Tippy-ta-ta

Tippy-ta-ta

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  1. My husband is having PVC's

    Tippy-ta-ta posted a topic in General Nursing

    My husband had an echocardiogram last week and it was discovered that he is having frequent PVC's. If any of you pray can you say a little prayer for him. It has really gotten him down. He's never...

  2. My husband is having PVC's

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to Tippy-ta-ta's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for all your responses and

  3. where do you buy your scrubs???

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to Tippy-ta-ta's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i didnt' realize Big Lots had scrubs. I don't shop there much, maybe I'll have to start.

  4. Psych question

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to Tippy-ta-ta's topic in General Nursing

    thanks. Can I just look that up on the internet, Would it be the

  5. Anyone applying of attending UPMC Shadyside

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to megank5183's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    this is a little OT but my Step sister is the super over there cath lab. Just thought that was interesting. Althougth I have heard that they are a really good teaching

  6. Psych question

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to Tippy-ta-ta's topic in General Nursing

    that is what I thought. Before I started doing them the LPN would do them but she managed to get it pushed off onto me. And they swear that I can do it. I even asked if I was allowed to do it and they...

  7. How much BP practice did you get in the program?

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to nrsin4's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I got none what so ever. I got my CNA in ohio in '94 and at that time it wasn't a skill that they tested. VS consited of PTR. pulse, temp, resp. that was it. No BP. it wasn't until i moved to OK that...

  8. Fetal death after maternal death

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to WorkofHeart8's topic in Ob/Gyn

    when I worked in ICU we had a very large obese patient who had gone into DKA and a coma. She coded twice right after admission in to the ICU. They intubated and called x-ray for the chest x-ray, x-ray...

  9. My husband is having PVC's

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to Tippy-ta-ta's topic in General Nursing

    thank you for your support and kind

  10. Am I just overly sensitive?????

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to skwlpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    that is a shame, it really is. I don't think as a human being you should have to put up with that. Makes ya wonder how they treat there patients. What is there bedside manner

  11. Any tricks to taking the respirations

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to daisy007's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    i count for 15 sec and multiply by four. I usually do this after I have counted the pulse but I don't let go of the wrist, alot of times i noticed if a patient notices you counting there resp they...

  12. My husband is having PVC's

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to Tippy-ta-ta's topic in General Nursing

    thank you, I have told him that it is very common and treatable. His PCP gave him a low dose of Toprol. But he's got anxiety and takes traxene prn, he works in a high stress job. I try to tell him to...

  13. Am I just overly sensitive?????

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to skwlpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    go to your DON and report it. i don't think you should have to put up with that. That to me would consitute a hostile work environment. I would complain and report him. Not many nurses would stay in...

  14. UA Fort Smith??

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to cancergirl24's topic in General Nursing

    I belive that most of them went for there RN. a few did there LPN there

  15. where do you buy your scrubs???

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to Tippy-ta-ta's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    sm thru large...i think maybe x-large too...various colors and mostly print

  16. CNA's calling in/writing prescriptions

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to phelan26's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah I have done that, I just feel really uncomfortable doing AIMS testing on patients here, mostly because I am so unfamiliar with it and I relly dont' know exactly what to look for and when i...

  17. where do you buy your scrubs??

    Tippy-ta-ta posted a topic in General Nursing

    i have started buying my scrubs at dollar general stores. they have tops and pants for $6.00. i know they are not cherokee or landau, but they are just a good imo. sometimes i will buy from a uniform...

  18. UA Fort Smith??

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to cancergirl24's topic in General Nursing

    I live near there and i was considering going there for my RN but I had heard it was a very tough curriculum. Extremley stressful and that the instructors go out of there way to make it tough on you....

  19. CNA's calling in/writing prescriptions

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to phelan26's topic in General Nursing

    i understand where you arwe coming from and I would feel the same way too if I were a nurse. But as a CNA there are some things I do that I dont' feel comfortbale doing and when I questioned it I was...

  20. CNA's calling in/writing prescriptions

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to phelan26's topic in General Nursing

    I have done this where I work, i work in a mentla health clinic, and the docs and NP's have asked me to call in Rx, our LPN's usually do that, but if we are in a bind or the LPN's are super busy I...

  21. I would like to know about jobs for cna's that can draw blood?

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to nymia78's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I worked at HealthSouth Rehab hospital and I drew there AM labs. I was already a phelbotomist and when they seen that as one of my skills they asked if I would be willing to draw there lab. Otherwise...

  22. Know-it-alls

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to One Flew Over's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I used to work in a facility that had a smoke room for the pt's and the staff. Alot of us CNA's on nights who smoked would take the pts to the smoke room and chart as we smoked with them. In some...

  23. Any Red flags for a LTC NOT to tak the JOB

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to worf's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When you tour the facility look around and see if they supply you with all the equipment needed to do the job properly. I onve worked at LTC where you never knew if you were going to have gloves that...

  24. Now is this abandonment?

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to stafll's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    i once walked off a job at a LTC facility. I was not clocked in yet, so i don't think it was abandonment. I had a very unreasonable assignment ( I felt ) I was the only CNA for two halls that had 20...

  25. Nurses and the 2008 election

    Tippy-ta-ta replied to Brian's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    that's just a little too weird if you ask