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franciscangypsy

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  1. Yay! Got nurse extern

    franciscangypsy replied to wishinguponastarLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!

  2. Those who get it - get it, Those who don't - Never Will.

    franciscangypsy replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, I would NEVER do an MD's job. Ever. You couldn't pay me enough. They have many more patients than I do, are more likely to get sued, seem to always be on call (I feel so bad when I call during...

  3. One Year Goes By Quickly...

    franciscangypsy replied to JoeyGirlRNNYC's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel the same way, JoeyGirlRNNYC! Can hardly believe it's been a year! I feel like you were talking for me... many of those things hold true for me. I LOVE being a

  4. Days you are glad you are a Nurse

    franciscangypsy replied to Getreal2011's topic in General Nursing

    -- The small note one of my patients wrote that said "Franciscan gypsy paid attention to details. She checked on me when my heart rate went down. I said that it was normal for me. But her attention to...

  5. Dilaudid

    franciscangypsy replied to dscott76's topic in General Students

    Thanks for reemphasizing this, guys! Sometimes it feels that we give dilaudid so often that we forget how dangerous this stuff can

  6. To hold or not Hold=That is the Question

    franciscangypsy replied to GoNightingale's topic in Cardiac

    Completely selfishly, I'm glad to see that other nurses who have been nurses longer than I have still have these questions. I've almost been a nurse a year and I'm always asking questions that feel...

  7. Do night shift nurses try there best

    franciscangypsy replied to melz34's topic in General Nursing

    I figure if I'm bored on nights, there's always someone else who isn't or needs help. On those good nights, I'll help the aides out (leaving them sticky notes to let them know that the job is taken...

  8. Too Sensitive?

    franciscangypsy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Shift was steady but not too bad last night. I just given away my first patient and had prepared to hand my other patients back to the day shift nurse taking the rest of my team. In the middle of...

  9. I can't take this nurse anymore!

    franciscangypsy replied to fuzzywuzzy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    posted post to wrong board. ignore my post.

  10. To all you experienced nurses - Do you think learning Sign Language would be useful?

    franciscangypsy replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    I want to at some point and I had two patients who were deaf when I was an aide, but haven't since. I guess it all depends on your floor and the prevalence of deaf people in your community....

  11. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    franciscangypsy replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    Whenever I admit patients to our floor and run through the checklist, I can tell that they're maybe answering questions a bit automatically or are nervous, so, in the same matter-of-fact voice, I'll...

  12. The Great Emergency Prank War

    franciscangypsy replied to murphyle's topic in Nursing Humor

    where does one even get a rubber chicken, I wonder? lol I'm the nurse who will deadpan at patients (the only reason I don't want fall risk pts out of bed without assist is b/c of the paperwork, of...

  13. The Great Emergency Prank War

    franciscangypsy replied to murphyle's topic in Nursing Humor

    we mess with each others pagers. we have the capability of sending text pages to each other and have been known to prank this way. My preceptor (back when I was on orientation) had sent an excitable...

  14. Heparin Drip Compatibilty

    franciscangypsy replied to Advocate1's topic in Patient Medications

    We run meds with heparin all the time... as long as they're compatible. We have too many people who we can only get one IV site on. If I don't have to run heparin with another med, I don't. But I...

  15. When The Patient Teaches You

    franciscangypsy posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Has anyone else had the experience where the patient literally walks you through the procedure? I've been an RN since Oct, but have only been on my own since December. The last night I worked, I had a...

  16. difference between a Graduate Nurse and an experienced Nurse...

    franciscangypsy replied to Michelle.'s topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm making that transition between a graduate nurse and an experience nurse. So I find this funny and some things in each category apply to me. One year in October! (well, actually now if you count my...

  17. Funny Nursing Dreams

    franciscangypsy replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor

    A while back, I dreamed that, during report to dayshift, the oncoming dayshift charge started yelling at us all to run off the floor and wouldn't take time to answer questions. We all took of running,...

  18. Trust my own instincts?

    franciscangypsy posted a topic in Cardiac

    I was trending the other night on a patient that I was informed had afib, but it didn't look quite right to me. I'm not amazing at reading tele -- I've only been a nurse since October -- but the...

  19. What organization to join? I'm a new grad...

    franciscangypsy replied to cokeforbreakfast's topic in General Nursing

    AACN -- American Association of Critical-Care

  20. Questions for Nurses with Less than 5 Years of Experience

    franciscangypsy replied to SillyInScrubs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    - How long did it take for "the fear" to wear off? The fear of what? Of hurting someone? It hasn't ever completely gone away. When there is a close call that I don't have any experience in or where it...

  21. When does this feeling end...

    franciscangypsy replied to Reese17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This happens to me too. Has ever since I started working health care in high school -- partially b/c I'm fanatical about being on time/early and partially b/c I think too about what COULD happen. That...

  22. Working to the clock

    franciscangypsy replied to wiley6coyote's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Are you serious? Where's the professional pride? The idea of teamwork? The basic concern for the pt? It's not about the

  23. cardiac nursing--back in the day

    franciscangypsy replied to surferbettycrocker's topic in Cardiac

    do you think that the way we care for cardiac pts was better then or now? It's so interesting to hear how we used to care for cardiac pts. That would never fly now, although it sometimes seems that...

  24. Is it possible to be a fit nurse?

    franciscangypsy replied to Crystal112's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Personally, I don't think compassion is need anywhere more than it is in nursing. If women are truly more compassionate, then we are definitely needed more in nursing. As for depression being more...

  25. Should nurses with long hair be required to wear it up?

    franciscangypsy replied to dura_mater's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I have really thick, long curly/wavy hair. Headband would do NOTHING to hold back the monster of fuzz from attacking people. I have to wear it back if I don't want my pt's to eat