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  1. 18-gauge vs. 20-gauge

    miko014 replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

    Me too!!!!!!!!!!! This drives me up the wall! We don't even HAVE butterflies at my hospital, except for the 24g ones we use for SQ meds. But yet they always insist that we have to use a butterfly,...

  2. When good vent threads go bad.....

    miko014 replied to squeakykitty's topic in General Nursing

    I know. It was insane. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have said it was impossible. But then, there is no ceiling dose for opiods, and the more you go through, the more you need. Sad...

  3. When good vent threads go bad.....

    miko014 replied to squeakykitty's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, tolerance. Isn't it a lovely thing? I hate the seekers with high tolerance - it's so hard to shut them up! But some people come by it honestly - I had a young man once s/p wisdom teeth...

  4. When good vent threads go bad.....

    miko014 replied to squeakykitty's topic in General Nursing

    It's happened to me before too, and I said something along the lines of, "if the title starts with 'VENT!', and you don't want to read a negative opinion, I suggest you skip it.' I've read some posts...

  5. When good vent threads go bad.....

    miko014 replied to squeakykitty's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, squeakykitty! You hit it on the head! I'm soooooo sick of being mistreated! It would be more understandable if it was just in extreme situations, but verbal abuse has become expected! The...

  6. Need an opinion...

    miko014 replied to L&Dnurse2Be's topic in General Nursing

    I did it once when my brother was in the hospital. He had been in for surgery, and we had relatives coming in at the end of the week. One of his incisions wasn't healing as fast as they had hoped,...

  7. Do you take NCLEX exam if you do ADN - BSN program?

    miko014 replied to student86's topic in General Nursing

    sorry, double

  8. Do you take NCLEX exam if you do ADN - BSN program?

    miko014 replied to student86's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I have heard of this as well. I had a clinical instructor in my peds rotation years ago who, because of her age and graduation date, everyone thought was not qualified to teach clinicals. I...

  9. Compensation for being on call

    miko014 replied to BennyRsMom's topic in General Nursing

    We get $2.25/hr for on call, and if we get called in, we get a little extra (not much!). We have an hour to get there once

  10. 18-gauge vs. 20-gauge

    miko014 replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, this is really interesting. Our policies say 20g for blood/contrast. We don't even have 18g's on the floor - we either use a 20g or a 22g. Here's the debate we are having now - CT calls and asks...

  11. Just got called for a depostition for a pt from 5 yrs ago!

    miko014 replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    In the case leslie described, sure, it's okay. But that was a one-time situation. If you're in a big situation like that, it would probably be okay to take a few notes for yourself, just in case....

  12. I had my day in court

    miko014 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't even know how that made it to court! What did he do, convince his lawyer that he is a zombie or something????? I hate our whole system, I really do. We have incredibly high acuity right now,...

  13. A very brief vent....

    miko014 replied to 1TachyRN's topic in General Nursing

    We had a nurse on our floor who was famous for the talking on the phone thing. We all pretty much just ignored and expected it. I didn't realize how bad it was until I happened to see the display on...

  14. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    miko014 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's also for words that don't have a vowel but do have a 'y': tryst, myth, shy, spy, rhythm, lymph, cyst, etc. There are also many words that start with a vowel, but have no other vowels in them,...

  15. Where do you give your heparin?

    miko014 posted a topic in General Nursing

    We had a discussion last night, and I was wondering if ya'll could give me some input. So where do you give your SQ heparin? (And don't say "in the pt's room" or "in the hospital", haha!) We were...

  16. Where do you give your heparin?

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Okay in case you were wondering... I almost always give it in the abdomen at least 2 inches away from the umbilicus (that was all I was taught about it in nursing school). I've had pts who have been...

  17. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    miko014 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    How about the commercial for whatever med that is that says something about "blood platelets". As opposed to bone platelets or toe platelets, I

  18. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    miko014 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodness, I can't believe I forgot these before! Again, these are spelling errors, but since we've been talking about both, I think they apply! Waist vs. waste Seem vs. seam Scene vs. seen Then...

  19. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    miko014 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care so much about pronunciation of meds or certain anatomical parts just because there seems to be more than one acceptable pronunciation. I say "doo-ODD-en-um", but a lot of people say,...

  20. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    miko014 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Typos in professional publications get me - not message boards like this, or an email (as long as it's not a professional email!). I know how hard it is to find typos in something you have written,...

  21. PCA a good or Bad idea?

    miko014 replied to AngelaChanel24's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I don't want to be mean, so please don't take this post that way. It's just that - who do you think is on the other side of the bed helping those PCAs bathe/clean up the pts? Yep! It's a nurse!...

  22. Ethical and moral dilemma

    miko014 replied to pdaddy's topic in General Nursing

    Why is it bad business for the hospital? I'm assuming that's where it was put in, but you guys didn't make it. Unless it was your responsibility to inform the pt of the recall and that never...

  23. I think I'm gonna get my first write up

    miko014 replied to nursejohio's topic in General Nursing

    Of course not. Very few of them do. We are always read the riot act by our bosses to do "great customer service!" - please. I am all for being nice and pleasant and respectful, but I expect the...

  24. I think I'm gonna get my first write up

    miko014 replied to nursejohio's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like that wasn't even your pt - so why would it have been your responsibility to inform the family of what was going on? You did nothing wrong, and as a nurse who is contanstanly dealing...

  25. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    miko014 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    You said it!! The last two days I have read the newspaper, there have been typos - and I only read about 2 stories each day! The first mistake was "top" instead of "to", and yesterday "althought"...