Ms Kylee

Ms Kylee

Med Surg, Hospice

Member

All Content by Ms Kylee

  1. Quit before probation...Am I entitled to get paid my accrued time?

    Ms Kylee replied to stepaukob's topic in General Nursing

    At my place you don't get to use your time till you're past probation. If you quit before probation is up, your time won't be paid

  2. How often should you empty a catheter bag?

    Ms Kylee replied to sister s's topic in General Nursing

    Forgot to add that I chart as I

  3. How often should you empty a catheter bag?

    Ms Kylee replied to sister s's topic in General Nursing

    I empty them as I see they need emptied. BUT.. I am anal. If they're half full and it's only 9AM, I'm going to empty it. I had a patient on Lasix and in 2 hours, he was filling the bag, so I...

  4. Almost lost my temper today

    Ms Kylee replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    Family's big gripe is he came into the hospital walking, talking, etc.. and now he's not... as if we can fix it... I really hate to say it because it makes me look rotten, but we really need the bed...

  5. Almost lost my temper today

    Ms Kylee replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone. I'm on 3-11 tomorrow, so I'll be sure to talk to whoever is Charge tomorrow. I keep hoping that they'll lose the discharge appeal and he'll have to go.... and I can only hope he'll...

  6. housekeeping?

    Ms Kylee replied to beachgirl26r's topic in General Nursing

    Even though it is not in my job description, I wipe down stretchers, wheelchairs, and slider boards after use. I know I wouldn't want to be sitting or laying on a dirty one that nobody could be...

  7. Ever have a patient dead and then NOT dead?

    Ms Kylee replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nope... but I have had 2 since I've started that were dumps from the telemetry unit... they swear they were alive when they shipped them up, but they sure as heck weren't alive when I got them on my...

  8. has anyone kept friendship with patient after discharge?

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

    No, I don't.. and I always say it's against hospital policy to give out my phone

  9. Students not charting...If it isn't charted..who did it?

    Ms Kylee replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    We chart... and sign our name with SPN and our school after it. Then our instructor signs underneath our

  10. Is TLC(=tender loving care) causing you more trouble?

    Ms Kylee replied to sarahrain's topic in General Nursing

    I love giving my patients the attention and care they deserve. I really hate it when nurses tell me I'm spending too much time in a patient's room. Some are really sick, some are really scared, some...

  11. My Plan

    Ms Kylee replied to PhilaGuy's topic in General Nursing

    You've gotten some great advice... just let me add that I love working with male nurses. We have one on my floor right now, and soon to have another as a GN as soon as he graduates. We have a lot...

  12. I need encouragement.....

    Ms Kylee replied to charlottegirl's topic in General Nursing

    First off, don't let anyone talk you out of it. If this is what you truly want, then go for it. I let people talk me out of nursing 25 years ago, and I've spent 25 years regretting it. As for the...

  13. Making the beds

    Ms Kylee replied to Doctor Guazzo's topic in General Nursing

    And we appreciate it so much when you help us out!

  14. Power or nursing

    Ms Kylee replied to ifunes's topic in General Nursing

    Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......... Let me meditate and ponder... *Getting out my crystal

  15. Bladder Scans

    Ms Kylee replied to floatRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our kits have a pad, a drape, cotton balls, tweezers, betadine, lube, and a bag attached to the tube. There is also a container for urine if a sterile specimen is needed. Our kits do not have a...

  16. Anatomy is pretty darn hard.

    Ms Kylee replied to ThePretender's topic in General Nursing

    My old Uni let you do a Credit, No Record.. which meant if you passed, you got the credits but there is no record of a grade. Is that an option for

  17. Am I going to die?

    Ms Kylee replied to 2bnurselovescoffee's topic in General Nursing

    We were taught to ask them to share their thoughts and concerns... this actually happened to me.. I told the patient we were doing all we could to make sure that didn't happen... she died a week...

  18. Family Presence

    Ms Kylee replied to happyhelpert's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2:

  19. Bladder Scans

    Ms Kylee replied to floatRN's topic in General Nursing

    And always remember.. the straight cath bags are not correct... they're usually off by 150 ml or so. I scanned a patient for just over 600 once, and the cath bag was reading 1000 ml... I emptied it...

  20. 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

    Would you PLEASE leave the room instead of hovering when I'm trying to do my job and give your relative a bath/change their brief/clean thier bum/change their bed? They're probably embarrassed this...

  21. Anatomy is pretty darn hard.

    Ms Kylee replied to ThePretender's topic in General Nursing

    I must be weird.. I LOVED Anatomy! I got a 95 for the class. I think what helped me was I worked as a transcriptionist for 5 years before nursing school, so I had to learn the vocabulary, body...

  22. The Careless Nurse...

    Ms Kylee replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    My other big gripe is as a PCT, I can insert Foleys and straight caths, do simple dressing changes, enemas, pull IV's, MRSA nares swabs, and EKG's. Before I took this class, clinical, and passed both...

  23. Can I have a kiss???

    Ms Kylee replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    OMG.. I thought I was the only one who got this... was sitting a patient because she had a history of suicide tendencies. She was sleeping, and woke up.. asked who I was, I explained.. she started...

  24. The Careless Nurse...

    Ms Kylee replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    No, but I work with about 5 really lazy ones who can't be bothered to clean up patient rooms after dressing changes, etc. Irks me so bad, I have to go in and clean up their

  25. Hospice - PCT Position

    Ms Kylee replied to MiaKeaRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I work Home Health hospice casual and Med Surg/Oncology at the hospital. We have at least one hospice patient a week. PCT's at the hospital do basic care duties to the hospice patients-- Keeping...