stella123 rn

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  1. Speaking of pregnant nurses...

    stella123 rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am 22 weeks along. Are there any patients I should avoid? My employer says there are not. I can not help but think there must be some. I certainly do not want special treatment nor shy away from...

  2. BP Meds

    stella123 rn replied to bushy's topic in General Nursing

    This happens often. They still may need to be given. The doctor always says it is a risk vs. benefit thing. I get all my facts and call the doctor. I let them make the call. I always write it as...

  3. not testing for influenza

    stella123 rn replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I am not sure what kind of test we use but it is rapid and comes back in only a few

  4. JCAHO is coming and our floor is a mess!!!

    stella123 rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just wish that I could take vacation when they are here. They are focusing so much on patient safety this year. We have a ton a new policys in place that we are supposed to follow. The problem is...

  5. Dr's children at pts bedside

    stella123 rn replied to Stillanurse's topic in General Nursing

    We have docs that do this. But, we are in no means expected to watch them. They bring coloring books or something along. They sit quietly in the nurse's station while their dad makes rounds. I do...

  6. How Rude!!!

    stella123 rn posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do you ever wonder how people can be so stupid and rude?? Today I was visiting my mom and decided to run over the local hairdresser and get a quick trim. This guy was there whose daughter graduated...

  7. "But I'm pregnant . . ."

    stella123 rn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Thank You New CCU RN. I am newly pregnant and this thread has me angry and scared. I hope that when I am 8 months along, my co-workers do not have the attitude of some people on this board. I just...

  8. Have you or would you?

    stella123 rn replied to NurseDianne's topic in General Nursing

    I do not care if I need reading glasses someday. It is better than not even being able to see the alarm clock when you awake. As for the side affects. As with any surgery there are going to be...

  9. Have you or would you?

    stella123 rn replied to NurseDianne's topic in General Nursing

    I had lasik a couple of months ago. It is great!! I love

  10. Vent!

    stella123 rn replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    We do all computer charting now. I check about an hour into the shift to look at the vitals. If they are not there I hunt the aide down and ask why. Accuchecks I always ask because there is usually...

  11. isolation

    stella123 rn replied to marshat's topic in General Nursing

    I have finally gotten pregnant after over a year of trying. I do not want to do ANYTHING to jeopordize my health or my baby's. I do not know what out policy is but other nurses are very nice about...

  12. new nurses and shifts

    stella123 rn replied to prairiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I love my pm shift too (3p-3A). I wanted days also. They had to move me to pms after being there a couple of months because of staffing. I would not go back to days for

  13. But I have little kids!

    stella123 rn replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Don't you guys rotate? We have to work every third Christmas, or any holiday. It does not matter who has kids and who does

  14. What is considered appropriate staffing for grads off of orientation.

    stella123 rn replied to kimmicoobug's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital when the new nurses come off orientation, they are given slightly easier assignments if the staffing allows. When the charge nurses really feel that they are confident and can handle...

  15. I finally had the guts to say no!!!

    stella123 rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I do not know if anyone remembers my posts about being more assertive and such. I never want to say anything to the charge nurse because I do not want her to think that I can not handle things....

  16. Anyone sick of working weekends????

    stella123 rn replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    Where are you in northwest WI? I am there

  17. I finally had the guts to say no!!!

    stella123 rn replied to stella123 rn's topic in General Nursing

    "I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it." (Charles Swindoll) That is so weird that you have this in your post. I was having a really hard time at work a while...

  18. I finally had the guts to say no!!!

    stella123 rn replied to stella123 rn's topic in General Nursing

    Like I said there were other people that could have taken it. In situations where we are all maxed out but the admissions keep coming, I never say no. This just was not the case. This CN is famous...

  19. Not going to med surg after graduation?What are your thoughts?

    stella123 rn replied to happystudent's topic in General Nursing

    My instructors told us that if a hospital will hire you into CCU they are just fullfiling their needs for a

  20. Protecting patients from themselves...

    stella123 rn replied to bellehill's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a neverending issue. Just last night I had a 19 year old who was admitted for abdominal pain. She does have Chron's. Anyway she was started on a PCA on admission. Well, her mother called...

  21. Protecting patients from themselves...

    stella123 rn replied to bellehill's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hate the issue of patient's smoking. It just causes me stress!!!! I am not an crusadaer on this subject either. I do not believe we are going to change the world in a three-day hospital visist....

  22. How long is your journey?

    stella123 rn replied to suehp's topic in General Nursing

    7 minutes. I am a mile and a half from town. I love it!!! Just far enough away to have a 3 acre yard and privacy and close enought to have a short

  23. Id Badges

    stella123 rn replied to tatoome33's topic in General Nursing

    First name, last initial. Funny our doctor's don't wear name tags at all. I forgot to add that we then have RN Picture

  24. Come On!!

    stella123 rn replied to ainz's topic in General Nursing

    Well some nurses were upset by it and others were like "poor OB". Nothing was really said. I did not want to complain too much because I am still on the new side. I KNOW that I need to be more...

  25. Come On!!

    stella123 rn replied to ainz's topic in General Nursing

    We have a situation in out hospital that OB is a closed unit. One weekend we were so busy on med/surg and ICU that we have 4 or 5 patients over our regular load and the superviser said that she...