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  1. Colchicine, NOT clonidine!

    shellsgogreen replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    yikes. sounds like a pharmacy error to begin with - was it a new order? if not, i wonder if clonidine was given the day

  2. Biopsy negative! Update to prayer request

    shellsgogreen replied to AlsgalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Glad to hear things turned out

  3. need help in psychiatric nursing book

    shellsgogreen replied to ddc22's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with MikeyJ and Pagandeva - NCLEX style review is a much better source for prepping for the exam. If Psych is a weak area of yours, maybe you could also try Prentice Hall's Reviews and...

  4. Dreaming about work while you sleep:(

    shellsgogreen replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    i don't really dream about work - just trouble falling asleep thinking about it.:uhoh21: once i'm there, i'm

  5. Preceptor advice

    shellsgogreen replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    i agree with the others who suggested a preceptor program - we have one, and i've heard it's pretty good. my manager mentioned to me that she has me in mind for a preceptor down the line (not yet,...

  6. broke my patient's arm!!!

    shellsgogreen replied to Elektra6's topic in General Nursing

    aww, sorry to hear it - hope your supervisor is understanding. let us know what

  7. Young Eating Unit Secretaries

    shellsgogreen replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    i think our unit clerks are pretty great - sure they can get cranky, but they're overworked, underpaid, just like us

  8. Customer Service and 24 hour visitation

    shellsgogreen replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like the patients are checking into a hotel with "quiet time/do not disturb" plus all inclusive massages. Amazing how they want to implement things like massaging while we still have to hunt...

  9. how should this situation be handled?

    shellsgogreen replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Of course she is. I'm talking about the other staff member; the one who poked her with a

  10. how should this situation be handled?

    shellsgogreen replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    if this is how this nurse treats a coworker, i'm wondering how she "treats" her

  11. Have you ever been asked or expected to break the rules?

    shellsgogreen replied to ThatPoshGirl's topic in General Nursing

    i was asked to falsify info in a chart once and i flat out said no - did not need any

  12. which professor would you pick?

    shellsgogreen replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    if i had the choice; i would go for the stricter one - nurturing worked for the beginning in fundamentals, but after that, lots of hard work and scooping up as much info/experience as possible. having...

  13. The Med Room: An inner sanctum where Angels of Mercy bare their souls...

    shellsgogreen replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    our med room is getting too small for all of us that need to

  14. Do I Need to be in the UNION ??

    shellsgogreen replied to natnurse23's topic in General Nursing

    part of what attracted me to the job at my hospital was the

  15. The worst part of nursing?

    shellsgogreen replied to SeattleKid09's topic in General Nursing

    i think if i had to stop and consider what is icky about what we do....then i'd probably never do

  16. Nursing: Dangerous Career???

    shellsgogreen replied to bigq2000's topic in General Nursing

    i've had a few psych patients swing at me, but so far my reflexes have been good and they've missed, plus one of them had such a strong gri p and grabbed my hand and wouldn't let go - can't describe...

  17. rats!!

    shellsgogreen replied to nightnursecupofjava's topic in General Nursing

    i would just ignore her and go about my own business. chances are she will learn the hard way - probably when she most needs the help and it will turn out no one will be there to help

  18. A rant: sick time use and policies

    shellsgogreen replied to andre's topic in General Nursing

    i agree - we have the sick time available to us and managers should be able to tell the difference between an employee who is excessively absent and those who call out for a darn good reason. plus...

  19. Need some advice on how to deal

    shellsgogreen replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    on any given day, there will always be at least one family who are a little "needier" than others - i once had a lady who complained to the powers that be, b/c we weren't feeding her, the daughter...

  20. My Master Cardio stethoscope grew legs and walked out on me :(

    shellsgogreen replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    hehe:yeah:

  21. If you had to to do all over again...

    shellsgogreen replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    if i got a "do-over" i would probably work as a cna/tech prior, as they taught me some valuable things when i was new. i generally don't regret my choice to become a nurse, but i do admit on those...

  22. My Master Cardio stethoscope grew legs and walked out on me :(

    shellsgogreen replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    i've bought 3 stethescopes in the last year, ,and three have vanished. i'm assuming they're in the company of the many pens/pencils i've purchased that have mysteriously disappeared. pity no one...

  23. Some MD's can be a bit thick

    shellsgogreen replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't say the GI doctor probably was in a code - I said "in some instances " and it goes without saying that they need to respond

  24. Some MD's can be a bit thick

    shellsgogreen replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    what ended up happening? did they do the abd xray? or even a chest xray? not answering calls is just not ok .....in some instances, it's unavoidable, ie if they're in the middle of a code etc, but...

  25. 7 months in, is anyone else's med/surg floor this way? HELP

    shellsgogreen replied to ltmja's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i'm on a telemetry floor, and we have eight pt's - and our charge nurse, for the most part, has a district - we tend to have quite a bit of psych also; ordinarily, i don't mind as we have some...