coleen

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1. Have you ever fixed a Doctor's mistake?

   coleen replied to midwestRN's topic in General Nursing

   Yes and sometimes you have to think quick to get Dr.'s attention without alerting the patient when you are right there in room with them and he is about to do something contraindicated for that patient. I've noticed that some Dr.'s get angry if you ...

2. Lunch breaks

   coleen replied to moonshadeau's topic in Safety

   I can't stand these whiney non smokers either. What about your car? I ride a bike why do I have to breath your car fumes? Give me a break- the facility policy allow 2 15 min breaks and a half hour lunch. Why are you not utilizing it? They gi...

3. Unlicensed personnel calling in prescriptions?!

   coleen replied to bassbird's topic in Safety

   i was a medical secretary before becoming a nurse - I called in prescriptions in florida all the time! Once the nurse tried to slip in a lortab prescription for herself and a xanax for the other nurse-they are just phone messages from pharmacies and...

4. Drug seeking patients?

   coleen replied to butter's topic in Safety

   "The whole oxycontin thing is terrible. The people who have misused this drug have taken a very useful, safe and effective medication and gave it a bad name, and that stinks. I work in an emergency room and I (almost) always refuse to give out oxycin...

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

   coleen replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   Mine aren't that gross but I do have a few. Had to irrigate a foley and it was clogged at the connector. It broke apart and a big green ball of pus went right into my eye!!! i got pinkeye the following week and Bell's Palsy a week later! Dr said ...

6. Do you all ever do this??

   coleen replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I did the same thing last week at the local "Kwick n Easy" food mart - I was talking to 2 children outside and their mother ran outside and yellled "Get in here right now - What did I say about strangers!" I felt like a creep! I DID NOT have o...

7. What Freaks You Out?

   coleen replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

   Yes , me too, I hate eyeball stuff - In my clinicals my instructor made me clean the inside of this guys head - after taking out the eyeball!!!!! It was a huge gaping hole I had to squirt saline in! UGH!!!!!! I hate large, horrid, stinking, huge gap...

8. But she's not a nurse!

   coleen replied to flowerchild's topic in General Nursing

   Most states mandate that a badge or nametag is worn with the full name and position or title. Maybe you can suggest wearing the badges due to state regulations. I broke my neck going to nursing school!!! Work, family, financial problems, death of...

9. Your favorite "extra" thing to do for patients

   coleen replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

   I try to take them out somewhere - especially the elderly who have no family nearby. If I obtain permission and If I can transfer them to my car - we are "Good to Go" - Last week I took a lady to Walmart - it was her first time out of the facility ...

10. Nursing errors I learned from...

    coleen replied to mattsmom81's topic in General Nursing

    I agree - always report med errors!!! I have made a couple of doozies but then I was able to get dr.'s advice on resolving or monitoring the potential problem. Even a vitamin would with my luck be the one thing someone is really allergic too or cann...

11. What do you carry your pens, tape, scissors, etc in?

    coleen replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Uniform/Gear

    I keep my cigarettes and lighter in my pocket - the rest i run back and forth for like adhd nurse on speed. I keep alot around my neck on a light band that holds med keys, watch, pen and if I dared wear a fanny pack I probably would not be able to r...

12. Scissors

    coleen replied to Huganurse's topic in Uniform/Gear

    no i don't cut up charting from the actual charts - just my notes and practice chartings I do on scrap which i find the need to do 5 times before i can actually put in NN

13. geriatric nursing

    coleen replied to DAISY MAE 1's topic in General Nursing

    I have only worked in a few places since I"ve become a nurse. The hospital setting was one that I never ever cared for even in clinicals. Not that it's too much work or too stressful - It's not what I like to do. I never thought Geriatrics would b...

14. Rude Colleague??

    coleen replied to MPHkatie's topic in Relations

    Oh and by the way - reporting your coworker is not a good idea - not for something like that - abuse yes - but you really don't know the history between her and this family and maybe it goes way back or you didn't hear the whole conversation, Maybe...

15. covering ones A double S

    coleen replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

    Hey I have same problem with silly RN supervisor. Only she hears only what she feels like working on that day - that big old pressure wound that woman came in with has been festering for 5 days and you haven't even peeked. How many times can you bu...