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  1. Bloodborne pathogens

    jennyfyre replied to mobilefox's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Caroladybelle... unless you're planning on exchanging bodily fluids with random people, what does it matter. One of the nurses I work with on occasion is HIV positive... and if I were...

  2. Male nursing students can do assessments on the women?

    jennyfyre replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    No actual advice here, but have a cute story! I work on a peds/gyn surgical unit as a HUC. We are a teaching hospital, so we have residents from the University of Minnesota all the time. One time...

  3. Does seniority = superiority

    jennyfyre replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I feel for you! I have a senior nurse (30 years) and another nurse that sit at the desk chatting or making busy work... don't get up to answer lights, or even pick up the ringing telephone in front...

  4. Phrase "nurse wannabe" ??

    jennyfyre replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    Tazzi... you're right.. it's not very nice. I am a unit coordinator and this phrase gets used alot on me. I know my job, do it very well... and never claim to be a nurse nor do I ever want to be...

  5. Nurse tracking devices

    jennyfyre replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    INtoFL RN, We use the Hill-Rom system at my hospital too, but I don't like it much. There is a considerable lag, and as unit coordinator on a peds unit, I don't often take the chance of calling into...

  6. Anyone An Hippa Expert Re: Hospital Staff Access To Charts??

    jennyfyre replied to ginger58's topic in General Nursing

    I am a unit coordinator on a peds/gyn unit, and I agree. I only read what is necessary for me to do my job. Also, no comment needs to be made on what I have read, even if it surprises me. I...

  7. Help! Nursing Chain of Command

    jennyfyre replied to TinkerbellT1722's topic in General Nursing

    Trudy... you just reminded me of a funny! One of the older docs I work with came in and asked where the "head nurse" was... without thinking, I stated that the headcase was in the breakroom! :)...

  8. Overnight Visting

    jennyfyre replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a unit coordinator on a peds/gyn surgical unit. We're also med-surg overflow at times. All of our peds patients can have a parent stay. Our other patients can have a loved one stay if they are...

  9. Does anybody utilize admission nurses?

    jennyfyre replied to KatWright's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital they use nurses who are on light duty to do admissions. They are on a beeper and it's first call, first served. They usually do admit vitals, assessment, data base, etc. It really helps...

  10. I'm trying really hard NOT to be the type of relative we all complain about.....

    jennyfyre replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry to hear about your dad... and will say a prayer for him! Try not to worry about being a pesky relative too much. Right now you're the daughter, not the nurse! Your dad sounds like he needs...

  11. piercings at work

    jennyfyre replied to iamcool's topic in General Nursing

    My facility is fairly liberal about piercings and tats.. a co-worker has a small diamond nose stud that is barely visible, but takes out her lip and eyebrow jewerly while at work. I have 3 earrings...

  12. computer charting

    jennyfyre replied to Heather A.'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    Heather.. our lab uses Cerner and the hospital and clinics use Lastword. Problem is.. they don't talk to each other very well, so it's a long wait for lab values to show up for us... and sometimes...

  13. Input needed

    jennyfyre replied to heyhey's topic in General Nursing

    heyhey, I have 3 bulging disks in my low back and 3 in my neck. The low back ones happened when I was a nursing assistant on a neuro floor of all places and started with a literal pain in the butt!!...

  14. I Feel Like Hammered Poo-Poo

    jennyfyre replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked nights (for about 8 years) I came home and did housework or went to volunteer at the kids' school... then came home and slept from about 3pm to 10pm.. got up, showered and went to work....

  15. Understanding the Role of the Pharmacy

    jennyfyre replied to drmorton2b's topic in General Nursing

    I usually love our pharmacy folks... but today.. ARGHH. We are "mostly" clinician order entry at my hospital, however, orders from surgeons are still allowed to be written if they are pressed for...

  16. Computer charting..Uhggg!

    jennyfyre replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Our unit has been on computer charting for awhile now, with clinician order entry. I'm a HUC and alot of the other unit coordinators were worried when we went to this system that they'd have nothing...

  17. To the health care professionals working this holiday weekend...

    jennyfyre replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks.. it's always nice to know that people are thankful that the hospital goes on as usual. I was thanked in the elevator today while showing some people how to find the patient they were...

  18. When do we give flu shots?

    jennyfyre replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    Just giving my input...on my unit, Peds/Gyn surg., we give the surgicals the shots on post-op day 1, which is often their discharge day. Most of our kid patients have already had theirs in clinic,...

  19. Latex allergy.

    jennyfyre replied to Bonny619's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a latex allergy, but I do have a funny story to share. I work on a peds unit as a HUC, and we're very careful about latex balloons and such. Our gift shop will exchange them for free...

  20. Charting Bloopers

    jennyfyre replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Here's one I almost put into a computer order. Our gyn on-call admitted a patient and wanted to be present for the pelvic U/S... he said he wanted to watch in case he saw something the tech didn't....

  21. Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    jennyfyre replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't demand blood culture results 4 hours after they were ordered. No amount of bullying will make them grow faster. Please do not freak out when a kid goes bad and demand I call 911... doc,...

  22. Hiv In Adolescents

    jennyfyre replied to MsLady06's topic in General Nursing

    We had an 8 year old on our unit recently who was HIV positive. She was in for facial

  23. Ready to start writing up techs

    jennyfyre replied to LNDRN19's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a CNA (both in LTC and hospital settings), I sure didn't have a moment to spare to surf the net or do anything else. Potty breaks were a big deal. On the unit I work on now (as a Health...

  24. Can NPs work as RN's?

    jennyfyre replied to 1nuttynurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    We recently had a NP working as a RN on our peds unit. She couldn't find a NP job in the area with adequate benefits for her family and she was the sole breadwinner. Her specialty was peds, so she...

  25. What are you ??

    jennyfyre replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the support Miracle1986 and all4schwa... sometimes being a HUC is a thankless job! In my hospital we are considered part of the nursing TEAM... I just figure I get the best part on my Peds...