nici1978

nici1978

Med/Surg and Wound Care, PACU

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  1. Funniest thing a confused pt. has told you...

    nici1978 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    when i first started as a nursing student in good old germany, i had a patient asking for a scissor, well i gave it to her, she ended up cutting all her lines including the catheter that thought me a...

  2. Computer charting-what do you think?

    nici1978 replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    i have done both, personally i like the papercharting, computercharting takes to much time, usually 30-60 min per patient, but we use medi-tech and most of it is dopple charting

  3. Rotating weekends

    nici1978 replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    it means every other

  4. fingerprints for hospitals??

    nici1978 replied to gesofs's topic in General Nursing

    i always was fingerprinted, it is not a big deal really, unless you have something to hide

  5. Told to pee in her depends

    nici1978 replied to dv0806's topic in General Nursing

    if she is continent there is no need for her to pee herself not even is it disgusting it is also not good for her skin, if she is already getting red... also if i would be the patient i would be very...

  6. Accreditation ?

    nici1978 replied to mia98's topic in General Nursing

    my question is why are you afraid to ask, is you environment to hostile or what is the matter, also if you do not want to ask you school or teachers, ask the board of nurses in your state, they should...

  7. Breastfeeding and Work

    nici1978 replied to DZcarrie's topic in General Nursing

    actually in my hospital it is allowed and my co-workers just asked the charge to watch there patients, they did it usually in not used rooms or the pedi unit i even think in most states it is the law...

  8. Chs ?

    nici1978 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Question: my hospital was recently bought from a group thats called CHS, if you are from a triad facility you will know which one, everything changed for the worst and that in only a couple of month,...

  9. Chs ?

    nici1978 replied to nici1978's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for answering me

  10. Feacal Management Systems???

    nici1978 replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    i never had any issue with it, and i use them a lot you get leaking sometimes but than you just have to readjust or fill the balloon with more water

  11. Which would you rather do?

    nici1978 replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    i am working 5-8 hour shift right now, hate it will be going back to 12 hours soon

  12. Is Joint Commission more hindrance than help?

    nici1978 replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in General Nursing

    i agree it is a waste of time

  13. Calorie Counting

    nici1978 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    our diabetic teacher told me that patients can follow the weight watchers program it is easy and very similar to a diabetic diet and that in addition they should cut out sugar

  14. Feacal Management Systems???

    nici1978 replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    we use flexiseal in our facility working in wound care i have to say they do work and they are easy to use

  15. PICC vs. MIDLINE ?

    nici1978 replied to angell883RN's topic in General Nursing

    policy in our hospital is piccs require x-ray, midlines not picc you can use for all types of procedures ( contrast etc.) midline just the one with the biggest lumen also we need an order for the picc...

  16. All floor nurses... please help me!

    nici1978 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    what floor are you on, you are lucky i have usually 7-8 patients during dayshift, and yes if you discharge them you get them back, the beds are still warm

  17. What nursing "invention" would make you famous?

    nici1978 replied to juscallmegrace's topic in General Nursing

    believe it or not in germany you actually have showers on each and every unit, also you change there you never go home with scrubs and the hospitals wash them for you also we have the child care ,...

  18. Money to spend

    nici1978 replied to NeuroNP's topic in General Nursing

    you could also get a very nice O2 sat reader , they are small you can hang it arround you neck, and is has a digital display , a good one cost between 200-400 $,

  19. Gloves, feedings

    nici1978 replied to misslo's topic in General Nursing

    i agree with everyone here , it is common scents to use gloves while you are in an isolation room, you might want to bring that up in next class, because that statement is not true

  20. ER or ICU

    nici1978 replied to nici1978's topic in General Nursing

    hey thanks for your input, i think it is a good idea to work one day in ER or ICU maybe i can find out what to do

  21. Mulitcultural Nursing- pts and nurses views wanted

    nici1978 replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    i am german and as a german i can say we are very scheduled people , we like plans and we like to have everything done in a timely manner and we are very independent which means if you have a german...

  22. Do Nurses STILL want to marry Doctors?

    nici1978 replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    hell no, never ever would i marry one of those, to big of a ego for me i am happily married to an engineer , much more fun

  23. Lazy employees, what do you do?

    nici1978 replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    unfortunately it affects my work if my co-workers are lazy and believe me they are, because we are an in hospital outpatient department, if they dont do there job i have more work to do, my solution...

  24. How infectious is MRSA really??

    nici1978 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    you also have to consider that you don't always know if your patient has mrsa or not they must be tested, our infection doctor told us that aprox 50 % of all patients have mrsa, i would say good...

  25. bandage scissors

    nici1978 replied to confused101's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    actually i am a wound care nurse and i never had to buy my own, we get them from our hospital, they get sterilized every day after use and will be occasionally sharpened