TigerGalLE BSN, RN

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    Co-workers who think out loud at the nursing station

    TigerGalLE replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    HAHAHA.. I'm sorry but I sooo talk to myself. Mainly when i'm in the med room drawing up meds.... I really do it unconsciously.. My coworkers all talk to themselves too.. We all think it is funny. It...
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    Help!! New Nurse in Distress..

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

    I know that Vanderbilt in Nashville has a nurse residency program. I think it is a pediatric nurse residency though. You may want to look into that. They accept new grads and do an amazing orientation...
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    I just wanna be a DNR

    TigerGalLE replied to NurseCherlove's topic in General Nursing

    Wow people are so creative.. That is pretty
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    You Know the patient is going bad when...

    TigerGalLE replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    This wasn't my pt but happened yesterday.... Change of shift.. pt on tube feedings... Nurse walks in room.. Pt unresponsive and limp... Lungs sound terrible... Page respiratory stat. Call rapid...
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    You Know the patient is going bad when...

    TigerGalLE replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    You walk in the room.. shake your pt... and all you hear is
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    Do you work when you have The Crud?

    TigerGalLE posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well I've got it again. The Crud. A cold I guess. Congestion, sneezing, runny nose, can't breath!! I feel physically fine. I'm off today thankfully. Yesterday I sneezed and blew my nose all day. All...
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    I just did chest compressions for the first time

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

    Aw Silver_Girl you sound like an amazing nurse. Everyone knows you didn't kill her mother. The daughter was just angry about the death. That is normal sometimes. And I think it was wonderful that the...
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    Med/Surg Experience

    TigerGalLE replied to luvtosmile's topic in General Nursing

    Are you really going to have 10 patients? Or is that an exaggeration. B/c no one can adequately take care of that many
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    Transfering DNR pts to MSICU

    TigerGalLE replied to Lorie P.'s topic in General Nursing

    Now if it it a Cat 5 patient. that is different. Cat 5 means all treatment is stopped. Only comfort care is provide. Now no one should send them to the unit. If all the patient/family wants is comfort...
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    Transfering DNR pts to MSICU

    TigerGalLE replied to Lorie P.'s topic in General Nursing

    Well just because a patient doesn't want CPR doesn't mean they don't deserve treatment. You can do many things to treat a patient without CPR and intubation. If a patient needs a drip I don't see a...
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    Most Common IV Push Meds on Med-Surg

    TigerGalLE replied to nurseJ88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Morphine, solumedrol, lasix, protonix, reglan, pepcid, decadron, dilaudid, ativan, haldol, zofran, phenergan (rarely), benadryl, hydralazine. We can't give lopressor, dig, or cardizem on the floor. I...
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    So how many pts do you have?????

    TigerGalLE replied to SandraCVRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a renal/respiratory floor. 36 bed unit. On a fully staffed day we have 7 nurses (5:1 with 1 nurse having 6pts) and 5 techs (7pts a piece).. If we start with 7 nurses 1 nurses leaves at 3pm...
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    Healthier Living Thread Part V

    TigerGalLE replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hey everyone. I've been pretty slack lately. But I'm trying to get back into the swing of things. I went to the gym today. They have this new bicycle that is sooooo cool. It is an upright bike that...
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    What do you want to see from students on your unit?

    TigerGalLE replied to SusanKathleen, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I want a student to be assertive and confident in the skills they know. I want them to ask questions they don't know. I don't want them to pretend that they know it all. I want a student to spend time...
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    Mixing Insulin

    TigerGalLE posted a topic in General Nursing

    Can you/Do you mix Novolin 70/30 with Regular insulin? I see nurses doing this.. I mean you can mix regular insulin with NPH and 70/30 is a mix of NPH and Regular... Soo it seems like this would be...
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    I want to tell the story, Is it a HIPPA violation?

    TigerGalLE posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Something absolutely crazy and absurd happened at work this weekend. I want to tell the story but it is so strange I'm afraid if I tell it, even without using names it will violate hippa or...
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    I want to tell the story, Is it a HIPPA violation?

    TigerGalLE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Yea.. too many details apparently. Sorry
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    "Insulted" a family member.....sigh...

    TigerGalLE replied to 1993RNGrad's topic in General Nursing

    Uh! I would of said, the thermostat is on the wall, I think you can figure it
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    T-shirt slogan for Intensive Care

    TigerGalLE replied to javajunkie's topic in General Nursing

    wow i've been searching through that cafepress website for hours.... here's a cute one
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    Is this all there is?

    TigerGalLE replied to nurseby07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey there. I really have been in your shoes, at one point I was counting down the days until my year was up so that I could move on. And honestly, as cliche' as this sounds... I joined a gym... I...
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    Tell me about one of those moments...

    TigerGalLE replied to kcochrane's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient that was being tx to a nursing home that afternoon. She was actually very steady on her feet and good transferring by herself. Well while I was at lunch another nurse found her on the...
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    In nursing uniform during a traffic copstop!

    TigerGalLE replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt any of us think we are "above the law." It is just an act of courtesy. At the fast food restaurant's I used to work at we gave cops, ems, and firemen a 50% discount. Why? Because they put...
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    Preceptor Issues-Long!

    TigerGalLE replied to New ICU Nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you had two of her patients then what was she soo busy doing? She sounds like a very rude person. Reading this post just made me mad. If you have a question she needs to answer it right then and...
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    Getting Percocet thru a Port-a-cath!!!!

    TigerGalLE replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    That is why you should always stay and watch them swallow their meds.... sometimes you think you can trust your patients and you can't. That is really
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    first year nurses.......what is the longest you have stayed passed your schedule.....

    TigerGalLE replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    2 hours late on a day that I had 2 discharges, 3 admissions, and 1 pt transferred to ICU after calling rapid response... Stayed late charting since I didn't have time to chart during my shift.... It...