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KSU-SN

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  1. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    KSU-SN replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

    To everyone bashing the OP calling her a snitch and telling her to mind her own business.....think of it this way: would you want that male nurse taking care of your mother, father, brother, sister,...

  2. From a student, to, hospital floor nurses...

    KSU-SN replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    From a nurse to student nurses.....when all 10 of you are crowded into our break room first thing in the morning when we are trying to get prepared for our shift and go over our assignment for the day...

  3. What is nursing coming to?

    KSU-SN posted a topic in General Nursing

    It seems like work has been especially bad the last few weeks and my coworkers and I are fed up. Ive been an RN for 2 years and to think that I have another 30-40 years of this profession is pretty...

  4. What is nursing coming to?

    KSU-SN replied to KSU-SN's topic in General Nursing

    I understand that the hospital is a money making business and yes I want my hospital to profit. But more importantly I want SAFE care for my patients and I dont want to kill myself trying to give them...

  5. Michigan

    KSU-SN replied to ericanicole's topic in Michigan Nursing

    LOL being that I am a huge OSU fan, I LOVE the above post even if it is really random. Definitely laughed out

  6. How can they do this to us?!

    KSU-SN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So there are 5 RN's from my floor scheduled for a class at work tomorrow from 8am-11:30am. We all signed ourselves up for this class voluntarily. This is actually overtime because we are scheduled our...

  7. Visitors chasing you down the hallway....

    KSU-SN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a very busy med/surg unit. It is not uncommon to have 8-12 new post surgery patients come to the floor in an 8 hour shift. Recently we have had a lot of trouble finding beds for patients...

  8. Visitors chasing you down the hallway....

    KSU-SN replied to KSU-SN's topic in General Nursing

    we always explain to the patients when they come up from surgery that if they need anything to press the call light, then we place it in their hand and show them the button to press. And its usually...

  9. If you could do it all over.....

    KSU-SN replied to GeminiRN2007's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    zookeeper, i've seen a ton of people on here (yes, real nurses) suggest to other nurses that maybe they need to switch facilities if they are not happy. i am a "real nurse" and i believe that it is...

  10. The moment when you know why you're a nurse

    KSU-SN replied to Darkfield's topic in General Nursing

    just a few days ago I was assisting a doc with an I&D of a head abscess in the patient's room. The patient was a 40 something year old female, visibly very nervous and crying. I held her hand, not...

  11. Admission orders

    KSU-SN replied to fsaav's topic in General Nursing

    I always make sure to ask the patient too if there is anything they want me to tell/ask the doc so I am not having to call them back later. I'd say 90% of our new admits we have to call for the...

  12. urgh! so irritating!!!

    KSU-SN replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    well I have to say that if you are in nursing ONLY for the money....like you thought about what you wanted to do with your life and you thought "hmm well nurses make a lot of money so im gonna do...

  13. How would you interpret this order for pain medication?

    KSU-SN replied to I<3H2O's topic in General Nursing

    we are only allowed to alternate the pain medications if the doctor orders one of them "for breakthrough pain." thats the way we've done it for as long as I've been there (6 years) and it works. I...

  14. How would you interpret this order for pain medication?

    KSU-SN replied to I<3H2O's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a med/surg unit and we are supposed to have the patient stick to one pain medicine or another, not alternate them. We may try the morphine first and if it doesnt last long enough, give them...

  15. Does your floor decorate for Christmas?

    KSU-SN replied to Cathylady's topic in General Nursing

    this year we are not allowed unless the decorations are fire retardant. that is per

  16. Tell me this doesn't happen all the time.

    KSU-SN replied to grannyrn65's topic in General Nursing

    It was probably lady partsl packing that the OP is talking about....its not totally uncommon for it to begin to work its way out. There is usually the tail end of it sticking out anyways so when its...

  17. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

    KSU-SN replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    well the problem is that as soon as the patients dont get their way they call in the patient advocate whose name and number is given to all the patients when they are first admitted and told if they...

  18. Nurse Mentor----can you adopt me?

    KSU-SN replied to Frazzled_One's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I complained about the exams and the instructors all through nursing school...so did my classmates. We said how mean the instructors were, how condescending and rude they were...we said that they...

  19. Do nurses eat their young, even when they are their teachers?

    KSU-SN replied to commonsense's topic in General Students

    there is no nursing shortage

  20. NG Tube Leaking, Tips?

    KSU-SN replied to CharmedJ7's topic in General Nursing

    our surgeons get furious if we cap the vent of a NG tube because they say that air needs to be able to get in and out so we take little baby bottles and cut a hole in the nipple big enough to fit the...

  21. For a patient with MRSA, what do you wear into their room?

    KSU-SN replied to Ted D's topic in General Nursing

    my facility does not isolate for

  22. Experienced nurses: What do student nurses do that drives you nuts?

    KSU-SN replied to aem31's topic in General Nursing

    I get frustrated when students are glad they DONT have to do something....or they try to get out of doing something. For instance I overheard a student asking her instructor if she really had to give...

  23. Are nurses allowed to recommend doctors??

    KSU-SN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've had a lot of friends on facebook saying things like "does anyone know a good pediatrician?" or "i need to have surgery, anyone have any recommendations?" now facebook is a public website so...

  24. It seems probie's can't take a joke or laugh

    KSU-SN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I am a fairly new nurse, its been a little over a year for me and since day 1 ive been the jokster/prankster on my floor. I'm always the goof who is making everyone laugh. Theres a couple of the older...

  25. How do you sign?

    KSU-SN replied to Mashira's topic in General Nursing

    do you mean signing your name, RN outside of your job?? i never sign my name with RN behind it anywhere outside of work. I think it makes you seem like you are showing off or something. I cant imagine...