NurseyPoo7

NurseyPoo7

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  1. how long do u get for lunch?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just wondering who is watching the pts if the staff is sitting in the breakroom for 2

  2. Policy on Nurse assignments regarding contact isolation patients? ?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to JamRN29's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it makes much sense either... I work on neurosurgical unit and we get stuck with isolations ALL the time. Neurosurgeons are not

  3. Acute Care CNAs, patient ratio.

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    How many patients do your CNAs have in an acute care/hospital

  4. Acute Care CNAs, patient ratio.

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Our day shift CNAs often have

  5. Disgusting Nurses!! SICK of my status as a CNA

    NurseyPoo7 replied to carlasbizz's topic in General Nursing

    And WHERE is this

  6. Why don't employers start lowering wages for nurses?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to hcer4507's topic in General Nursing

    I WISH I made even CLOSE to 30 an

  7. Morphine gtt/Comfort Care

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    We have a comfort care/end of life set of orders at our hospital . I had a patient last night who was on this gtt - all day the nurse had kept her on 2mg/hr - when I got out of report, I went to...

  8. Morphine gtt/Comfort Care

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, the patient was on in patient hospice r/t CA which did not respond to treatment. Unfortunately she was young and had very young child at home She died a couple of hours after I left work that...

  9. Ever stuck your foot in your mouth in front of a patient/visitor?

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering if any of you had been talking to a co-worker about a patient/family member/visitor and said something accidentally within earshot of

  10. hemorrhagic cva

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a "stroke" unit but, to be honest, about 99% of the time, we never see a hemorrhagic CVA. I had a pt yesterday with a 2.6cmx3.4cm, I believe, cerebellar hemmorrhage and to make it worse, he...

  11. Brand new nurse- can you explain license??

    NurseyPoo7 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on your state's BON

  12. What is your first hint that it is gonna be a rough shift

    NurseyPoo7 replied to AngelsWings09's topic in General Nursing

    Well yesterday, before I even had time to sit down and get report, I had to run to ICU to get a central line insertion kit for my pt who needed some blood

  13. Comparable jobs to RNs (salary wise)

    NurseyPoo7 replied to JomoNurse's topic in General Nursing

    $40 an hour? Lol .

  14. Do you always remove the air from IV bags?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to linda2097's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a great way to make everything sterile

  15. Pts. transferring from the hospital to TCU

    NurseyPoo7 replied to SunnyAndrsn's topic in General Nursing

    I would say bad luck, but my hospital has no wound care team and we are required to document on all wounds on the admission assessment, including measurements. Sometimes if a patient is a hard turn,...

  16. What do you think a fair salary would be for a RN?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to ohcomeon's topic in General Nursing

    At one of my old job I had during nursing school, the guy that came to fix the copy machine made over $100 an

  17. give me a break

    NurseyPoo7 replied to DanEMT's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, thanks. I'm 24, been a nurse ~2 yrs and understand this is not how real life is. (Also, I am a newer nurse... young.. and I am WAY too old to be watching 'sweet 16' and whatever junk is on MTV...

  18. Would you use a cell phone at work? Do you need a cell phone at work?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to 2BSure's topic in General Nursing

    I sometimes have my personal cell phone in my pocket on silent. However, my hospital provides portable phones that look like cell phones that we pass out to the nurses on the unit during their shift....

  19. Why are ampules stil used?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to Sarah Bellum's topic in General Nursing

    (man this thread is OLD). You JUST got filtered needles? What were you using to draw up the stuff from

  20. so "the state" is coming, and i dont know how to rectify what i did.

    NurseyPoo7 replied to lorenwithano's topic in General Nursing

    They're just being *******. Nurses have made MUCH worse mistakes... shoot, I know a nurse who gave a med the pt was allergic too and the pts coded and she still has her license. (Dont ask me how, but...

  21. Family Initiated Rapid Response Team

    NurseyPoo7 replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in General Nursing

    We have it. Just started. I think its only been called 2 or 3 times since we started it. and It's not an official RR... only the nursing supervisor

  22. What jobs can a CNA get??

    NurseyPoo7 replied to LaDora2008's topic in General Nursing

    Not necessarily true. It depends on your state. LPNs where Iam at can do pt teaching and start IVs. They can't do Care Plans, initial assessments or IV push

  23. What jobs can a CNA get??

    NurseyPoo7 replied to LaDora2008's topic in General Nursing

    CNAs can work .... as a CNA. Some states have med techs, where you have to take a medication administration course and you can pass by-mouth medications to

  24. OK, YOU WIN!

    NurseyPoo7 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd ask for the cheese

  25. BSN RN & Certifications not allowed on my badge: I am outraged!

    NurseyPoo7 replied to Simba2241's topic in General Nursing

    This thread makes me sick. I can't stand the negative, condescending attitude. NurseyPoo7,