evilolive

evilolive BSN, RN

Cardiac/Step-Down, MedSurg, LTC

Member

  • Content

    193

  • Visitors

    5,248

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    3

All Content by evilolive

  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. 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...

  12. 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...

  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...

  16. Do you bag your bodies naked?

    evilolive replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    I had a death the other night, and despite performing post-mortem care countless times, I still print out my hospital's procedure for care. It tells us to gown the patient. Basic dignity. If the...

  17. Starting to burn out

    evilolive posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    A rant, and a call for advice from my fellow Med-Surg'ers. I have been working 12 hour nights at my hospital for a year and a half. Over the past year we have had a MAJOR turnover of staff. We've lost...

  18. Funny things patients say !

    evilolive replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a female patient come onto the floor with a Dx of constipation. Admitting/overnight hospitalist came up to attempt to do a manual disimpaction of the patient, I was there at the bedside. MD is...

  19. Code Blue Experiences

    evilolive replied to Nurse0621's topic in General Nursing

    I've been through quite a few codes in my short time on a medical floor. We have had one frequent flyer who has coded at least 3-4 times on our floor. I remember she was a transfer from SICU at the...

  20. Most Common Patient Diagnoses

    evilolive replied to beauty912's topic in Medical-Surgical

    COPD exacerbation, acute renal failure, sepsis, UTI, pneumonia, syncope, anemia, intractable back pain, intractable abdominal pain, etc.

  21. When IV's aren't in use

    evilolive replied to Mommy of 2's topic in Medical-Surgical

    At my facility we attatch the blue caps to IV tubing not in use. We keep plenty of these in stock and I usually pull out between five and ten for my 12 hour shift. A lot of nurses will use the tops...

  22. Picc Line Flushing

    evilolive replied to arms's topic in Medical-Surgical

    My facility instructs us to flush with 10cc saline and 1cc heparin Q8 hrs. We document on this in our MAR. I always double check my order, as some MDs will order without the heparin based on the Pt's...

  23. Skin prep on open areas...

    evilolive replied to gabrielle76's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you for sticking up for yourself, and more importantly- your patient! Is the open area truly a pressure area, or could it be a partial thickness injury? I learned this from my current...

  24. What do you call the Doc?

    evilolive replied to Flipper911's topic in General Nursing

    I work with the same 3-5 doctors at night on my floor. After working with them for almost a year, I am on a first name basis with most all of them except one. I could NEVER bring myself to call him by...

  25. Dating someone from within ???

    evilolive replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    I am casually seeing someone from work. I like this person a lot, but I only get to see 'em once every month or so because of our schedules. It's fun, but there is no pressure on either end. This...