GrumpyRN63

GrumpyRN63 ADN, RN

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

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  1. How to determine patient acuity

    GrumpyRN63 replied to Pudnluv's topic in General Nursing

    We have one somewhere, and use to actually complete them on every shift, but as we were told my our manager it doesn't infuence our staffing ratio, so we don't

  2. how many of you go to the grocery store after working with patients?

    GrumpyRN63 replied to ilmbg's topic in General Nursing

    I am probably cleaner after leaving work than a lot of people in the general population, at least I know my hands have been washed and sanitized to high heaven, have

  3. List of Narcotics to be Double Locked

    GrumpyRN63 replied to jacesmom2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    They are all locked and narcotics, I've never heard of "double locked",not so sure what you mean by

  4. How are you going to Vote - US

    GrumpyRN63 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    oh my god, i felt the same way, but for the completely opposite reason, it will give us some time to not become a socialistic or (god forbid) communistic society and keep the country from falling...

  5. New grads on the Floor.

    GrumpyRN63 replied to LVN2010M's topic in General Nursing

    i hope you find the fountain of youth and never age so you don't turn into an older nurse ratchet like myself ( you may be too young to know who that is

  6. med error?

    GrumpyRN63 replied to cinder2004's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it was so horrible in the fact that you were present when the med was taken out, it was given directly to the nurse, and then to you ,it wasn't like you didn't see it. The med never left...

  7. Handling rumors

    GrumpyRN63 replied to bnrn75's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, since you have a good relationship (I mean that as in PROFESSIONAL OF COURSE), it sounds like she could be pretty approachable, tell her what you have heard, and she can approach the rumour...

  8. Escalating Unhappiness

    GrumpyRN63 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's driven by economic downturn, pts are just less satisfied in general today then they were 20 yrs ago before all of this 'customer satisfaction' crap became the barometer of...

  9. Im being blackballed!..experienced nurses please reply

    GrumpyRN63 replied to 1styearsucks's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm just confused as I re-read this post, what you are looking for. You said your manager suggested you apply to non-surgical floors with post ops ?? What kind of nonsurgical units have postops ?. but...

  10. High Metabolism + No breaks= death, diet for skinny nurses?

    GrumpyRN63 replied to phosophorus's topic in General Nursing

    Took the post right out of my mouth, if the OP is concerned about being too skinny, the first thing she can do to fix that is eat high fat, fast food after hours of not eating-- just look at half of...

  11. High Metabolism + No breaks= death, diet for skinny nurses?

    GrumpyRN63 replied to phosophorus's topic in General Nursing

    Wait til you are a staff nurse !, get use to small snacks instead of any meals or sometimes water for that matter. Many nurses don't get lunch/dinner, sometimes nothing for 8 or more hours, many times...

  12. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    GrumpyRN63 replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I too had a pt "allergic " to normal saline, hmmm.(I guess if she cries her skin must slough off) She was also allergic to tap h2o. She had brought bottled h20 in for her stay, but guess what, she...

  13. Phenergan & Morphine

    GrumpyRN63 replied to sunshineyday's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    To the OP, I think you are in a toxic environment and should get out, not out of the profession, you are intelligent, with good critical thinking skills and common sense, you work for a bunch of...

  14. Atarax IV?

    GrumpyRN63 replied to strugglingnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Never given

  15. I need career advice about hospice

    GrumpyRN63 replied to pamc217's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am one of those nurses who were in the hospital for 20+ yrs looking for better hours and less insanity.. that being said, I have found that in Home Hospice, I think you should wait to see what other...

  16. Im being blackballed!..experienced nurses please reply

    GrumpyRN63 replied to 1styearsucks's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would seek employment elsewhere. In hindsight, I think 2.5 months is really too soon to conclude you are in the wrong place. I probably would have sucked it up at least for 6 months to see if things...

  17. How are you going to Vote - US

    GrumpyRN63 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    McCain, Obama's associations scare the h**l outta me, just hope he lives 4 more years, or at least 2 I don't think either one is a great choice for their ticket, my daughter is 7 and they had a mock...

  18. This is not my job?!?

    GrumpyRN63 replied to Ally0981's topic in General Nursing

    My one question would be as a student, did you not discuss this dilemma with the RN in charge of your pt, or your

  19. What Would You Like to Chart if You Can Get Away With It?

    GrumpyRN63 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Not necessarily..... some of us Jews would be able to go right to 'the top' and page G-d

  20. pt to per diem question about pto time

    GrumpyRN63 replied to slideboard's topic in General Nursing

    I also got 100% of pay for my PTO

  21. I need career advice about hospice

    GrumpyRN63 replied to pamc217's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I know nothing about inpt Hospice, but 6 actively dying pts doesn't sound very reasonable to me, I could be wrong, I would imagine all the time needed to care for them, probably total care, managing...

  22. Need Advice from those seasoned nurses out there

    GrumpyRN63 replied to Spunky Tech's topic in General Nursing

    In addition you need either OR or ICU experience to work in

  23. This is not my job?!?

    GrumpyRN63 replied to Ally0981's topic in General Nursing

    I would have cleaned it up with whatever, towels, papertowels, washcloths, then the saniwipes, then called housekeeping for a 'real' cleaning. Esp on nocs, they lock up the carts and cleaning supplies...

  24. Pain sensation felt during morphine adminstration.

    GrumpyRN63 replied to saulgoodman's topic in General Nursing

    Ours aren't in ampules, they are in syringes for when we used to use carpujects. They are 1 cc, I take a 10 cc prefilled NS syringe, squirt out 1cc, pop off the needle of the MS syringe and draw up...

  25. IM Injection, Hitting Bone?

    GrumpyRN63 replied to etep1209's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry, I'm sure she'll be just