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  1. Anesthesia: The Last and First Thing You Heard

    babydoll99_99 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    12/09 Lap chole. Nurse gave me versed in holding area. Told my DH bye and we went down the hall. Halfway there this conversation happened. Her: You feeling that versed? Me: Nope I think you gave me...

  2. I dont care what part of the United States you live in!!!

    babydoll99_99 replied to SDA3694's topic in General Nursing

    You need to go to one of their job fairs and really sell yourself. I put in an application and resume and didn't hear anything at all. Then i went to a job fair they had and was interviewed on the...

  3. I dont care what part of the United States you live in!!!

    babydoll99_99 replied to SDA3694's topic in General Nursing

    San Antonio hospitals have openings. I work for Methodist and I know if you can sell yourself they hire new grads. Lots of ICU positions open. Goto www.sahealth.com to apply for Methodist. Hope this...

  4. locked unit problems

    babydoll99_99 replied to deonj_21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I guess the grass is always greener. We have been begging for them to lock our unit. We have the hugs system and it is constantly going off with our moms walking in the hall. It drives us nuts with...

  5. I am a nurse. Venting about how I feel.

    babydoll99_99 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Only thing I can think of to add on...... I am a teacher. I teach my pts how to care for themselves, and I teach the family how to care for the pt. I answer questions and am patient with the...

  6. Things you'd LOVE to tell the doc and get away with it....

    babydoll99_99 replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    Why yes doctor, I actually am an idiot and I love calling you and bugging you because your scribble that looks like a 3 year old tried to write I love you cannot be deciphered. I volunteered for the...

  7. "TIME BACK" vs. Overtime "PAY"

    babydoll99_99 replied to Paws4K9s's topic in General Nursing

    Our unit does the same thing, minus the manager messing with the time clock. If we work a 16 hour shift on tuesday you can bet that ifthe have the chance they will send you home early on the last day...

  8. Moving to San Antonio

    babydoll99_99 replied to silverbelle's topic in General Nursing

    I live and work in San Antonio. Do you know where you will be living? That is a big consideration to what hospitals might be good for you. San Antonio is huge (very spread out) and to avoid an hour...

  9. How do you get the nursing care done with hourly rounding & computer documentation?

    babydoll99_99 replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't read all of the replies, so this may have been said before, but I use Meditech too and at our hospital we got IT involved. Don't ask me how, but there is a way that IT can program Meditech...

  10. Need advice regarding Nurse Techs

    babydoll99_99 replied to tiskathleen's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse Techs are not permitted to give ANY medications in a hospital setting. Oral or IM or IV. That is true across the

  11. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    babydoll99_99 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    1) Please Please Please read a book, any book about babies will do, BEFORE you deliver. Or better yet take one of those FREE parenting classes that are offered all over the city! 2) No, I will not...

  12. Floats are "REAL" nurses too!!!

    babydoll99_99 replied to NewWayofLife's topic in General Nursing

    I wholeheartedly agree with you. I work Postpartum and have shown many floats how to do the pesky fundal check and in return when I had a dialysis pt a float nurse sat with me for a half hour trying...

  13. depressed

    babydoll99_99 replied to phoebebrat's topic in General Nursing

    No I wouldn't use those negatives. Something like, "I am extremely hard on myself. I push myself a little too hard sometimes and that can be exhausting." The trick to answering that question is you...

  14. Culture Shock

    babydoll99_99 replied to dustblown's topic in General Nursing

    I actually had to tell a nursing student the same thing recently. I live in Texas and had a pt who didn't speak english. I don't speak enough spanish to find my way out of the Mexico City airport,...

  15. Funniest complaints

    babydoll99_99 replied to nursecass's topic in Nursing Humor

    Once had the father of a bili baby in NICu come storming out of the NICU and out to the desk. when asked if he could be helped he said very loudly: I am very upset. You have my baby back there...

  16. Calling out sick

    babydoll99_99 replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    We have to use PTO for sick time for 24 hours before our EIB (extended illness bank) kicks in. It is the hospitals way of advertising paid sick time and not actually giving it, because really, apart...

  17. CNA vs. CMA

    babydoll99_99 replied to cmadeit's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure what state you live in, or what the scope of practice is in your state, but a CMA does not do "basically the same thing as an LVN." Since you said LVN and not LPN I am guessing you are...

  18. initial post-op assessments for C/S moms

    babydoll99_99 replied to babynurse357's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We work this a little differently on our floor. We have our own ORs on the L&D floor (We actually have our own building for L&D and Postpartum) and the recovery area is not really a PACU....

  19. She tried to give me orders!

    babydoll99_99 posted a topic in General Nursing

    It has been a couple days since this happened and I thought that I would have cooled off about it by now, but I am still kinda ticked off so I decided to get it out here. I work on a mother/baby...

  20. Postpartum depression

    babydoll99_99 replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    I really had never thought about this much before. I work on a mother/baby unit and so much of the care is centered around the woman and child, the thought had never really entered my mind. That's...

  21. She tried to give me orders!

    babydoll99_99 replied to babydoll99_99's topic in General Nursing

    The laughing and the FINE! Hold ON! was what ticked me off. An "I'm sorry I didn't realize, I'll get the MD." would have been fine. There was this arrogance in her voice, like I couldn't possibly...

  22. What is the deal?!

    babydoll99_99 replied to D&Ggirl's topic in General Nursing

    Try insurance companies. They are always looking for nurses to go over medical records and such. Just a

  23. Cannot stand this MD

    babydoll99_99 replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Some of us don't put up with it. The doc I mentioned starts yelling and I walk away. They call me back cause he is ranting and I tell him that when he can speak to me in a professional manner then...

  24. Cannot stand this MD

    babydoll99_99 replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    We have a doc like this on our floor. He drives me crazy. It's less that he is so demanding, but that he doesn't want to be called unless there is an emergency (his opinion of an emergency). He...

  25. Patient reactions to L&D nurses who have never had children

    babydoll99_99 replied to BarkowRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know this is an older thread, but I just had to comment on this one as I get this all the time. I am 27 and look a lot younger. I work Mother/Baby and get this question a lot. Many moms ask it...