DixieRedHead

DixieRedHead ASN, RN

ED/ICU/TELEMETRY/LTC

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  1. Journal-"jotting" your daily rounds?

    DixieRedHead replied to student forever's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Does your facility have bed/chair sensor pads or PBA's. This person needs one

  2. Does suctioning trach's ever get easier?

    DixieRedHead replied to MadpeysRN's topic in General Nursing

    Puke, sorta. Poop, what poop? Yeast, nah. Pus, what pus? Sputum, God help

  3. ascultating the lungs of a female patient

    DixieRedHead replied to srleslie's topic in General Nursing

    One side at at time. Start on the back, top to bottom. When you get to the bottom, move to the side (usually useless) but acquaints the patient with what you are doing. Then move the stethoscope...

  4. LPN duties in LTC

    DixieRedHead replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    1. You will fall behind. 2. You will finish your med pass. 3. You will be slow. 4. You will get

  5. Was pt of sound mind, ER visit needed?

    DixieRedHead replied to Caffeinated RN's topic in General Nursing

    What did her lungs sound like. Just after dialysis there is a risk of overload, pneumonia or not. There are so many things to be taken into consideration. Wheezes, rales, pulse ox. Try to think of the...

  6. I exploded at work. Haha miserable. Here's what happened? Should I feel bad, I kinda

    DixieRedHead replied to willowRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't say it often enough. What you need is policy. The policy should be if the nurse taking report isn't ready for report by 7, report should be given to the charge nurse and let her/him handle...

  7. How to NOT interview for your RN/LPN job!

    DixieRedHead replied to musicianRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hiring is an opinionated thing. First you have to realize that it is not a "fair" thing. You will be judged. That is what the hiring process is all about. Gone are the days when you could show up...

  8. can my DON force me to work the floor?

    DixieRedHead replied to glm777's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    First of all, Yes, they can. You are a nurse, you have a license that meets their needs for staffing purposes, and their rear ends are covered. It's yours that is bare. You are an MDS coordinator in...

  9. The Mockery of Nursing

    DixieRedHead replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OK, actual scenario. I swear. Working telemetry on Saturday. We had a PRN who was a psych nurse working with us. (DUH). So the monitor is spitting out strip, a red light is on, and the alarm is...

  10. The Mockery of Nursing

    DixieRedHead replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have a cleft in my chin and a tattoo of butt cheeks over it. I also had my bottom lip pierced to simulate the well............er...........um, you know (can't say that word). No body will give me a...

  11. The Mockery of Nursing

    DixieRedHead replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  12. Difference between NCLEX-RN & NCLEX-PN

    DixieRedHead replied to Sanie07's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It was some time ago, but I have taken both. LPN is more task oriented, RN has more

  13. The Mockery of Nursing

    DixieRedHead replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's not that we don't agree, but this not that post.

  14. All tapped out. . .NAS

    DixieRedHead replied to TiffyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I can never understand why people like this feel an apparently overcoming urge to

  15. The Mockery of Nursing

    DixieRedHead replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    oh! that reminds me: i don't have social security card, or a visa, or any form of identification. i have 2 weeks of nursing school in [color=#343434]pszczyna. i don't speak english so i got a friend...

  16. The Mockery of Nursing

    DixieRedHead replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a "pre nursing student". What the heck? "My dream is work with children". For crying out loud. "Should I be an LPN, RN, MSN, NP, or go to medical school?" I don't care. "Do I have to see pee,...

  17. career advice

    DixieRedHead replied to Guest296136's topic in Nurse Management

    I doubt that one year lack of experience would be that big a deal if they really want to hire you. As for the set back (?) you may have to decide which you want more, the job you want or the place...

  18. IVP Rates

    DixieRedHead replied to Java Mama's topic in General Students

    1.5 ______ = .5ml/min

  19. Lazy stuck up nurses

    DixieRedHead replied to UpstateNyDollCna's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In a different set of circumstances, I too, found myself in a miserable job. I loved the job, but the personality thing was almost unbearable. As ADON, I found myself close to retirement and the job...

  20. Drug Cards

    DixieRedHead replied to mestrada's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When I went to LPN school, we could have drug cards, we just had to write the information on them on paper, and turn them in. By the time we wrote them, we knew them. Oh, and no taking them to the...

  21. have you been hired on the spot?

    DixieRedHead replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    Twice actually. First time, I stayed 15 years. Second time, still there, 3

  22. New-ish RN, 30 residents please help!

    DixieRedHead replied to newrnltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    First of all, you are the nurse. CNAs should be instructed to have V/S done by 9 AM. Call bells, let the nursing assistants know they need to be answered. Answer them if you can. If the charge nurse...

  23. participation in activities

    DixieRedHead replied to crazyforthis's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Good grief. That's not an activity program. Our activity calendar makes you have a seizure if you look at it very long. There are of course the things you mention. But so much more. There are memory...

  24. How scary was your fist clinical experience?

    DixieRedHead replied to aem31's topic in General Students

    LOL. I was the oldest student in my group. The nursing instructor that we had loved to pick on me. (Not to worry, I have always been a tough cookie). So, anyway, we are at LTC and this lady needed...

  25. why and how can people abuse the ER?

    DixieRedHead replied to esunada's topic in Emergency

    From working in the ER many years I too became jaded and certainly resented the drug seekers, ER abusers, and those who came in to avoid paying. There are however a few things that we need reminding...