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  1. How long is your shift report?

    gizzy76 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi... I just moved to a new small town to work in their 10 bed acute and 16 bed LTC as an RN. After three days of orientation I am slightly floored because report each shift that I have been in and...

  2. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    gizzy76 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    All of these things ring so true and I'm only around page 20 with reading them! A few of mine... 1) Those families who want you to do things for their family member when you are in the middle of...

  3. Tired of toileting, docs, and pt dependency

    gizzy76 replied to lady_jezebel's topic in General Nursing

    I have felt the same way many times and then something will happen with a patient that will make it all worthwhile for me. Maybe you need to search through your day and see if there was something...

  4. Best shoes?

    gizzy76 replied to AccelBSN04's topic in General Nursing

    I currently wear Birkenstocks and they took about a year for me to get really used to wearing them. During nursing school I had a pair of Clogs from http://www.shoesforcrews.com and they were awesome....

  5. RN to MD track

    gizzy76 replied to rhp123's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school, there was a gal a couple of years behind me beginning her training. I cannot remember what country she was from but she was a doctor in her country. Strange thing was,...

  6. What is the difference between a PRN, a RN, a ADN, and a LPN?

    gizzy76 replied to Shanda_B307's topic in General Nursing

    Could PRN be Psychiatric Registered Nurse? I know here in Canada we have RPN's which are Registered Psychiatric Nurses. Just a

  7. Clostridium Difficile

    gizzy76 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering what you all can tell me about clostridium...we have a lady who came into our rural hospital and she's just tested positive. All my dictionary says is that it's a rectal infection...

  8. Todays Oprah

    gizzy76 replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I think the little guy was deprived of oxygen thus causing the Cerebral palsy etc. The family were upset at their son being in the state he was due to the negligence of the hospital from delaying the...

  9. How do you deal with "patient-know-it-alls"?

    gizzy76 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just had to ask b/c I am finding lately that a lot of my patients seem to think they know how to do my job better than I do because they watched a procedure one time or another. What do you all do...

  10. How do you deal with "patient-know-it-alls"?

    gizzy76 replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the fantastic replies! I guess my choice of wording of "throttle" wasn't so hot. I bit my tongue with this gal and tried my best to satisfy her wishes. I hear dayshift had quite the time...

  11. Nurses in Other Professions

    gizzy76 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I'm wondering how many of you know nurses that have taken on other careers rather than to continue with their nursing and why? I'm too new to the profession to know any personally but a lady I...

  12. Botox, plastic surgery...

    gizzy76 replied to mstewart's topic in General Nursing

    The daughter of one of my old nursing home residents was having botox done. She had the creases in her forehead fixed, and she had her eyes lifted too if I remember correctly. She does look a bit...

  13. The hard FACTS re: what Nurses earn

    gizzy76 replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting article...thanks

  14. switching orders before doctor approval

    gizzy76 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm just curious to know if others have seen this in their practises... We had a lady come over from the doctors clinic to our outpatient dept with an order for Demerol/Gravol IV to help her migraine...

  15. What do you think of chiropractors?

    gizzy76 replied to itsme's topic in General Nursing

    My first visit to the chiropractor was when I was 13 years old d/t back pain I was experiencing a lot. When we got the x-ray it showed I had lower back scoliosis. A few adjustments later my back felt...

  16. Freak Accident! (sorry kinda long)

    gizzy76 replied to TheMagicCookie's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know a lot about it...but I thank God that you are okay! My best wishes for a speedy and full

  17. Needing insight

    gizzy76 replied to wannaknow's topic in International Nursing

    Can't say I can answer your question, but from what I've noticed during my training etc, most male nurses are found in urban centres. Not sure why though. Good luck on your

  18. patients who think that nurses should become doctors too

    gizzy76 replied to nadia562002's topic in General Nursing

    When I did my final practicum in my last year of schooling I helped out this one young fella with abd pain. During one of my assessments he said "oh, you're a student" (noted on my name badge) and...

  19. What is your least favorite.....

    gizzy76 replied to New CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    The worst for me is phlegm with suctioning! I can't stand the noise it makes! Just makes me gag over and over again, more than one person who's been there watching or assisting has had a laugh or two...

  20. NA, PCA, PSA - what's the difference?

    gizzy76 replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the info! Muchly appreciated! I think I will call HR and see what the scoop

  21. NA, PCA, PSA - what's the difference?

    gizzy76 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious to know what the educational or positonal difference is between these titles. Where I used to work, I found that when the gals/gents were hired they were NA's, then if they did some minor...

  22. NA, PCA, PSA - what's the difference?

    gizzy76 replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    awww...can anyone help me out

  23. Nurses in Other Professions

    gizzy76 replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Where did you find the time to do all these things? Nothing like expanding your mind and educating yourself for better

  24. taped report versus verbal report

    gizzy76 replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    A few suggestions: Keep everything to the point...staff do not want to hear all the little extra's that happened that are not significant to their shift. Do not allow interuptions while you are...

  25. Changing LTC residents @ night

    gizzy76 replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the great replies...my eyes have been opened. Oddly enough, tonight on one set of rounds, a resident thanked me after I'd changed and turned her, so I guess you all are