Anagray

Anagray BSN

ER,Neurology, Endocrinology, Pulmonology

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  1. The Circumcision Discussion

    Anagray replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    when I was growing up noone around me was circumcised and the only people who had problems are those who did not practice good hygeine and safe

  2. GYN cancer question

    Anagray posted a topic in General Nursing

    Many GYN cancer patients come to our floor with advanced stages. I also read that most of the time GYN cancer is diagnosed in late stages because early stages produce no symptoms or very little. I am...

  3. If you were writing this....

    Anagray replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I write cover letters I usually do not include reasons why I am leaving the place where I work. I say something like Dear sir/Madam (preferably find out the name of director) My name is so and...

  4. "Getting involved with someone else's patient"

    Anagray posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok - this is a first! My unit manager called me today because the weekend nursing supervisor e-mailed her with a complaint that I get involved with someone else's patients too much. Both times I was...

  5. The Circumcision Discussion

    Anagray replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ok, I wasn't going to post, but..taking a look at the whole health care and health conditions in 3d world countires (circed or not) is it a surprise to anyone that STDs and all other diseases are...

  6. student-NG tube question

    Anagray replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    Usually you would irrigate NGT every shift, but there are cases when you need an order to do so. We have a very complicated bariatric/thoracic patient who had so little stomach left that surgeons were...

  7. What is wrong with me?

    Anagray replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    After being 6 months on the job I still felt incompetent and overwhelmed. Then one day it all "clicked" and slowly but surely I became confident and now people look to me for help. It is possible that...

  8. I Finally did it!!!

    Anagray replied to DCFILMWORKS's topic in General Nursing

    congratulations!!!!!

  9. Leaving a job in less than a year... is it okay?

    Anagray replied to NextSummer's topic in General Nursing

    I personally hate changing jobs, so I think careful planning before you get a certain job can help you decide where to go and help you stay in the position. If you can write down your professional...

  10. Diversity and Cultural Awareness Rant

    Anagray replied to Pianoforte's topic in General Nursing

    BPPITT, That is terrible! You are definitely a strong person to handle such pressure. I honestly don't know if I could do it. I think I probably would just pick up and move somewhere. When you get...

  11. Does your facility still use Vest Restraints?

    Anagray replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    as long as my hospital is going to continue spend tons of money on building new garage, new offices, etc. we will not have enough money for

  12. Change in IV Phenergan Policy

    Anagray replied to RNKPCE's topic in Patient Medications

    In our medroom we have a picture of a hand that belonged to a 21 year old student who received 25 mg of phenergan IV for vomiting induced by gastroenteritis. Her fingers became necrotic and had to be...

  13. dilantin

    Anagray replied to bigmona's topic in International Nursing

    We do not push dilantin on our floor and I am very happy about it. When I infuse dilantin I do it ONLY with a filter and ONLY on a very good line and ONLY with at least 25 cc flush. I have seen many...

  14. Duoderm on blisters?

    Anagray replied to kate1114's topic in General Nursing

    I hate duoderms in general. I feel like the skin gets no oxygen and just is bathing in it's own juice instead of healing. As for blisters, the previous suggestions are

  15. Diversity and Cultural Awareness Rant

    Anagray replied to Pianoforte's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry for your experience and everything that you are feeling. I never had to face what you are going through, but as an outsider I can relate to how it feels to be treated "differently". I'm...

  16. Showing up to work SICK

    Anagray replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    As crazy as my floor is, as many problems as it has, my boss does a really great job at making sure we are staffed no matter what. she doesn't like having sick people come in to work and will do...

  17. ER interview tomorrow - Please advise on what to say/not to say

    Anagray posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello everyone! I am 31, grew up in Moscow, trained in the US. I am a nurse in a 500 bed hospital, I work on a very busy med-surg (almost 2 years), prior to that I was a tech on a telemetry floor for...

  18. Picking up my pace. Need advice

    Anagray replied to AshestoBeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on doing such an awesome job!! i am so proud of you :) I often wondered why I was behind. Yes, part of it was my personality of a perfectionist, but also sometimes we are so used to doing...

  19. Should I leave "the dump unit" or stick it out?

    Anagray replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all so much for yout input! I feel very much inspired. I think I will give it a try for sure. Love,

  20. Should I leave "the dump unit" or stick it out?

    Anagray posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone! If you work on the "dump" unit, you can probably relate. This is my second year on a very busy med-surg unit of a 500+ bed hospital. We have 8 dialysis beds, 4 bed step-down, soft...

  21. Why do we put up with it? (sorry, longish)

    Anagray replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Yea! my day as you know it. Hang in there!

  22. Caught something yucky at work

    Anagray replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there! I am so sorry for what you are going through! We had a patient with scabies admitted - she was covered! her face was crusty from it even. She was admitted with dx of " severe exzema" and it...

  23. Beyond the "5 Rights" of medication administration...

    Anagray replied to Clarise's topic in General Nursing

    I open all my meds at the bedside as I am giving them. This is my third check and in this way I avoid a) wrong dosage prescribed (some patients know their meds and will correct me or question me) b) a...

  24. Insight & advice on Critical care(ICU) VS. general Med-Surg floor?

    Anagray replied to RUcon08's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to do critical care as a new grad, but for different reasons chose Med-surg. I have learned SO much from working on the hardest unit in hospital. I feel much more confident right now about...

  25. Have you ever heard of "cupping"?

    Anagray replied to mommy2boys's topic in General Nursing

    I am from russia and it is a vast practice among reagular people to do this at home. I remember my parents doing cupping for bronchitis on my sister. They used an alchohol "torch" to heat up the cups...