TigerGalLE BSN, RN

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    A Doctor lied to make me look bad!

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Yea that is for sure. The DON came up to me today and apologized to me that I had to go through that. Everyone was on my side and knew he was full of it. Thanks for the support.
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    BP 50's/30's left arm, 130's/60's right arm--?

    TigerGalLE replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    Was he a dialysis patient? With an old AV graft in that
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    WHY do we need more nurses

    TigerGalLE replied to getinfall's topic in General Nursing

    I live in SC.. I do not think there is a nursing shortage here.. Yet, we work short staffed all the time. So what is the problem??? The problem is that hospitals will not budget for more nurses. They...
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    Urgggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!

    TigerGalLE replied to Bella36RN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow that is really harsh... We are supposed to be supportive on this site. You do not deserve to lose your license!!! They probably didn't tell you what all was involved in this position. I'm sorry...
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    Should this patient be in ICU??

    TigerGalLE posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone. I work on a med surg floor. We usually have 6 patients per nurse. Today I was receiving a patient from another medical floor in the hospital due to the fact that the patient would be...
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    Should this patient be in ICU??

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Well after I got report from the previous nurse I went to the computer and looked up her labs, H&P, ect. Then I told my charge nurse who agreed that this pt need to be in ICU. So my charge nurse...
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    Should this patient be in ICU??

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Well we don't have a step down unit. They always dump on our floor like this. And the doctor that transferred the patients said to me. Well I feel better with her up here with y'all then down there...
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    Question about Heimlich Maneuver and restaurants.

    TigerGalLE replied to HappyPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    At least once a week???? What is he feeding these people? I worked at a restaurant for 5 years and never saw someone
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    What do you appreciate about another nurse's charting?

    TigerGalLE replied to soffy's topic in General Nursing

    I like clear concise charting. I hate it when your patient is declining and you go back to see how the previous shift was and you have nothing to go on. Or if a patient had a fever the day before and...
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    Blood Transfusions and Fever

    TigerGalLE posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why do some patients develop a low grade fever while receiving blood? Every time this has happened the doctor just says to watch it or to give Tylenol and continue the transfusion. Is a low grade...
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    Blood Transfusions and Fever

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    AWESOME!
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    I Quit!

    TigerGalLE replied to Super Nurse JoshuA's topic in General Nursing

    wow.. I thought staffing on my floor was bad.... I can't even imagine. How would it even be possible for 1 RN and 1 LPN to care to 28 med surg patients? I cannot even imagine the chaos. No one would...
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    Who is in Nursing for the money?

    TigerGalLE replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    There are some days that you couldn't pay me enough to do this
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    I failed, so frustrated right now

    TigerGalLE replied to Tay245's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I work with a nurse who failed NCLEX 3 times. She is one of the best nurses I know. Just because you fail the first time does not mean that you cannot go on to become a good nurse. Take a few days...
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    Orienting a new nurse...need advice

    TigerGalLE replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    It is very difficult to precept. I've only been a nurse for 1.5 years but I do precept often. I love to teach and my manager was impressed with my teaching ability I guess and now I precept. Whether...
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    IJ catheter for Dialysis

    TigerGalLE replied to kstec's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Well done! I couldn't have said it better myself! One thing to add... Sometimes these IJ temporary dialysis catheters have a med port attached to them. There will be the 2 lines (with a red and a blue...
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    what do nurses hate about doctors?

    TigerGalLE replied to futureMD's topic in General Nursing

    I hate when doctors don't return our page in a timely manner. I hate it when I call a doctor repeatedly telling them something is not right with a patient and they never come up to see that patient....
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    inappropriate comment made by RN in front of patient

    TigerGalLE replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    Did the nurse realize that the patient was right there in the wheelchair? Maybe she couldn't see the patient because she was behind the desk. I'm not saying that is any excuse! But maybe that was the...
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    Which nursing skills do you dread?

    TigerGalLE posted a topic in General Nursing

    What nursing skills do you absolutely hate doing? Even if it is super easy and not time consuming? Which orders do you read and just think to yourself, aw man! I hate doing that!! I'm just curious! I...
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    how should this situation be handled?

    TigerGalLE replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow I guess I'm the only one that thinks everyone is over reacting. I mean obviously that nurse was being careless. But none of us were there. Sure she shouldn't have been goofing off but I doubt she...
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    HOPKINS: 20 minutes into the show

    TigerGalLE replied to HopeItWorksDNP's topic in General Nursing

    wow.. all I can say is BORING... I lost interest 30 minutes into the shower. I thought it was really boring... I'm
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    First day with hospital wide computer charting!

    TigerGalLE posted a topic in General Nursing

    So my hospital has officially "gone live." We aren't charting everything on computers yet. Just doing the EMAR, med rec, height/wt/allergies. The ER is completely live but the floors are not. So...
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    Bad night with a heparin drip...

    TigerGalLE replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    HOLY CRAP. I don't really know what to say.... First of all was there an order for a heparin drip? Second a PTT must be drawn initially before starting a heparin drip. So that doesn't make much sense....
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    The things you never forget...

    TigerGalLE replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    I'll never forget the time I had a patient who was on Bipap. She was very claustrophobic and kept begging us to take the Bipap off. She was fairly young (60s) in resp failure. My preceptor at the time...
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    stomach contents in my eye and mouth!

    TigerGalLE replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    ew... i feel sick