catlady

catlady BSN, RN

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  1. Don't put that in your nose!!

    catlady replied to whiskeygirl's topic in General Nursing

    My brother put a vitamin up his nose. He's 43

  2. Need help.....quitting job

    catlady replied to BrandNewNurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you go to another position with benefits, or COBRA your coverage, they cannot deny you for pre-existing conditions. It's only if you've had a break in coverage that they will deny you for an equal...

  3. Interview help?? Please respond

    catlady replied to LUVtxNursing's topic in General Nursing

    You go to both. You have no bird in the hand otherwise. You haven't the slightest guarantee you'll be hired into or even interviewed for OB. If you're lucky, you'll have the dilemma of choosing...

  4. Help with job application!!

    catlady replied to givingheart's topic in General Nursing

    I do not have every job I ever worked on my resume. First, it is natural as you age for older jobs to fall off the resume. Nobody wants to read about what you were doing 30 years ago. Nor do they...

  5. Anyone work weekends only?

    catlady replied to teresab_2000's topic in General Nursing

    I worked a Fri-Sat night weekend plan in the late 80s-early 90s until the hospital abruptly terminated it. [They magnanimously said I could continue to work every weekend, but without any weekend...

  6. Can a Ward Clerk check in controlled Medications in a LTCF?

    catlady replied to 4rmgirlRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am always surprised when I hear about hospital nurses, or even brand new nurses, walking into a DON position in long-term care. I have many years of both hospital and long-term care bedside and...

  7. Can a Ward Clerk check in controlled Medications in a LTCF?

    catlady replied to 4rmgirlRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've never worked in any SNF where even the uncontrolled meds could be touched by anyone but the licensed nurses. However, I've also never worked in a SNF that utilized medication techs. I should...

  8. "Don't Send Anyone Out!"

    catlady replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Most private pay residents still have Medicare, and Medicare will pay for emergency ambulance transportation when certified as medically

  9. Patients making me feel dumb

    catlady replied to kmokay's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you handled the rude patient well. It's ok to admit that something is outside your area of expertise, and then offer to find the right person to answer the patient's questions. Even...

  10. Have you ever taken care of a famous pt?

    catlady replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    Of course! My favorite hockey player ever. I was 14 when they last won the

  11. Never understood nursing

    catlady replied to PACPhD's topic in General Nursing

    Are there any more stereotypes you'd like to bring to the discussion??? I haven't responded to you until now, but the "blond, young, and cute" comment just frosted my toenails. Your wife's problem...

  12. Help! How do you stay awake on drive home after night shift?

    catlady replied to neetnik461's topic in General Nursing

    A fifty minute commute from night shift is too long. Make sure the stimuli you are throwing at yourself in the car are suitably noxious--a/c too cold, radio too loud, etc. Juice won't wake you up,...

  13. med error?

    catlady replied to RedZeppelinRN's topic in General Nursing

    I always used to prepare the meds before bringing them to the patient. I observed my preceptor doing it differently, and I liked how she did it. Now I keep them in their unit dose packaging and open...

  14. Scrubs catalogue conspiracy!

    catlady replied to RNsRWe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Well, you might luck out. It's probably more a matter of which manufacturer had made the particular scrubs I bought, rather than anything Jasco does. So you might do just

  15. Scrubs catalogue conspiracy!

    catlady replied to RNsRWe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Yes, I figured that out years ago when the return addresses on the catalogs were all the same. The main thing if you're ordering from more than one is that you can combine the orders, making your...

  16. Never understood nursing

    catlady replied to PACPhD's topic in General Nursing

    Just out of curiosity, I just went to read the thread you mention. You seem to have a very thin skin. Golly, not everyone agreed with you. I didn't read anyone attacking you, only a couple of...

  17. An actual 1955 Good Housekeeping article

    catlady replied to MuddaMia's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, but military women were not only nurses and secretaries twenty years ago. I served as an air force intelligence officer in the late 1970s, and I worked with other women in the same...

  18. ideas on on-call job for new grad LPN?

    catlady replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know of any on-call jobs for LPNs or RNs who have no experience. Usually an on-call person has to be able to come in on a moment's notice and fill in or pick up for the regular staff, and...

  19. Would this make you angry? Any words of wisdom?

    catlady replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    It's not professional or appropriate for a supervisor to change your schedule after it's been finalized, without asking (and that does mean ask) you first. You have a right to your life, too. She...

  20. Dopamine Guidelines

    catlady replied to Treen's topic in General Nursing

    We run dopamine on our tele floor. We aren't allowed to titrate, though; all changes have to be written by the MD. And of course, they are on tele

  21. career dilemma

    catlady replied to seanymph's topic in General Nursing

    You might like working for a disease management company that hires OB nurses. There are a lot of telephonic nurse education programs for pregnant women. Disease management companies usually either...

  22. Ever Get Insomnia B-4 Work?

    catlady replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    i had a horrible response to desyrel. i got so dizzy i had to be lying down within five minutes, or i would have been on the floor. once i couldn't move, even to call 911, and finally focused on...

  23. What punishment should this nurse get?

    catlady replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    This is an old thread resurrected, and we just had a long thread with many angry exchanges about this same subject. Perhaps it's best to let it go at this

  24. Help! Graduated 2004 and now looking for job.

    catlady replied to Camouflage's topic in General Nursing

    It is not lying to say that you took off for personal reasons and that now, you are refreshed and eager to go to

  25. How much vacation time do you get?

    catlady replied to NY Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    The last place I worked didn't give vacation for two years. After the first year, you could take a week, but if you left before the end of the second year, you had to pay it back. You had to work...