rkitty198

rkitty198 BSN, RN

Med Surge, Tele, Oncology, Wound Care

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  1. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    rkitty198 replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    This is not humor, these are our stories of real life. It is the compassion we have to stay in a field of work where this kind of stuff

  2. Are you aware of how you conduct yourself in public?

    rkitty198 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello I was wondering if as nurses, if you are aware of how you conduct yourself in public? I run into prior patients and family members all of the time, of which I never say hi unless they say hi...

  3. Do you feel society is in denial about the nursing field?

    rkitty198 replied to PinaColada's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in el paso for 3 years- plenty of

  4. Why am I now the enemy?

    rkitty198 replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

    It does suck to get an admit that has been down in the ED with feces crusted on their skin, urine dripping down their legs who have been in the ED for over 12 hours. The patient I got last week was...

  5. How do I get a new job after being fired?

    rkitty198 replied to Bkre8iv2's topic in General Nursing

    I got out late on mothers day and missed 30 minutes with my son before he went to bed because the oncoming shift nurse was late. It isn't fair to your co-workers to pay for your tardiness. This might...

  6. When do I contact the BON?

    rkitty198 replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    I was told 10 days after you have your name legally changed. I have been married 10 years and never had it changed- too much of a

  7. MD orders no external monitor on Pt w/ preterm contractions

    rkitty198 replied to JeneraterRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In a case where mom with preterm contractions, md gave phone order to not continue monitoring because pt was stable. However through the night mom ended up losing baby. Despite an order- for which the...

  8. Discharge presentation for a 12-month old

    rkitty198 replied to kdon27's topic in Pediatric

    A discharge presentation is your assessment of the patient, risk factors and plan of care. Everything you plan to do for this family so that they don't return back to the hospital. It is your entire...

  9. Discharge presentation for a 12-month old

    rkitty198 replied to kdon27's topic in Pediatric

    You said mom breastfed until she became ill. Is mom still sick? Is mom healthy? Look into ways to help mom with primary care. Dad, he smokes, and you may not get him to stop. You can always suggest he...

  10. A patient's experience with RUDE nursing staff.. Should this be reported?

    rkitty198 replied to digoe74's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Since this bothered your friend and it clearly made her feel uncomfortable, then yes she should report it to the office

  11. I feel so bad.

    rkitty198 replied to reddellrn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see why you would give a two week notice while on orientation. I would think it would be a waste of the facilities money to keep you on and train you for 2 weeks just to have you leave. It...

  12. Local anesthetic lasts for 3 days

    rkitty198 replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Interesting. When I get patients that return from surgery, say a lap hernia repair, they will inject a local at the site. Even with the local, the pain is usually deeper, and the local dosen't seem to...

  13. questions for L&D nurses from a pregnant nurse :)

    rkitty198 replied to Lola77's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had a baby 8 months ago. I had a birthplan, but the birth had a plan of it's own. I understand wanting to plan your experience, I had this amazing plan. I had to learn to let go of my nature to...

  14. can they say I was terminated?

    rkitty198 replied to NamasteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I worked HR and all we were allowed to ask is dates employed and if they were eligible for

  15. No boundaries with staff

    rkitty198 replied to shouldabeenabarista's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What is it that the staff complains about? Have them form a committee to develop a plan for change within their practice with your support. We wanted the CNA staff to give better reporting to...

  16. I almost had an unnecessary procedure performed

    rkitty198 replied to jschex6's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! That is really awful. I would have been ******. Reminds me of picking up my prescription from the pharmacy and everything on the bottle was right except that I knew I was not prescribed effexor....

  17. Methotrexate in an OB setting

    rkitty198 replied to FLOBRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not just any gown and gloves, we use NIOSH recommended gown and gloves and proper chemotherapy disposal buckets. Our facility requires you to be chemo certified to give it. The previous facility I...

  18. Central Lines and EZ IO needs

    rkitty198 replied to flightnursetaylor's topic in General Nursing

    Okay I guess if you got an entire magazine to change it's ways avoid the dont's then don't do it :) Personally I like them and just because I see it dosent mean I will insert an iv into the finger the...

  19. What's the worse thing you have seen?

    rkitty198 replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    That is going to make me

  20. New RN - Wants to know when to wake up the doc

    rkitty198 replied to suzem's topic in General Nursing

    It is too bad that we have to feel this way when calling an MD. I called one the other day for a comfort care patient who had a fever. He said "is the tylenol for you or for the patient." I said "I...

  21. Central Lines and EZ IO needs

    rkitty198 replied to flightnursetaylor's topic in General Nursing

    I just went through a class of IV teaching and what really made things interesting was seeing pictures of IV's infiltrated, inserted incorrectly, without caps, phlebitis, ect. I couldn't believe some...

  22. Please help me understand

    rkitty198 replied to missingmydad's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I lost my mom 2 years ago- I was heartbroken. Since I had my baby (7months ago), the thought of death consumes me at times. I wonder what will happen to my son, what happens to me, what if I am gone...

  23. how old is to old for medsurge

    rkitty198 replied to reddellrn's topic in General Nursing

    I am 31 and I feel like it really keeps me fit working med/surg. I lost almost all of the baby weight just working alone- and caring for a LO. The nurses I work with range from 20's-60's Day shift....

  24. Is what I am feeling normal

    rkitty198 replied to lovle1025's topic in General Students

    Every nursing program has those horror stories about a class and a particular instructor. I hate it when the students try to pick easier instructors or easier patients (say a simple pneumonia...

  25. do you get paid more for certifications?

    rkitty198 replied to jennifers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am chemo certified and we are not required to have this cert, and half of our staff refuse to administer it. We do not get paid extra. Even if we wear OSHA safety gear, a study done by OSHA shows...