Burnt Out

Burnt Out ASN, RN

Med-surg; OB/Well baby; pulmonology; RTS

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  1. Unsafe Practices at Work? What do you think?

    Burnt Out replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto...I would be sure to chart the incident in the resident's (both of them) chart

  2. A good report on MY hospital stay:)!

    Burnt Out replied to Brownms46's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry you had such a scare....but glad you are doing ok and out of the hospital..... Take care of yourself...((((HUGS)))) Sorry about this right here though....:chuckle ...straightened your house...

  3. What do you do for your back pain from the job?

    Burnt Out replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with looking at your body mechanics...are you raising the bed up to your waist for procedures or ADLs, etc? I can tell a big difference in days where I am good about raising the beds and days...

  4. Opinion re: getting a new patient at the end of your shift

    Burnt Out replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work 7a-7p...and I HATE it when we get admits at 6 pm or after. It takes a while to do admits...I have had few admits where you just breeze right on through, and the rest... :stone Usually if...

  5. Finally Together

    Burnt Out replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    :chuckle

  6. Freak Accident! (sorry kinda long)

    Burnt Out replied to TheMagicCookie's topic in General Nursing

    I barely remember Chlostridia in Micro.... Gracious...glad you are doing ok....hope you have a speedy

  7. "I need a witness" !

    Burnt Out replied to chad75's topic in General Nursing

    I agree.... I tend to watch, but if I'm in a hurry....sometimes I am not as careful as I should be:imbar But I have another question....where do you think the "waste" should go-the sink or in a sharp...

  8. What is your least favorite.....

    Burnt Out replied to New CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    being in a very bad "code brown." and sputum can gross me out too.... and i work on a pulmonary floor!

  9. those darn germs!!!

    Burnt Out replied to jenac's topic in General Nursing

    ((((jenac)))) Hope you feel better soon. I am just now recovering from a sore throat (couldn't even talk) and horrible coughing...don't know where it came from

  10. md telephone orders

    Burnt Out replied to tonchitoRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I can't really say in the state of Alabama if this is legal or not...but I do know in my hospital, we are not allowed to take orders from someone other than the MD unless it is from a licensed person...

  11. Protocols for Central Lines Dressing Changes

    Burnt Out replied to HoJo's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Our hospital policy is to change central line and PICC line dressings every 96 hours OR if it becomes loose or wet-then we are to change them earlier. On portacaths, we change the dressing every 7...

  12. Conflict w/ a patient or family member?

    Burnt Out replied to twarlik's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, we do have our share of "conflicts" with patients and family members. We see a lot of families that want us to do 1:1 care with mom or dad...and you just have to try to be polite and of...

  13. Are LPNs Second Class Citizens?

    Burnt Out replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    LPNs are not treated like this at the hospital I work, although they are not wanting to hire anymore.... LPNs do primary care at the hospital I work at in most units. If the LPNs have 5 patients,...

  14. Can you believe this???

    Burnt Out replied to MelRN13's topic in General Nursing

    ....yep me too...and Caller ID as

  15. Can you believe this???

    Burnt Out replied to MelRN13's topic in General Nursing

    Last time I heard, no one can harrass you to come into work.... :chuckle caroladybelle... I'll have to remember the "drinking" thing next time....

  16. Parent support

    Burnt Out replied to kitty29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think having a monthly meeting would be good. If possible, I think one of the NICU nurses should be there for a little bit to answer question and probably someone from Social Services be present to...

  17. Faking having cancer, can you imagine?

    Burnt Out replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    This girl needs

  18. "But I'm pregnant . . ."

    Burnt Out replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I too am a little suprised by some of the feelings about pregnant co-workers. :stone NO, I don't think a co-worker that is pregnant should be able to demand that she be taken off of weekends and...

  19. Anyone sick of working weekends????

    Burnt Out replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    That is why I stopped working full-time at my hospital....we would do 3 12s a week (sometimes in a row, sometimes not) or 4 if OT was mandatory....it would take all of my time off to rest up and then...

  20. What Would YOU Like??

    Burnt Out replied to NurseStudentFall01's topic in General Nursing

    What about a gift certificate for a manicure somewhere....you know we have a hard time keeping our hands and nails in good shape...with all that handwashing we

  21. "But I'm pregnant . . ."

    Burnt Out replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't agree more.... If I am not mistaken there was a question asked on this BB not to long ago about whether it was possible that MRSA or VRE infections in patients could be linked to birth...

  22. @#%*!! (long.....sorry)

    Burnt Out replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    ((((mjlrn))))...sorry your shift was bad....:kiss But I have a question...where was this student's instructor? At my facility, we do allow students to do procedures, but their instructor is to be...

  23. Parent support

    Burnt Out replied to kitty29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am not a NICU nurse, but last year after my son was born and in the NICU...they did not have a support group for the parents. I think this is a great idea.

  24. "But I'm pregnant . . ."

    Burnt Out replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    When I was pregnant, I pulled my load-I helped pull patients up in the bed, pushed them in wheelchairs...I used proper body mechanics. I did all of this in my high risk pregnancy. My co-workers...

  25. Dr.s responsibility?

    Burnt Out replied to chipper's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is when you DOCUMENT the times you paged/beeped the MD....EVERY TIME. If you call an answering service and talk to a live person, you chart the time and name of this person and a synopsis of...