GrumpyRN63

GrumpyRN63 ADN, RN

Gyn Onc, OB, L&D, HH/Hospice/Palliative

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  1. Safety Concerns with Home Health or Home Visits?

    GrumpyRN63 replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    I'm new to HH/ Hospice about 2 months now and I absolutely LOVE it!!! Its a gem, assessing, teaching, QUALITY time, actually planning care and seeing it implemented, you use all of your skills, I am...

  2. Needing a Tubex!

    GrumpyRN63 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I've just adapted to them first being scarce and then gone. It was more of a PIA to track one down, we only ever had 3 or 4 for the floor, so what's the point? Im not going to order them for...

  3. New Grad wants to be an Oncology RN

    GrumpyRN63 replied to FromNH2VAwherenext's topic in Oncology

    We hire new grads....lg teaching

  4. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    GrumpyRN63 replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    NO!!, I am suppose to believe promises from the government?????? Will they promise me I will live through it??? I'll be with my dh and kids, thanks

  5. Needing a Tubex!

    GrumpyRN63 replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    Haven't seen one, used one, or needed one in years, only thing we see is lovenox that comes w/ it's own injector, everything else like dilaudud, morphine, we just pop off the needle and draw it up...

  6. Little children visiting

    GrumpyRN63 replied to RNperdiem's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    scarmary, I agree completely, special circumstances should definitely be taken into consideration for the situation, I also agree with Dolce, the hospital is the dirtiest place, a lot of people bring...

  7. Little children visiting

    GrumpyRN63 replied to RNperdiem's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't like seeing toddlers in the hospital, I just cringe at god knows what they are being exposed to, crawling,touching, yuck!. I think it's fine if it's small enough to be kept in a carrier or...

  8. JACHO is a JOKE

    GrumpyRN63 replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN

  9. Why do you LOVE your job?

    GrumpyRN63 replied to ERnursegrl04's topic in General Nursing

    I think if hospitals really cared about retention they would ensure adequate staffing, period. I think nurses feel they are paid adequately, but not at the expense of pt safety and putting their...

  10. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    GrumpyRN63 replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    This is one of those great urban myths, I've heard this for 20 years at various times, in my state there are more ADN programs than ever before, we need all the nurses we can get !!! I know this wont...

  11. Rogham - how long does it last

    GrumpyRN63 replied to htrn's topic in Emergency

    Rhogam needs to be given with each pregnancy, unless it is certain the FOB is Rh neg, so in other words, it doesn't "last" , it could be 4 weeks or 10 years, if it's a new pregnancy she needs a new...

  12. Oh, this Pt should be on a stepdown unit, but....

    GrumpyRN63 replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    That would have been a not so unusual pt for us, would have been nice of someone to assign it to someone who wasn't it charge. You really have to be a ROMI or needing tlt to be on stepdown where I...

  13. Weird Question for Oncology

    GrumpyRN63 replied to NurseToBe20100102's topic in Oncology

    I love oncology. It's a specialty where there is so much continuity of care. You see the patients come back again and again, for good or bad, but the relationships you develop with them and their...

  14. L and D Job Concerns

    GrumpyRN63 replied to zahryia's topic in Ob/Gyn

    They say it takes at least a year to feel comfortable/competent on L & D, I did it for 9 months as a filler job with the float pool, I always thought I wanted it before actually working there....

  15. Have you encountered this? Religious conflict.

    GrumpyRN63 replied to Iconoclast's topic in General Nursing

    WOW,I think that pt was totally out of line, you went above and beyond with respecting other's faith/prayer. I would have done the same. If a pt asks me to pray with them, I do so in silence out of...

  16. Tranfusing blood products - procedures

    GrumpyRN63 replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    I ditto RN1989, I've always used Y tubing, primed first w/ NS , I've never had to invert the chamber to prime, but our chambers are soft, I've seen some that are hard plastic, we don't use those, but...

  17. Brother busted again DUI..help with anxiety

    GrumpyRN63 replied to Armygirl7's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My brother just did it again, another arrest for DUI,reckless driving, driving under suspension, this while OUT ON BAIL for his previous DUI,which THAT one was while out on parole(for uuuhhh, gee...

  18. Help with this doctors order....

    GrumpyRN63 replied to Melandru's topic in General Nursing

    I always went with 1 grain = 65 mg, easiest way I remember it was Tylenol 650 mg= gr X, I would equate gr XX = 1300 mg, it doesn't need to be converted, the pharmacist should take care of that end and...

  19. Day shift vs. Night shift in Oncology

    GrumpyRN63 replied to rnoncology's topic in Oncology

    Welcome to Oncology!! I have always found nocs to be busy, yet mostly manageable. You have less support staff and contrary to what people think, pt's don't sleep a lot. You will continue to learn a...

  20. port a cath access

    GrumpyRN63 replied to canoehead's topic in Oncology

    We use sterile technique in my hospital, the only thing that has changed over the years is no longer wearing a mask ( unless pt or you has cough) --esp since their face is so close to the port,] but...

  21. On call status

    GrumpyRN63 replied to twister431's topic in General Nursing

    Do not feel guilty, if you don't have caller ID, get it, screen those calls, it is their staffing problem, not yours, don't take personal responsibility, you sound like a consciencous employee who...

  22. Oncology and being pregnant

    GrumpyRN63 replied to sirena1481's topic in Oncology

    I really wouldn't worry too much. Are you hanging/spiking the chemo, or is the pt just receiving it elsewhere?? Really, all you need to worry about is universal precautions, it'll be adequate. As far...

  23. How many lawsuits have you been involved in

    GrumpyRN63 replied to Miami NightNurse's topic in General Nursing

    One lawsuit but was a PCT at the time, still everyone who was on the shift had to go, getting served the papers by the sheriff was a little unnerving, had to give a deposition and go to superior court...

  24. Documents needed to start work?

    GrumpyRN63 replied to RNursingStudent's topic in General Nursing

    Just started a new job, required college transcript, from 20 years ago!!!! Gee, I have had an active license for that long, isn;t that enuf?? guess not ( also first time I ever had to show

  25. Chemo Exposure, What to do, Worried, Precautions

    GrumpyRN63 replied to New RN Grad 2008's topic in Oncology

    I work in a lg teaching hospital, pharmacy mixes and now spikes the chemo. I have been in oncology for many years, hung chemo and pushed vesicants even when pregnant, actually stuck my exposed hand in...