evilolive BSN, RN

evilolive has 6 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Cardiac/Step-Down, MedSurg, LTC.

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1. Stopping patient care for another patient

   evilolive replied to sAssy_NurSe's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I would have done the same thing as the OP. How would it make the resident feel if the nurse dropped what she was doing for patient care for a pain med that could wait 10 minutes or so? If I were a...

2. Giving/getting report

   evilolive replied to EnlightenMeRN's topic in General Nursing

   Diagnosis, pertinent history, ambulation, treatment plan, and discharge plan are my necessities. It's a bonus if you tell me what fluids they're on, and how they take meds (I take a lot of medical...

3. Need help with labs!

   evilolive replied to Nurse ABC's topic in General Nursing

   Electrolytes, Mag, Phos, CBC are the ones I see regularly on a telemetry floor. If you use a computerized system it may give your facility's lab value range when results come back, which makes reading...

4. Med/Surg vs. Cardiac Stepdown?

   evilolive replied to newnursemn's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I work on a stepdown unit now, and started with med/surg prior to transferring. The telemetry experience can only benefit you in looking for positions down the road! We have a lot of med/surg...

5. D-ring on scrub pants?

   evilolive replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   You know, I never thought about that D-Ring until you brought it up! Maybe if you had a few items on a carabiner (like scissors or hemostat) it would come in handy. I never liked that much stuff...

6. Filter needles for glass vials?

   evilolive replied to jrsmrs's topic in Patient Medications

   Very infrequently do I have to use filter straws, but on the rare occasion when I have to draw up phenergan, I always use one. I remember when I did a L+D rotation in college we used them frequently...

7. What is the one thing you will absolutely not tolerate from a patient?

   evilolive replied to Yiggs's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Being threatened with physical abuse. I am generally the "nice" nurse, but if you make a fist at me, get ready to hear me get very

8. Medicaid reimbursement and patient satisfaction scores

   evilolive replied to RN-ing's topic in General Nursing

   One thing I thought about when I heard about the reimbursement issue: I only fill out surveys when I feel as if I have had sub-par service. I know this is only my personal opinion, but I feel the need...

9. What info should be "tattooed" on a nurse's brain?

   evilolive replied to rloh961's topic in General Nursing

   Never stop asking

10. Love for med surg

    evilolive replied to Tua15395's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I think you'd succeed in critical care by starting in med-surg. With med-surg, you'll learn a lot of the basics, and a ton of skills over the course of a year or two. If you have the basics under your...

11. First time as a preceptor

    evilolive replied to newnurse012's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Oh god no, that is just a mistake waiting to happen for the both of you. I have precepted two new grads in the past year, and we have shared the same patient assignment of 5 each time. You are...

12. How I miss my beloved text-paging

    evilolive posted a topic in General Nursing

    For the first 16 months or so of my current job, we had this glorious, convenient way of communicating with whatever in-house hospitalist was covering our unit - The Text Page. With The Text Page you...

13. Peeves at work

    evilolive replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    1) IV tubing that has an alcohol wipe wrapper covering the end instead of a sterile cap 2) Overflowing linen/trash cans 3) When the new lady in material services reports our night staff for "refusing"...

14. Night shift and Sleeping

    evilolive replied to jaznia15's topic in General Nursing

    In three years of working nights I've never taken a nap. I believe there was one night when I laid my head down on the nurses' station for about 4 minutes, but then couldn't even think of closing my...

15. Nurse-Patient Ratios on East Coast

    evilolive replied to shhhh's topic in General Nursing

    I work in CT on a medical floor. 5 patients per nurse at night max for my floor (we have 15 patients). The acuity ranges from "walkie talkie" ready to be discharged to ICU transfer who still looks...