bigsyis

bigsyis

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  1. It's moon flower season!!!!!

    bigsyis replied to FlyingScot's topic in Emergency

    I've never heard of this before. Geez, the things people will do to themselves! When I was younger, young folks were picking mushrooms off cow pies and making tea or smoking them to get high....

  2. Precepting Students?

    bigsyis replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Great thoughts, Tweety! I too, miss precepting. I always looked forward to the things that I could learn from my student, as well as what I could teach him/her, or what we could learn

  3. Dont move to florida

    bigsyis replied to skuterkomputer rn's topic in Florida Nursing

    You are going to LOVE being a grandmother! It will be worth anything to be able to be near

  4. Taking Patients down in the ER

    bigsyis replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    Tom, I'm just learning to play golf, but I can already see why you have such a soft spot for it. I'm with you-no sense messing up good

  5. Office Nurses

    bigsyis replied to wifeyT's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE my office job as the Telephone Triage Nurse for 19 cardiologists. The only thing I don't like is having to work 5 days instead of 3, but hey-you can't have everything! With nights and...

  6. My 4 yr old son is newly dx with Leukemia ALL

    bigsyis replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Nursing

    God bless you and Aidan, and the rest of your family. It is good to hear that his prognosis is so

  7. This Sucks!

    bigsyis replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Nursing

    very well thought out, and very well

  8. This Sucks!

    bigsyis replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts exactly,

  9. Re: blood transfusions

    bigsyis replied to vhrn's topic in General Nursing

    hear, hear! this is what makes a good nurse, and keeps them that way. the day you think you've seen it all, heard it all, or god forbid-know it all, you become a dangerous

  10. Advice needed.....dislike cardiac

    bigsyis replied to Lamissa21's topic in Cardiac

    When I was first a new (and only) LPN among only RNs on my tele floor the very first thing they taught me was not to rely on the tele, no matter what, and to always check the patient. It applies to...

  11. help....need advice...quick

    bigsyis replied to RVMI73's topic in Cardiac

    Have you tried internet studies? I don't know if it is meds, strips, algorithms, or what that is giving you problems, but go to www.dogpile.com and type in ACLS preparation. Dogpile is a meta search...

  12. Advice needed.....dislike cardiac

    bigsyis replied to Lamissa21's topic in Cardiac

    I agree with the OPs-give it some time. You can learn so much, and as you know, all body systems are integrated. Without the main system (heart), the rest really can't do much. Think of the heart as...

  13. My day

    bigsyis replied to Nursebarebari's topic in General Nursing

    Bless your heart! You must have done primo care for him-perhaps he sensed it? What I have never been able to understand is pts w/diagnoses such as you describe and families/SOs who "want everything...

  14. greasy nurse :(

    bigsyis replied to mycatmax's topic in General Nursing

    My fellow nurses and I found that a minute alone in the restroom with a couple of alcohol wipes would do wonders for what you

  15. Leaving Med/Surg

    bigsyis replied to Johnny Moo Man's topic in General Nursing

    What about ER or short stay

  16. Re: blood transfusions

    bigsyis replied to vhrn's topic in General Nursing

    You don't need to call the Red Cross, but I certainly would make your manager aware of this. As the OPs have said, NS is the only thing that should run into the same port as blood products. After...

  17. Work and Full Time School??? YIKES

    bigsyis replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    Part-time job when going back for ADN, full-time student and mother of two elementary-age children, and I was

  18. strange request in the ER

    bigsyis replied to feebebe23's topic in Emergency

    When I was in ER this case would have merited a talk with the Father and child by the MD, and an exam by a Certified Nurse Rape Expert, who is specially trained how to interact with and examine...

  19. Brevard Community College Insight?

    bigsyis replied to LadyBugJitters's topic in Florida Nursing

    I graduated from BCC's LPN program in 1983 and from their ADN program in 1987. Although there was a waiting list for both programs, I wasn't on it. I got in the first time I applied, so you can't...

  20. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    bigsyis replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    i had a new one show up today in the discharge orders i receive every morning from the hospital for our cardiology pts. an admission clerk had typed this into the computer as the admitting diagnosis...

  21. How often do you wear a set of scrubs

    bigsyis replied to SashaO's topic in General Nursing

    I wear them daily. We have two colors, red and navy. I have 5 sets of each. That way I can alternate them, and in the event I am busy and can't do laundry it isn't that big a deal for a...

  22. Someone gave me a knuckle SW and I'm NPO!!!

    bigsyis replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Do what is necessary to protect yourself, and tell someone (the aide) to call Security stat. Do not try to calm the pt, because that isn't going to happen, at that point. Get yourself and anyone...

  23. telephone nursing

    bigsyis replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Under the Nursing Specialty threads at this site is one for Telephone Triage. You might check there and see if some of the threads will help provide answers for

  24. How far do you commute to work?

    bigsyis replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    40 miles one

  25. Why the stupid reasons to come to the ER?

    bigsyis replied to snowfreeze's topic in Emergency

    I agree, except for the part about "We've bred..." I'll bet that you and yours are not ER FFs, as are none of my family members. So, WE aren't responsible, and neither is society, at large....