BelleKat

BelleKat BSN, RN

CVICU, Burns, Trauma, BMT, Infection control

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  1. Eeeeevil nurse stories

    BelleKat replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my,I get that too from family members who think it is just so handy to have someone in healthcare in the family. I've seen places on relatives that only their S/O's should see and maybe not even...

  2. Needed....GOOD BLOOD STORIES

    BelleKat replied to RheatherN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Old story;nurse put pressure bag on whole blood(500cc bag) pumps it waay up>> BOOM! all over everything. And she ran into the supply room for a bottle of peroxide to clean it b/c it cleans up...

  3. To code or not to code, that is the question

    BelleKat replied to icyounurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow,on so many levels,so many people let you the nurse and this pt down. A pt with no discernable neuro response, no appreciable b/p w/dead organs is already gone.Only pacer/gtts keeping her clueless...

  4. Eeeeevil nurse stories

    BelleKat replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    LOL,that's kind of like how people would react when i told them I was a Burn Nurse,their smile would fade and fall off their face and they would visibly recoil. Some nurses would say(with the above...

  5. New nurse made a mistake!

    BelleKat replied to newnursewithquestion's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Miss Monica says;This is exactly why so many nurses leave the profession or get burned out early in their career. I cant stand bullies. This person must have forgotten what its like to be new. I agree...

  6. seasoned nurse needs advice

    BelleKat replied to lynn0808's topic in General Nursing

    Yes,unfortunately I had a similar problem and was backstabbed by clinical nurse specialist(or some such rot) who was basically a new nurse w/ a higher degree than mine who would go around mostly...

  7. Have you seen Zyprexa, Risperdal, Remeron...make a difference?

    BelleKat replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I know that the atypical antipsychotics don't tend to work as well in the elderly,maybe because they're being given for behavior management and not for actual pychotic

  8. Maybe it was a big mistake to be a nurse :(

    BelleKat replied to NewYorkGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Oh NewYorkGirl,I'm sorry you're having a hard time.If you are having such a hard time in Med/Surg then it's obviously not the place for you and that's alright.There are many other areas in nursing...

  9. Nurse manager requests a change in my documentation

    BelleKat replied to mommy#1nurse#2's topic in General Nursing

    yes,definitely stick to your guns regarding not changing what is already on the medical record. they definitely know better than to ask you to do that,it's illegal and would cast a very bad light on...

  10. Should this patient be in ICU??

    BelleKat replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    There wasn't anything stable about her,she just got bumped out of the unit by someone else.She might have been the most "stable" one in the ICU but she wasn't appropriate for a med/surg floor by any...

  11. Should ADD RN be given "disability" allowances?

    BelleKat replied to meatloaf RN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    being licensed as an rn means that you need to be capable of passing meds without errors and functioning as any other lisensed rn. this sounds harsh but you need to find ways that work for you that...

  12. can i be a nurse with a replacement heart valve?

    BelleKat replied to HearingImpaired's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi Hearing Impaired,do you have a cardiologist who has diagnosed this disorder? They will require you to get a physical to get into nursing school(at least they used to). You need to get this checked...

  13. Who's leaving nursing?

    BelleKat replied to tinderbox's topic in General Nursing

    I'm out,sadly. I've worked in acute hospital settings(ICU,CVICU,Burns). I got out for a while to pursue other things. When I got back into nursing the change was palpable. The horizontal violence and...

  14. thoughts on only Paralytic while intubated....

    BelleKat replied to MassED's topic in General Nursing

    I know of one pt who just received just a paralytic when he was intubated all night,he had an MI in the morning from the outrageous stress. I don't know why Drs don't always want to order sedation...

  15. BP cuffs and infection control

    BelleKat replied to country mom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Where I have worked especially the Burn Center nothing was brought out of a pt room to either put spares back in the supply room or take into another pt room.It was assumed that anything in a...

  16. Need advices before changing career to nurse

    BelleKat replied to jonathanknbo's topic in General Nursing

    If you're thinking of going into Nursing for the

  17. Nurse fired for calling police

    BelleKat replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

    Hospital Administration apparently feels that losing nurses by their getting injured,quitting,etc is less expensive than a lawsuit by the ill mannered,out of control family. Since they(most...

  18. I will be soon attend Miami Dade College/Medical campus

    BelleKat replied to MIAMI R.N2b's topic in General Nursing

    Hi PiePat and welcome! You would never believe how shy,quiet and not very confident that I was when I started nursing school. I was very good at the written stuff but I actually shook in the clinical...

  19. First mistake hanging blood

    BelleKat replied to ambersnight's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That's how you learn best sweetie,you didn't hurt anyone and you won't make that mistake again. The best way that I've learned is to have a small sheet of papers(s) will all pertinent...

  20. I will be soon attend Miami Dade College/Medical campus

    BelleKat replied to MIAMI R.N2b's topic in General Nursing

    Hi!I went to MDCC and graduated in 1980 so it's been a while. It was a good school,you get good theory and good practical.(Again,it's been a while).I guess I can just speak to the fact that if you...