mskate

So, more and more of people that I have known in my life talk about using a doula in the hospital. I am very curious what the doula's role is, how that effects the nurse/patient relationship, if it is disruptive and how the nurses REALLY feel about i...

Just wondering if anyone has heard of this company? Good things? Bad things?

I have been fired from a handful or two of rooms. I consider it a wonderful thing! I don't have to deal with you, even better! :) One time I was coming on shift with 2 patients. Separate rooms, you couldn't see one patient from the other room. Patie...

A bunch of people I work with rub their fingers on their foreheads or on the skin behind their ears to pick up skin oil. I think it is *disgusting* and I alcohol gel my hands after using the machine because I am so grossed out. No one else wants to t...

It depends on how urgent the intubation is... sometimes we will use an alcohol swab over the teeth - but most people don't like to use anything because if it moves, it is risky for an airway obstruction...

Every time I have had to work a code in an MRI scanner. No access to your aline, too much artifact to read the EKG properly, shoddy MRI compatible IV pumps that don't program drugs into them... Having to pull the patient out of the scanner and code i...

So, this is about a friend of mine who is a relatively new, new grad. She worked as a nanny before nursing school and couldn't find a hospital job, so she started doing pediatric home care as a new grad RN, no orientation with another nurse, etc.. - ...

Phone, Android Tablet and their respective chargers, wallet, stethescope, water bottle, granola bars, make up and other toiletries including floss, mouthwash, toothpaste, mini-deodorant (everything I would need if a disaster were to happen and I woul...

a 19 year old girl who was in the wrong place at the wrong time... she was shot 19 times.

No, just squeezing a bag that it is attached to tubing in a pump will not do anything at all to fix air in the line. However, if your coworker took the tubing out of the pump and THEN squeezed the bag, they would be squeezing the air into the patient...

Its not a JACHO thing, nor is it an OSHA thing. Its generally considered to be an infection control issue - which is why some places don't care about it being in the nurses station, but still regulate against it being at the bedside.

We always have snacks, chips, cookies, etc... set out on the counter at the nurses station for us to grab as we go by. We also have a little snack closet to that we drop some coins in and it is stocked with energy bars, chips, oatmeal, soup, candy, s...

I have been made to cry by MDs too when I was a new grad... it sucks. I feel your pain.

Quiet. The q work is QUIET -- all you cryptic superstitious people!!! ;)

When a patient loses cardiac activity and dies, coded and all, - actually pronounced dead... What does your hospital do about their pacemaker? Do you allow it to keep firing and send the patient to the morgue or do you deactivate it and THEN send th...

Working agency nursing (I'm assuming you mean a registry set up and not a traveler) is hit or miss. It pays SIGNIFICANTLY less than the standard pay of the staff nurses. When I occasionally pick up a shift for quick cash, I make HALF the hourly wage ...

I do not allow people in the bed. I have IV lines, medications, foleys, etc... even on the "healthy" patients and obviously for my sick ones, its an even bigger no-no. The ONLY time I let someone cuddle was a guy that was pronounced brain dead and th...

Come work in the San Francisco area!! :)

I have never even heard of that before, but that sounds hilarious!

I would lose 18% of my yearly income if I switched from nights to days. Not worth it. If I moved back home closer to my family, I'd lose over 50 dollars an hour, not counting my 18% shift differential. With the money I keep, I can fly to see them and...

Having worked both, I will gladly stick to my 12 hour shifts. Albeit, I don't have children to try to wrangle childcare around, etc... for me - work is stressful. The trade off is 4 days off in a week! If I had to show up to the unit 5 days a week, I...

- Anticipate their issues as much as possible. When I walk into a room for the first time I have a pitcher of ice, a pitcher of water, a juice, a few cups, a few straws, a fresh warm blanket, etc... so they have fresh water and ice chips. If they dro...

I don't consider the treatment terribly rude, nor do I believe they deliberately decided to say these things to mean, as other posters suggested. I *have* been in this womans position and coming from a woman that had a good career that crumbled and ...

Personally, I wouldn't bother. I dont care what people say about my particular insurance company and if she thinks for half a second that she is the only person who utilizes the clinic with her insurance company, she is insane. Secondly, as far as a...

Yup. I work a full time job at one hospital and a per diem job at another hospital. The other hospital has a mandatory 4 shifts per month and pays significantly higher than my full-time job. I like having 2 jobs, it just feels more secure to me.