CaLLaCoDe BSN, RN

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    hi to all...

    CaLLaCoDe replied to piwitot's topic in General Nursing

    If you have any religious inkling, I recommend you beg, really I do, others to pray for you in their own way....send you light or guidance in a time of dire test taking need. I did and where others...
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    Telemetry?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to chmiller1229's topic in General Nursing

    Tele is not STEP DOWN. Step Down is Step Down. Too tough for my bones! lol NOT my Planet! Step down is a halfway house from ICU to the general floor or from the general floor to ICU...its own planet...
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    PLEASE HELP... starting the night shift

    CaLLaCoDe replied to cinthern's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you're reckless and brave, try staying up til 8'clock pm on your first day off after a string of 3 nights...makes your night shift not such a big biter of your free time. Activity and coffee help...
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    Do you really want work with foreign nurses?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to lucinka's topic in General Nursing

    Your attitude and caring heart are EVERYTHING!!! Translates easy and no one doubts its
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    Took NCLEX yesterday and FREAKING OUT!!

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

    Having the questions go easy hard easy hard is probably a good thing. Because the test is similar to taking off with a small plane; first you gain altitude and then you are faced with stormy weather...
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    I really, really feel like calling it quits

    CaLLaCoDe replied to shining_star28463's topic in General Nursing

    I do recount all those folks that I'd never thought would throw in the towel, those shining lights of prowess and nurse ambition and were destroyed by a mean instructor or a failed course, pride got...
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    Obtaining License in NY state seems difficult...

    CaLLaCoDe replied to ktb_82's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I just wanted to wish you luck with the red tape. I hope all your efforts prove to be worth it in the end! I wish to applaud the Oregon Board of Nursing for their fantastic help and courtesy when...
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    'Scuse me sir, don't bite into that frito ! ! !

    CaLLaCoDe posted a topic in General Nursing

    One issue I think is awfully odd; I know it really is meant to be benificial is putting a patient on a strict diet (let's say low sodium, diabetic, renal etc). I could understand why this is done;...
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    'Scuse me sir, don't bite into that frito ! ! !

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    [mouse] [/mouse]i think this hits at an issue we as professionals struggle with, the autonomy of the patient versus the desires of the nurse or in this case, the family! to live your last as you see...
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    'Scuse me sir, don't bite into that frito ! ! !

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    some diets or preparation offered by my facility look to grim to even pass health department standards....so, i may offer the family either go out to get their favorite soup or bring some home cooked...
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    If you are drunk, don't drive!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Well
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    If you are drunk, don't drive!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    [mouse] [/mouse]I think that we as a profession should examine a carte blanche policy such as caught drinking and driving lose your license. We need to consider the circumstances for the person's...
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    Shift change, ding, ding --Doc's here !.!.!

    CaLLaCoDe posted a topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how often it has occurred to me that as soon as I'm finished receiving report a Doctor is down my neck wanting to know about my patient (who I've not assessed or reviewed the chart for)....
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    Can students be helpful, or are they just in the way?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Megsd's topic in General Nursing

    I thought of another issue that grrr'd me when I was a student: My nurse instructor gave me two chest tube patients on TELE and during my shift something awry happened, I think I covered potassium on...
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    A Male School Nurse, Omg ! ! !

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    [mouse] [/mouse]Good luck! Enjoy your summers off
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    Can students be helpful, or are they just in the way?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Megsd's topic in General Nursing

    I learned to use these painful situations as my strength toward being the student's advocate as a nurse (even though I do work nights and infrequently deal with student nurses mind you). As a student...
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    Relationships in Nursing School

    CaLLaCoDe replied to sissyboo's topic in General Nursing

    Thank goodness you have someone who can help you with your term papers! JUST KIDDING! Anyway, I think his having struggled getting his degree will be of more understanding than a man who knows only...
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    'Scuse me sir, don't bite into that frito ! ! !

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Somehow I wish there existed a mandatory food clinic for patients who just don't get it...perhaps very nicely prepared meals for an entire month and no cheating period...but that's just fantasy. PS....
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    Shift change, ding, ding --Doc's here !.!.!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    What's most mysterious to me is the lull after the after shift change storm-- families wanting this or that or calling to see what's up, docs ordering this or that and no time to follow up with them...
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    If you are drunk, don't drive!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    [mouse] danh3190 quote: If it's simply a matter a matter that the nurses should know better, how many nurses smoke? How many are grossly obese? We all do dumb stuff when we should know better.[/mouse]...
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    The War with the Floors

    CaLLaCoDe replied to zima60's topic in Emergency

    I am so grateful for the ER nurses...for what they go through and how they handle everything and I go out of my way to make the transition to the floor for an ER patient smooth and effortless... I...
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    New grad with 1 other nurse and 79 patients

    CaLLaCoDe replied to kstec's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I totally agree with you, sista/bro! This is not a hospitable environment for anyone wishing to fulfill the reason we got into nursing in the first place, patient
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    'Scuse me sir, don't bite into that frito ! ! !

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Oh by gosh! I forgot entirely about fluid restriction with the renal/chf pt! What's a nurse to do when you see evidence (rales, swollen legs etc)...Lasix is not the cure entirely...especially on a...
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    Nephew Interested In Nursing Career

    CaLLaCoDe replied to pchaven's topic in General Nursing

    My mother got her bachelors degree and well, I thought to myself wouldn't this be neat to do the same thing? However, I was so disillusioned by the amount of reading and little practical clinical...
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    Gag Me, The Hospital's Food's Rank ! ! !

    CaLLaCoDe posted a topic in General Nursing

    ever feel terrible for the quality of food served at your establishment for the patients... flying saucer pancakes that could be used as weapons by ninjas? gross gravy sludge that stinks up the...