Cheyenne RN,BSHS

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    Hospital Cares More about HCAHPS than Nurses!

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that. If I wanted to be cussed at and beat on I would have stayed in a domestic abuse situation. The canned text they expect gags me, makes me feel like saying "Polly want a cracker, squawk,...
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    6/4 WILTW: Oui jete' du Nursing???

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    You don't really have to be working to learn something new as I am sure you know. As much as this group studies and reads there is always new facts and lessons shared. It is not just standing up for...
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    5/29 This week, I have learned... One year later!!!

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I must be totally weird. My roommate and I can work in the yard and if she gets within even 3 feet of poison ivy she breaks out. I go out and pull the mess out by the roots to get rid of it and have...
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    what's your pet peeve?

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    I have to bite my tongue.....HARD....to not ask "and Do you want fries with that?" Or the parent with the kid in the ED with a fever of 104 and you ask them if they gave the child any tylenol or...
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    what's your pet peeve?

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    Ahhh, gems. Never thought about calling em that. For sure a Ren and Stimpy lifelong fantasy........nose goblins everywhere! LOL. (for those who were ever cartoon Ren & Stimpy
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    Shingles precautions

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to ManpreetManpreet's topic in General Nursing

    You may want to clarify disseminated herpes zoster which requires airborne verses localized before the correct isolation can be
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    LMAO 2 funny and 2
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    It is a pity they don't make an icon that says "I so get what you are
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    RN School is Awful

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to Bigwave108's topic in General Students

    I understand that you say that you are ranting but the entire entry really made me feel put off. It really doesn't matter how professional or pleasant the instructors behave, it is what you get out of...
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    4/16 What I learned this week: POD2 and I want my button back

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    (((( ixchel.)))) Prayers for you to be well soon. cracklingkraken Prayers that your mom does well. Having fraught the big C myself it is a scarey
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    Staffing

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to sonia.tucker.rn's topic in General Nursing

    Ideally no, the same nurse should not have an infected patient and an at risk newborn. Sadly it is not always possible with
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    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes you have to pick your battles before you hang yourself out there to die on the hill. Just use wisdom in your move, not just knowledge and emotion. (my 2Cents) And can someone tell me in...
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    What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know who Cherry is, fiction or non-fiction. LOL. I remember home health care back then. Goodness the miles I put on my car living in rural areas. It could be 110 miles between patients and...
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    What was it like to be a nurse in the 1980s

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    It was exciting to be a nurse on the cusp of the infection control as a dedicated service. Wore skirts or dresses, white hose and shoes, and always the cap. Everything ironed and pressed. In the 80s...
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    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    Viva, my thoughts are with
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    What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    You did have a great many things you've pushed down deep inside. That is never good for our own well being, mental or physical. Nurses are not superhuman and therefor we fell left out on a limb not...
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    What have you learned in nursing school that was utter nonsense?

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to TheMiss's topic in General Nursing

    Now young mothers want to eat the placentas. We have brought back leech therapy and created fecal slushes to go via NG tube, via capsule (the true poopy pill) or
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    4/2 WILTW: Disney Edition

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    ixchel My prayers are being sent your way and all the healing feel-good energy vibes I can muster
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    4/2 WILTW: Disney Edition

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, that's the lady bug I know. They are friends to farmers down here and eat the aphids which destroy crops. I read that they were brought into our country to help control the aphids in a more...
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    What have you learned in nursing school that was utter nonsense?

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to TheMiss's topic in General Nursing

    Reality orientation for very demented patients does not work. If the 89-year-old lady thinks it is 1988, and her long-deceased husband is still alive, and Ronald Reagan is the president, it is better...
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    Anxiety has taken over

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to IndyRN12's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I have used EAP in the past. It is covered by most employers and allows a person 5 or 6 visits and I have found that it helped me get a better perspective on my situation. If your facility has an...
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    4/2 WILTW: Disney Edition

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Are those the same little bugs we call lady bugs down south? They bring good luck and are a sign of spring. i would never kill one. If one gets on you and you make a wish and the lady bug takes off...
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    4/2 WILTW: Disney Edition

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I have several quotes I use that inspire me. One is from the Movie The Little Prince. "It is only with the heart one can see clearly, for that which is essential is invisible to the
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    4/2 WILTW: Disney Edition

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that if you hurt your back and you have never ever had back trouble you find a whole new level of understanding for your prior and present back patients. I learned that physical therapy...
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    What I Learned This Week: Retired Nurses-Where Two Or More Are Gathered...

    Cheyenne RN,BSHS replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    ..you might have really been their angel. They could have coded and died and not made it to the unit to get intubated, really except for you they might not be alive. I have received Pts from...