BSN74

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1. Port o cath help

   BSN74 replied to NurseStacey143's topic in Oncology

   I have a new chemo port. When they need blood, they just disconnect my tubing, ask me to hold one end of it. Attach a syringe and get all the blood. Then they just reconnect every things. No sterile...

2. How do you deal with Non-Urgent Patients

   BSN74 replied to mom2michael's topic in Emergency

   One reason people may come when it is not an emergency is because it can take so many weeks to get an appointment with your doctor. I have had ulcerative colitis of the whole colon for 30 years. Right...

3. Update from my story, med error could cost my job

   BSN74 replied to dmwRNpa's topic in General Nursing

   And they wonder why there is a nursing shortage! Nurses are treated so badly. If they would just stand up for themselves, things might change. But they won't. And administration knows it. Nurses are...

4. Uniforms.. color scrubs vs whites

   BSN74 replied to staceylee67's topic in General Nursing

   You might start changing you mind about some of this anit-white stuff when you get a little older and start being the

5. Uniforms.. color scrubs vs whites

   BSN74 replied to staceylee67's topic in General Nursing

   Body fluids look just as disgusting on Mickey Mouse as they do on white and you can later bleach the

6. Uniforms.. color scrubs vs whites

   BSN74 replied to staceylee67's topic in General Nursing

   As a new nurse in the 70's, I wore whites and a cap. And the white hose. Only the RN wore those. The LPN's wore skin color. I remember rushing down the hall looking down at my legs shortly after...

7. backstabbers, 2-faced coworkers

   BSN74 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   Isn't it sad that humans don't revere being a decent human being the way they revere sports heros and movie stars? They could begin teaching it to small children in nursery school instead of just...

8. time off revoked $3500 trip,

   BSN74 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just started a new job today. In the orientation literature,it said time off could be revoked at the last minute if the facility needs to. We go to Mardi Gras. You have to make reservations 10...

9. Last shift I worked I wore whites and a cap! Now returning. School pin question

   BSN74 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been out of nursing for a long time. Now I am probably getting a job working with mentally challenged individuals. My uniform will be street clothes with a lab jacket. Question: do RN's still...

10. They Think I'm Working Christmas??

    BSN74 replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    I always wondered what would happen if they offered a large hourly rate on holidays.Maybe some people would offer to work and others could be off. I mean serious