Chttynurs

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1. What does you hospital give you for Thanksgiving ?

   Chttynurs replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

   We get a 12-14 pound turkey every year, which isn't too bad.

2. Nurses are Overworked

   Chttynurs replied to Mazieks's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Thank You!! It's so nice to hear words of appreciation!

3. What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

   Chttynurs replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

   Bless all the psych nurses out there!! I don't know how you do it!! I'm ashamed to admit it, but I just don't have the patience to deal with people's major psych issues! I don't think I could do...

4. Heparin and Epidurals--A Baaaad Combination

   Chttynurs replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   Unfortunately the same mistake has happened where I work--and while I didn't do it, I think I WOULD have made the same mistake had the patient been mine. The anasthesiologist caught the mistake after...

5. Unlicensed personnel calling in prescriptions?!

   Chttynurs replied to bassbird's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I'm an RN, the very first time I called in a prescription I asked the pharmacist on the other end of the line if they needed my full name and nursing license number. I was FLABBERGASTED when she told...

6. Scrubs for little people

   Chttynurs replied to pumpkin's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Pumpkin!! I PM'd you, check your box! Good luck!

7. Wasting Procedures

   Chttynurs replied to JMH's topic in General Nursing

   I do many things--pour IV narcotics down the sink, flush down the toilet, and I put some in the sharps container....with a witness of course. I'm not actually sure if our policy includes the exact...

8. watch with sweeping second hand?

   Chttynurs replied to neonatalRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   Nice point, Carolanne!! I use a digital watch and only use the military time option....that way I can just glance at it with no math to be done when I'm writing my notes, timing my PRN's, etc. I...

9. watch with sweeping second hand?

   Chttynurs replied to neonatalRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   A sweeping second hand just means that the second hand 'sweeps' over the seconds in a smooth motion, it doesn't stop every second. I believe schools like you to have this so you don't get 'confused'...

10. NCLEX "easy" question??

    Chttynurs replied to glow_worm's topic in General Nursing

    CONGRATS!!

11. NCLEX "easy" question??

    Chttynurs replied to glow_worm's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! First of all, I'm sure you did fine! I felt exactly the same way when I took my NCLEX. I felt as if I were guessing on many answers, and then I got the question, "Which is the correct way to...

12. Difference in Needles

    Chttynurs replied to fourbirds4me's topic in General Nursing

    You were taught right--meds being being drawn from a glass ampule should be drawn with a filter needle, then switched to a regular needle/cannula. At least that was what I was taught, in case any...

13. Do you nurses get breaks?

    Chttynurs replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

    I work 12 hour shifts and pretty much always get my lunch break. It may only be 20 minutes some days, and I never take the shorter breaks that I'm supposed to get, but that's my decision, to be...

14. Chest Tubes and Clamping

    Chttynurs replied to nightingale's topic in General Nursing

    Like JohnnyGage, we clamp (with an order) for 4-6 hours, or overnight, so as to get an x-ray to see if the a pneumo returns (or pleural effusion or whatever...), then tubes are pulled if the x-ray is...

15. Cardioversions

    Chttynurs replied to katlyn's topic in General Nursing

    We do cardioversions on our cardiac step down, but now often thank goodness. It's usually done on days when we have a ratio of 1:3, but another nurse will cover your other patients during the...