takararose RN

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1. Need Shift Help

   takararose posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   ok all here is my problem....at this time i work 4-12 hour shifts and every other weekend 10 hours, 5-530 and 5-330 respectively.....now my head nurse tells me that those are no longer possible due to...

2. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   takararose replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

   i had a young male patient who apparently was bored one night and decided to see what would happen if he put a pencil into his member....hmmmm.....read a book, turn on the tv, hell take a sleeper, but...

3. Cbi

   takararose replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   it all depends particularly on the doctor....ours want the urine to be clear....so depending on the patient, i have gone through 9 bags once in an eight hour shift to properly get the pt to be clear,...

4. RN's removing surgical drains

   takararose replied to conniejean's topic in Medical-Surgical

   we remove them all the time, the only tube that the nurse does not remove is a chest tube, otherwise, the rest are our