Nurse Ratched RN

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    Cold Pot????

    Nurse Ratched replied to RNsweetie's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for clearing up the mystery for us :). And sounds like you had a great nurse preceptor,
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    2 Nurses needed???

    Nurse Ratched replied to BrandieRNq's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Again, it's not about being a bad nurse - it's being a thorough nurse. It isn't policy at my facility, but I ALWAYS have another nurse look at the syringe. I would worry much more about a nurse...
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    Night Shift Nurse...I Can't Sleep at Night anymore..

    Nurse Ratched replied to zambezi's topic in General Nursing

    We use a clock radio that has nature sounds programmed in it for white noise. Found it inexpensively at Target after we had gone around and around about using a fan (I hated the breeze even when it...
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    Fertility nursing

    Nurse Ratched replied to nynurse22's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    PM's can always be addressed to Brian, adminstrator of the board, who makes decisions in regards to new forums. I'm not sure we've had any fertility nurses actively posting here (which may account...
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    Bump On Penis

    Nurse Ratched replied to JessyKC27's topic in General Nursing

    OK - are you TRYING to give me a stroke?????
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    Blocking beds when understaffed

    Nurse Ratched posted a topic in General Nursing

    Don't laugh - does anyone's facility do that? I left work today having already put in 24 hours this weekend and determined that it wouldn't be 32 (this is just supposed to be a PRN job now...) The...
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    Bump On Penis

    Nurse Ratched replied to JessyKC27's topic in General Nursing

    :roll Maybe he wants her to assess it and is too shy to
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    Bump On Penis

    Nurse Ratched replied to JessyKC27's topic in General Nursing

    This completely amazes me. In my recent work experience, nothing gets a guy to the doctor quicker than a problem with his johnson. Bumps, lumps, rashes, warts, scales, leaks - you name it - they're...
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    Blocking beds when understaffed

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

    I appreciate all the responses. Nice to know that it is done in places - you'd have thought I was speaking a foreign language the way the question to the house supervisor was
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    Weight gain on NIGHT shift!!!

    Nurse Ratched replied to jaxnRN's topic in General Nursing

    The important thing to understand is that your body signals hunger when you are tired. It's looking for an energy burst any way it can get one. The number one way to manage weight on nights is to...
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    Blocking beds when understaffed

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

    Sunnygirl - that's very applicable - definitely a correlation. Thanks
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    Faking It

    Nurse Ratched replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

    Told a patient who was faking a seizure that I couldn't roll her over and she needed to lie on her side so she wouldn't choke, in case she vomited. She rolled over with no assistance
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    Nurses rat on nurses

    Nurse Ratched replied to rscarlatti's topic in General Nursing

    If by "not ratting on" you really mean "covering up for" then I hope you are never in the position of seeing another nurse do something inappropriate or harmful to a patient. It's not "us against...
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    Patients who refuse to cooperate with medical/nursing treatment....

    Nurse Ratched replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Glad it all worked out and that she's gone (gotta love a blocked bed for WHATEVER reason lol.) For the future reference of your team, I'd suggest the docs and SW's familiarize themselves with your...
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    Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    Nurse Ratched replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    (Precede this by saying my admiration of agency nurses is second to none, and this is not a slam against them.) I also agree that having an agency nurse - any nurse for that matter - who had worked...
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    The most pee ever.....

    Nurse Ratched replied to KC CHICK's topic in General Nursing

    OK - I will not rest until I reclaim the crown! This also reminds me of a bar in Atlanta that had a drink special called "bladder bust" - you paid so much to get in and drink all you wanted until the...
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    Patients who refuse to cooperate with medical/nursing treatment....

    Nurse Ratched replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    OK - see, that's the sort of situation that ought to have this lady on a temporary hold in a med-psych ward in a LOCKED seclusion room while she completes her therapy. You can't send her home still...
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    The most pee ever.....

    Nurse Ratched replied to KC CHICK's topic in General Nursing

    As I recall, it was that, and his occupation was something that promoted retention - truck driver or somthing along those lines. Amazed he didn't float away
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    The most pee ever.....

    Nurse Ratched replied to KC CHICK's topic in General Nursing

    Male pt - 5500 cc. Admitting dx: "severe constipation" (and OCD.) If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes..... He wound up with a suprapubic cath because years of purposely retaining his urine had...
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    Do you have to be a Nurse before a NP?

    Nurse Ratched replied to Soon2BNP's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting point, sjoe. I was under the impression previously that PA's were "higher on the food chain," if you will, than NP's. In my state, PA's have to have all scripts cosigned, but NP's only...
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    Do you have to be a Nurse before a NP?

    Nurse Ratched replied to Soon2BNP's topic in General Nursing

    Fascinating question - like others, I can't imagine one NOT being a nurse first. It just seems intuitive. However, we have to ask, is a nurse practitioner more like a nurse or more like a doctor?...
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    sleeping staff

    Nurse Ratched replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I was an aide, a nurse hired in to the nursing home where I worked and decided after about two weeks that she could sleep from midnight to five a.m. Not even talking resting your eyes - talking...
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    Nurses & Retirement $$$

    Nurse Ratched replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    My current job is the first I've had where the employer actually contributes toward a pension, in addition to savings you can put toward retirement. I'll stay here. I've contributed at 403B's at my...
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    Direct Admits

    Nurse Ratched replied to MissdonditaBsn's topic in General Nursing

    The idea of getting a pt in with no orders is completely unfathomable to me. We legally cannot allow a pt in the door without orders either written by a doc or verbally given/telephoned by a doc to a...
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    Direct Admits

    Nurse Ratched replied to MissdonditaBsn's topic in General Nursing

    Our ward allows direct admits - usually it's a doc-to-doc thing where a person is sitting in an outpatient psych setting clearly in need of inpt tx. It increases the chance of the person getting the...