CaLLaCoDe BSN, RN

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    would you like to work in a place like this?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to gilbertonline's topic in General Nursing

    i love this concept for rejuvenation of the nursing staff! meanwhile, i think it helps to meditate on pleasant rejuvenating things in the world sometimes while at work every once in a while...a...
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    Wound dressing

    CaLLaCoDe replied to MM2007's topic in General Nursing

    Overkill?...ok then playing it safe, pseudomonas is a crafty little bug to introduce to your client's dirty
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    Wound dressing

    CaLLaCoDe replied to MM2007's topic in General Nursing

    offer to premedicate the patient with an anelgesic document in detail the description of the wound use steril gloves and steril technique position bed height to a working level and don't mention how...
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    stuck between nursing and medical school

    CaLLaCoDe replied to youngEd's topic in General Nursing

    woh,,,lost your mother at 16 and dad commited suicide...younger sis ca! so sorry you had such tremendous loss in your life! my heart goes out 2u! with nursing, i like the fact that i don't have...
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    Only been a nurse for 4 months

    CaLLaCoDe replied to ncriverrat's topic in General Nursing

    perhaps give yourself a year of this working on nights with high acuity patients and mood swings and heaven forbid divorce lol :+( but i would not recommend it! i suggest looking for a day position...
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    Hospital Survival Guide for Friends and Family

    CaLLaCoDe posted a topic in General Nursing

    On the same note as the thread "what would you bring to the hospital." What would you tell family to prepare for a hospital stay? What would you tell them to say or not to say? What would you tell...
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    Out of nursing program cause i am smoker!!!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to misstaz25's topic in General Nursing

    A personal habit, even an unhealthy one at that should not come between a nursing instructor and a future nurse's future...It's discriminatation at its worse! If all nurses who smoked were barred...
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    Internet in ER: Good or Bad??

    CaLLaCoDe replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

    And especially if you are wisely using this great tool and not straying but staying far from the forbidden fruits, should we say...that's its merit! Scorn on those who view Media while others may be...
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    Internet in ER: Good or Bad??

    CaLLaCoDe replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

    Would she rather you spend your break time reading the National Enquirer? Go Figure, besides this site we're on you and I not only helps with venting (cathartic) but with venting issues; how do we say...
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    What I miss/don't miss about my previous nursing position

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing

    I don't miss smelling like pseudomonas and wanting to burn my uniform when I arrive home I don't miss breaking my back cleaning people up left and write I don't miss uppity ICU nurses who think...
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    massage, still done?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to jo272wv's topic in General Nursing

    Yes for sure! As a night nurse I will often use massage to quiet a confused patient or a patient having difficulty with sleep...works wonders. Of course for a sore back too. I am grateful when my...
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    Oh God, A NURSE is my pt!!!!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    ok, here's my take... had a patientrn who insisted i role her ted hose up like nylons before applying them to her leg, really impossible!!!...now i know from experience this doesn't work,best to...
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    What would you bring?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    1. puzzle books of diverse types, because staring at four walls and tv aren't going to hack it. 2. mechanical tooth brush (my hands might be tide up with ivs and restraints lol) 3. mirror, to see how...
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    rules for student nurses

    CaLLaCoDe replied to squeakykitty's topic in General Nursing

    on changing the schools rule...well, i beg to differ. i went to a cal state in town and was treated absolutely horrendously (some of the teachers are mean) twice after spending a year out of the loop...
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    How do you get on with foreign nurses?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to letina's topic in General Nursing

    Omg.....very very very
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    Is current thinking on pain control creating drug addicts?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I think it should be outlawed to mix phenergen + analgesic IVP to give as a pain remedy. We all know these patients are looking for an extra kick! And nausea doesn't occur spontaneously with...
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    Do nurses, DR's, health care workers get randomly drug tested?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    i know as an rn i was drug tested all the way through cna & rn schools and when i applied for work at my current facility. if there was any question that i was intoxicated at work, i would be drug...
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    Maintaining a Professional Attitude?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    one thing i learned early on is to confront the rude behavior head on immediately with a comment such as....sir/mam, this is inappropriate behavior...you need not use such language in this hospital!!...
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    When is it ethical to talk about religion with a patient?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    i guess the closest time i ever got to converting someone was when i was working as an aide at a rehab hospital while in nursing school and a patient of mine had her friend an rn visiting her...well...
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    What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    As an orientee almost 2 years ago, looking back I am so grateful for the patience, long suffering, and kindness shown to me by my preceptors...wow, they really were great! I was such a poor new nurse...
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    Difficulty with a CNA

    CaLLaCoDe replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't think for one moment if you see a nurse on line or looking through an avon booklet that we are lazy or doing something we shouldn't at work; this work is stressful and sometimes we take a...
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    Difficulty with a CNA

    CaLLaCoDe replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't think for one moment if you see a nurse on line or looking through an avon booklet that we are lazy or doing something we shouldn't at work; this work is stressful and sometimes we take a...
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    Night Shift for DUMMIES

    CaLLaCoDe posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone working NOCS...RNs, LVNs, CNAs... Share your hidden secret to everyone how you survive the night shift...How you handle stressful shifts; what you do to get patients to do your bidding etc. In...
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    Night Shift for DUMMIES

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    :redlight: Little known keys that I have picked up just being the NIGHT NURSE: 1. Begin one's shift by making "friends" with all your patients; a calm hands approach with assessment and a quality time...
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    Weekly pay?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Djuna's topic in General Nursing

    I get paid in a two week pay period in California...I think that's is the norm here in the