everthesame

everthesame LPN, LVN

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  1. Do you LIKE every patient that walks through your door?

    everthesame replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I have plenty of patients I don't like. I work in a prison. However, I try to treat them all the same. The same was true when I worked in a hospital. You just aren't going to like everyone you come...

  2. Happy Easter To ME! (rant)

    everthesame replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! And I thought my Easter shift was bad. At least I got to eat my lunch...very quickly but it was much more substantial than a baggie of Doritos. You can rant here anytime. I hope your next shift...

  3. What would you do?

    everthesame replied to Putter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Are you still affiliated with the hospital? Maybe someone from the IV team could come out and give some in-services to get the staff familiar with PICC line care. IMO, PICC care really isn't that...

  4. Dysfunctional Hospital - Terrible Ethical Situation

    everthesame replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    The shift you described is why I left med surg in a hospital and went to corrections nursing. It just got to the point where I felt like my license was on the line every time I walked in the door. And...

  5. Couplet Care

    everthesame replied to lcl0204's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am not from OK but I used to work on a pp unit. Our unit went from pp to couplet care. I do believe the moms sometimes were confused about who was their nurse and who was the baby's nurse. Also,...

  6. Correctional Medical Services

    everthesame replied to eliandrock's topic in Correctional

    I think a lot depends on your direct supervisor. I recently transferred from a facility with a weak health care administrator to one with an awesome administrator. The old administrator was basically...

  7. Faking high FSBS?

    everthesame replied to military spouse's topic in Correctional

    We had an offender who used to have both suspicious high and suspicious low readings. I would clean the finger myself and even ran the alcohol pad under her fingernail...very thoroughly. When we...

  8. Sick of being a nurse in the Prison

    everthesame replied to goldensfo's topic in Correctional

    I am not saying that working with offenders is a piece of cake but I think it beats the heck out of working in a hospital. I just recently changed from working in a juvenile facility to working in an...

  9. New to home health, next to nothing for orientation...vent

    everthesame posted a topic in Home Health

    Hi all. I am brand spanking new to HH and feel totally overwhelmed. I was to be the 2nd nurse in this office but the week before I started started the only other full time RN in the office quit...no...

  10. VA Hospital

    everthesame posted a topic in Indiana Nursing

    Does anyone know how working conditions are there? I received a mailer from them about an upcoming open house. It mentioned a "no lift working environment" and I wondered what they meant by that....

  11. Need advice about leaving a position.

    everthesame replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't tell you which way to go. Only you can do that. However, I will say that you should not feel guilty if you do leave your current position. I would just explain to them that you have fallen...

  12. Taking one for the team...ugh

    everthesame replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I have been in that situation and hated it. Hopefully when it comes to your annual review your boss remembers how well you "take one" for the team. No, of course you are not going to slack off or...

  13. My God, these family members!!

    everthesame replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ahhhhhhh!!! One of the perks of working in a correctional facility. I don't have to deal with demanding family members. All calls from family members are directed to the

  14. TC bili meters

    everthesame replied to lmc512's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I worked nursery I tried not to lift it off of the baby but, of course, sometimes it happens. I don't think it makes a difference as long as it is positioned properly when you pull the

  15. Should Personal Internet Use be Banned During Nursing Shifts?

    everthesame replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    At my current job we can only use the Internet for work related purposes. At a previous job, I would get online to check out the score of a game if a patient asked if I knew who won. I am not a...

  16. How do you manage to get to work in snow storms ?

    everthesame replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I have only missed one day because of weather. About 10 years ago I was sipping on a glass of wine watching the snow fall thankful that I was off the next four days. We got about 10 inches of snow...

  17. Anyone have advice on offenders that abuse sick call

    everthesame replied to onadeb's topic in Correctional

    Good question but I don't have an answer. I work with juveniles and we aren't allowed to charge the little dearies because they are minors. I would love to charge these "kids" for their sick calls....

  18. xanax use

    everthesame replied to kambra's topic in General Nursing

    If you have a script for it, you should be good. You should have the opportunity to list any current scripts whenever you take a drug test. Just be sure to take the current script bottle with you to...

  19. Would this have happened to a boy?

    everthesame posted a topic in General Nursing

    Disclaimer: This is a rant, not a thread seeking medical advice. My teenage daughter was taken to the ER...sent from our PCP's office, for severe abdominal pain. The CT scan showed "the tip of her...

  20. Would this have happened to a boy?

    everthesame replied to everthesame's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all of the replies. I am sure labs were drawn but neither hubby nor daughter remembers any blood draws (probably with the IV start) and they both say the ER doc didn't mention any lab...

  21. Frazzled and incoherent

    everthesame replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    I always started with the report I was given and then added what happened on my shift. When I worked NICU, I took report on one side of a large index card and then wrote the stuff from my shift on...

  22. Is this possible?

    everthesame replied to back2thebooks's topic in General Nursing

    It seems, to me, that the ones claiming 98.6 is a "raging fever" for them have no other s/s of an

  23. inhalers

    everthesame replied to Truegem's topic in Correctional

    So, why not label the newly opened MDI and send it to the i/m's new

  24. A Nursing Dilemma!!!

    everthesame replied to Tolos's topic in General Nursing

    I would not have given it without either an order or seeing the policy that states this can be given without a physician's order. I have worked at facilities that give flu vaccines without a...

  25. Anyone working in juvenile justice?

    everthesame replied to Jules A's topic in Correctional

    I have never done psych but I think your psych skills will come in handy. I work in a girl's juvenile correctional facility. The girls try to be very manipulative and many are diagnosed with bi-polar...