CaLLaCoDe BSN, RN

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    Format for handwritten lab values

    CaLLaCoDe replied to superwee's topic in General Nursing

    I use them every day...stick figures for lab values>>> Sorry, my computer can't draw the stick and put the values in at the same time...however if you use the sticks below where the values go...
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    How did you choose your Career in Nursing?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to JasonCocchiola's topic in General Nursing

    i chose nursing because it involves being on your feet part of the time and sitting still some of the time...or vice versa depending how your shift goes if you get my drift! i chose nursing for it...
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    Please help the MD, don't put him/her to shame!

    CaLLaCoDe posted a topic in General Nursing

    found this post on sdn...wanted to share it! http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=443220 thanks to all for enjoying my theft from sdn, however i was not the nurse and we do have a rapid...
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    Quick little rant about the tele room here.

    CaLLaCoDe replied to kcalohagirl's topic in Cardiac

    i'm just wondering regarding the telemonitor's role here, couldn't he or she slip away from the monitor fix the leads, adjust the battery on his/her own and so forth? just a thought! especially if...
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    A surgeon's perception of nursing education.

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Grandy's topic in General Nursing

    maybe this is cruel comment to a really cool post by the oldguy but i went to a teaching hospital for nursing school and found some nurses reluctant to deal with me the nurse, i was wall paper in...
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    ages:)

    CaLLaCoDe replied to iluvmynavyman's topic in General Nursing

    1) what is the adverage age of a new nurse ?? i'm going to say 30, not too high and not too low ;-) 2)what made you want to become a nurse ? i was planning on becoming a math teacher and bombed at...
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    Psych class

    CaLLaCoDe replied to blayzin2's topic in General Nursing

    one thing that saved me in psych (i too bombed a few tests) was to look for the answer in an objective test that left the door open the widest, go for the most therapeutic answer, leaves the patient...
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    Please help the MD, don't put him/her to shame!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    You win! That is the truth! Oh well, no one is as perfect as this RN whose tale I usurped from
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    Would REALLY appreciate some advice!!!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Soneshine's topic in General Nursing

    since you are new, please give it some time. i too was a cna for three years prior and oh how different nursing is! you will definitely find your nitch! i too felt overwhelmed, felt insecure, felt...
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    any male nurses in minnesota???? and ?s on being one?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to snowboarder55352's topic in General Nursing

    yes, indeed the pay is good and you get to be around some very attractive sweet female nurses. and don't worry about the title nurse, you define what a nurse is! you may want to post this in the...
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    Lift Teams in your Hospital?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    there are no paid lifters at my facility. only cnas rns (family members are out of the question 'cause of liability). the main thing i have learned is to avoid lifting too much by oneself. get a team...
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    It's the Final Countdown.....

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Clarence Nightingale's topic in General Nursing

    2 additional tips for the test: 1. test is not timed so take your time! 2. i wrote down the facts to the question first as if i was taking report and then i tried to figure out the answer before...
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    Incident report- retaliation

    CaLLaCoDe replied to ICRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    one thing i can add to this blog is that incident reports should be done as a last resort. i mean if you see something done wrong point it out verbally first. don't just go about writing the person up...
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    How Can We All Take Ownership For Unit Culture?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to NoviceToExpert's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    help others on the unit floor if the culture is to stand aloof, a culture of doing the work on one's own. this hopefully will turn the tide. and don't ever label, spread rumors but spread kind rumors,...
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    It's the Final Countdown.....

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Clarence Nightingale's topic in General Nursing

    i rarely ask anyone to pray for me. i just find that trait a little self centered, however when it came test time, i let all personal feelings go and asked away. even if you are athiest do so! it not...
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    Am I too old to go to nursing school and into a nursing career?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to is58tooold's topic in General Nursing

    novicetoexpert, ;) you write so very well and represent yourself very well on web paper. i respect your arguments! welcome to allnurses.com! ! ! you are a fine addition to this motley bunch! ! !...
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    Our teacher fudged our clinical hours let us go home and now I am out of school

    CaLLaCoDe replied to SaraLee's topic in General Nursing

    kudos to you for your integrity, it will serve you well as the nurse. i hope the best in your nursing education. just get through it best you can...all of us were traumatized to some degree in nursing...
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    A surgeon's perception of nursing education.

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Grandy's topic in General Nursing

    this surgeon has a valid point regarding care that is burned into nursing students caring after machines and paperwork and forgetting to look after wounds and turning and creases in bed sheets and...
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    This Nurse I Work With

    CaLLaCoDe replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    one time a doctor told me to write the order for butt paste without ever having to call him when he was making rounds. i told him that i was glad that i didn't have to call him at 0300 to get the...
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    When to give meds

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Bluecap's topic in General Nursing

    i'm totally guessing here, but does tds=threedosages? now if it does, i would translate it to mean three dosages before meals...possibly 0730,1130,0430. just my
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    Nurse to Doctor

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Caitlind89's topic in General Nursing

    this post brings up a memory of mine. after completing nursing school and i think i'd already gotten my license, my step-mom says, "are you going to go to md school now and become a doctor?" :uhoh3:...
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    Sad conversation today

    CaLLaCoDe replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    as stated by the above poster, that i did not consider tazzi's feelings is a misunderstanding of where i'm coming from on this issue. cancer patients have a reversal of their disease not following the...
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    Gay labeling, is it just plain mean? Or sexual harrassment?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Men in Nursing

    Scarey and ironically the gal that stated, "oooooh, a gay nurse givning report to another gay nurse!!" uses the term,"That's so gay!" to describe an imperfect action or an idiotic thought pattern...I...
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    Sad conversation today

    CaLLaCoDe replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    what good does it provide a patient to tell them realistically that his/her condition will worsen? how are we to know really? scientifically yes we know patient's with dementia worsen with time, the...
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    Am I too old to go to nursing school and into a nursing career?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to is58tooold's topic in General Nursing

    fiona 59 and novicetoexpert, both of you have arguments that stir healthy debate in my soul regarding this issue, i only wish it were true in our national press (especially on radio) regarding...