mesixfuture

mesixfuture

Peds, OB-GYN, CCU, ER, Corrections

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  1. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    mesixfuture replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Teenage boy presents to the ED, hasn't voided in 23 hours d/t erection d/t um..pleasuring himself with....oragel. Oragel? Yeah, I still can't figure out what the inspiration for that one

  2. Unsupportive 'team' members

    mesixfuture replied to Chixie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You definitely need to do something about this problem ASAP before some serious patient harm comes down. Nobody likes to have to write up a fellow employee especially when you're new. You can try...

  3. Tattoos and nursing

    mesixfuture replied to ryanna112's topic in General Nursing

    I have two tattoos, both that I got after I became a nurse, they are both on my back and always covered when I go to work. I don't think they should have to be, but I made a concious decision to have...

  4. Does GPA matter in terms of getting a job?

    mesixfuture replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

    love the quote! is this an rn or lpn program that has the 80% cutoff? i'm in an rn program now, but i know when i went thru lpn school our grade cutoff was high. good luck in your program

  5. Young Eating Unit Secretaries

    mesixfuture replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love both of our unit secretaries, even though one of them has more conspiracy theories than J. Edgar Hoover. Poor old gal always thinks everybodys out to screw her over. But I digress..due to the...

  6. Witnessed an RN stealing medication

    mesixfuture replied to OzBound's topic in General Nursing

    Uh, yeah. If that crap is really happening, and you know it and don't say anything, then it's your fault too. Report

  7. Nursing diagnosis please

    mesixfuture posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a peds and ob nurse, so I don't have a lot of cardiac experience, and when it's happening to you personally...well all kinds of stuff runs thru your head. I've always been a little tachycardic...

  8. Is anyone else terrified of needles??

    mesixfuture replied to amber84's topic in General Nursing

    I had an accidental stick in nursing school once. We were practicing on oranges, my syringe and my hands were sticky, so my hand slipped and all 1 and 1/2 inches of the needle slid down the side of my...

  9. Growing Thick Skin.

    mesixfuture replied to Dempather's topic in Emergency

    I don't think working in the ER has anything to do with growing a thick skin. I work on a WIC floor and we have some of the thickest skinned nurses you'll ever see. But then again we code babies,...

  10. Patient reactions to L&D nurses who have never had children

    mesixfuture replied to BarkowRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I feel your pain, Girl. I've been a nurse for two years this June and I've always worked in women's and children's services and I have no kids. It comes up often, usually beginning as a...

  11. My unit is going down the tubes...

    mesixfuture replied to whipping girl in 07's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't get out soon, there will be no cover your a$$ measures because you won't have an a$$ left to

  12. Med/Surg to L&D?

    mesixfuture replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When hiring for L&D, no experience is of any help to your resume except L&D experience, and maybe a little postpartum or some nursery. You are just as likely to get hired after nine months of...

  13. more than nursing professionals wearing scrubs

    mesixfuture replied to wearingmanyhats's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree with color coding scrubs just because I went to a private school for thirteen years and I enjoy not having to wear the same thing every day. However, I do agree that nursing should wear...

  14. Suggestons for ER miscarriage

    mesixfuture replied to TRAMA1RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Does your facility's blood bank carry RhoGAM? Any missed AB whose blood has an RH - factor, must recieve RhoGAM to counter the RH antibodies that have the potential to abort the next

  15. Switching to ER--Advice?

    mesixfuture posted a topic in Emergency

    To all you ER nurses: I'm an LPN, starting into the RN program this fall. My eventual goal is to be a flight nurse, but I have a long way to go and a lot of experience to earn before then. From what...

  16. LO's that KNOW IT ALL

    mesixfuture replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain. I was looking thru one of my peds patient's recent clinical results for an H&P and found a note from an ER doc that read something to the effect of "discharged pt to home,...

  17. The Doctor said WHAT?

    mesixfuture replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to clarify here that I did NOT say that the OP couldn't defend our profession because she was not yet licensed. What I did say is that as a student, a non-employee, and most definitely...

  18. The Doctor said WHAT?

    mesixfuture replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, maybe you should start thinking about that 2 be on the end of your screenname. Until you pass your boards you are NOT a licensed nurse, you do NOT work at that hospital, and what that doctor...

  19. Non-medical family who think they know everything!!!!!

    mesixfuture replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work in a unit, but I can feel your pain. I work postpartum and everybody's mother, aunt and grandmother knows exactly what I should do to take care of their little girl, and they're not...

  20. Working in OB and am an ICU nurse

    mesixfuture replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think I would put my foot down and demand some more orientation for the sake of your license and for the sake of those patients. It doesn't matter how many mom/baby couplets you offer to take, if...

  21. Don't you just love the stereotype?

    mesixfuture replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, really! What good nurse doesn't wear high heels to work. I find that my heels are really useful in helping me reach the mayo stand in the

  22. Night shift giving breakfast insulins w/o tray

    mesixfuture replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our morning insulin is usually profiled by pharmacy @ 0700. And that's a huge gray area of whose responsibility it is to give. Dayshift clocks in at 0645, but nightshift doesn't clock out until 0708....

  23. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

    mesixfuture replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    Okay, I'm a girl and I'm not supposed to be on this forum, but I'm so excited to find a guy peds nurse!! I think guys make awesome peds nurses, but all the guys in our hospital work ER, OR, SICU, CCU,...

  24. Incompetent nurses

    mesixfuture replied to medicrnguy's topic in General Nursing

    Keith, while I appreciate the kudos to the "ancillary staff" such as your fellow nurses LPNS, I must say that you were a little harsh, Dude. Don't get me wrong, I think paramedics are pretty amazing...

  25. Prayer and patient care.

    mesixfuture replied to WhiteFlowerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wear a skirt w/ my scrubs instead of pants. So patients usually guess that I'm religious, and I'm often asked to pray. I always oblige when asked. Sometimes I pray silently for my patients,...