BelleKat

BelleKat BSN, RN

CVICU, Burns, Trauma, BMT, Infection control

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  1. The IPN finally took my license

    BelleKat replied to BelleKat's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So actually,after I looked trough all the paperwork the IPN has kicked me out twice for paperwork even though they said they never would. I was in the middle of moving and hadn't forwarded my mail yet...

  2. The IPN finally took my license

    BelleKat posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Since I got very depressed in 1987 following a severe health issue( I had just finished working 8 years in charge of a Burn Center) I was reported to the IPN for depression. I jumped through all of...

  3. The IPN finally took my license

    BelleKat replied to BelleKat's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Yes,I'll tell you all I know,I'll PM

  4. new grad options

    BelleKat replied to travisjacob's topic in General Nursing

    Hi,in my opinion no it's not. Just on a regular floor it's difficult enough to learn the priority setting and organizational skills while learning massive amounts of new information with increasing...

  5. Contaminated Scrubs..do you wear scrubs to the stores

    BelleKat replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in General Nursing

    Doctors.residents,medical students are immune to all germs do ya know? I love when they go into the isolation rooms,use their own stethoscope while leaning over the pt,their tie is laying on the pt...

  6. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    BelleKat replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Have you read the thread

  7. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    BelleKat replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Gah! Now it's in Fl,well it was just a matter of

  8. Death of special patient

    BelleKat replied to diane227's topic in General Nursing

    I've met some really dear people and it's true that they take a piece of you with them. If it ever stops hurting then you need to take a break.

  9. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    BelleKat replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thanks for your updates Indigo Girl and your sage,calming

  10. Biting my lip.

    BelleKat replied to rnmi2004's topic in General Nursing

    Karma

  11. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    BelleKat replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The flu deaths in Mexico raise fears of global pandemic. This is a new flu virus that is not covered by the flu shot of this year and could take months to develop a vaccine for. This is very...

  12. Newborn Kitten Emergency- Anyone???

    BelleKat replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    Aww I'm so glad the baby made it,thanks for taking such good care of

  13. Cadiovascular Primary Prevention for Women... Hah!

    BelleKat replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    Oh I think men are much more

  14. Orientee's now being counted as staff!!

    BelleKat replied to GiGiRNICU's topic in General Nursing

    Also maybe a note to risk management as this is hugely dangerous for the pts,they might want to know about how many lawsuits to anticipate. Sorry I know that's not very helpful but it really makes...

  15. Please pray for a friends granddaughter!

    BelleKat replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry to hear this,prayers and positive thoughts for the child and all

  16. Advice from RNs to a senior nursing student, please

    BelleKat replied to JMG2207's topic in General Nursing

    You sound just like I did in nursing school,my hands shook so much when I was trying to insert a foley in a woman I that it was impossible for me to get it in (LOL?) but my instructor was very...

  17. Every Nurse Should Give Birth

    BelleKat replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah,I started to say I'd give birth if it was to kittens but then I had a disturbing flash as to who the father would

  18. Every Nurse Should Give Birth

    BelleKat replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry that your cousin is going through this Vito,pain control is not very well handled in health care these days(a large understatement) being that if you actually complain of pain and ask for...

  19. Dangerous nurse?

    BelleKat replied to RoyalNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think you did fine too,learn from it,any intervention would have just prolonged the inevitable,seeing the overall picture and stating that to the physician comes from experience and confidence. It...

  20. Message to all nurses....sincere thanks and my point of view

    BelleKat replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    I guess what I bring to this is that I know everyone feels that way about their loved ones and had I been there I would've showed you where the ice machine was and empowered you. My problem is when I...

  21. Jobs W least amount of needles and blood.

    BelleKat replied to cute-1's topic in General Nursing

    Accounting... sorry,needles and blood are part of the job,there are some types of nursing where there are fewer injections and such but all of them do at least in the entry level. Your sister would...

  22. Okay, so my mom.......

    BelleKat replied to ICAN!'s topic in General Nursing

    phew! That's good it's not a

  23. Possible Pedo patient and underage visitor

    BelleKat replied to zoopnever's topic in General Nursing

    Call risk management,if this is in fact an abuse situation and at the very least it is very inappropriate the hospital needs to be much more active in finding out what is going on espeically in view...

  24. Okay, so my mom.......

    BelleKat replied to ICAN!'s topic in General Nursing

    an arterial clot can cause that,if that's the case they would need to do surgery. Hopefully it's not. Try not to worry until you find out for sure what's going on.

  25. Advice on revocation

    BelleKat replied to Brittanyslocum's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi Brittany,I can sympathize but you have to work with the agency that is monitoring you,call every single day,do what you have to. Work with them,ask what you need to do and you'll have to do it....