Nurse Ratched RN

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    Flirting at work

    Nurse Ratched replied to GAstudent's topic in General Nursing

    OK - I confess - I'm one of those people that deep down smiles "yeah, I still got it" if someone flirts with me . I don't reciprocate it, and I find the best way to avoid it is to look and be...
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    mononucleosis

    Nurse Ratched replied to obeyacts2's topic in General Nursing

    As everyone else said, rest rest rest! I presume you had some superimposed bacterial infection on top of the mono, because as others have said, atbx do not help viruses. (I hope it's not that the...
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    Studying for CCRN. Argh!

    Nurse Ratched replied to Zee_RN's topic in Critical Care

    Thanks, jnette!
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    Studying for CCRN. Argh!

    Nurse Ratched replied to Zee_RN's topic in Critical Care

    Well - I tried to kind a picture of a cheerleader to post for you, but a google search for that revelaed more than I wanted to see lol. So I'll just say Goooooooooooooooooooo
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    finding your niche

    Nurse Ratched replied to Karina212's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't mind my delving a little further? How do you feel about the jobs you have done so far? Did you leave them because you felt bored? Overwhelmed? Was it something as simple as lousy...
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    finding your niche

    Nurse Ratched replied to Karina212's topic in General Nursing

    Can you give us an idea where you have worked so far? You might start by asking yourself some questions. What did you really enjoy when you were in school? Is there a particular age group you like...
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    clinic nurses-late patients?? What to do?

    Nurse Ratched replied to luvbug's topic in General Nursing

    I think gathering enough information from someone on the phone to determine or help the doctor or office manager determine whether someone needs to be worked in today is a legitimate part of your job....
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    clinic nurses-late patients?? What to do?

    Nurse Ratched replied to luvbug's topic in General Nursing

    Vailgang - we have what we call "clinic office" slots. If someone was seen by a provider (doctor, NP, PA) in the past three weeks for the same problem and comes in through the walk-in area, then they...
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    Hospital sold!--Have to reapply for my job....

    Nurse Ratched replied to dachweiler's topic in General Nursing

    Gotta agree with
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    clinic nurses-late patients?? What to do?

    Nurse Ratched replied to luvbug's topic in General Nursing

    I work with college students who (I think) are a little worse than average in thinking that the world revolves around them (sorry to our nursing students here!) We have 12 minute appt blocks for...
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    Impaired Nurses

    Nurse Ratched replied to SR@csi's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That's a pretty broad statement. Care to elaborate? Are you speaking as someone who was in the program or saw its
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    Syringing ears, a question

    Nurse Ratched replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    I do ear lavages daily - I use a disposable 60 cc Toomey syringe with a reusable metal tip. The tips are round althought I have seen a couple that do not have the rounded end, I presume for a smaller...
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    Overdoses...

    Nurse Ratched replied to rnnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    I love it when we have to give mucomyst for acetaminophen od's. Before I am branded cruel, one has to understand that the vast majority of them are young people (18-22 or so) who had some stupid...
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    Overdoses...

    Nurse Ratched replied to rnnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Most of my worst overdose patients are on alcohol. Lot of Tylenol, ibuprofen and benadryl OD's from the local college around finals
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    How long does report take?

    Nurse Ratched replied to RNnites's topic in General Nursing

    Taped report generally goes faster. We are done in no more than a half-hour (I have noticed that report expands to fill the half-hour regardless of how much time it actually took to impart the...
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    Nurse is a nurse is a nurse

    Nurse Ratched replied to Dayray's topic in General Nursing

    Perfect response!
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    Pain scale

    Nurse Ratched replied to webbiedebbie's topic in Pain Management

    :roll
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    dementia patients

    Nurse Ratched replied to ava'smomRN's topic in General Nursing

    They know when you care, Jkim :). I know because they can spot the staff that don't and they are usually the ones who really have a hard time with people with dementia. They may not remember your...
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    Feeling threatened by your patients

    Nurse Ratched replied to rachel h's topic in General Nursing

    There are two kinds of threatening patients: those who know what they are doing and are just miserable human beings, and those who are out of their minds for whatever reason and don't necessarily have...
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    "Force Feed"

    Nurse Ratched replied to ceecel.dee's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think the doc may want to reconsider his choice of words: "Encourage po intake." I, too, remember doing the syringe thing with pureed foods "back in the day", nightmoon. If I had to do it over...
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    "Force Feed"

    Nurse Ratched replied to ceecel.dee's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think the doc may want to reconsider his choice of words: "Encourage po intake." I, too, remember doing the syringe thing with pureed foods "back in the day", nightmoon. If I had to do it over...
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    Clinical Decision Unit

    Nurse Ratched replied to karoline's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't that an interesting concept. I presume the "clinical decision unit" name is because "nobody will make a decision" unit and "should I stay or should I go" unit didn't sound as cool . So...
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    Clinical Decision Unit

    Nurse Ratched replied to karoline's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't that an interesting concept. I presume the "clinical decision unit" name is because "nobody will make a decision" unit and "should I stay or should I go" unit didn't sound as cool . So...
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    Studying for CCRN. Argh!

    Nurse Ratched replied to Zee_RN's topic in Critical Care

    No clue about the test, Zee - just wanted to wish you well - you've got way more nerve than me. I probably wouldn't know what to do with a swanz-ganz if one of my psych patients came up and started...
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    Getting Dumped on

    Nurse Ratched replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

    If people are doing things in a passive-aggressive kind of way (or even an "I'm a lazy wench and don't want to work" way) it's often best to draw attention to the inequities right off the bat. For...