bigsyis

bigsyis

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  1. open mouth, insert foot

    bigsyis replied to kiszi's topic in General Nursing

    Whoops! When I did Fire/EMS we had to VERY careful at scenes. Once, I looked up to find 17 people watching me start my second IV on a man in 3rd degree heart block. The Fire Chief/Basic EMT was...

  2. Transfusion too fast?

    bigsyis replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    On the floor I hung it as Tweety describes. Our hospital policy was that the unit had to come down after 4 hrs and an incident report had to be written about why the infusion wasn't complete in that...

  3. Thinking of going back to the floor

    bigsyis replied to anc33's topic in General Nursing

    How about staying where you are but doing PRN on Med-Surg on weekends? That would keep your "hand in," so to speak, and yet you wouldn't be giving up your big-league

  4. Am I Typhoid Tazzi?????

    bigsyis replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    You know, Tazz, that you HH nurses are taking up where insurance (or lack of) leaves off. A good many of those HH pts shouldn't even be OUT of the hospital! Back in the days before DRGs and mega...

  5. You will not bring me down

    bigsyis replied to tatarn2b2007's topic in General Nursing

    You're going to be just fine. Unfortunately, I would caution you to be on guard for the possible knife in your back from this charming

  6. Bsn Mandatory!!!!!!!!

    bigsyis replied to MacunaRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    ROFLMBO!!! Imagine how fatigued those 5th fingers must be from holding the shift key down for each

  7. Pinky finger issue

    bigsyis replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    The left 5th finger at the PIP, MIP, or DIP, OR lateral left 5th finger, dorsal left 5th finger, medial left 5th finger, palmar aspect of left 5th

  8. Transfusion too fast?

    bigsyis replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly-sometimes two units going into two separate lines simultaneously using the pressure bags in a

  9. Angry, Hostile, Upset Patients

    bigsyis replied to Wildcard412's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Pardon me, but have you been doing ERnursing for a few years? If so, why haven't you tightened up on these abusive folks? Yes, some are going to rant and rave and act out, no matter what-that is...

  10. Looooooong rant... Condescending nurse... advice please!

    bigsyis replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    i think you should not confront this woman alone. there is no telling how she would twist what you say when she repeats it back to the others she hangs out with. i agree that the air needs to be...

  11. underdosage!-chemo

    bigsyis replied to GODwillhelpmepass's topic in General Nursing

    :uhoh21: Oh, wow! I would be scared to death to do that. There aren't many things that I wouldn't try at least once, but that is something that I just couldn't do without at least some kind of...

  12. How is it possible to be in 5 places at the same time?

    bigsyis replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Triage is not just a word that ER/EMS folks can use. You can triage your patients, their treatments, their requests, their families' requests, on and on. Basically, it means evaluating what is most...

  13. Walking shift report

    bigsyis replied to trethern's topic in General Nursing

    When I was on Medical Floor, sometimes one nurse would have to give report to three oncoming nurses. Report was always verbal in the breakroom, and if there was something that needed to be shown or...

  14. Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

    bigsyis replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, good grief! That is one that is NEVER going to quit being used, isn't

  15. I made an "Oopsie", need some pointers

    bigsyis replied to RNcDreams's topic in Emergency

    I am amazed whoever took report didn't want the

  16. When did you decide what you wanted to do in nursing?

    bigsyis replied to GeauxNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Actually I made my decision before I went to Nursing School. My family had such a poor cardiac hx that I wanted to be a Cardiac Nurse, which evolved to ER, Occ Health, ER, Cardiac Cath lab, Occ...

  17. Bariatric Surgery....years later

    bigsyis replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    I am 3 years out from my Roux En Y surgery, down 137 lbs, and NO health problems, thank God! I feel better than I ever have, take no meds except vitamins and antidepressant, and am learning to golf....

  18. Don't you just love the stereotype?

    bigsyis replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Me

  19. Having to take time off

    bigsyis replied to JentheRN05's topic in General Nursing

    I am so glad that you got to a Dr. and got the ball rolling to take care of yourself. Hopefully, as with a lot of meds, the side effects will be transient. Good luck to you, and don't ever give

  20. is she crazy ???

    bigsyis replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds as though Ms Personality is trying to win friends and influence people. She doesn't sound at all mentally secure, and her insecurity is probably what is driving the business card idea. Like...

  21. I think I've heard it all

    bigsyis replied to kimmie1224's topic in General Nursing

    the first time any pt tried the poor me and my Lortab story on me it was a guy wearing old Army fatigues that said that he was a Vietnam vet and when he was opening his Lortab the cap flew off and all...

  22. questions

    bigsyis replied to pat531's topic in General Nursing

    ALWAYS!!! It doesn't matter what the monitor looks like. It's what the patient looks like that

  23. My mother is embarassed that I'm going to be a nurse...

    bigsyis replied to iriska_meller's topic in General Nursing

    We all know what it is to beome educated to become a nurse. It isn't just textbook and class experience. It is a way of thinking and processing information (Nursing Process) and determining the best...

  24. Am I where I should be???

    bigsyis replied to nursecompassion's topic in General Nursing

    You sound pretty capable to me. If it was something important that you forgot and remembered on the way home, I hope that you called the nurse that you gave report to and got her to fix it for you....

  25. Did I do the right thing? (long)

    bigsyis replied to LilDKessler's topic in General Nursing

    I think you did the right thing. That ERP knew exactly what you were offering, and he knew the condition of the pt there in front of him. If he thought that the pt could wait on meds from Pharmacy, he...