TheLionessRN RN

Regarding Tara being pronounced with a "tar", it is actually correct in England, or Ireland. Just like we pronounce O'Hara as "o' hair-a" it is actually O' HAR-a". I guess it is just where you grow up. I live in TN where we have a town called Lafayet...

The VA I worked at had almost constant "unit diversion" because there never were empty beds. The sickest patients are in there all the time. I work in the ER and can tell you that I am aware that while I get them fresh, it is to the ICU/CCU that the ...

I worked briefly at a VA hospital and in this particular hospital, the doctors were fantastic. It was in Nashville and right in the middle of the Vanderbilt University campus, and all doctors were on staff at Vandy, so you know it was good. It is old...

I love our ER's discharge form. There is a spot for me to sign, for the patient, and for a designated driver if the pt has had narcs. The d/c form also has pre printed drug warnings so I can check the right ones. This hospital is very careful about i...

I have been in nursing for almost 12 years now, and an RN for 5 of those years. I started working in the ER 2 months ago and think I have caught every bug that has walked in the door. I am not the only one, as there was a sinus bug and a gi bug going...

There are TONS of websites dedicated to Effexor. I read a British one that mentioned that Effexor was hurried thru the FDA process. I was on Effexor for over 3 years and had horrid side fx with it. I actually took it for a year longer than I wanted t...

Jenn, good luck to you in nursing school. If you are going to nursing school, I guess that when you are finished, you will be a nurse! My mother was an LPN before becoming an RN with an associate degree. When I decided to become a nurse, it ws she wh...

I got to page 3 of this thread and almost stopped due to the sour grapes I saw all over the place. Is it just me, or do a lot of LPNs dislike RNs,or resent them? Anyway, I didn't see this reason posted in my sketchy reading, so I will answer the ori...

I really need some advice. I have severe cramping with periods and a hx of ovarian cysts. I have had diagnostic laps and I had my right ovary, and both fallops removed last year. My periods have changed in the last 6 months, sometimes missing one, so...

Thanks to all of you who answered my plea for help. I got a hysterectomy a little over 2 weeks ago and feel better already. Am recovering happily at home and look forward to starting a new job when I am over recovery.

Well, I am sorry to report that my new job does not understand the concept of catching a lot of bugs when new to the ER. I was given notice of termination of contract due to missing 3 days in 2 months. I have already found a new job, but sure am tick...

I am absolutely floored by the original story! I missed it and am seething. Yes, the care in the stated cases was substandard, but some of the suggestions by the advocate ARE obnoxious. The public is obviously blind to the true situation in staffing ...

Just to toss a monkey wrench into the machine.... Are there actually diet drugs out there that WORK? I have heard of none, but the, ummm, evidence of Viagra is pretty, ummm, obvious.

In the facility that I just started working in, the ward clerks are not part of the unit, but part of an administration officer of the day pool from which there are certain ones assigned. I think the clerk should be part of the unit so that they are ...

I am a bit teary-eyed here. This thread is a wonderful counterbalance to all the times when we have to vent. I also get a special feeling when I am making a bed, and knowing that this small effort on my part is so appreciated by the patient. And the ...

Oh wow, you mean you can't do something simple like put on a sat monitor??? Is it possible that you are being told not to by a nurse who has no independent thought on her part? Or a territorial thing with RT....This is really interesting.

I well remember going into my new med-surg job. I had been a tech at this hospital for 4 years before graduating, and was very comfortable with patient care. What I had a problem with on that floor was with the experienced nurses who refused to help,...

Is someone making a list of all of us who are in TN so we can coordinate a get together? I work at the VA in Nashville and am very happy there. The money and benefits are excellent, and while I am not fond of unions, there is one there that is prett...

Our clerk in the ER is not part of nursing service and is not part of the unit, but is just assigned there. I have worked in a few hospitals along the way and known a lot of clerks, and I have to say that the ones here are the nastiest I have ever c...

I work at the VA in Nashville and love it. The pay is really good, cause they pay for my education, and they have a program to pay off your student loans. Bennies are pretty doggone good too. Not all VAs are created equal, so you should go to your lo...

Thanks to you all who answered me. I went to my pain doctor that I have been seeing for my back since 99. He reassured me that I am not a junkie or drug seeker, that it isn't all in my mind and agreed to take on this issue til surgery. I have had sec...

When a cyst ruptures, it feels like someone poured hot coffee out on the inside of your belly. It is an oozing feeling, like hot lava.

LOL!!! How can you be 1/2 Leo? LOL!!

My all time favorite order was for a man who had the most swollen testicles and penis I had ever seen. Third spacing kind of look, just in his package. Doc ordered a urology consult. The urology guy comes in and orders "Have nurse put hand pressure f...

Thank you Zorya and fergus51. Am looking at the websites right now. BTW, Zorya, I am not a Leo, but if recent happenings are what they seem to be, I am now a Leo's woman. Grin.