Babs0512

Babs0512

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  1. Nurse managers-Do you think tattoos look professional?

    Babs0512 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Nurse Management

    I have two tatoo's, one on my left lateral calf, the other starts on my right foot, around the ankle and up the side of my right calf a little way's - it's a floral tattoo. I am in administration -...

  2. Work Injury, need advice

    Babs0512 posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hello, just looking for some advice on how to go about following through with a work injury. I was wiping down a stretcher between patients and felt a "stab" directly into my lumbar spine. The pain...

  3. ACLS requires a doctor's order?

    Babs0512 replied to BUNightingale's topic in Critical Care

    I agree with you. Many of our MD's weren't ACLS certified. I took ACLS classes and recerts with MD's, and boy was it an eye opening experience for me! Talk about dumber than a box of rocks!...

  4. Conflict between staff

    Babs0512 replied to lovemybabes's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Wow, you are in a wicked, tough situation. If these nurses are not approachable, and you've already gone to the "manager", then continue up the chain of command. Make sure you have documented...

  5. Nurse managers-Do you think tattoos look professional?

    Babs0512 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Nurse Management

    I have a tatoo on each ankle, and a nose stud. I had the nose stud for approx 16 years. Non of these things have kept me from being professional or doing my job. I have been hired as an ADON and...

  6. is weeks gestation subjective or objective data?

    Babs0512 replied to loveoutloud's topic in General Students

    not if the patient takes the temp in front of you and you can verify it - than it is objective. If, on the other hand she tells you she took her temp and it was 99.1 orally - that is

  7. ACLS requires a doctor's order?

    Babs0512 replied to BUNightingale's topic in Critical Care

    I guess it would depend upon the hosptal's policy and procedures. When I worked the ER, one of us was assigned to in hosptial codes. So was a member of ICU. Both being ACLS certified. When I...

  8. is weeks gestation subjective or objective data?

    Babs0512 replied to loveoutloud's topic in General Students

    I would have to agree w/ Grn tea - if it is charted that due date is...then weeks gestation would be objective. Esp w/ the US to back it up. Now, if the patient show up at your hospital, lets say...

  9. Is it ok to say . . .

    Babs0512 replied to ArtsyCraftsy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the other posters, everything you expressed is perfectly professional and polite - go for

  10. accepted to bsn @ suny-b, but what about my job?!

    Babs0512 replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Students

    I agree, give your notice, and move on. They always reserve the right to fire you at will, and you are also an "at will" employee, work out your 4 weeks, don't want to burn any bridges, and enjoy...

  11. In need of encouragement

    Babs0512 replied to larien37's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If I may ask, what is your Master's in? Perhaps you can find employment in that field while waiting for the right LPN job to come along? Just my Don't be discouraged. LTC facilities are usually...

  12. How easy is it for a new grad to land a job in a psych setting?

    Babs0512 replied to mell260's topic in Psychiatric

    No, absolutely not. IMHO, a new grad needs some real life experience at being a nurse. Even starting out on a med surg floor, you will learn to be organized, prioritize, work on perfecting...

  13. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Babs0512 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    In 20 years of nursing, I only saw a ghost at work once. I was in PACU, called in for a case in the middle of the night. So, most of the lights in the OR suite were turned off. I was at the desk,...

  14. Help!! No one will hire me

    Babs0512 replied to halotrics's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Obviously you are in NY. I work for a LTC facility in Endicott (a suburb of Binghamton). We are always looking for nurses LPN's and RNs'. Rents are very much less expensive here than NYC. For a...

  15. CPR questions

    Babs0512 replied to 2bnurse_inquiry's topic in International Nursing

    I work in a LTC facility in NY. We just recently had a code on our rehab unit. We have "crash carts" - without drugs, IV's etc... but it does contain BVM's, oral and nasopharengial airways, oxygen,...

  16. Real or Fake friendly smile.

    Babs0512 replied to Llakisqa's topic in General Nursing

    I had a nice "cushy" ADON position in a small facility. I had been there 11 months. I saw an ad for an ADON position in a larger facility with a SIGNIFICANT increase in pay ($20,000). So I applied....

  17. RN doing conscious sedation non-intubated patient

    Babs0512 replied to Surgerygirl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Here, in NY, as an RN, I too was able to do concious sedation using versed/fentanyl or valium/morphine but never propofol. The patients had to be on O2, cardiac monitor, pulse ox, automatic BP,...

  18. What kind of nurse are you?

    Babs0512 replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a realist, I can be "blunt" when the situation warrents it, I can also gloss things over when the situation warrents it. I work very hard to be a patient advocate first, before anything else. I...

  19. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

    Babs0512 replied to AICU RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    One of my best lessons, other than those that came from my making a mistake, came from a housekeeping person. I had this patient, Ca with mets pretty much everywhere. He was a quiet man, kind of...

  20. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

    Babs0512 replied to AICU RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That's a great attitude. All nurses need to be able to take constructive criticism. Sometimes it is given quietly - one on one-, and other times, due to circumstances - like a code or other...

  21. How to order blood culture?

    Babs0512 replied to LilMissAlwaysCurious's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, I've always drawn an aerobic and anerobic culture - each from a different site. That is a "set", and I haven't been scolded for it in the 17 years I worked in the

  22. Sense of Dread....When Will It End?

    Babs0512 replied to AICU RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    To the OP, once you've become more confident in yourself and more knowlegable as a nurse, you should find that you can leave work at work (most of the time). There will always be those cases that...

  23. What do I do after my clinical instructor told me I will never be a good nurse?

    Babs0512 replied to starrys's topic in General Students

    I had a clinical instructor who told me the same thing, she just had it out for me. Years later, after another of her clinical groups raved about me to her, (I took the time to teach them and show...

  24. Orientation...blechhh

    Babs0512 replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, my preceptor story. While in nursing school we were on the surgical unit - there was this one nurse - I'll call her "Attitude" - who was so nasty to the students and showed such contempt for...

  25. Pre-hire exams

    Babs0512 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught in a deltoid muscle, 1 to 2cc depending on the size of the muscle, (old lady 1cc, body builder 2cc), in the glute, no more than 3 cc. For a infant or toddler, 1cc in the thigh. Sub q,...