TigerGalLE BSN, RN

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    Charting by exception

    TigerGalLE replied to icunurse1955's topic in General Nursing

    Well I don't have anything to fax you. But our computer documentation is divided into systems. You chart on each system and there is a selection for WNL. If their skin is warm, dry, intact ect.. you...
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    Pink Glove Dance--Absolutely Adorable!!!

    TigerGalLE replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my goodness!! I loved it!! That older gentleman with the broom could break it down!! I loved the maintenance man too!! Haha!! Thank you for posting this! It made me LOL!!
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    Promised a raise and then it was revoked...

    TigerGalLE posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I recently took and passed my medsurg certification exam with the understanding I would receive a 5% raise once certified. My director has been pushing us for some time to get certified. She...
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    Promised a raise and then it was revoked...

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Well I just applied for a position in the ICU. I've been wanting to do that for a long time. I've just been afraid of change.... We'll see what happens. Wish me
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    Promised a raise and then it was revoked...

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so I've slept on it and I'm still really mad. My DH thinks I need to go meet with my boss's boss and make a stink about this. But honestly I'm afraid to stir the pot. I don't want to lose my job...
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    Promised a raise and then it was revoked...

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Just checked the policy. Nothing about pay raises included in
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    Promised a raise and then it was revoked...

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    She says they are revamping the clinical ladder system. And once it is changed I will get my raise. "If I qualify." She could have told me that though... esp because she knew I was in the process of...
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    Queezy...help!!!

    TigerGalLE replied to lauralea18's topic in General Nursing

    Are you eating? Make sure you have a breakfast with some protein. Your blood sugar bottoming out probably won't help the
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    Taking my med/surg certification today!!!!

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    It had a good bit of nursing theory, a lot of quality improvement/employee improvement, delegation, and chain of command questions. The actual med/surg questions were very straight forward, cut and...
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    Taking my med/surg certification today!!!!

    TigerGalLE posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey friends. I'm taking my med/surg certification today at 1:30. Just hoping whoever reads this will say a little prayer for me to stay calm and apply my knowledge. Thanks a lot. Have a great day!!!...
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    The wait is killing me!!!

    TigerGalLE replied to jmokeefe's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

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    Taking my med/surg certification today!!!!

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I PASSED!! Thank you for your support. Scored a 415/500. Whatever that means!! Woo hoo! Time to
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    Does Death Have A Smell?

    TigerGalLE replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I've smelled it. The smell is extremely icky sweet with patients in liver failure. I think it is just the smell of multi-organ failure/death. I've had many CNAs say things like I've bathed them...
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    How often do your pts thank you?

    TigerGalLE replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the south and thank you is pretty common down here. So common sometimes it is just a habit. It is a reflex for most to say thank you and your welcome. What I don't hear enough of is...
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    Are there nurses out there that actually LIKE Med-Surg?

    TigerGalLE replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a medsurg nurse for 3 years. My full time job is on a mainly medical floor. I now work prn on a mainly surgical floor. I can now say... I prefer medical patients over surgical patients. It...
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    Why are doctors so easily manipulated by drug addicts?

    TigerGalLE posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've started working prn at a new hospital in a different county from my previous job. At my full time job (a med surg floor) we see our share of drug seekers. We may have one drug seeker as a patient...
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    Why are doctors so easily manipulated by drug addicts?

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I do believe that sometimes providers deny pain meds to people who really need them. Not intentionally, but for fear they may become a seeker, or are seeking. I was in a 4 wheeler accident 5 years ago...
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    Merry Christmas from...

    TigerGalLE replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

    Merry Christmas from Central, South Carolina!!! Cold and rainy here!! I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday!
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    Snow- at what point do you call out?

    TigerGalLE replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not saying I won't make plans to get to work if I'm scheduled to be there. But if I'm already there and all of a sudden something happens and they declare an internal disaster and my child for...
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    Snow- at what point do you call out?

    TigerGalLE replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    So my question is.... How can they make you stay at the hospital if you have children or pets at home? How can they hold you "hostage." I know if my dog was at home and had no one to care for him......
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    Anesthesia: The Last and First Thing You Heard

    TigerGalLE replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I had an EGD last summer... I'm only 5'4 120lbs.... The nurse told me they had to give me 8mg of Versed, 100mg Demerol, and 25mg of Benadryl.. She said I still talked throughout the entire...
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    Why are doctors so easily manipulated by drug addicts?

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    You didn't Virgo. Your earlier post was very
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    Grr! "Customer Service" Nursing Gone Crazy!

    TigerGalLE replied to KaseyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Yea they all come tell the nurse that the patient's husband wants a coke!!! Or that the patient wants another
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    Why are doctors so easily manipulated by drug addicts?

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Oh come on... I never said he was faking a SBO? I said the morphine wasn't going to help his GI motility..... Some of y'all are really ridiculous. This is my VENT thread and if you don't like it...
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    Why are doctors so easily manipulated by drug addicts?

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Well I was being facetious.... The thread is about how drug seekers manipulate everyone around them to get what they want. To get attention. And to take attention away from every other patient in the...