NurseyTee

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  1. Pancreatitis

    NurseyTee replied to barray's topic in General Nursing

    I also had gallstone induced pancreatitis. I've never felt pain so severe in all my life. I was pregnant and the Docs would not remove my gallbadder while pg. So I had to wait months to deliver...

  2. LPN pinning ceremony?

    NurseyTee replied to Coloradogrl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    We also had a pinning ceremony. I still have my pin, but rarely wear it. It's a beautiful 18k gold pin it's round with the school's name around the edges and a caduceus and the school crest in the...

  3. Anybody else hate the time change?

    NurseyTee replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've never worked on the change night. I can't believe that, but I haven't. I always wondered if you were paid for the extra hour

  4. Do I Have the Right NOT to Be Weighed?

    NurseyTee replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    No offense, but wouldn't a B/P, temp, or the person's height be just as effective in "proving" you were there?? Personally, I think you are allowed to decline any procedure you wish not to be...

  5. NOC shift-how do you arrange your sleep?

    NurseyTee replied to supernova004's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been working this schedule for 10 months now. 7p-7:30am. It's a little difficult to flip back to night sleeping after working this shift for a few days, but it's not impossible. I end up...

  6. Need Legal Help To A Situation: Lvn Refused Her Task

    NurseyTee replied to Shell5's topic in General Nursing

    Strange course of action against the OP if you ask me. I think there are laws to protect you for reporting behavior. They CANNOT fire you for reporting it. And if you ask me they have only made it...

  7. Being treated like dirt from the aides...

    NurseyTee replied to Dempather's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The way I look at it is this... we are all people and I try to treat them as I would want to be treated. I tell all of the aides I'm working with that I can't be a good nurse without my aides. They...

  8. what the heck are medical assistant schools doing !

    NurseyTee replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    I know of one girl that went to college and got an Associate Degree medical Assisting, she was SO disallusioned and then wen't to nursing school and is now an RN. She felt she had wasted her time and...

  9. Ooops. Dropping pills.

    NurseyTee replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with all.... a pill on the floor is waste, period. I drop them on my med cart top frequently, and even that gives me pause. I do clean the cart with antiseptic before I begin the med pass...

  10. LPN...picc lines and ear irrigation

    NurseyTee replied to Vman's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I posted a reply to this in the LPN

  11. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    NurseyTee replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Another one that I've shared on here before .... we had this nurse that had lost her license in another state d/t diversion. She would show up for work and be fine at first but as the night wore on,...

  12. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    NurseyTee replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    These stories are TERRIFYING!! How did some of these people get their licenses????????? I have a few... One new RN on our subacute floor had a new admit that was a post-surgical pt. He had...

  13. PICC line flush and ear irrigation

    NurseyTee replied to Vman's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would guess it depends on your state's scope of practice for LPN's. Generally LPN's can't TOUCH a PICC line, especially without IV certification. And definitely no piggy backs. LPN's can...

  14. How many of you had a different career/education before becoming an RN?

    NurseyTee replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

    I was a Finance Manager. I did home mortgages and car loans, etc. Booooring! and just wasn't for me. I had wanted to be a nurse since I was 3 yrs old.... so finally I'm where I

  15. Need help.....quitting job

    NurseyTee replied to BrandNewNurse's topic in General Nursing

    SEVEN STRAIGHT 12's??????????????????? I WOULD BE DEAD!! I can barely handle 3 or 4 in a row. After 3 I'm about ready to die. But I'm in my early 40's and have a bunch of kids at

  16. LPN Graduate!!! (But no experience ...)

    NurseyTee replied to gardenmum's topic in LPN to RN

    Don't worry! I was in your same situation too. I never worked as an aide and wen't straight into health care from LPN graduation.(Well, not right after graduation. Where I'm from you have to pass...

  17. Never post replies or start new threads at your hospital's computer

    NurseyTee replied to Captain America's topic in General Nursing

    We have no internet access at our work except to connect to our Lab results and to www.bigbook.com to look up phone numbers. We also have email, but that is it. The reason was that too many people...

  18. License Question

    NurseyTee replied to Ike Arumba's topic in General Nursing

    Those don't seem bad enough to disqualify you from a nursing career. I would contact your BON and talk with them about it, this should reassure you about your future. Mostly I think they are looking...

  19. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    NurseyTee replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I have one but I haven't witnessed it myself yet. I have to work tonight, so maybe I'll see it. We had an elderly lady with ESRD and was hospice appropriate. She was going down hill and passed...

  20. Do I have to take off my clothes?

    NurseyTee replied to Yossy's topic in General Students

    YIPPEE!! NURSES UNITE!! I'm glad every one here was able to give you information and the strength to stand up for what is right! I'm sure you have paved the way for all the students behind you to not...

  21. Do I have to take off my clothes?

    NurseyTee replied to Yossy's topic in General Students

    Isn't this what Clinical is FOR?? Hey.. HEY! Get away from me with that speculum!

  22. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    NurseyTee replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    I heard one patient call her female genitals a yoo-hoo. I thought that one was strange. Even more stranger was the word "Front heiny" for the female part. I guess to differentiate between it and...

  23. Do I have to take off my clothes?

    NurseyTee replied to Yossy's topic in General Students

    Even in a Nurse Practictioners class, I wouldn't submit myself to such. Sorry--but I guess that's just me. The only people who are going to be touching me in those places are my OB/GYN or my...

  24. Do I have to take off my clothes?

    NurseyTee replied to Yossy's topic in General Students

    Are you people kidding me????????????????????? NO STINKING WAY would I undress for ANYONE other than my MD. We did practice on mannequins, and then real patients in the nursing home. We never did...

  25. Anyone here in an RN program eligible for LPN boards?

    NurseyTee replied to Mandarella's topic in LPN to RN

    I've never heard of that before. You can't practice without a license in hand, otherwise you're just a graduate. You must show proficiency through the NCLEX exam and those results are available...