BJLynn

BJLynn

DD, Geriatrics, Neuro

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  1. What would you do if.....

    BJLynn replied to EmerNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Legally, no obligation. Morally, very different story. I agree with the "safe scene" senario. That's what I was taught in life gaurding classes eons ago. Never create TWO victims in the attempt to...

  2. Clogs while nursing

    BJLynn replied to Leselberry's topic in General Nursing

    I love my Crocs too. I had one lady puke on my Crocs and I went over to a sink, slipped them off, washed them in hot water and soap, dried them off with paper towels, and popped them back on my feet....

  3. If you had your choice would you change time sheets?

    BJLynn replied to Miss Ludie's topic in General Nursing

    I have had a set schedule for the past year. The schedule itself sucks , but knowing what I'll work when is

  4. Do you think "isolation precautions" are outdated?

    BJLynn replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    To my facilities defense, most of our residents are not mentally capable of understanding they need to stay in their rooms. I work with developmentally disabled adults. That staff member does more...

  5. Stress! How do you releive it?

    BJLynn replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I go hiking about once a month. Rain/shine/snow/heat, no matter what the conditions are, it is great to just go wandering in the woods and whatnot. On a daily basis however I go up to my daughter's...

  6. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    BJLynn replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    In 1994 I made $4.50 as a CNA. I make $15.00 as a LPN currently. I live in West Central

  7. Do you think "isolation precautions" are outdated?

    BJLynn replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    All residents of my facility that present with MRSA or C-Diff are automatically put in isolation and they have a staff member present outside their door. With VRE things get a bit more touchy. Most...

  8. How busy is your unit this Christmas?

    BJLynn replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a large facility (over 200 beds) for DD people and we have a lot of "medically fragile" MIs. We had about 10% of our medically stable residents out on home visits. Even though there was...

  9. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    BJLynn replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    When I was 17 when I started an ADN program. I dropped out after the first year because I just couldn't do it and was not ready for it. Fast forward a few years and I went and did the LPN program at...

  10. What's your holiday bonus?

    BJLynn replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I got $25 this year. The max at our facility is $150. It's a non profit, so I

  11. Insulin verification

    BJLynn replied to metalmom's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, it would most times be impossible to have another nurse verify insulin. When I work the "diabetic" floor, most times I am the only nurse on that floor (66 residents on that floor in a...

  12. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    BJLynn replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, good 'ole Karma caught up with that nurse. I knew I was right, the DON belived me. I wasn't too worried. I eventually quit that job anyway. And I am happy to say that kind of crap doesn't go...

  13. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    BJLynn replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A nurse complained one time that I had given a flu shot two days early (it was scheduled on the MAR), and had NOT signed it off. This was brought to my attention by the DON. I laughed, and explained...

  14. Question about crushing meds

    BJLynn posted a topic in General Nursing

    The floor I am usually assigned too has three residents who have "crush" orders who also happen to take birth control pills. Now me, I don't crush the BC pills because they are so tiny and I want to...

  15. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    BJLynn replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    This happened not too long after I started my current job. I had a non-verbal, brittle diabetic, G-tube dependant, Foley catheter resident in isolation because he had MRSA in his sputum. (in...

  16. Do you regret being a nurse

    BJLynn replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    Nope.

  17. Charting Bloopers

    BJLynn replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    I saw a physician write "Patient's PERRLA". I sat down next to him and said, "Wow, that is amazing, I got to go look at that patient again." He said (rather annoyed), "Why?" Me: "Because that...

  18. Low Blood Count

    BJLynn replied to nialloh's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. That's all. Just

  19. Low Blood Count

    BJLynn replied to nialloh's topic in General Nursing

    Hg 2.9 Hct 7.4 That was my mom when I took her into the ER the week before Thankgsgiving. She was still walking upright and talking....barely. And before they got the lab reports back the staff was...

  20. Crying?

    BJLynn replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    The first time I had to call in a family and tell them their wife/mother was dying I could feel the tears building as I talked to them in the room. I didn't loose it until after I left the room...

  21. Stressed Out New LPN!!Will it get better?

    BJLynn replied to licky288's topic in General Nursing

    It will get better, eventually. When I first graduated, I got a job in LTC and I got five days of orientation. Two days on first for paperwork, then three days on the wing they started me on. Then...

  22. Am I being unrealistic?

    BJLynn replied to Valanda's topic in General Nursing

    In the past when my daughter has had a seizure, I have always been able to get a telephone order either from her neuro or the peds doc on call for a stat phenobarbital (which she isn't taking...

  23. What kind of pill crushers are you using?

    BJLynn replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    We use the Silent Knight on all of our floors too. Very convient. Except when one of the pills pieces gets all sharp and pokes through the plastic

  24. OUCH!!!! Ampule issues. Anyone else have problems?

    BJLynn replied to notyourordinarymom's topic in General Nursing

    I generally use gauze when opening them. I don't have to do it all that often, and when I do it is usually an

  25. Calling In Sick.

    BJLynn replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's kind of ironic for me to find this thread today. I just got off the phone with my DON about an hour ago because I called in. I was prepared for her to give me crap about it, but she didn't. I...