catshowlady

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  1. Creatures with curative powers

    catshowlady replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget the curative power of the feline purr. Seriously, purring frequencies are associated with improved bone fracture healing, among other things....

  2. Does "your" instead of "you're" drive anyone else nuts?

    catshowlady replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    My pet peeve - "We need to give this item its due diligence," has turned into "We need to do diligence."

  3. Experienced my first code today.....

    catshowlady replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been in ICU for a year, and, to me, every code is still sad. I feel bad for the families. Sometimes I'm sad for the pt, too, if they are young and it seems like their life was too short. I'm...

  4. Does "your" instead of "you're" drive anyone else nuts?

    catshowlady replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    Yep, drives me nuts. It's a secret obsession, for the most part. Most other people don't seem to notice, and think I'm weird or obsessive for noticing.

  5. Thank God

    catshowlady replied to queen47's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations!:hpygrp::anpom:

  6. Offered "ADON2" if I'll stay...what do I do?

    catshowlady replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Jo, Try this. It works for me. Take out a coin. Heads you go, tails you stay. Flip said coin. Is it heads or tails? Now is the important part: What was your immediate emotional reaction? Were you...

  7. Offered "ADON2" if I'll stay...what do I do?

    catshowlady replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Jo, Try this. It works for me. Take out a coin. Heads you go, tails you stay. Flip said coin. Is it heads or tails? Now is the important part: What was your immediate emotional reaction? Were you...

  8. Having a hard time...

    catshowlady replied to O2BNRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would echo the others - it is different when it is someone close to you that is the pt. You can't be impartial in your care, when it comes to family & friends. That said, even when your pts...

  9. Your Family in the Hospital

    catshowlady replied to Cagey's topic in General Nursing

    It wouldn't bother me to take care of a co-worker. It happens at my job too. I have taken care of a co-worker, although not one who needed any intimate procedures or peri-care, so that was not an...

  10. Signing off orders

    catshowlady replied to Texas77's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked at two hospitals. In both places, the unit coordinator enters the orders in the computer (and, in the days of paper MAR's, transcribed med orders to the MAR). S/he signs the orders off...

  11. Perfect Gift for New Nurse Clinician

    catshowlady replied to NurseMaryB's topic in General Nursing

    A co-worker was recently telling me about a gift basket she made for a friend of hers who got promoted. She loaded it with all sorts of small but practical goodies, and put cute notes on the items....

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

    catshowlady replied to Nina2bRN's topic in General Nursing

    May I suggest that when you send a letter to the ins co detailing why they must pay, don't ask them to pay. Lay out in no uncertain terms that they are *obligated* to pay under the terms of the...

  13. What Was The Most Difficult Patient You Ever Had?

    catshowlady replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a doozy yesterday. Had a pt that had been for a cath, was found to have multiple blockages along w/ bad valves. Came back to my unit on the balloon pump. Well, this pt had serious...

  14. Celiac and the Hospital Tray

    catshowlady replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I had one pt who was a celiac when I was a tech. He was a feed (so I got to see all his food). They sent up rice bread on his tray instead of wheat bread. They did pretty well, really. (We had an...

  15. Most disgusting thing you have witnessed or taken part of on the job?

    catshowlady replied to Solid Snake's topic in General Nursing

    :eek:

  16. Alcohol Intoxication.

    catshowlady replied to ghost's topic in General Nursing

    Every facility has their own protocol. The one that my facility uses has an option for Librium only, which seems to work on the 2 or 3 pts I've had on that protocol. (Usually, my detox pts are...

  17. Working closely with PT and OT and ST...ever want to tell them to shut up?

    catshowlady replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking that scope of practice can vary by state, so dressing changes can be in their scope of practice depending on the state's Nurse Practice Act (and whatever the PT/OT equivalent of that is)....

  18. Nothing like a good kick in the face

    catshowlady replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I've been kicked in the head too - wound up with bent glasses and a cut on my face from it too. I can

  19. medication labeling

    catshowlady replied to robertkelleher's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I worked med-surg, I used to tape the vial to the syringe after the med was prepared. That was the quickest way for me to label the med to take it to the room. Sure wish they had removable...

  20. My poor resident

    catshowlady replied to evilolive's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I used to work at had a pain mgt/palliative med team. Sometimes they would write orders for SQ morphine. You might be able to place a SQ butterfly even if she wouldn't tolerate having...

  21. Do you encounter attitudes from techs?

    catshowlady replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

    I guess the big question to me is are they working or sitting? I remember being a very hard-working (burnt-out) tech. I'd be an hour behind on vitals and have one bath of 9 done at 12:30 and be...

  22. Today I actually broke down during sign off report. (long)

    catshowlady replied to JessicRN's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds awful.

  23. Maintaining Morale During High Census

    catshowlady replied to caddismt's topic in General Nursing

    I know it sounds kind of silly, but when we are busy, our manager buys us a tray of cookies or lunch from the cafeteria & has it brought up to the unit. Or she buys pizza from the local joint for...

  24. NGT/FT securing techniques?

    catshowlady replied to myita32's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    That's it! I really like them. I think they stay on better than silk tape, esp to oily skin, and they are a heck of a lot easier to put on. Too bad they don't make StatLock's for NG's yet! I love...

  25. If you could ask a GENIE...

    catshowlady replied to holisticlady09's topic in General Nursing

    1. Better staffing 2. Respectful pts, families, and coworkers 3. Have the supplies I need in the room or in my