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  1. Have you ever seen this?

    emnicams replied to Turd.Ferguson's topic in General Nursing

    What gets me more than anything is how expensive they are!

  2. Race during report.

    emnicams posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you give the patient's race during report? I don't, because I don't really feel it's pertinent to my care. Now I can see if there was a cultural or language issue, but just skin color, I don't...

  3. yeahhh sure

    emnicams replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh boy, I loved Ray Stevens! My favorites, though, were "It's Me Again Margaret" and "Sittin up with the Dead." /offtopic.

  4. Race during report.

    emnicams replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

    I did mention in the first post that cultural or religious issues are a different matter. Here I am speaking of skin color only. The nurse I gave report to actually said snippily: "White or

  5. How Much Did you Make as a Student Nurse Tech??

    emnicams replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    $12/hr. $14/hr on

  6. Where do you give your heparin?

    emnicams replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Belly. Never heard of doing it anywhere else.

  7. Doing chest compressions while pregnant

    emnicams replied to Dana07's topic in General Nursing

    This made me giggle. When I think of all the walking I did when I was full-term, trying to get that baby OUT..teehee. (it didn't work, he came when he was

  8. tennessee

    emnicams replied to morningflower26's topic in General Nursing

    West TN here...

  9. Nurse Schedules?

    emnicams replied to playbanjogood's topic in General Nursing

    I've been an RN for 6 months now and got 3 days per week, 12-hour dayshift schedule. We have Baylor people that work the weekends. And we do self-scheduling to choose which weekdays we want. We've had...

  10. Scrubs: All solid, or mix and match/prints?

    emnicams replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    I honestly didn't know people paid that much attention. Anyway, I mostly wear solids but I rarely even notice what my coworkers are wearing. I am usually too busy.

  11. Not allowed to say "I was busy w/ another pt"

    emnicams replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient call on the call light for saltine crackers to go with her salad. I went to get them when I realized my patient a few doors down - my confused, Alzheimer's and paranoid schizophrenic...

  12. Do You Announce That You're a Nurse?

    emnicams replied to SDS_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Since becoming a nurse, I've only had one experience where a family member has been in the hospital, and that is when my grandmother had her knee replaced a few months ago. I didn't announce it and...

  13. can you work...

    emnicams replied to golfergirl17's topic in General Nursing

    I did an ADN program and worked as a waitress, 5p-9p 3 days a week and longer hours on the weekends, usually 6:30a-2p. When I was halfway done with the program I worked full-time as a nurse intern,...

  14. What kind of lunch box do you have?

    emnicams replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Our bosses gave us these giant insulated bags a few months ago. They are nice, with mesh pockets and zippers, and I've started carrying my lunch in that. I just put my food in a plastic Walmart bag...

  15. question about 4th of July pay (holiday pay)

    emnicams replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    We get an extra $2/hr on holidays. That is what we get for working weekends

  16. 12 Hr Shifts Kick My Butt

    emnicams replied to RedhairedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    It definitely gets better! My only other job before nursing was waitressing, where the longest shift I worked was 8 hours (and usually more like 5 hours), so it was a big change for me. I would come...

  17. Single Parents Nurses and Nursing Students

    emnicams replied to KEYLATI's topic in General Nursing

    I kicked my husband out and got a divorce a little over halfway into my 2 yr ADN program. My son had just turned three. I couldn't have finished school without my parents' help. (My ex has never been...

  18. iv dilaudid

    emnicams replied to cupcake25's topic in General Nursing

    I am seeing it more and more on my floor, but morphine is still more common. (I work on what is supposed to be a cardiac stepdown unit, but we have lately become the Nursing Home on Telemetry unit....

  19. would like day shift to remember there are two others!

    emnicams replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    I never have a problem getting to treats brought in by family members. Hardly anyone I work with will even touch them, even if they are store-bought (they are a germaphobic bunch). It honestly doesn't...

  20. How long is a spiked IV bag good?

    emnicams replied to BinkieRN's topic in General Nursing

    We do that at my facility. The bags are changed q 12 hours (q

  21. Should I go ahead and call staffing?

    emnicams replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

    Actually I'm not, I just enjoy my job AND a full paycheck, and I was hoping I'd be all better in the morning by some magic...lol. Anyway, I took advice and called in last night, as posted above, so...

  22. Should I go ahead and call staffing?

    emnicams posted a topic in General Nursing

    I started losing my voice yesterday and it has only gotten worse today (I had today off). I cannot speak above a whisper even if I put all my effort into it. I don't feel great either - just regular...

  23. Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    emnicams replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    RE: suctioning. The SAME thing happened to me in clinical. No one had told me and nothing in the textbook prepared me for the coughing/gagging that takes place. I thought I had done something wrong...

  24. Should I go ahead and call staffing?

    emnicams replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the advice. Gave me the push I needed to go on and call in. :) I was surprised they could hear me/understand me over the

  25. Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    emnicams replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient (in his 40's I think) that would call everytime his IV was beeping and say "Yes, can somebody come stop the ding-dong?" LOL Maybe you had to be there but I found it hilarious. He would...