Piglet08

Piglet08

Member

  • Content

    153

  • Visitors

    4,808

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    0

All Content by Piglet08

  1. How inactive must a patient be to develop a DVT?

    Piglet08 replied to Capp's topic in General Students

    People can get a dvt from a plane trip, so I guess it doesn't take a whole lot of

  2. Nursing School with a Disability

    Piglet08 replied to NightOwlGirl's topic in General Students

    I'm glad you don't want to pursue legal action. I hope by that you don't mean, "but I will if I don't get what I'm asking for", because you'd most likely spend a LOT of money and wind up with the...

  3. I hate my job and I can't get out.

    Piglet08 replied to ewrn's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. No advice to offer. Just, how awful. I'll be thinking of

  4. When you are the patient. Do you get nervous about it?

    Piglet08 replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    heck, yeah. I'm embarrassed to say I've put off routine preventive care because of it. All right, all right. I'll schedule the darned colonoscopy. And that's just outpatient. If I were inpatient,...

  5. Pay Off My Student Loans In Full or Make Monthly Payments?

    Piglet08 replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    I think you're asking the wrong people. Find a financial adviser, or get some books on the topic. How do you know any of us know what we're doing with

  6. Nursing positions deeply embedded in science

    Piglet08 replied to DGabe24's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to say it, but I think you wouldn't be happy in nursing. Yes, you might be able to find a research position or something like that, but you'll always be ... okay, don't hate me, people, this...

  7. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    Piglet08 replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    by tragically hip : really, each time you make a point that converges on plausibility, you veer off into the weeds of whining. (howling!) had to change my pants,

  8. Is this the norm or unfair? thoughts and opinions needed!!

    Piglet08 replied to nursingpower's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Okay, if it's happening with that kind of pattern, that's different. I'd go up to the desk and state I need help, and since you clearly have time, come here and help. And if I had to keep doing that...

  9. What is your window to complete your q4h assessments?

    Piglet08 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Whenever I can. If I predict I'm gonna be slammed at that 4 hr mark, I'll do it early. Sometiimes late, uf'ly. And sometimes I am so busy with actual patient care that charting my final assessments...

  10. Worst night in history

    Piglet08 replied to RoseRyan's topic in General Nursing

    "this is ridiculous. not only was he disruptive he was verbally abusive. there is some consideration that can be taken when someone has a mental illness, but that does not give them an excuse for all...

  11. Worst night in history

    Piglet08 replied to RoseRyan's topic in General Nursing

    "the nurse should have provided some sort of intervention to address this behavior." sometimes there isn't anything to be done. "a prn" isn't always available. "setting limits" with this patient?...

  12. Transitioning to a stay at home Mom but...

    Piglet08 replied to Animal3's topic in General Nursing

    400 hours in four years is not many. Just enough to be a PIA. Some bean-counting admin person who doesn't understand the nature of the work thought of that. Considering that each year the staff in...

  13. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    Piglet08 replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    But I do understand how it could be uncomfortable and stinky and miserable to do it, and yes, it would be nice to get extra pay. On the other hand: what if some disaster strikes, it's as bad as you...

  14. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    Piglet08 replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    "another thing that bothered me...there is no patient too sick to move to another hospital." not at all true. some people are t.o.o. s.i.c.k. t.o. m.o.v.e. i mean, too sick to turn them in...

  15. Stopping patient care for another patient

    Piglet08 replied to sAssy_NurSe's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    from do-over: " i've heard before about how some places don't want staff to say that they were busy with someone else, etc. my employer has not stated that, but i am sure i would ignore it (as i do...

  16. Can someone explain to me how the shift differential works?

    Piglet08 replied to chariot's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't matter what we say. You need to find out from your employer how they work it. And it is entirely possible they made a mistake. Find

  17. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    Piglet08 replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Anotherone, I am all for employee's rights and don't think we have enough of them. Howevah, the OP took a position knowing the terms and that she either could not or would not oblige, and asks after...

  18. Is it possible for a RN to work five 12 hr days?

    Piglet08 replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't say it's a good idea or anything. But of course it's

  19. Is it possible for a RN to work five 12 hr days?

    Piglet08 replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in General Nursing

    Of course it's possible. Some people do it often, others

  20. Discussing lab/test results....

    Piglet08 replied to Animal3's topic in General Nursing

    I would have done that,

  21. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    Piglet08 replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    by op : the hospital where i work places nurses on teams. one team is forced to say, the other forced to come back 24 hrs after the hurricane is gone, and the other can come back when regular...

  22. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    Piglet08 replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Paco69, I am pretty sure ocnrn63 agrees with you and was sarcastically, for comic effect, voicing what some meddling busybodies would say to the childless or anyone else who wasn't doing what they...

  23. Looking to relocate, where to move to maximize my income.

    Piglet08 replied to 1ksgirl's topic in General Nursing

    that's why God made Google. Slap in a few keywords and look for nursing salaries in various places, and look for whatever other things matter to you in a place to live. Get actual statistics, rather...

  24. Tips for a new nurse going into ICU

    Piglet08 replied to MedSurger's topic in Critical Care

    Oh, one more thing. Don't act on verbal information. What I mean is, if the lab calls you to say that your patient's result is this or that -let's say a low potassium- you, being a good, caring,...

  25. Tips for a new nurse going into ICU

    Piglet08 replied to MedSurger's topic in Critical Care

    Listen more than you speak. You'll learn more that way. Realize that as you're being trained as a critical care nurse, you are still a nurse, and responsible for knowing what you're doing. That...