bigsyis

bigsyis

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  1. Have you ever...

    bigsyis posted a topic in General Nursing

    ...known anyone (a healthcare worker) who ACTUALLY acquired hepatitis or HIV/AIDS from a workplace exposure? On the way to work this morning I was thinking about all of the years that I have been in...

  2. I'm tired of being assualted at work!!!

    bigsyis replied to Candy303's topic in General Nursing

    Hasn't anyone ever explained to you why you are sitting with your patients? Don't you get a brief report of why they need a sitter? When I was a floor charge nurse, those pts were usually demented,...

  3. In over my head (long)

    bigsyis replied to sunshineonleith's topic in Emergency

    Have you had an EKG course, or at least a course on how to read rhythm strips? If not, get thee into a course ASAP. You are doing the right thing by asking instead of trying to fake your way through...

  4. Start in ER in 1 month

    bigsyis replied to Happeetxn's topic in Emergency

    Don't forget the importance of keeping your hands as clean as possible, don't touch your face, eyes, hands, or mouth without washing them, and you might dodge quite a few bugs. Simply because of the...

  5. Sick to death about poor staffing level.

    bigsyis replied to Djuna's topic in Emergency

    Where was your Supervisor? Why didn't they come to help you? Could you not request an assist of somebody from another floor? At any rate, I am glad for you that you are getting out of that mess....

  6. Have you ever...

    bigsyis replied to bigsyis's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your input. I guess the world was either much healthier for medical practioners in the years before the mid '80's, or that we were born under lucky stars, or God gave us special...

  7. just venting

    bigsyis replied to blueinplaid's topic in Emergency

    Man, that is the pits. I think you have done exactly the right things. You got yourself out of the situation without saying or doing anything retaliatory, and when you stepped out of the room you...

  8. Hey you..with the trashy blonde hair

    bigsyis replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    Geez! As one poster said, I wouldn't have made a comment like that to my worst enemy. What a hateful thing to do to someone! I'm glad you didn't hang around any longer. We talk a lot about the...

  9. Ever been stalked by a patient?

    bigsyis replied to marygirl's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! I am sorry that this happened to you. My daughter was attacked in her high school parking lot back in the late '80's and she stilll has nightmares about it. I never had anything like that, but...

  10. Why do you think so many healthcare workers are mean and arrogant?

    bigsyis replied to mikethern's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not sure if you missed the point or are trying to make another. By using the President in my post I was attempting to use the spectrum of American society from the highest public office down to...

  11. Why do you think so many healthcare workers are mean and arrogant?

    bigsyis replied to mikethern's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Expand those same thoughts to include drivers, and road rage. It is indicative of how we have devolved to allow the disrespect of everyone from our President to our next door neighbor (and even our...

  12. compazine

    bigsyis replied to dardeedee's topic in General Nursing

    My experience is the same as Tazzi's. It is a great medication for nausea, and is also good to potentiate

  13. How important is the ability to communicate via writing?

    bigsyis replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    As you read the different threads on this site, you will see how vital it is to be a good communicator. It is of extreme importance to be able to document correctly, in English, in a pt's chart-it is...

  14. Sloppiness results in write-up

    bigsyis replied to longjourneydream's topic in Emergency

    Congratulations, and good luck! I think your reasoning and plan is sound. Good

  15. Sobering first day on the job.....

    bigsyis replied to KckStrt's topic in Emergency

    A comment that you made about "somehow feeling closer" to your coworkers... This is absolutely the truth. You and they will share things that nobody else ever will, and probably NEVER should! It...

  16. Working with angry unstable incompetent RN

    bigsyis replied to pedsRN121's topic in General Nursing

    That other "nurse" sounds to me as though she is either mentally ill, or may be experiencing dementia. Please continue to document, and be sure that you and your night-shift security guards are...

  17. Sobering first day on the job.....

    bigsyis replied to KckStrt's topic in Emergency

    Smokey, I hate it that you had to go through this right off the bat, but let me tell you this-you could have been an ER nurse for 20 years, and those babies will affect you the same way every time....

  18. Patients without insurance who self prescribe from livestock supply catalogues

    bigsyis replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't recall seeing the age of the pt that the OP referred to, but let's just guess, for the sake of round numbers, that they are 60. Do you know of any profession anywhere, that is looking to hire...

  19. Co-sign Insulin?

    bigsyis replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I never worked anywhere that you had to cosign to administer insulin, but it was required that someone always check dosages wtih you, even in TPN. Like some other posters, I was always thankful for...

  20. HELP I'm falling apart!!!

    bigsyis replied to longjourneydream's topic in Emergency

    I am really glad to hear that things are coming together for you. It sounds like you have a pretty well-thought out "plan of attack" to succeed. Nights can go either way in the ER-they can be...

  21. HELP I'm falling apart!!!

    bigsyis replied to longjourneydream's topic in Emergency

    So, how is it going these days?

  22. Pimples, blackheads and acne

    bigsyis replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen some stuff and then some more in ER and First Responder Trauma, that would curl your eyebrows, but kids, this thread has nearly made me rowlf! Earle, thanks for the story about the Hospice...

  23. Protocols regarding extrication of potential spinal injury patients from POV's showin

    bigsyis replied to JJEDRN's topic in Emergency

    In BTLS there is no twisting involved, especially if a KED is

  24. Protocols regarding extrication of potential spinal injury patients from POV's showin

    bigsyis replied to JJEDRN's topic in Emergency

    With the c-collar, KED, a backboard, and a stretcher, you would extricate them just the way you are taught to do it in BTLS. No biggie, just

  25. Nurses taking patient's off backboards without doctor clearnce?

    bigsyis replied to the big nurse's topic in Emergency

    All of you young/inexperienced ER nurses be sure to listen to RN1980. There may be varying degrees of latitude permitted in the various job descriptions/scope of practice in other countries, but in...