Ahhphoey

Ahhphoey

ICU, M/S,Nurse Supervisor, CNS

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  1. My husband got to make love to a nurse last night!

    Ahhphoey replied to thatldo's topic in General Nursing

    CONGRATULATIONS!!! (To you and your husband,

  2. Did prepare enough?

    Ahhphoey replied to MadelineGlass's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wish you all the luck on your boards. I think you'll do just fine, especially judging by the scores of your practice tests. Unfortunately, many people have a hard time sleeping the night before...

  3. The $300.00 Pair of Shoes

    Ahhphoey replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    :chuckle :rotfl:

  4. Questions from a new nursing student...

    Ahhphoey replied to giraffeboy's topic in General Nursing

    I think you should go for the BSN if that is what you want in the long range. Although I did work as an LPN while going to school for my RN, I only did this because LPN school was free and I did it...

  5. Walking rounds for nurse to nurse report?

    Ahhphoey replied to lyndac918's topic in MICU, SICU

    I don't work in an ICU setting, but I did have to do walking rounds on a unit I once worked on. It was very time consuming and was not an effective form of report for this particular unit. I think...

  6. patient leaving with iv lock in place

    Ahhphoey replied to ellencrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It is our policy that if a pt does decide to leave AMA and refuses to let us d/c the h.l., we first call security. However, if the patient makes it out of the hospital, we send the police to their...

  7. money

    Ahhphoey replied to onewhocares's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I am a new grad RN who works for Bon Secours, except I work in Norfolk. It may be different, but at my facility, the starting pay is 17.00 per hour though I recieved more because of my LPN...

  8. Altered and removed charting

    Ahhphoey replied to Xtreme1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Wow, the lengths that some go through to CYA. I would go over her head to the unit manager or ADON, which ever is the next notch at your facility. That is just horrible and the nurse that destroyed...

  9. Have you ever given report to the next shift...

    Ahhphoey replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

    I''m sorry you had such a bad experience:o . Unfortunately, I think we will all run into this type of nurse at some point in our careers. When I happen upon this problem of my report turning more...

  10. Pixis for everything?

    Ahhphoey replied to NSDRN's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work at uses the pyxis system, but for meds only. Using the pyxis for all supplies does worry me for the reason you stated above...emergencies. I have seen the pyxis machine get...