NurseKatie08

NurseKatie08 MSN

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  1. Told LTC a waste of my time

    NurseKatie08 replied to Rylee2008's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LTC or Skilled Rehab is NOT a waste of your time if that's where you want to be! I'm a new grad (actually....as of today's date, I officially have a year under my belt, so I guess I'm NOT a new grad...

  2. Why don't employers start lowering wages for nurses?

    NurseKatie08 replied to hcer4507's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously OP? I did not bust my can in college to accrue student loan debt to work as a RN for beans. I made 8-10 dollars an hour working at the local Hallmark store during high school...no

  3. Help! Constipation Schultz Cocktail Recipe :-)

    NurseKatie08 replied to vyper's topic in General Nursing

    I've gotten good results for some pts with MOM & a prune juice chaser. I've actually been nicknamed the "bowel police" by our noc nurse because it seems as though lately on my assignment I am...

  4. Retaking the State Board Exam?

    NurseKatie08 replied to Kerric01's topic in General Nursing

    Your friend should contact her state's BON...they are probably the only ones with a clear answer to this, as I'm sure it must vary from area to

  5. Never seen anything quite like it (the things visitors do...)

    NurseKatie08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Recently at work a son of one of my patients has really taken the cake. He arrived to visit mom while I was finishing my assessment & medicating her for pain, and waited outside the room while I...

  6. so what was your life like before u became a nurse?

    NurseKatie08 replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    Always knew I wanted to be a nurse...went into a BSN program straight out of high

  7. Where are all the nurses?

    NurseKatie08 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree as well...I've been working for a year now at a skilled facility on the TCU (new grad). I cannot even count how many "so you just work in a nursing home?"/"you must not be getting much...

  8. What shoes do you wear at work?

    NurseKatie08 replied to mappers's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Swear by Dansko Professionals....once they broke me in, things were

  9. nurses writing their own orders

    NurseKatie08 replied to elizabethaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've also seen some nurses in my setting (rehab within an LTC facility) write orders without talking to the doctor first--I'm not comfortable doing it. The most I will do is actually obtain a urine or...

  10. What is your unit like - Private, Semi-private, or Multi-bed rooms?

    NurseKatie08 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    We have 26 beds total on my unit--2 private rooms & 12 semi-private

  11. CNA's and prescription Treatments

    NurseKatie08 replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have no problem with CNAs on my floor putting on zinc, A&D, antifungal cream/powder. eucerin etc. I let them know in report who gets what kind of cream & whose butt I need to see when they...

  12. 1st year nursing student with a slight fear of needles

    NurseKatie08 replied to rach_006's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had a big fear of needles--of getting them myself...when I went into my nursing program. Giving them to other people has actually helped me slowly get over my fear of receiving them. I''ve had some...

  13. Common Rehab Meds (New RN)

    NurseKatie08 replied to ChapterTwo's topic in Rehabilitation

    Pain meds: Tylenol, Ibuprofen, T#3, Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin, Dilaudid, Fentanyl Patches, Lidoderm Patches, MS Contin, MSIR, Ultram, Percocet Other meds: Coumadin, Lovenox, Heparin, Lopressor,...

  14. Ever had a premonition?

    NurseKatie08 replied to 86toronado's topic in General Nursing

    Yup...had premonitions about my grandfather & my dad dying. I knew they were both dead before I got the

  15. Considering nursing school, but I have a slight problem

    NurseKatie08 replied to schmalcine's topic in General Nursing

    true that. i went on vacation with a good friend (not a nurse, has a office-computer related job)...tops were optional on the beach, and my friend freaked out the first time we saw some topless women...

  16. Never seen anything quite like it (the things visitors do...)

    NurseKatie08 replied to NurseKatie08's topic in General Nursing

    I was right...it wasn't the first issue we've had with this son. Last night he called the unit to ask if I had "any girlfriends I could set him up with for a social life." I told him straight up that...

  17. So impressed with the nursing assistants on our floor.

    NurseKatie08 replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's always nice when a shift has a great bunch of CNAs. A good CNA is worth his/her weight in gold...but a great TEAM of CNAs,

  18. How do you wear your hair for clinicals?

    NurseKatie08 replied to Kamdyn's topic in General Students

    In nursing school, I always wore my hair pulled back into a ponytail. My hair isn't particularly long, at the moment just about an inch or so below my shoulders (when it's straightened--naturally it's...

  19. If you could no longer work as a nurse, what would you do?

    NurseKatie08 replied to LockportRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, in high school I was pretty serious about my trumpet playing---I was in a high school summer program at Berklee College of Music for my last two years of high school. I was tossed up between...

  20. If you could no longer work as a nurse, what would you do?

    NurseKatie08 replied to LockportRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would be a professional jazz trumpet player....or go back to school for music therapy...(previous career options for me that competed with

  21. Narc Count

    NurseKatie08 replied to bdbrdb's topic in General Nursing

    Do you mean like an Index of what is actually in the box? Our log book already has that... Or are you talking about a sign out sheet for an emergency narcotic kit? Super confused...just trying to...

  22. Narc Count

    NurseKatie08 replied to bdbrdb's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure I understand. Do all of your residents/patients not have separate numbered bubble cards with their medications in them? We have a narcotic log book for each med cart. Each time a new...

  23. Nobody answers the floor phones

    NurseKatie08 replied to retiredlady's topic in General Nursing

    The only time I go running for a ringing phone is if it's the middle of a med pass and I'm expecting a call from an MD or NP about something I paged them over. My unit is in the process of expanding,...

  24. R U annoyed by some ancillary staff too?

    NurseKatie08 replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The therapists on our TCU seem to think they are God's gift to the Earth at times & that no one else could possibly be busy. Most of them take to grabbing seats at the nurse's station right at...

  25. New nurse seeking organizational tips from experienced nurses

    NurseKatie08 replied to rainbowbright2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've got just under a year experience in sub-acute rehab...I do keep my "brain" on a clipboard. I'd lose it if I didn't--and for that reason my clipboard is bright pink! On my clipboard I have post-it...