first_lobster

first_lobster RN

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  1. What holster do you use??

    first_lobster replied to InmyblooD's topic in Emergency

    I just stopped carrying so much darn crap. I get by with 3 pens, a calculator, smal lscissors, a hemostat, and my med cheat-cards. Oh, and chapstick - don't leave home without

  2. Nurses as waitresses (and vice versa)

    first_lobster replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    Gee, I'd really hate to be the one to order the Go-Lytely. Or the Foley Special. Can you imagine ordering the

  3. Could she do this?

    first_lobster replied to jenni82104's topic in General Nursing

    I, personally, am especially fond of withholding reglan in my C-Dif patients, and Narcotics in my Overdoses (Especially the ones that have overdosed on them), But I can't say that I've ever had the...

  4. Need to vent

    first_lobster posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I had a student with me the other day. After report she sort of wandered off, that's ok, so I went in to assess my patient. We unfortunatly have two patient rooms, and while I was assessing patient 1,...

  5. Need to vent

    first_lobster replied to first_lobster's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks everyone for letting me vent. I have to say that I'm not really mad at the student (more like frustrated). I've had LPN students with me before, and not had any difficulty, and really enjoyed...

  6. I want to change jobs, be a Walmart Greeter

    first_lobster replied to kdot2003's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've worked ICU for the last 3.5 years and I've seen my share of those that should NEVER have passed on. I've been more than freaked on more than one occasion and have put serious thought into Alpaca...

  7. Contacted Oprah Show About Nursing Issues

    first_lobster replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    I, too have sent my 2 cents in to Oprah, and have several times just tried to get her to do nurses for her wishes show (you know, when she gives away a bajilion things). She really wouldnt have to...

  8. Banning Crocs?

    first_lobster replied to styRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I can totally see a ban on shoes with holes in them. I was recently attempting to empty a foley on my patient who was wide awake and due to be extubated soon, when low and behold i looked up in time...

  9. CVVH/CRRT ques.

    first_lobster replied to first_lobster's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks alot for the input. The problem that we have is that the machines came in from the company, and NO ONE knows how to use the 100% correctly because the company has not sent any representitive to...

  10. My poor co-worker!

    first_lobster replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's just oh-so-wrong in ssoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many ways. Perhaps She should contact the BON herself, or the Joint Commision, or other supervising body, or even just the board of health,...