chest pumping away. I couldn't get a breath in. When I asked him to pause...

  3. should I stay or should I go now???? (warning: long and drawn out thread!)

    fetch33 replied to chelli73's topic in General Nursing

    I'd see if I could change preceptors or change units. Sometimes it just isn't a good fit. I had an orientee last year that actually switched units because the preceptor was difficult for her to get...

  4. Christmas Gift for your unit from docs

    fetch33 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, what is the most silly Christmas gift a doctor has gotten your unit? I remember back in the 80's there were always lots of food gifts. We'd be stuffed with candy, popcorn, cookies... heck we even...

  5. Questions about hours, OT, and quitting job

    fetch33 replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    Emma, that isn't right. I think I'd be looking for a different job. Where I work, OT is the norm most days. I used to work at a place where OT was frowned upon. But, there was a log book where you...

  6. Have you ever done CPR off duty?

    fetch33 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    Almost would be my answer. We were on our way out of Florida and stopped at a Cracker Barrel for breakfast. That restaurant is so compartmentalized that I didn't realize what was going on. A family...

  7. laser hair removal nurse

    fetch33 replied to cshelly12's topic in General Nursing

    Laser hair removal has come a long way. It is indeed permanent. Faeriewand, you are describing the old way lasers used to work. There are new lasers, the one I had was called LightSheer. They...

  8. Night Shift for DUMMIES

    fetch33 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    My mantra is drugs and plugs. Even after working the night shift for 12 years, I still need 'help' to stay asleep. I work 12 hr nights. On the day I am starting my stretch, I pop a Benadryl at 12 and...

  9. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    fetch33 replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    A stryker frame was also used in the movie The Outsiders, but I don't know why because that character was burned from what I remember. I remember using stryker frames with patients with broken necks....

  10. Has anyone ever been assaulted by a patient?

    fetch33 replied to OUBobcat94's topic in General Nursing

    I had a confused total hip patient. He actually had a sitter at the bedside because of his confusion. Anyway the patient threw a cup of ice water in my face and hauled back to hit me. I had to grab...

  11. Please Help

    fetch33 replied to bnehls's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for over 20 years. I have my BSN degree. Get your Associates degree and get on with your life! You only need a BSN if you want to get into management at some point in your

  12. How do u work nights and have a life?

    fetch33 replied to luv4nursing's topic in General Nursing

    Nights are easiest for me when I do my 12 hr shifts 3 in a row. That way I have long stretches of nights off where I pretend I am a housewife and don't hold down a full-time

  13. Trouble c accents at work?

    fetch33 replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    I work with an African nurse who also has a speech impediment. She is very difficult for anyone to understand. I have actually had to take over some of her patients because they felt so uncomfortable...

  14. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    fetch33 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I used to work a general surgery unit. One night, I had a TURP patient that had continuous bladder irrigation. Even though I kept his CBI running nearly wide open, he kept forming massive clots in his...

  15. OUCH!!!! Ampule issues. Anyone else have problems?

    fetch33 replied to notyourordinarymom's topic in General Nursing

    Was the offending ampule Phenergan? I've had Phenergan ampules break jaggedly more often than other drugs. I've cut myself numerous times in 20 years of

  16. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    fetch33 replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    I work an ortho unit where we get finger replants all the time. Our leeches are kept in the pharmacy. I have become quite good at leech wrangling. There is nothing like a 4 finger revasc with...

  17. How many times did you take the NCLEX before you passed?

    fetch33 replied to blackberry4eva's topic in General Nursing

    Once.

  18. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    fetch33 replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    My mother used to rub Vicks on my chest and pin a hanky to my nightgown when I was sick. Old country doc had me soak an infected toe in Lysol water. I don't know if they still make Lysol in the small...

  19. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    fetch33 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have worked all over. That is 20 years of nursing experience... mostly

  20. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    fetch33 replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was removing an infiltrated IV from a very tattooed gentleman. The IV just happened to have been inserted between the legs of a naked woman tattoo on his arm. He said jokingly to me.... she's...

  21. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    fetch33 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    When you work for the railroad, it is best not to drink on the job.... you may get back a boot that is missing it's front half (that coincidently now matches your right foot :beer: Don't shower with...

  22. Stupid Nurse Trick... Don't try this at home... or work!

    fetch33 replied to TXRN02's topic in Nursing Humor

    I got the last inch of my right thumb ripped off unloading a horse from a trailer. It was my sister's horse. She happens to be a nurse also. She freaked out. I had to remain calm while she had to sit...

  23. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    fetch33 replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Tubex!!!!

  24. No experience necessary?!?!

    fetch33 replied to ChaseTyMadi's topic in General Nursing

    I got my BSN straight out of high school. I definately had NO medical experience back then. In fact, the nursing program I took had very little clinical time. I got most of my education with...

  25. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    fetch33 replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Stryker frames Circle beds.... gosh, ,those were huge! Theophylline drips were common! We mixed all IV's on the unit, including KCL, theophylline, insulin, heparin... Continuous antibiotic irrigation...