shellsgogreen

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  1. What Would You Like to Chart if You Can Get Away With It?

    shellsgogreen replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    oh no!!! :uhoh21: feel better

  2. Forced to be charge without the pay???

    shellsgogreen replied to Nacki's topic in General Nursing

    we are compensated on my unit when we take charge. the primary reason i take charge is for the experience, however my feathers would be ruffled if there was no extra $$ to account for the quadruple...

  3. What Would You Like to Chart if You Can Get Away With It?

    shellsgogreen replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    "pt instructed to not use the call bell every three seconds. pt verbalizes

  4. Double Glove with HIV positive patients

    shellsgogreen replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    i don't pay attention to ignorance anymore - especially during report; i just take in the pertinant information and keep it moving. i've learned you can't change the way people think, so i argue...

  5. Do you sign "RN' after your name OUTSIDE of the hospital?

    shellsgogreen replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    heehee:lol2:

  6. Who Watches ER?

    shellsgogreen replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

    love this show - wasn't too happy when carter, ross or greene left, but you know what, i still watch the reruns and even dvr them for when i'm bored, even though i must have seen each episode...

  7. Questioning Doctor's Order

    shellsgogreen replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    i've had patients with known allergies to penicillin, and they've ordered them, however the md writes "known allergy " as part of the order. as far as administering, i was of course very cautious and...

  8. Do you sign "RN' after your name OUTSIDE of the hospital?

    shellsgogreen replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    wow, i hope i'm not adding that - i hardly pay attention when writing my name, and adding that rn bit has become such second nature. i think i'd better pay closer attention next time i sign those...

  9. Dealing with Rude Nursing Instuctor

    shellsgogreen replied to summersent's topic in General Nursing

    heh... bet the former instructor changed her tune real

  10. Discouraed and about to give up on Nursing

    shellsgogreen replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    i just wanted to send you a hug:icon_hug: it can be rough starting out as a new nurse, and especially in a new town - what sort of things are you interested in? if you like to read, perhaps there...

  11. ~Sigh~ Nothing like an unexpected death....

    shellsgogreen replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you did things right - especially considering the fact that your CNA was with the patient the whole time, that's a nice comfort for the patient during her final

  12. Student Nurses

    shellsgogreen replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    i love to have students - it's nice to see things from their eyes sometimes, and for the most part the instructors are great. i try to find as many things for them to experience as possible, as...

  13. What medical shows do you watch?

    shellsgogreen posted a topic in General Students

    I used to watch ER, lost interest in that when Carter left, but keep up here and there to test my knowledge....I adore Greys Anatomy - they have some great cases (and good eye candy;) ) and hey, they...

  14. Nursing Student annoyed me

    shellsgogreen replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    eek. sounds like she'll annoy a few more people when she becomes an rn :icon_roll while it is hard being a student and not really understanding the bigger picture (yet) the one thing that is...

  15. Supervisor's mother died in a fire

    shellsgogreen replied to stdntograd06's topic in General Nursing

    Very sad to hear it - she is also in my

  16. do you ever felt like nursing is not for you?

    shellsgogreen replied to 2008el's topic in General Nursing

    some days are better than others. i would worry if i ever stopped wanting to do more for my

  17. Shut up when I am giving you report...

    shellsgogreen replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    this bugs me too - especially when i'm interrupted with a question that's not even pertaining to the pt i'm giving report on; of course then i lose my train of thought. michigan; i also think that it...

  18. IF you have one opportunity to shadow a floor or unit what would it be?

    shellsgogreen replied to RN28MD's topic in General Nursing

    i shadowed a nurse in the ccu while i was in school, and learned so much - the experience definitely contributed to future plans to work in this

  19. Saw something that really disturbed me tonight

    shellsgogreen replied to flightnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    this just makes me so mad - but i'm also thinking others have noticed her behavior; she doesn't seem to be very discreet. she is abusive and that should never be tolerated. hope they find her and...

  20. tired of hospital nursing?

    shellsgogreen replied to tigersmama's topic in General Nursing

    i don't think it would hurt to shop around a little bit to see what's available in a clinic setting - and perhaps you could use your l&d skills in an appropriate clinic, or try something a little...

  21. nonsterile gloves to do wet-dry packing? This according to a doc!

    shellsgogreen replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    it bugs me when i walk into a room and find a dressing has been removed; with no replacement - i have absolultely no problem coming in to change it if they are inspecting it, but really, is it that...

  22. Dreaming about work!

    shellsgogreen replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing

    i once dreamt that a former pt was back in the er, and two days later she was. sorta freaked me out a

  23. Most memorable thing patient has said to me...

    shellsgogreen replied to Nurse Salt's topic in General Nursing

    i had pt awhile back who had survived a very traumatic suicide attempt - she was agitated most of the time, and was constantly trying to pull her lines, and hardly spoke a word, but one day she...

  24. Recognized by coworkers on AllNurses.com?

    shellsgogreen replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    i've recognized old college buddies here and there....

  25. What was she thinking???

    shellsgogreen replied to Nurse Salt's topic in General Nursing

    oh