Nurse K-Bear

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  1. floating

    Nurse K-Bear replied to tlbw/tlc's topic in General Nursing

    I am a LPN in the med/surg float pool at a large hospital. I float to medicine, surgical, ortho, oncology, gyn, ER , telemetry and sometimes very rarely as a extra pair of hands in the delivery room(...

  2. Doulas and Scrubs

    Nurse K-Bear replied to Natalieboo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am not a ob/gyn nurse. when I think of a doula I think of a holistic approach to childbirth. Although scrubs are comfortable, I feel they represent a clinical/ healthcare attribute. I feel if you...

  3. Throw away your sterile gloves

    Nurse K-Bear replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    If we are doing wet to dry floor gloves to remove and sterile gloves to pack. We always need to wear sterile gloves to reinforce post op dressings also. All other wounds floor gloves changing gloves...

  4. does giving a suppository count as a med?

    Nurse K-Bear replied to kookyscientist's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yes giving a suppository is a med. Definately do not give meds! big trouble there!! I also found if you let the nursing staff know what you are studing in class, they would point stuff out to me...

  5. does giving a suppository count as a med?

    Nurse K-Bear replied to kookyscientist's topic in General Nursing

    Do not be afraid to tell a nurse that it is not in your scope of practice. When I was a nurse extern, nurses used to always pawn off there job to me like they were helping me by giving me the...

  6. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Nurse K-Bear replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    when I was working as a Nurse Extern while in school, I was answering a call light. The patient said he dropped his emesis basin and needed it. I went to pick it up off the floor for him (no time to...

  7. Vomit and other icky stuff

    Nurse K-Bear replied to JPKC26's topic in General Nursing

    Puke does not bother me. It is the act of puking that does. The gag sounds can just about do me in. The other day I was aspirating a g tube and I went to put the aspirate back in when it came...

  8. Ativan, insulin, alcohol drips on floors?

    Nurse K-Bear replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    I am an LPN. I work on a surgical floor. Some days I feel like I should be working in ICU. We give Ativan IV push. The MD kept on asking me why my patient did not recieve his Ativan right after she...

  9. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    Nurse K-Bear replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    We got the usual bagels, sub sandwiches and cookies this year, but on of the most original was a pretty post card from chaplin services with a prayer on it celebrating nurses week. They personally...

  10. Promod Powder woes

    Nurse K-Bear replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    warm-room temperature water always works for me also. Put it down as soon as you mix it then it will not turn to glue. Warm to room temperature water is the key though I