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  1. What is your first hint that it is gonna be a rough shift

    catshowlady replied to AngelsWings09's topic in General Nursing

    When you sit down for group report, and half the patients on the sheet have "confused" written in the comment section. When there's no offgoing nurses sitting in the station ready to give report -...

  2. What is the D-ring on my pants for?

    catshowlady replied to Cilantrophobe's topic in General Nursing

    I hook the Foley bag onto mine when getting pts

  3. Tell me if this is the norm in your er!

    catshowlady replied to missnurse01's topic in Emergency

    GilaRN - Thanks, that was interesting. When hubby wakes up, I'll have to ask him about the training levels. This was 30+ years ago, during the Viet Nam war. He worked on a base hospital in the ER...

  4. What's the reason for a RN to be snippy to a new post op pt. ?

    catshowlady replied to momofqc's topic in General Nursing

    OP: I am not going to beat around the bush here. Your posts are condescending and judgmental. Your only experience as a nurse is as a nursing student in a "perfect NCLEX hospital". In that...

  5. can't get ahold of family

    catshowlady replied to rnto?'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You did fine. The only other thing we have done at our facility is search the internet for additional phone numbers for family members, or other family members that we find out about but don't have...

  6. Tell me if this is the norm in your er!

    catshowlady replied to missnurse01's topic in Emergency

    CraigB - My husband also learned to do sutures when he was an Air Force medic years ago! He also said that he, like you, would never do sutures on a face either. As a side note, he said at that...

  7. Help with Difficult Instructor

    catshowlady replied to abcabcabc's topic in General Nursing

    Your college administration (over the heads of the nursing program) may take issue with the fact that you are not receiving the credit-hours of instruction that you are supposed to be receiving. I...

  8. Working out these IV Pumps...

    catshowlady replied to i.care's topic in General Nursing

    I use the VTBI feature on our pumps to call me back to the room to check the pump at a certain time - e.g. to take q1h blood vitals, to check for PTT results on my heparin gtts, and (like others have...

  9. Need Some Wisdom

    catshowlady replied to tishirajan's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Love my Dansko clogs. I bought some to wear on my days off. They have higher arches inside than tennis shoes, so it can take a few days to get used to them. They also have lots of room in the toe...

  10. Why does only nursing have to put the patients first?

    catshowlady replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know, Wooh - I had a crappy weekend at work. It seems like nobody else has to "own" anything but the nurse. Not the other depts, not even other staff on the floor. If the tech doesn't do...

  11. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    catshowlady replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To the sister of my bowel surgery pt today, who demanded that we not give her sister any more pills because "they just sit in her stomach": You are not the doctor. I give medications according to...

  12. ICU NURSES: In your opinion when is it less stressful working at ICU nights or days?

    catshowlady replied to bluejeanjunkie's topic in General Nursing

    Overall, there is less going on at night. That said, when the crap hits the fan, there are often much fewer resources available at night, like extra hands, fewer Dr.'s available, etc. Of course,...

  13. The weight of the world.

    catshowlady replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe your sister wouldn't be ready for it or accepting of it, but perhaps you could meet as a family with the hospital's Ethics Committee? It might help provide some perspective for your mom and...

  14. What would you do in my situation? just looking for opinions.

    catshowlady replied to Nina2bRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the update. So glad to hear the ins co finally did the right thing.

  15. The weight of the world.

    catshowlady replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    :icon_hug: What a difficult thing for you to be going through. My heart goes out to you. I think leslie is right, you have a good grasp of the facts and are being very realistic about your dad's...

  16. How do I emotionally survive caring for a pedophile?

    catshowlady replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Agree w/ above posters that you might seek counseling or therapy. Does your facility have an Employee Assisstance Program that could help

  17. Tips, Tricks, and Fixes

    catshowlady replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    I entertained a confused guy that pulled at lines and tubes for an entire shift by taking an oxygen supply tubing and tying about 15 knots in it. He was pleasantly confused, and quite cooperative. I...

  18. Question about CSCC online program

    catshowlady replied to kitzetti's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Yes, I had all of the non-nursing classes done by the time I started the program. Everything you can get out of the way, you should. There is a ton of material (no different from the traditional...

  19. Question about CSCC online program

    catshowlady replied to kitzetti's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hi, I realize your post is an old one, so maybe you have your answer already. I graduated from the online program in 2007. Most of the clinicals were Friday all day or Saturday all day. They did...

  20. A Patient Made Me Cry Today

    catshowlady replied to flightnurse2b's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Flightnurse2B, you brought tears to my eyes too. Thank you for being there for him and making sure he spends his last hours in

  21. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    catshowlady replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Ohio here - I did them as a PCT for my nurses, and my techs do them for me now that I am an RN. I am OK with this. I can repeat the test or ask the tech to repeat it in my presence if I need to. I...

  22. Crazy Family Member!

    catshowlady replied to scooby72's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps when your Mom gets her survey, you could write in complaining about how the facility's tolerance of Crazy Lady's behavior negatively impacted your Mom's stay. :roll: Seriously, that's probably...

  23. Tipped?

    catshowlady replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    I've never been offered a tip as a nurse, but I was offered a tip two or three times as a PCT, when I wheeled a discharged pt down to their car. I explained it wasn't allowed, but one of the pts...

  24. PRE-NURSING CNA - beneficial or harmful

    catshowlady replied to dwilhelm's topic in General Nursing

    I was a PCT (something like a CNA, but in a hospital, not an ECF) while attending nursing school. I felt that I gained valuable experience during that time. It is a hard, demanding job, but it...

  25. Patients falling

    catshowlady replied to zoopnever's topic in General Nursing

    I love the bed alarms. We are almost restraint-free in my ICU. I haven't used a Posey vest on anybody for almost 2 years now. It helps that all but 4 of our rooms have a direct line-of-sight to the...