Ms Kylee

Ms Kylee

Med Surg, Hospice

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  1. Now I understand why there is a nursing shortage

    Ms Kylee replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    Gee, we're easy to find... just look for the closed doors. 99.9% of the time we're in a room doing patient care. My problem is when I need a nurse to report abnormal vitals, patient needs meds,...

  2. Phone interview

    Ms Kylee replied to Happeetxn's topic in General Nursing

    You'll do fine, Craig! Just walk yourself through a job interview you've had recently and think of the answers to the questions you were asked... or if you wished you could change an answer (I do...

  3. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    Ms Kylee replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    Chocolate IS TOO a PRN med. Just ask any nurse on my floor. We keep it in medicine cups at the nurse's station for days just like

  4. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Ms Kylee replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, but he told the male PCT to do something for me in return.. so he did the admission vitals on a newly admitted patient, the one nurse who is a gem did her own blood sugars, which left me with 2...

  5. Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    Ms Kylee replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    Have one on my side of the floor now... family complains because the doc ordered IV meds discontinued and now given PO. Son told sister "They're trying to rush her out of here, which isn't right,...

  6. Some parents amaze me

    Ms Kylee replied to teeituptom's topic in General Nursing

    My twin nieces did this.. under their dining room table. When they got busted on it, they told my sis in law "Daddy did it"... and my brother wasn't even home at the time. Cracked me up. I think...

  7. Not enough attention to BMs in nursing today!

    Ms Kylee replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    My roomie used to work in LTC and they had a list on the cart of when each resident had a BM. If they didn't have one in 3 days, they got prune juice, then MOM, then an enema. I always joked with...

  8. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Ms Kylee replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Had this happen yesterday. I got finished with all of my baths, and had one patient (who is as precious as can be. She's the one in the above mentioned post about how she hates to "bother" me) on the...

  9. How much patient information to give family members?

    Ms Kylee replied to RachelRN25's topic in General Nursing

    I tell them "You'll have to ask the nurse. I don't have access to his/her

  10. Silliest thing you ever did after a long shift...

    Ms Kylee replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    I was working 3-11 and I was so hungry I was planning on stopping at Sheetz for hot dogs when I got back into town. I came across the bridge and got in the turning lane. The turning lane has a red...

  11. Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    Ms Kylee replied to pirap's topic in General Nursing

    Had one today who didn't want to ring her bell to have the bedside brought over to her. I got it over and got her on and asked her if she'd like a bath while she was there. She told me that she...

  12. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Ms Kylee replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you ruby! You've just made me laugh for the first time in 3 days. I had a patient show me his once.. just yanked up his gown... that was after he tried to bite me, of

  13. BEST GIFT you ever received from a family member or patient?

    Ms Kylee replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Patients offer me food all of the time. I don't accept. What I do do is take what they've given me, walk it down to the pantry refrigerator and put their name on it. I just cannot bring myself to...

  14. BEST GIFT you ever received from a family member or patient?

    Ms Kylee replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    The most wonderful gift I got was when a patient that had a fractured kneecap got out of bed for the first time since her admission/surgery. She had been stuggling to get up from the bedside and was...

  15. LPN vs RN - serious question about differences

    Ms Kylee replied to jjjoy's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In my state, the scope of practice of an LPN is more bedside care. They cannot hang blood, push IVs, titrate drugs, or hang chemo. There is some talk of by the time I graduate (2009) then LPNs will be...

  16. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Ms Kylee replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't have a problem with supportive family members. What I have a problem with is every relative that congregates and camps in the room, unwilling to leave. I have work to do, and when I come into...

  17. Do you think some schools are turning out nurses too fast?

    Ms Kylee replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    I hear the lack of clinical time on the floor all the time. The diploma nurses complain that the BSN's and the ADN's don't have the clinical experience they do, but the BSN's get paid more. I chose...

  18. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Ms Kylee replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    From what my instructor said, she just calls to complain. Myself and my other two classmates made sure we asked her a lot of questions, volunteered to run to the lab, set up rooms, etc. and we did ok...

  19. How To Decide What Area To Go Into?

    Ms Kylee replied to lpn2b2010's topic in General Nursing

    And that stinks! I'm only second level LPN student and I've already seen I have to go on if I want to continue to do beside nursing. Your niche will find you. I never in a million years thought I...

  20. Do you think some schools are turning out nurses too fast?

    Ms Kylee replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    I swear I have learned more on the floor as a nursing assitant than I have in the 9 months I've been in my LPN

  21. lazy mean assistants

    Ms Kylee replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Last week, I came in to work 3-11 and found the nurses at the nursing station in an uproar... and about 3 of them so mad they were about to spit nails. The one LPN told me to put my helmet on because...

  22. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Ms Kylee replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yesterday when I was in clinicals, the students in L&D told me they had a 19 year old patient with a second pregnancy. First pregnancy was in her early teens.. and the nurse actually said to her...

  23. How to respond to these type of nurses!?

    Ms Kylee replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    Me too.. but fortunately, never at work or in clinicals. I grew up in a family that swears every other word and to us, there is no more emphasis on it than than another word, but boy do I rile people...

  24. Things you would LOVE to say to your nursing instructors...

    Ms Kylee replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

    To the Program Director: You're rude, nasty, and just plain mean. You've consistently proved you don't care about us part timers, except for the 500K we bring into the school so you can sit on your...

  25. What ice storm? Get yourself to work!!

    Ms Kylee replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I do this.. I catch you know what for it later and usually get threatened by "We'll have to replace you if you do this again." I always end up saying "You'll have to replace me if I'm dead too." I...