LilgirlRN

LilgirlRN ADN, RN

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  1. If Martha Stewart was a nurse.....

    LilgirlRN replied to saintcheryl2002's topic in Nursing Humor

    The nurses cap cleaned and starched with solvents that she made herself from things she grew in her garden! ROFL!!!!

  2. If Martha Stewart was a nurse.....

    LilgirlRN replied to saintcheryl2002's topic in Nursing Humor

    Martha Stewart Nurses notes 1300 Delivered stationary to Mrs. Charles Randolph in suite 666 so that she could pen her thank you notes to those who have been so kind to visit and/or send a dozen or...

  3. irritable bowel syndrome?

    LilgirlRN replied to Liann's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't that like hairballs, or a big clump of undigestible stuff with chewed up fingernails etc in

  4. irritable bowel syndrome?

    LilgirlRN replied to Liann's topic in General Nursing

    If she has not had a GB U/S and a Hidascan she needs ot have both of those done. I had "stomach" pain for a very long time and was scoped and even had GB U/S with neg results and was told "take your...

  5. Night Shift Nurse...I Can't Sleep at Night anymore..

    LilgirlRN replied to zambezi's topic in General Nursing

    ambien

  6. Question about IV therapy....

    LilgirlRN replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    I stuck a man near the AC once, but it blew, had a dialysis shint in the other arm so I couldn't use it. So went below where I had stuck before, near the wrist. Turned the fluids on and I swear they...

  7. Removing Staples....

    LilgirlRN replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

    I concur with

  8. Checking FHT's?

    LilgirlRN replied to ERNurse752's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You can hardly go wrong with listening in the top edge of teh pubic hair at any gestational age. Lots of times I can hear the baby moving but never "catch" him/her and then sometimes I don't hear the...

  9. sleeping staff

    LilgirlRN replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I worked in CCU, nights 12 hr shifts, we saved up all our break time and took a nap one at a time. It was the kind of sleep a new mom does with a baby, sleep with your ears awake. If you heard...

  10. Want to travel, but scared

    LilgirlRN replied to seanymph's topic in Travel

    Not familiar with the facility, but familiar with the heat and humidity... welcome to the south

  11. Want to travel, but scared

    LilgirlRN replied to seanymph's topic in Travel

    Yeah, they won't let me do that...I can take a leave of absence but if they find out that I am working elsewhere, they can

  12. Want to travel, but scared

    LilgirlRN replied to seanymph's topic in Travel

    I'm right there with you Dawn, my BF is in CA, I'm in Alabama. I've had the same job for 14 years and been at the same hospital for 16 years. I'm reluctant to leave the secure environment and then...

  13. IV Starts

    LilgirlRN replied to Mofe'ny's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I work in the ER and we usually don't have to start IV's on babies that small...I recall reading somewhere about trying a thin film of NTG paste over the site on newborns although I've never tried it...

  14. Bonus for extra shifts: what are your facilities doing for you?

    LilgirlRN replied to timonrn's topic in General Nursing

    we get 6 extra bucks an hour if the shift is a person short and you agree to come in, if they are 2 people down you get the BIG bonus of 10 bucks an

  15. Question

    LilgirlRN replied to CliveUK's topic in Psychiatric

    Yes Youda you're right, we do use the leather restraints in the ED from time to time. There is so much paper work involved in using restraints that we try our best to not have to restrain anyone at...

  16. Is anyones facility so short staffed that they feel guilty calling in sick?

    LilgirlRN replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    I am at work tonight even though I had fever yesterday and my ears are killing me. Everyone is sick, we've had multiple callins on each shift. I called in last night, but felt guilty enough that I...

  17. What kind of people make a good ER nurse?

    LilgirlRN replied to peaceful2100's topic in Emergency

    I used to think that you really needed experience else where in the hospital before working in the ED, now I am convinced that other places teach you to think "wrong". ER nurses need to be able to...

  18. Belly Piercing/Tattoo

    LilgirlRN replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the ED, the only infected piercings that I've seen that stick out in my mind (meaning that they were bad) involved the upper ear and the nose. With the nasal piercing, the ring was a small...

  19. Sick call policy

    LilgirlRN replied to goldgram's topic in Nurse Management

    This is a policy at my hospital too, you call in on the weekend, you gotta work the next one. The poor floor nurses can be put anywhere in the house that is short when they do their "make up" shift....

  20. I snapped

    LilgirlRN replied to Sundowner's topic in General Nursing

    I snapped last year. I was overwhelmed with the patient load and had asked the triage nurse to hold the patient that she was going to put into one of my rooms for about 5 mins. The doctor heard me...

  21. Pixis for everything?

    LilgirlRN replied to NSDRN's topic in General Nursing

    We've had the pyxis system in our ED for a couple of years now. We do keep non charge items in the rooms such as unsterile 4x4's. We also have emergency items that we can use such as ambu bags, nasal...

  22. my back hurts.......does yours?

    LilgirlRN replied to micro's topic in General Nursing

    L-5 bulging disk, need I say

  23. Are all floor nurses rude to ER nurses?

    LilgirlRN replied to Andy S.'s topic in Emergency

    The worst is when the ER is running over with patients and the floor/unit nurse says "we're really busy can you hold the patient?" I don't get a choice, why should they? Like I can take an incoming...

  24. Employee Satisfaction Surveys

    LilgirlRN replied to LaurieCRNP2002's topic in General Nursing

    We recently had one of these where I work, I didn't participate...they said for those areas having 100 % participation, the hospital CEO would come to visit the department himself. While it was...

  25. What or who was your inspiration for becoming a nurse?

    LilgirlRN replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    There are some things that you just "know". Nursing just came naturally to me. Some things were kinda like de ja vu....like the first time I ever started an IV, I just did it, no problem. My...