msjellybean

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  1. Narcotics administration

    msjellybean replied to schoolmack's topic in Patient Medications

    This. We have a couple of frequent fliers that always have vague & non-descript complaints of pain, that once they're worked up don't show anything. One of them will wake up, ask whoever responds...

  2. Hospital Beep Syndrome

    msjellybean replied to hypatiafaerie's topic in General Nursing

    This happened to me frequently with tele alarms, when I was a tech and worked nights. I used to come straight home & go to bed, with no real decompression time in between. I lived 5 minutes away...

  3. Working night shift, difficulty sleeping during the day!

    msjellybean replied to gloryfied's topic in Health, Stress Management

    About a year and & half into nocs as a nurse (did a year of nights when I was in school & had no issues), I started having the same problems. My only solution was to leave nights & the...

  4. When the hospital cancels you for a shift...

    msjellybean replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has either a stand-by or cancel option for when census is low. Being cancelled means you're totally off. Stand-by means they can call you at any time up until 3 am/pm (depending on your...

  5. 3 things you wish someone would have told you, that you had to find out on your own..

    msjellybean replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    Best piece of advice I ever got: if you're struggling with whether or not to call a rapid response code, do it. 2nd best piece: Your gut tends to be right more than it tends to be wrong... if it...

  6. Stopping patient care for another patient

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

    The only time I'll leave a patient to tend to something/someone else is for a code being called on my floor or when a bed alarm goes off nearby and it's one of those patients that you have to be quick...

  7. JCAHO, how you annoy me.

    msjellybean replied to brainkandy87's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sounds like the last survey JCAHO did at my facility. They pulled the primary nurse out of a rapid response code that had just started. Manager didn't stop it from happening, in fact, she encouraged...

  8. When will people learn NOT to say the "Q" word...

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

    In addition to believing the "quiet" phenomena, I have a bad luck combination of underwear & scrub pants. I can wear them separately from one another & nothing ever happens, but together is a...

  9. Family Members and their pearls of wisdom...

    msjellybean replied to R!XTER's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    beckster's post made me think of this one. When a family member catches me in the hall or comes up to the desk & demands to know what's going on with their loved ones care/what certain test...

  10. Family Members and their pearls of wisdom...

    msjellybean replied to R!XTER's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ugh. We have one hospitalist that consistently does this. He also wanders in at 0745 and is like, "who's on call for "x" service?" I don't know, dude! Call the comm center if you want to know

  11. Anyone ever use Florida Licensing service?

    msjellybean replied to shell128's topic in Florida Nursing

    I applied for licensure in Florida by endorsement (originally issued in Illinois) and actually found the process to be quite easy. The most difficult part of the process has been waiting on Illinois...

  12. How to set limits during end of shift report?

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

    I work with a noc shift RN that does this. She has even gone so far as to call the doc during report & then have to duck out of another report when they call back. What gets me is, she has no...

  13. Routine testing of HCV, HIV in healthcare professionals

    msjellybean replied to mar1981's topic in General Nursing

    When I accidentally stuck myself with an insulin syringe, I sure as heck felt it. It was after I drew up the insulin & was re-capping to go dose the patient... I was being uber careful, as I was...

  14. Illinois license timeframe?

    msjellybean replied to lsid16's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I think the state is going through a slow period right now. I passed my NCLEX on February 1st or 2nd, several years ago and my license was posted on the website as being issued on the 18th. They were...

  15. "Multi-State"

    msjellybean replied to nancy1122's topic in General Nursing

    Add getting IL to endorse your license to another state to the list of things that take forever. I sent my $ and request to them over a month ago, for endorsement to Florida & they've yet to make...

  16. Particular Patient Populations - Do You Struggle?

    msjellybean replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Drug

  17. Holiday rotations...

    msjellybean replied to Bec7074's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, that's awful. At my facility, we recognize Memorial Day, the 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Year's Day. Everyone has a pattern of working every other holiday & then you...

  18. Rate to run blood?

    msjellybean replied to KaeliF's topic in General Nursing

    As always, check your facilities P&P, they will likely have a max that you can run it at. At my hospital, on the floors, blood can be run as fast as 300cc/hr, once you're past the initial 15...

  19. Mistakes we have made

    msjellybean replied to LilpoRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Mistakes I have made: pt takes different dosages of synthroid on different days. Gave the dosage that was due the next day, which happened to be twice what it should have been. Different pt had...

  20. Why did/are you getting your BSN?

    msjellybean replied to thesundowner's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm starting the research process to complete a BSN. Do I want to? Not really. But my prior bachelor's isn't recognized by anyone (not that I expect it to be recognized in a professional capacity, but...

  21. Delegation

    msjellybean replied to aaprimetime's topic in New York Nursing

    Yes to both, at my facility. The only type of isolation I can think of at my hospital that techs/CNAs aren't allowed to work with are the radioactive implant/iodine swallow

  22. I hate night shift

    msjellybean replied to carrie_c's topic in General Nursing

    Understand your pain & wish I had some helpful advice, but I don't. I worked nights for a year and a half in my first nursing job & even though it was where I had always wanted to be &...

  23. Tips for Dealing with Difficult Patients...

    msjellybean replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, if only I could have said this to a couple patients from last week. Too bad I'd get dinged for my lack of customer

  24. Just got my Littmann Master Cardiology Stethoscope..

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

    My boyfriend is a paramedic & I stole his Master Cardiology one day & took it to work. Oh my goodness, it was amazing! I usually use a Littman Classic and thought it was pretty decent, but the...

  25. When calling in are you asked "what's wrong with you"

    msjellybean replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    My facility does ask and quite honestly, I don't really if they ask. It's how the illness is recorded. We use an online shift management system & depending on who takes your call-in, it's listed,...