bigsyis

bigsyis

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  1. Whenever you forget why you became a nurse........

    bigsyis replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    :balloons: Congratulations to you, your patience, and your patient teaching skills! You are exactly right-no worldwide acclaim for us, just the occasional satisfaction of knowing that we did make a...

  2. FINALLY a lower ratio

    bigsyis replied to icuwant2rn's topic in General Nursing

    My experience exactly, as a baby LPN on a Cardiac Floor! The Sups seemed to count the beds, not the number of pts that moved through them during a

  3. Patient's Suicide

    bigsyis replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    mjlrn97, you sound as though you are a very compassionate nurse, and i can't think of anything else that you could've done except possibly alert the md. your pt's demeanor when he was so jocular was...

  4. shake and shout no more?

    bigsyis replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    Emmanuel, do you mean that "oh ****!!" wasn't the correct response that I, and all of my coworkers always used?;) BTW, I loved Ice Age, and I too nearly ROFLOL at that scene with

  5. Pros and cons of being an ER nurse

    bigsyis replied to chsakyrachsa110503's topic in General Nursing

    Kmoonshine, your post was one of the best thought-out and well-written pieces that I have seen in a long time. One other thing that I hated to see was child abuse, but I'm sure that was covered when...

  6. Finally got chronic pain relief withOUT narcs!!!

    bigsyis replied to SK-222's topic in General Nursing

    This is the first I've heard of Lyrica for chronic pain, but I am really happy for you that you have been afforded some relief by taking it. I hope it

  7. Scheduling woes

    bigsyis replied to ICRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like where I used to work. In ER we could rearrange our schedules however we wanted as long as our shifts were covered, it was marked on the schedule at the Nurse's station, and on the...

  8. Would you take this little pill?

    bigsyis posted a topic in General Nursing

    I saw a new "pill" that is being tested for weight loss while reading the BBC on line today. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6252720.stm The article says that it is made from cellulose. It makes...

  9. Need advice

    bigsyis replied to quiggles's topic in General Nursing

    What Tazzi says has been my experience as well. In ER, especially, the MDs knew the nurses well, and knew whose judgement they could trust, and gave us verbal standing orders. I never had a...

  10. So I lost it? Am I out of Line?

    bigsyis replied to fizz2Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    For heaven's sake, get out of Dodge! Don't walk, run! :uhoh21:It is not worth your sanity to continue to go through what is/are the obvious reason(s) for the high turnover low retention rate for...

  11. high patient turnover on the floor!!!!!

    bigsyis replied to mjbsn2006's topic in General Nursing

    Keep a steady pace, constantly Triage the importance of the things that are waiting on your attention, and make notes on a pad in your pocket for detailed charting later. Look at the frequent...

  12. Can you get a job without the cosent of the nusre recruiter?

    bigsyis replied to azor's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Good luck! If the one Manager thinks you are qualified enough for her, it should NOT matter what Ms Recruiter says. Go for what you want, but try to remain polite to anyone and everyone. You will...

  13. Can you get a job without the cosent of the nusre recruiter?

    bigsyis replied to azor's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Hmmmm. If I understand correctly, you were interviewed by a manager who wants to hire you, but the Recruiter says no? Who in the world arranged the interview? What kind of rapport do you have w/the...

  14. Cardiac Cath Advice

    bigsyis replied to GN007's topic in Cardiac

    As someone who made the switch, let me say that I wouldnl't have except that my family life required that I be home at a certain time every evening to keep an eye on a wayward stepdaughter. Because...

  15. FINALLY a lower ratio

    bigsyis replied to icuwant2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck with this. Just keep an eye open for calling off people because of low census, and then admitting a bunch of pts, and you have the same old, same old. It can be a risky business, but you...

  16. Thankyou all, I found something!!!!!!

    bigsyis replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Best of luck with the new job! My Mother always said, "perserverance

  17. Gastric bypass - psycho

    bigsyis replied to brax881's topic in General Nursing

    ;)both my doctor and his partner are listed at the website. the website is one of the educational tools that they make available to interested persons, even before they become 'official' pts of their...

  18. Gastric bypass - psycho

    bigsyis replied to brax881's topic in General Nursing

    in the bariatric practice that did my surgery, we had to document how many times in our lifetime we had tried to lose weight and how. i think this is a multi-faceted question. first, to let the mds...

  19. Hating nurses? What is going on?

    bigsyis replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    any subsequent nurse first has to do "damage control" because of the bad experience, before they can even begin to establish a therapeutic rapport w/ the pt. sometimes it is like trying to bail while...

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

    bigsyis replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I can't believe that anybody would do such a thing. I've heard stories, but that is the first time I have actually seen something in print about someone pulling such a stunt. I was in ER for...

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

    bigsyis replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Ruh-roh! And I thought that you were just an old-time ER nurse. Mea culpa, and my

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

    bigsyis replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2:TDF! Like there is any other way to charge paddles...isn't it always best to be prepared? Guess you just had to be there, and I can tell that you have,

  23. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    bigsyis replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, geez! Where is your sense of humor? Are you really THAT new? AS earlier posters have said, it was to make a person laugh, plus you get some not-so-subtle pokes at your conscience to help the...

  24. Gastric bypass - psycho

    bigsyis replied to brax881's topic in General Nursing

    Ahem. As a GBP pt coming up on 3 years in August, I can only say that it has only improved and enhanced my life. I can only speak for myself, but I would give myself one or two swift kicks in the...

  25. 400 pound diabetic friend in denial

    bigsyis replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    First, even though you are so concerned for your friend, SHE must make the decision to do something about her weight. It is not a matter of willpower, or she would not have been able to lose the 150...