TigerGalLE BSN, RN

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    It is me or them!!! I can't stand it anymore!

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Yea soo.. I went to my DON Wednesday because a CNA with a huge attitude made me so mad. She was moaning and groaning and talking down to another PCT who was trying to help her... A family member was...
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    Define Nursing in 3 words

    TigerGalLE replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in General Nursing

    perfect
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    Considering moving to the south east - advise

    TigerGalLE replied to Bwick's topic in General Nursing

    I would consider Greenville, SC.. What a great place to live. The city is growing daily. The downtown area is hip and cool. And there are two great hospitals in the area. St. Francis is a good one....
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    What you get for nurses week

    TigerGalLE replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm lets see Sunday: pizza for baylor shift and night nurses Monday: Ice cream party maybe for day and night nurses Tuesday and Wed: something but I can't remember b/c i wasn't there Thursday: We had...
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    Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    TigerGalLE replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Haha I've had a confused old lady that cried because I wouldn't crawl in the bed with her and hold her.... I felt so bad.. But EWW... This lady had neurosyphillis, a fresh AKA, and had MRSA... I was...
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    It is me or them!!! I can't stand it anymore!

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Well. This thread got uglier than I imagined... But I was a PCT before I was a nurse. I know what the job entails. I have done what they do. I'm not saying every CNA on my floor is terrible. We have...
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    It is me or them!!! I can't stand it anymore!

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I don't distinguish my work from their work. I know that in the end it is my butt. I am SO not that nurse that refuses to clean patients and assist with ADLS.. You are telling me not to let them run...
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    It is me or them!!! I can't stand it anymore!

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Well we really aren't that understaffed.... Each CNA has 7 patients. I have 6. I've worked as a CNA on my floor many times, including part time before I was a nurse. It is not impossible to take care...
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    It is me or them!!! I can't stand it anymore!

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Today... a patient called on the call light for assistance ambulating to the restroom. I had connected him to a Mg bolus so I told him to call if he need to get up.. He was quite unsteady on his feet....
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    Doll Therapy

    TigerGalLE replied to NurseWillow's topic in General Nursing

    We always get our demented old ladies stuffed animals.. They love them and they call them their babies.... I have a pt now on the floor that cries and yells out constantly if someone takes her teddy...
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    stat xrays

    TigerGalLE replied to calliesue's topic in General Nursing

    Why would it cost more for it to be STAT? It is still the same
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    STEMI and Dopamine

    TigerGalLE replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have much experience with Acute MI's since i work on a renal/ resp floor... But that pt needed something to bring that pressure up for
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    Almost off orientation with little orientation time provided. Please help!

    TigerGalLE replied to gardengirl08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Um.. I think that is unacceptable. You need to talk to the director or the nurse educator and express your concerns. You definitely deserve a full orientation. I would refuse to come off of...
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    Are there any nurses who actually enjoy their jobs?

    TigerGalLE replied to hollyjolly's topic in General Nursing

    Holly.. I'm sorry you are having such a tough time at your new job. I see how it can be so difficult with 8-9 patients and new admits. I work medsurg and I've sent pts to LTAC facilities.. So I know...
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    Transition from Med/Surg to Neonatal

    TigerGalLE posted a topic in Pediatric

    I'm interested in changing jobs. I've worked on a renal and respiratory floor with the elderly for approx 1.5 years. I have a friend on the floor and we both want to work in the special care nursery....
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    Cleaning up Other's Messes-long, sorry

    TigerGalLE replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh i agree. What she did was STUPID. I wasn't really sticking up for her. I was just thinking how I would feel. And yea, I probably would of just dropped the class. I would probably just try to talk...
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    Cleaning up Other's Messes-long, sorry

    TigerGalLE replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not saying what she did was right by any means. But I'd hate to be in her position. I don't know what I would do if I lost the love of my life. I surely couldn't write a paper.... just my 2
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    I hate direct admits

    TigerGalLE replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man I hate a direct admit. So much more paper work. I've even had a few that come without any orders! Once I had a patient that came with orders that said admit to floor, place HW, call when pt...
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    Liquids to thin mucus

    TigerGalLE replied to michael79's topic in General Nursing

    I've always heard this as well. I thought the rationale had to do with being hydrated. The more hydrated you are then the thinner your secretions. However I wouldn't suggest this to a renal or CHFer....
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    TigerGalLE replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    actually had this happen too.. demented wife slept on the pull out chair. received meals from dietary. the nurses and the patient ended up taking care of her all week. no one said anything though. we...
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    What should I do?

    TigerGalLE replied to kelly75's topic in General Nursing

    You could always work PRN somewhere. Not only will you make some extra money, but you'll also get great experience. If I was you I would try to get a job in a hospital setting. You'll get to see some...
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    Is this common???

    TigerGalLE replied to femsmahus's topic in General Nursing

    Well I'm sorry you had to witness this. There are people everywhere in every profession that just don't belong. She must be one of them. She sounds like a hateful, uncaring nurse. I'm sorry but not...
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    Leave your high stress career for....nursing!

    TigerGalLE replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Well sometimes I get pulled to be an assistant when they are short and we have too many nurses.. No one ever wants to be pulled... But the last time I was pulled I had the best day... It was nice.....
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    Co-workers who think out loud at the nursing station

    TigerGalLE replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Well amongst all the docs, NPs, PAs, social workers, students, nurses, resp therapists, PT/OT, and case managers.... Sometimes I can't even hear myself talking to myself..... haha.. And honestly I...
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    Co-workers who think out loud at the nursing station

    TigerGalLE replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Well I wasn't laughing at her I was laughing at myself. I thought it was funny because she was describing me perfectly. And I was apologizing for myself and for everyone who does in unconsciously? I...