msjellybean

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  1. Charge nurse taking patients

    msjellybean replied to bamaguy1989's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Same here. As someone who is in charge nearly every day that I work - it

  2. "I'm not floating."

    msjellybean replied to Morainey's topic in General Nursing

    Floating happens a lot at my hospital. We have an internal float pool, but since they are paid more per hour to be floaters, they make every effort to float regular staff first. There are two med-surg...

  3. Culturally insensitive patients

    msjellybean replied to tippytootagon's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I admit I didn't read past the OP. Mostly because it sounds like you work at my hospital, based on the description of it + the general locale. Hmm.

  4. Do you know where you are?

    msjellybean replied to wannabecnl's topic in Nursing Humor

    I work on a neuro/stroke floor. I learned really quickly that asking who is the president can lead to some very inappropriate answers. I shy away from that one

  5. Shocked by facial piercings at work

    msjellybean replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have a nose piercing and two wrist tattoos, that I do not cover when going to work. I'm one of the few nurses who actually showers in the morning, before coming in & am usually one of the most...

  6. Tips and Tricks for an efficient shift

    msjellybean replied to MicMcRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This. try to assess & chart on two of my four patients before 8am. Then I assess and pass meds on the remaining two sometime between 8 and 9am. I then do a med pass for the first two patients and...

  7. Iguana Med Scrubs

    msjellybean replied to EDjunkie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I know this is an old thread, but if anyone searches, I figured it might be helpful. I've always worn XS in Cherokee workwear tops & bottoms. I recently looked into buying Iguana Med scrubs and...

  8. New Nurse can't eat lunch

    msjellybean replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    The only time I ever ask the nurse covering my lunch to do something is if a diabetic orders their lunch while I'm away and they need their

  9. People think I am stupid

    msjellybean replied to nikkole318's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The only time I could see the 12.5cc/hr running as a piggyback being an issue is if the pt is NPO and/or dehydrated and has maintenance fluids running pretty quick (150+) and the abx would take a...

  10. Visitor silencing neighboring alarms

    msjellybean replied to PediLove2147's topic in Patient Safety Issues

  11. Foods you have discovered as a Nurse

    msjellybean replied to FlorenceNtheMachine's topic in General Nursing

    I have a pretty adventurous palate on my own, so most things that most people would consider to be new, I've tried. I have had some delish traditional Ugandan food, from one of our former onco nurses....

  12. How is the floor/hospital census lately?

    msjellybean replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has been at capacity almost non-stop since May. There have been a few blip days here and there, when the census dips, but it's certainly not standard. It's to the point where we're seeing...

  13. Is it possible to get the holidays off?

    msjellybean replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I love working holidays. It's usually an easy day and it's double time & a

  14. Noc Nurse perspective...

    msjellybean replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    This thread amuses me, because on my floor it's nightshift who always leaves things a disaster. Nurses station is tidy at shift change... come in the next morning and there's food everywhere, people's...

  15. Head, meet desk

    msjellybean replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    When my hospital gets really busy, the throughput person will often try to pend us boys into girls room/the opposite, or try to place an isolation in a semi-private. It always amazes me, because...

  16. Lpns in the er

    msjellybean replied to brigirl246's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    So put them in the field, in a full arrest situation and they're pushing ACLS drugs like nobody's business. Walk through the door of the hospital and suddenly they can't? That's

  17. PT Pulls out their NG tube...boss says I need to fill out an event report?

    msjellybean replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a stroke unit. Most of my patients are confused. Pulling IVs, dobhoffs, and the occasional g-tube are common occourences. I can't imagine writing an incident report each

  18. Do you expect the CNA to wash all patients in the day shift?

    msjellybean replied to crunchytaco's topic in General Nursing

    I don't agree that the CNAs should be sure everyone gets cleaned up - that's also my responsibility as the nurse. But I do agree about the bolded part. I work on a stroke floor, where at any given...

  19. When you were a CNA or Student did anyone ever say anything offensive to you

    msjellybean replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't typically encourage this type of behavior, but should these particular EMTs give you grief again, an under the breath "ambulance driver" could go a long

  20. Illinois license timeframe?

    msjellybean replied to lsid16's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I started the IL -> FL process on Memorial Day and the official day of issue on my license is July 17th. But Illinois is notoriously slow on things like

  21. How much personal info do you share with pts?

    msjellybean replied to Bouncyball's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm always intentionally vague when patients ask me these kinds of questions. Even though our badges don't have our last names on them, discharge paperwork does. A couple of months ago, we had a...

  22. Blood transfusions times

    msjellybean replied to olive37's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in-patient onco, we also had an area where we treated out-patients. Typically for chemo, blood products, d/c ports & pumps, etc. We typically held onto patients for 30 minutes after...

  23. Extreme Lab Values

    msjellybean replied to TX.RN.Shannon's topic in General Nursing

    Hgb of 4.0, just felt "a little tired." WBC of over 100,000 on a leukemia

  24. What patients/behaviors/illnesses/injuries do you HATE the most?

    msjellybean replied to JZ_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Me too. I also don't like peritoneal dialysis patients. Mostly because they always have a bunch of other co-morbidities and seem to always be on contact isolation. Families who have issues &...

  25. 2 glove technique? HUHH?

    msjellybean replied to RN1822's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I will double glove when I'm cleaning up an especially poopy patient. Or with trach