sissiesmama ASN, RN

ER, TRAUMA, MED-SURG

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    Made a mistake!!

    Pepper the cat - you read my mind! I have also made the same errors you have - hung the wrong IVF, forgetting to unclamp the IVPB abx, gave med to wrong pt, gave wrong dose. And the nurse that boasts...
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    Made a mistake!!

    PLEASE DON'T think that you are the only nurse that has made a med error. I have been a nurse for only 17 years and I know I have made my share of them, some small, some not so small. You did the...
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    Just disgusted

    Hey - I don't have much to add with state being there, but OMG!!! I feel for you. I do hope they're gone. It makes you feel like you are standing there in your underwear, even if you didn't do...
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    Personal emergency...forget how to be a nurse?

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    Is this possible?

    Hello - I worked with an LPN in an area LTC facility and she was just like you described. Very sweet, no one wanted to believe she came up positive. Mgmt allowed her to work as a CNA after she came...
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    Don't You Just Want to Scream?!?

    Hey - based on what you have stated, I would have to terminate the CNA. It's not like this is the first time that she has not followed protocol or nursing instructions, and she sounds like her...
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    Shot time

    I'm glad I am not the only one who feels this way!! While I was working in a BUSY ER, the powers that be decided that the only patients that had to wait "shot time" were the ones that received IM...
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    where do you get your continuing education?

    My dh and I are certified in med-surg and live in La. To keep up our certifications, we go to medscape.com for most of our hours. We have to get 150 hours every 5 years. you can take them and print...
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    you are all heros (long)

    :yeah: Hello and thank you SO much for your kind words. My name is Anne and I am a nurse and an addict. I have been in recovery for 7 years and it is great to hear or see a positive attitude like...
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    Help

    Hey gimpbob1 - just wanted you to know we were thinking about you and praying for you. Let us know how you're doing. Keep going to your meetings.
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    Did anyone try L&D and hate it?

    Wow! You hit the nail on the head!! One of the hospitals I worked at always had big problems staffing their OB/GYN unit and I worked Tele/ICU. We always got pulled to OB. When I got pulled to the...
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    Help

    Hey - congrats on your not picking up and going to a meeting. It is hard, my husband and I are both RNs and have been in recovery for 7 years. Keep going back to meetings and keep coming back...
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    taking a nursing hiatus?

    I had kind of the same offer after I had been nursing for about 14 years and didn't take it and I wish now I had. Like you, I had been on a BUSY med surg unit and some ER. Now I can't work at all...
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    Well, I am a doctor

    Hey - well good for you!! I am proud for you because I absolutely HATE it when people do this! I one time had a patient's family member that did that to me but they were a doctorate of history, a...
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    Do you think I need a RN refresher course?

    Hey I also agree LTC is not the best place to jump into. I would go with a good old med-surg unit where you can get some expereince there before getting into ICU, ER, or an LTC facility, especially...
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    Insults from a colleague

    Hey - I read your posting and hope your facility is a little more employee frendly than mine was. I am an RN and was working on a BUSY med-surg unit. We worked with a lot of agency nurses, not...
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    Old acquaintances showing up at work

    Hey - YOU GO GIRL!!!!! As Tazzi said, you passed your test! Congrats! I am proud of you, and you should be proud of yourself. I have 9 years cin recovery and those tests pop up when you least...
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    Any RNs with spouses in Law Enforcement??

    Hello- my name is Anne and I am an RNC from north Louisiana. My ex husband is a polkice officer if that will help you at all. Please PM me if it will. Thanks, Anne,
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    leaving

    Hello- amwh, I was reading through some other posts and came across yours. It was scary, because I could have written it myself, it fits my situation completely. I have been a nurse for over 17...
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    Dealing with smells...

    Hey lvmama - I had the same problem when I was in nursing school and working as a ward clerk. The staff on my unit knew I was in nsg school and they were great about calling me to a room to show me...
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    Joke..You know you are truly an ER nurse if...

    I wondered since Blee got so bent out of shape because even I could tell it was a joke and I don't catch on to every joke like this and my hubbie and laughed until we both almost peed! And as I...
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    Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    Hey - just wanted to put in my 2 cents. Back in the mid 1990s, I was taking care of a little old lady who apparently just was plain old lonely. I was working 12 hours and had quite a busy load that...
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    Hi..I'm Rusty and want to talk!

    Hey Rusty! My name is Anne and I am an addict. I was turned in for diversion while at work in 1999 and completed the state's recovering nurses program. I have 7 years under my belt and I have to...
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    OD/ETOH patients in ICU

    Hey BroncoSmoRN I have taken care of patients in DT's even on a med surg unit in the past with an Addictionologist and also their PCP caring for them. At this facility, we just had a slightly...
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    Leaving Nursing...

    I agree COMPLETELY!!! I did 2 years ago and it was the BEST thing that happened to me. My hubbie is an RN and nsg sup. and thank God he supported me in my decision. I was one of those who ran to...