CaLLaCoDe BSN, RN

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    when to write a nurses note?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to garyg's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah, that's me, charting late again! No, I'm definitely not a god! Cool list Commuter! I doubt I was given this list in school; it would have proven invaluable; too bad I had to learn it the hard...
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    OBs doing unnecessary C-Sections and inductions

    CaLLaCoDe replied to a_wallace4's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Interesting personal story regarding this subject: My wife was a week out of the time she "should" deliver; the obstetrician said she would have to induce and that the baby (my daughter) from the look...
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    Abortion in nursing school rotations?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Students

    I witnessed a fetal demise surgery in my medsurge rotation/ OR observation (not maternity). Strictly voluntary, I didn't have to see the procedure: I could have refused. The staff placed surgical...
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    Nobody Likes A Tattle Tail

    CaLLaCoDe replied to sassyrn333's topic in General Nursing

    Funny you'd post this! Had a manager tell me, "I don't like to micro manage, don't like it, really I don't" Later on that year he pulls me into his office for a review. You guessed it... Complaints...
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    Take the IV out... yourself.

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Kaileeia's topic in General Nursing

    Two nurses in report: Nurse I: Your patient is a registered nurse, so you really don't need to do anything for her, she's independent. Nurse II: Really, you mean i get to be on facebook instead, and...
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    Take the IV out... yourself.

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Kaileeia's topic in General Nursing

    Imagine if you were her patient and ignorant of the procedure and blithely remove the IV catheter. Let's say you were taking Coumadin, so you freak out and faint or worse fall, seeing blood blood...
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    Possible Closing of St. Vincent's In Manhattan - Slow Ending of Charity Care in USA?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    I have a sense we will see more hospitals going belly up; the trend will get worse not better. Because people are losing work and with that the uninsured will skyrocket exponentially. The...
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    Possible Closing of St. Vincent's In Manhattan - Slow Ending of Charity Care in USA?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to hear this news, really this is shameful! If only healthcare were thought of as a basic right (as the Catholics view it) rather than big business profiteering from illness and woe...
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    Depressed about nursing

    CaLLaCoDe replied to StudentOnceAgain's topic in General Nursing

    Being drunk or in alcohol withdrawal gives you no license to treat nurses crummy. This is where 4 point restraint should be
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    Those Special Moments with Residents

    CaLLaCoDe replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have a cat like that. She really loves me, really she
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    Those Special Moments with Residents

    CaLLaCoDe replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sorry, my bad! I corrected my entry after rereading your
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    Those Special Moments with Residents

    CaLLaCoDe replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ouch, the attempted bite ruined the story. But thanks for sharing. Still hurts, I hope she had biter's
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    nursing vs education

    CaLLaCoDe replied to tlamb1180's topic in General Nursing

    After having worked at as an aide at a rehab hospital where all BP checks were manual, I gained an appreciation for their relevance. Low blood pressures are easier to read, a machine will often times...
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    Items You Carry Daily in the Hospital

    CaLLaCoDe replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    scissors, tape, pens, calculator, hemostat, pencil, pen light and gum. **gum: for breaks and the ride home (before I get
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    nursing vs education

    CaLLaCoDe replied to tlamb1180's topic in General Nursing

    You may need the extra help of a nursing instructor to hear the heart while taking a blood pressure. Once you learn, you'll never forget! ;-) You are the only one who truly knows what path you will...
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    Nursing Student-Getting discouraged and overwhelmed

    CaLLaCoDe replied to beatrice1's topic in General Students

    I failed my cardiac clinical and became a telemetry nurse. Go
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    Sutures

    CaLLaCoDe replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps some nurse practitioners practice this: however, MDs are the only ones I've ever seen perform suturing. We mostly remove them. We do treat the patient with pain medication prior to the MD...
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    Nursing Procedures/Duties

    CaLLaCoDe replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is more than just blitzing your question with a
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    Nursing Procedures/Duties

    CaLLaCoDe replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, even in medsurge, you'll be expected and required to perform a bed bath now and then. And sometimes the patient will be incontinent of urine or stool; and, yes you'll be expected to clean the...
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    Fired but asked to resign!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, isn't this the solid truth. Let's practice wellness at our places of employment and compliment one another when we shine!!! Great
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    Fired but asked to resign!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh! I am so sorry for your situation, my thoughts of compassion go out to you! Get some rest and please don't resign! To resign is to forgo getting unemployment insurance. I am in your same...
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    Old IV tubing from HIV patient hooked up to a new patient!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    I would be scared witless, god help us all! And please don't blame the house
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    Finally Got A Job!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in General Nursing

    :ancong!::hpygrp: Now please tell us, did you network? Did you go into the place of work with resume in hand and beg? Did you do anything else besides filling out an application on line? Here's to...
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    Major Advance for California Healthcare Reform as Senate Passes Medicare for All Legi

    CaLLaCoDe replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have my doubts that this bill will be signed by the governator, but more letters and more prayer can't hurt to perhaps sway the man from vetoing this bill. Once california has single payer, the...
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    Is is good to have a CNA, LPN and RN license?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to golpn2010's topic in General Nursing

    The benefits this option your school provides is that you can be working in the field while going to school and an employer would be more apt to higher you RN than another new grad who had not worked...