CaLLaCoDe BSN, RN

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    "You're gonna need to learn Spanish...."

    CaLLaCoDe replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    [banana] [/banana]I also think it is crazy to have Spanish speaking coworkers that must break away from their patient care to assist with another nurse's translation. So the time the Spanish speaking...
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    "You're gonna need to learn Spanish...."

    CaLLaCoDe replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    I just had a thought aside from the big controversy LOL Aren't we as nurses responsible to let our client's understand their meds before their taking them and responsible for teaching them before...
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    "You're gonna need to learn Spanish...."

    CaLLaCoDe replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    Join you then, in your undertaking of Cantanese, Russian, and French! Get real! Some of us are not linguists and have no desire to be! PS. Speaking Spanish shouldn't be a requirement to practice...
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    Two year RN degree online?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to bacardi 151's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard of a school called the Board of Regents New York...check 'em
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    "You're gonna need to learn Spanish...."

    CaLLaCoDe replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    [mouse]prmenrs quote:[/mouse][mouse]"When your hospital is located I applaud your efforts as a nurse, however those of us who haven't a handle on learning a foreign languages would find it difficult...
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    Sometimes I Miss Being a CNA

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

    I don't miss having a nurse come to me at the end of shift complaining that I didn't do my 8th bedbath, when at the time I was helping out a fellow CNA transfer a patient to bed who weighed a ton! I...
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    "You're gonna need to learn Spanish...."

    CaLLaCoDe replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to be the controversial one. But wake up! These folks are in a country where English is the standard preferred language. And, it's not my responsibility to spend my free time learning a foreign...
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    giving report at end of shift

    CaLLaCoDe replied to RNinED's topic in Emergency

    how about the ones who stall..."wait a minute...remember i'm a premadonna and require time before you, the low life, give me report!" or the nurse giving report before doing the assigned narc...
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    She's fallen and can't get up! Now what do you do?

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

    lucky you who have hoyer lifts...my back aches just thinking of the 250 lb pts on the floor needing assistance with feses and blood all over the place and a pulled foley with urine on the floor to...
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    Can Anyone Help Me Think This Through?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    move on and do something bold with your life. meanwhile keep your license current/ up to date with ceus you can always come back to nursing, it's in your blood. :smilecoffeecup: :smilecoffeecup:...
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    Took NCLEX yesterday and FREAKING OUT!!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to TigerGalLE's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    [banana]i knew you did it, even if you thought otherwise ! ! ! ![/banana] :smiletea2: :smilecoffeecup:
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    Why must all docs bathe in cologne?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to kessadawn's topic in General Nursing

    had a patient that was totally allergic to perfumes of any sort... told me when he was at home awaiting the home health nurse he could smell her through the screen door prior to entering his home. he...
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    First night off orientation...

    CaLLaCoDe replied to lakerette01's topic in General Nursing

    If only I'd have known how tough orientation could be...Glad to know you got through this test (mini nursing school condensed into a few weeks) Good work and triumph! If We nurses were Pirates we'd...
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    Cardiac stepdown vs. telemetry

    CaLLaCoDe replied to NurseCherlove's topic in Cardiac

    I agree with the frequency of movement in a stepdown unit! Many times 3 patients would leave stepdown early in the shift and 3 would be admitted from ICU. Pretty manic at times. Once we even sent...
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    NONCOMPLIANCE, why be at the big H? in the first place?

    CaLLaCoDe posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was discussing with fellow coworkers the unwillingness of patients at my hospital to get with the program: COPDers with pneumonia receiving a breathing treatment followed by a dose of morphine...
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    Telephone Orders- Perplexed in MA!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to kathybMA's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like risky business; and I wouldn't agree to putting the orders in the computer and noting them, no way! My other gripe is having a physician write "check peak and troph on vanco" and the...
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    Put off by LTC

    CaLLaCoDe replied to ejsmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I totally agree, dont' take the obuse! You're too valuable as a new nurse to hang with such a tough go. Get out now and find something amenable to
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    Nurse tracking devices

    CaLLaCoDe replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Clunky things that interfer with nursing care...end up in poop when helping cna's clean total care pts...tangle with the stethoscope... Jacho's coming to my big H and lo and behold they're handing...
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    Why so many interventions ??????

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Mooncricket55's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ironically, you'd put up this post prior to Super Bowl....oh yeah, ten and touchdown, but wait....induce labor now! "Waaah, waahhhhhh!" touch down and baby scores the extra
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    Cardiac stepdown vs. telemetry

    CaLLaCoDe replied to NurseCherlove's topic in Cardiac

    I agree, a telemetry unit is more scatter brained like med - surge but very fun indeed when this occurs, multi teared thoughts and actions lol Your thoughts on a cardiac SDU are quite correct; and I...
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    Food pyramid!!! How close is your diet

    CaLLaCoDe replied to springgarden's topic in General Nursing

    YY to your don't card much for fruits and veggies. I've been making smoothies with diverse fruits in it and adding honey and soybean powder, cottage cheese...goes down easy and I get dietary fiber and...
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    Do you trust automatic "vitals" machines??

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Fairlythere's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    [mouse] [/mouse]Oh yeah!!!! And you won't have a large derriere from bossing someone around while you're sitting down all the
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    I spoke to an MD the other day who told me that Hepatitus C was the SINGLE biggest...

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering if it really helps to prevent transmission to double glove? Some of the nurses who I have worked with did this practice. I was also under the impression regarding transmission that...
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    Do you trust automatic "vitals" machines??

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Fairlythere's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    talk about something that causes pain, especially to fragile old ladies with bruises on their arms from this beast! and sometimes blood pressures that would otherwise be low are not detected by...
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    NONCOMPLIANCE, why be at the big H? in the first place?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    [mouse] [/mouse]I totally agree, lifestyle choices made by an elder are probably so ingrown, like a toenail LOL that the idea of convincing them to change is futile. And, I would like to add that...