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 gloves, no sterile techniche. Is this OK? Also, s...

2. recent colonoscopy experience

   BSN74 replied to mat/childnurse's topic in Gastroenterology

   I have had Ulcerative Colitis for 32 Years. I am supposed to have colonoscopies every year or two for the rest of my life. I was so scared it took me 20 years to ever have a colonoscopy. Back then, the doctors all refused to do anything other than li...

3. 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 now I am bleeding and in pain. My GI is booked un...

4. 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 worried about what might happen to their patients. ...

5. 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 paitent

6. 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 white.

7. Lovenox(enoxaparin) SQ

   BSN74 replied to sharann's topic in Medications

   I got a DVT last summer. Had Lovenox from time to time. Injection in abd. was just not going to happen. Gave them in upper thigh and taught daughter to give shot and she gave in upper arm. I did just fine. BTW my whole life until he retired, my fathe...

8. 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 graduation thinking "I made it, I'm really a nurse!" An...

9. My peds class is stupid..

   BSN74 replied to Scrubz's topic in General Students

   Shortly into my peds rotation, I caught measles from one of the kids! Boy,was I sick!:rotfl:

10. 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 saying "children can be cruel" when some child acciden...

11. 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 months in advance. There is price gouging. Rooms can ...

12. 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 wear their school pins? I used to put mine on my l...

13. 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 $$$$$.