Becca608

Becca608

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  1. Bedside Reporting

    Becca608 replied to trottytotty90's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Time consuming, but this seems to be to model that everyone is switching to. What I do is give them the down and dirty at the nurses station and the sweet fluffy, 'This is so and so who had x...

  2. Night Shift and My Muffin Top

    Becca608 replied to CuteNurseUnl's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I eat my 'big meal' when I first get up before going on shift and take a couple of lean cuisines to get me through the shift. My meal before I go to bed is very light. I used to race through my...

  3. Forced to Take an Assignment You Can Not Handle

    Becca608 replied to 1RN4Christ's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Unfortunately, it all comes down to money. Experienced nurses are moving to less stressful jobs and the newer nurses are getting thrown out on the general wards. My first 2 years on a med-surg floor...

  4. How long does it take you to complete an order????

    Becca608 replied to newtelenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ultimately, none of us are perfect and no shift is ever the same. It is a 24 hour job and the client is the priority. I agree that the client suffers when we spend the first hour doing 'cleanup', but...

  5. General Q's About Nurses -- Thinking of becoming one

    Becca608 replied to boba7523's topic in General Nursing

    This may sound like a cliche, but: FOLLOW YOUR HEART!!! Good luck with whatever you

  6. Pain management in med-surg.

    Becca608 posted a topic in Pain Management

    Hello all! I've got a question regarding pain management. Let me start by saying what I believe: 1. Pain is what the patient says it is. 2 My position is that patient's should medicated as ordered by...

  7. Pain management in med-surg.

    Becca608 replied to Becca608's topic in Pain Management

    Thanks Tewdles, Neurontin is already use. Part of the issue is that no one is consistently medicating this guy across shifts. Some nurses are exclusively giving him IV pain meds and he isn't getting...

  8. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Becca608 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    True story over several conversations with a patient: Mr. B., you are aware that you are on an 1800 calorie diet? --yes Mr. B., please don't have your family bring any more food from home. You are on...

  9. Echo Heron

    Becca608 replied to Tippy-ta-ta's topic in General Nursing

    Her books made me realize that I could be scared, afraid and totally human AND still be a NURSE! Read Echo Heron--she is heartfelt and practical! What I am less than impressed with are the ads...

  10. my school has gone crazy with the shoes and bags

    Becca608 replied to AstonishiaInlimbo's topic in International Nursing

    By the time our first year was done, we were all clones of eachother as well. Short nails, bobbed haircuts or up in ponytails, identical nurse totes that had been give to us by various hospitals,...

  11. medical dosage problem

    Becca608 replied to sunshine0808's topic in General Nursing

    50 ml/hr and 12.5 gtts/min which rounds up to 13 gtts/min since you can't administer 1/2 a

  12. Should I not be a nurse?

    Becca608 replied to guiltysins's topic in General Nursing

    Amen! This is why I am here. Right now I'm a new grad working on a med-surg floor. My goal is to learn priortization and time management. I still do not know what I want to be when I grow up (I'm...

  13. Perfectionist? Nervous Nilly? Worrier?

    Becca608 replied to OregonGal's topic in General Nursing

    There isn't anything wrong with you. Your concerns tell me that you will be a better nurse than I will be...even as my preceptors and nurse managers tell me how impressed they are with me. Never...

  14. written up

    Becca608 replied to cupcake25's topic in General Nursing

    Writing someone up for something so silly is usually the writing on the wall. She might want to start jobhunting--this is the nit-picky stuff that happens in ALL FIELDS when someone wants you

  15. CNA trying to hit me up for drugs.

    Becca608 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to point out that it may not be the coworker with a drug 'problem'. She may be trying to obtain them for a 'loved' one or a dealer. Regardless, she needs to be reported. Truthfully, I...

  16. Pt with Chest Pain in a docs office

    Becca608 replied to Nursonegreat's topic in General Nursing

    I stopped by to make a an appt about regular chest pains. The receptionist refused to make an appt and told me I had to go to the ER. I went to the ER where I was left sitting for hours. When the ER...

  17. Is this even possible?

    Becca608 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    "He needed money." I am glad this is working out for you, but the whole concept of 'he needed money' is wrong. You are his wife and and money needs should go through his partner (you), not his mom....

  18. Best Lotion for cracked hands?

    Becca608 replied to austin9104's topic in General Nursing

    I am not ashamed to say that I own 2 Ped-Eggs (available at WalGreen's for $9.99 each). One is for my feet and my hands, the other is for the rest of my body. Got dry skin? Get a Ped-Egg. It is...

  19. CNA trying to hit me up for drugs.

    Becca608 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Report her now. Report the veiled threats. She is not safe to work with patients. If anyone ever asked for drugs, I would tell them that they have lost thier mind and go looking for my charge...

  20. Slooooow!

    Becca608 replied to fallrisk2008's topic in General Nursing

    I would do 1 full assessment during the shift, but make one more focused. For example, when you start your shift and have meds to do as well, then I would use the info on the Kardex and from report to...

  21. Is this even possible?

    Becca608 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. One thousand and one percent. :nurse:However, there is a time to advise and a time to comfort. There is a time for some hard 'sister talk' and a time for unconditional support....

  22. Is this even possible?

    Becca608 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    AngelFire, Just do what you need to do to get through this experience. Again, I would reach out to supportive family and friends. I don't have kids, so if a friend called me needing some support...

  23. When good vent threads go bad.....

    Becca608 replied to squeakykitty's topic in General Nursing

    I actually had to 'ignore' someone because I was reading a thread and it was so abusive toward the OP. As near as I could figure it was someone that claimed to be a retired nurse. It was

  24. How to dodge HIPAA?

    Becca608 replied to liam36's topic in General Nursing

    There is a difference between 'running a warrant' which is what police/security should do and a 'nurse' reporting someone to a security officer based on 'impressions' that are seemingly unfounded or...

  25. Is this even possible?

    Becca608 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    {{{{AngelFire}}}}