Kunzieo

Kunzieo

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  1. best position for a Patient Care Associate

    Kunzieo replied to AngelaChanel24's topic in General Nursing

    I worked on a step-down unit (Cardiac, post-op, renal failure, stroke, diabetic complications...we saw it all!) The pts were a little sicker than most med-surg, so I was able to learn a lot by...

  2. Cafeteria for Night Shift

    Kunzieo replied to TylerTXRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hospital I worked at was a large, inner-city hospital Caf. was open from 0030-0300 but the food was really terrible, because they served the "left-overs" from day/eve shifts. There was always 1 or 2...

  3. Viagra for women...

    Kunzieo replied to Jack_ICU's topic in General Nursing

    It's just a little over $10 a pill right now at the pharmacy I work at. "Off-label" use is sometimes covered by insurance, as we (usually) don't enter a diagnosis code when billing, so they don't...

  4. Dementia pts refusing to eat.

    Kunzieo replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    If you can get over the "yuck" factor, share their food with them! Take a small portion and put it on your "own" plate and (please) get your own fork, and have the meal with them. Some people eat...

  5. Seeking the truth about Nursing School acceptance...

    Kunzieo replied to nurseman78's topic in General Nursing

    Also, if you plan on taking a few classes here, a few there, at whatever program you can get into, and then plan on completing a major somewhere else, be careful. Some schools (like mine) give...

  6. Use alcohol to clean ear piercing?

    Kunzieo replied to cowboy_carl's topic in General Nursing

    Neosporin for ears works great! (On regular posts, not sure about larger gauges...) Just dip the post in some Neosporin or Bacitracin before re-inserting. Works wonders if there is any kind of...

  7. my drug-seeking nurse patient

    Kunzieo replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    That's Terrible! Use your CNAs. That's what I used to do with my nurses, when there was a demanding / drug-seeking patient. The nurse would let me know about the patient and then I would always answer...

  8. Death work and talking to the dead

    Kunzieo replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    I talk to the patient, but not out loud. That sounded crazy, didn't it. As I'm removing and washing and arranging, I kind of talk like I would with any patient...but not out loud. I worked nights, so...

  9. $4 prescriptions

    Kunzieo replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know about where you live, but here in MN if we give someone the $4 price we cannot charge their insurance. I don't know a whole lot about it, but my pharmacist said that it has to do with that...

  10. Troops being sustained by antidepressants

    Kunzieo replied to martinb216's topic in General Nursing

    100%

  11. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Kunzieo replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    From the CNA side: No. We do not have chocolate pudding. We didn't have it last night when you asked, or earlier this shift when you asked. Vanilla is all we have. And no, I will not "talk to...

  12. How to stay in shape???!!

    Kunzieo replied to FutureLatinaRN's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle The biggest thing for me was avoiding fast food. At 11 when you get off, it seems so much easier to just pop through McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, etc. and eat on your way home so you...

  13. New CNA in Telemetry

    Kunzieo replied to runningchk's topic in General Nursing

    You will learn a lot! 2nd shift is a lot of ambulating patients, tidying rooms up from the morning frenzy, doing blood sugar checks, q4h vital signs, setting up trays for supper, feeding some...

  14. Will Somebody Please tell me it gets better as a Nurse?

    Kunzieo posted a topic in General Nursing

    I quit. I finally did it. I had been threatening to for months...but I finally did it. I have 2 weeks left on the job. I hate my job. HATE it. I'm a nightshift CNA on a fairly busy stepdown / tele...

  15. Will Somebody Please tell me it gets better as a Nurse?

    Kunzieo replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    Well. I'm done. Last night was my last shift. It went very well. The nurses had a little farewell "party" for me with some food in the breakroom and some cards. Everyone was very sweet. Surprisingly,...

  16. 10 pregnant RN's...

    Kunzieo replied to dbscandy's topic in General Nursing

    Bwahahaha!

  17. Some managers just don't get it

    Kunzieo replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that's the point. Nor would it solve the staffing problems. Priorities,

  18. Will Somebody Please tell me it gets better as a Nurse?

    Kunzieo replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    on nights it is generally 4:1, with charge taking

  19. Will Somebody Please tell me it gets better as a Nurse?

    Kunzieo replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your advice and words of support and encouragement.:heartbeat Only 8 shifts to go! Whew! My last official day is June 1. (Technically the two weeks was up on Fri, May 30, but I...

  20. Being a patient where you work

    Kunzieo replied to cupcake25's topic in General Nursing

    No. I wouldn't want to be a patient where I work. Not because I am worried about people looking up my medical info...couldn't care less about that. For 2 reasons: 1. I get really, really, really...

  21. Working in a Hospital w/o any prev. medical background?

    Kunzieo replied to *tattooed~princess*'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if this is the kind of job you were looking for...but many job options exist...cafeteria cashier, nutritional services, housekeeping, sterile processing, supply and equipment, gift shop,...

  22. Trapped in this office job and waiting for nursing school...

    Kunzieo replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

    Ug. Am I ever there with you! I just got my rejection letter (2nd year in a row) My school has a "freshman guarantee" so the students who started as freshman are given priority, and any spots left...

  23. Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    Kunzieo replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    ....and the infamous Can you hand me my tissues? Always from a 50-75 year old woman. Who has apparently lost all function of her hands while

  24. What the heck is a Netie pot?

    Kunzieo replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh boy and ain't that the truth! Most people had never heard of the thing ~2 months ago...and then it was on Oprah... Now the pharmacy I work at gets 15+ calls a DAY asking about the darn thing! Same...

  25. Anyone Taking Thyroid Medications? I Need Your Help!!!

    Kunzieo replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Count another happy Synthroid-er in! Actually...I do take the generic...whatever my pharmacy has in stock that month...and no, I have found no difference between Synthroid, Levathroid, Levoxyl,...