perfectbluebuildings BSN, RN

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    1st Med Error

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Eilana's topic in General Nursing

    You made a mistake; you are human. The patient was fine and I KNOW you will learn from it!! I remember the horrible sinking feeling after my first med error; hugs to you and don't beat yourself up...
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    She is so dear to me...

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Pedi_needi's topic in Pediatric

    Amen.
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    How do you deal with ICU superiority complex?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    People are people, that is to say, some are nice and some not-so-nice and nurses are no different. That may sound oversimplifying but I have had great nights and terrible nights floating to other...
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    would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    No... I would not. But that is more than the top nurses' assistant at my last job made. Of course, starting out in 2005 the new grad RN wage was 17.50/hr @ my hospital (w/o any shift/weekend...
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    I Never Remember....

    perfectbluebuildings replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Our isolation protocols... how long on IV antbx for which organism means to standard isolation?? One of our ID doctors gets really upset saying we "over-isolate" our patients too. And how to...
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    Is this ever normal??

    perfectbluebuildings replied to leesespieces's topic in Pediatric

    Are they especially fair skinned? I know I had them as a kid and was really fair and maybe they showed up more, and was no means malnourished or sleep deprived. However if other s/s in these kids...
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    Hourly Rounding

    perfectbluebuildings replied to neneRN's topic in General Nursing

    LOL... they tried this at our hospital and they got complaints and one family even left AMA saying they were being bothered too much. It went along with the thing we were supposed to say "Is there...
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    Knoxville, TN

    perfectbluebuildings replied to AnomalousSilence's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    PS- to the poster wondering about nursing homes there are several in Knoxville. Also psych care in the Lakeshore facility. Good
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    Knoxville, TN

    perfectbluebuildings replied to AnomalousSilence's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I have heard very good things about St. Mary's from multiple nurses. Not so good about Baptist. I haven't worked either of these places myself, but worked with people who did. I know UT just opened...
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    What would you have said to this??

    perfectbluebuildings replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite so far has been, on a cellulitis pt there for IV antbx, "I don't want to get three or four calls on this patient all night [this was at about 9 p.m.], just call me if she's actively...
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    Floating to your unit

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    thanks a lot all of
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    Floating to your unit

    perfectbluebuildings posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I work in a hospital where all peds nurses float to any peds area- the two more "general" floors, NICU, or PICU. I am assigned to a floor and had to float to PICU the other night. Yes, I had gotten...
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    Short and thin..WHERE can I get scrubs that FIT?!!

    perfectbluebuildings replied to CT Pixie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I am also 4'11", I get drawstring pants in Petite XS and I actually like Landau brand pants fit a little better than the Dickies although I am not sure if they may be more expensive, and I am sure fit...
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    pediatric paper

    perfectbluebuildings replied to StudentNurseSteph's topic in Pediatric

    Another vote for cystic fibrosis here. It is a fascinating and frustrating illness and affects many basic parts of a patient's life, there is a lot to managing all aspects of that
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    Floating to your unit

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    So... I want to follow up because I floated again to the PICU on Saturday night, and although (once again) I had a decompensating pt who actually ended up intubated by the end of the shift- it was a...
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    Why are paper towel dispensers locked?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    you know... they started locking ours to the wall of each room now! because several dozen somehow went "missing" in the hospital last year (and this isn't a huge hospital either...) and RT has the...
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    What's your favorite type of patient?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I really like all ages of my kids, but school-age kids in general are one of my favorite age. They are talkative, trust you to take good care of them, ask all kinds of cool questions, and are not...
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    Need humor on death and dying

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Agnus's topic in Nursing Humor

    Aw I'm sorry I found this thread too late!! As soon as I saw it I thought of the scenes in Patch Adams with him and the man who is dying from pancreatic cancer... do you know what I mean? (If not.....
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    piercings at work

    perfectbluebuildings replied to iamcool's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital you are allowed to wear 1 set of earrings, no other visible piercings; and not supposed to have any tattooes visible while in uniform. (there's plenty more to the dress code not r/t...
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    ipods at work

    perfectbluebuildings replied to RNfloatpool's topic in General Nursing

    that does not sound safe or professional... i can't believe no one's stopped it yet. at least in patients'
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    Semi-private

    perfectbluebuildings replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    The VA hospital I did clinicals at... just 3 years ago, they still had "wards" there, several rooms w/ 4-6 beds each. It seemed kinda strange to me. We only did clinicals on the mostly-ambulatory...
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    Are you having an RSV crisis?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    How about pertussis- we had one case of that recently a 2 month old. Well still have- been there about a week and not improving a whole lot yet How often do you all see that in PI- we had one case...
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    What to like about your state

    perfectbluebuildings replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Tennessee... also grew up in the Northeast part of the state. It is a beautiful state. Cost of living is low and so salaries will not be as high as other places but it evens out. There is...
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    Floating to your unit

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I want to float to your unit. Althought that sounds hard on PICU regulars. The only thing we WOULDN'T get floating to PICU would be a kid on a
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    Does your work call you at 0530?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    What time does the shift start? Where I work it's 6:45 so they'd pretty much have to be calling at 5:30. Maybe your shift starts later though. And it sucks for them, they do just have to go down...