CaLLaCoDe BSN, RN

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    Why are paper towel dispensers locked?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Paper towels at my hospital are old school and luckily unlocked. But the mops are locked up! Had a patient once who had gotten up out of bed in a TCU unit with streaks of feces on his back down his...
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    Job type during Nursing school?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to taicjc's topic in General Nursing

    :melody:
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    Job type during Nursing school?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to taicjc's topic in General Nursing

    i worked as a cna in a stepdown unit which involved a lot of turning of patients,oral care, feeding, butt wiping (never got used to this task! butt someones got to doo doo it!) we also got used to...
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    Officially off orientation tonight! Yeaa!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to jenrninmi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    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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    Gag Me, The Hospital's Food's Rank ! ! !

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I use my Grand Father's favorite phrase...or something I could hear him telling a pt faced with an overcooked salty sludge tray: "God MAN! Eat for STRENGH and get the hell out of this
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    Abusive Nursing Instructors-LPN

    CaLLaCoDe replied to nurselala33's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Boy, is this ever a juicy thread....I got my chompers on this one... Nursing school is like no other...degrading students is protocol and for some odd reason considered OK...Kind of like the ARMY...If...
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    You experienced ED nurses will get a kick out of this.....

    CaLLaCoDe replied to ParrotHeadRN's topic in Emergency

    Er nurses totally rock!! And very very very funny too! Alls I can say as a Telemetry nurse who on occasion must float to the ER (VERY SCARED, mind you!) I have been treated very nicely by the ER staff...
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    Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    The answer to your question is quite simply this....we will not tolerate more than 5 patients in medsurge, no more than two in ICU and no more than 4 in ER... Do you think budget cuts that involve...
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    what goes on/your floor during night shift?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to NJgirl11's topic in General Nursing

    Things I typically see at night on telemetry: 1. Pts with sundowners/confused yelling out sometimes all night; restraints following an attempt to get out of bed or falling and adivan haldol given prn....
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    What's your favorite type of patient?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    ditto to that! [banana]love the patient with thoughtful caring family with plenty of a sense of humor. love the motivated, get out of the hospital asap do or die patient! love the grateful for all...
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    Best Nursing School EVER :-)

    CaLLaCoDe posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well, I jut don't thing there exists one yet! However, what would you want your nursing school to have if you won the lotto and this was your all time dream. Would you have low stress part - time...
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    new graduate

    CaLLaCoDe replied to seesha's topic in General Nursing

    :caduceus: Really like working faster pace right now since I graduated about a year and a half ago...Knew of a prison nurse (slow paced like LTC) who lost a lot of his understanding of hospital...
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    AV fistula/shunt used as PIV what's this?!

    CaLLaCoDe posted a topic in General Nursing

    :devil: Here's the trouble. A fellow nurse of mine tonight received a renal patient from ER with an amioderone drip running at her AV fistula site. Now this nurse knows since we are not trained to...
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    AV fistula/shunt used as PIV what's this?!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I do believe the nursing supervisor was contacted regarding this serious situation....furthermore, the patient was dropped off during change of shift 0700 and follow up with the history down in...
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    AV fistula/shunt used as PIV what's this?!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all your responses! I wanted to clarify that the nurse on the floor did not stop the infusion running of amiodorone running through the AV fistula; however started a saline lock for...
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    What part of pt care gets overlooked most often

    CaLLaCoDe replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the oral care business; too many things to do and oral care is last on the list of priorities lol Last time i worked my female obese patient had not had a BM in 7 days! She was on Vicodin...
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    Oh God, A NURSE is my pt!!!!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    OMG is that ever funny, but true!
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    Coming To Work Minding My Own Business.

    CaLLaCoDe replied to buildingmyfaith57's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I think it's important to show your goofy side at work and not always trying to be the "perfect nurse" besides no one's perfect. I do agree, does appear that the ones who have the social...
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    Passed NCLEX now it's interview time

    CaLLaCoDe replied to deb123's topic in General Nursing

    Some questions I remember getting: [mouse]If you had a crisis on the unit how would you go about solving it? What if your CNA was not doing everything you expected from her/him, how would you handle...
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    Oh God What Have I Done! Oh God Help Me!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to garciadiego's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Fire them all and start anew. Tell the head CEO that you had an Alzheimers moment...only
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    pt husband keeps moving the toco!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to lannisz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    [bANANA]Tell him that the device is designed to give an electrical shock to anyone else in the room who messes with it besides the
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    Wish me luck! LOL!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    [mouse]Wham! Ok, this works some of the time LOL my car's attracted to telepone polls is all...[/mouse] Sorry, GardenDove..I know you mean well...just having fun that's
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    Wish me luck! LOL!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    [MOUSE]Here's to TriageRN!!! To getting your Zs and workplace satisfaction
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    Patient as Customer model of healthcare

    CaLLaCoDe replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    [bANANA]Your customer/client expired today...could she/he please have a
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    Gag Me, The Hospital's Food's Rank ! ! !

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Alls I can say is this is no inner city war zone hospital you write about! lol :caduceus: PS. maybe more like that posh hospital in Texas another recent thread discussed...fluff pillows, and say the...