klcrn1987

klcrn1987

med/surg---long term---pvt duty

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  1. Do/did your children suffer.....

    klcrn1987 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Do/did your children "suffer" from you being in the medical profession??? I met Hubby in Paramedic school and I then went to nursing school... so we both have solid backgrounds in medicine. Our 3...

  2. Doctors Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

    klcrn1987 replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    Out of the mouths of "babes" ... I was working night turn as the Supervisor in a nursing home and we had a resident that had passed. I called the local hospital to get the order to release the body...

  3. NTI: What's a Scromper, Nurse Blake?

    klcrn1987 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Alrighty

  4. What is the grossest thing that's happened to you???

    klcrn1987 replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing

    My 1st clinical day we had a girl that put a woman on the bedpan and when the woman finished and she when to take her off, the smell of BM hit her. She let the woman go, said, and I quote, "This ****...

  5. What is the grossest thing that's happened to you???

    klcrn1987 replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing

    Just an FYI... (not saying you did but) if you push Morphine too fast it will react with the nausea receptors in the brain and cause almost instantaneous emesis. A doctor told me this and I found out...

  6. What is the grossest thing that's happened to you???

    klcrn1987 replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing

    One of my grossest moments happened 38 years ago when I was a very naive, very new 19 yr old EMT student doing a clinical rotation in the ER... had a gentleman come in with an evolving MI and he...

  7. Questioning a doctors order

    klcrn1987 replied to MrsJt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    After 30 years of nursing I have earned one thing for sure....FOLLOW YOUR GUT!!! No matter what...if your "gut" is saying question it....then question it!!!! It is your subconscious telling you that...

  8. The Nurse at the Bedside

    klcrn1987 replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can relate... one of my Hubby's aunts was a RN that became the manager of an ICU unit.... she would always say to me...."You're only a floor nurse??? You could be so much better than that". Well,...

  9. I Gotta See If He Is Dead!

    klcrn1987 replied to spotangel's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure in this case but you also have to think of the condition of the body... sometimes it's not "wise" to have family members see the body in the morgue before they can be prepared by a...

  10. Suspended for a Medication Error

    klcrn1987 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I am not saying that it is acceptable but let's be honest.... EVERY nurse has made some kind of a med error even if it was a tiny one... we are busy, we are frazzled, we can be distracted, we...

  11. To Tell or Not To Tell

    klcrn1987 replied to MiAmorPickles's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not worried about the nurses as much as the family!!! They are being used and taken advantage of. Not only professionally but morally

  12. Nurses pulling rank on assignments

    klcrn1987 replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    One thing I don't see mentioned is when a nurse "pulls rank" to get an easier assignment. I worked 2 12 hr night shifts with one charge nurse and my 3rd with a different charge nurse. The 1st 2...

  13. I GOTTA KNOW!!!!!

    klcrn1987 replied to qaqueen's topic in General Nursing

    OMGosh!!! Cardboard urinals!!! I'd give them a jar or something first.... How

  14. Gun Owning Nurses

    klcrn1987 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I am an RN...and a gun owner and have a concealed carry permit. In fact my Hubby, son and I are working in getting our NRA basic pistol instructorship. I belong to a couple of women's shooting...

  15. Looking for Oil Rig Companies that Hire Nurses

    klcrn1987 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Many oil rigs use Paramedics as their medical folks.... Paramedics can work on protocols using a land based MD as "command".... they also work

  16. Moving into New Nursing Field - Won't Pay Me for My Expertise

    klcrn1987 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I applied/interviewed for a position that I was fully qualified for and was told by the head nurse that interviewed me "I would love to hire you, you are exactly what I'm looking for but I won't be...

  17. License info being sold

    klcrn1987 replied to #wontgiveup's topic in General Nursing

    I know PA sells the names etc.... My nursing license is the ONLY thing that has my name listed the way it is (first, maiden,last) and shortly after I got my license in 1987, I started getting all...

  18. Being Pulled into the Office for calling CAT

    klcrn1987 replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hope you documented, documented, and documented some more!! You absolutely did the right thing. You assessed your patient (the part about the previous shift thought she was stable-- have they ever...

  19. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    klcrn1987 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same thing happen with a Percocet.... dropped it, 3 nurses searched the med room and couldn't find it... pulled an unGodly amount of stuff off the shelves, called supervisor, pharmacist and...

  20. Unemployed x13 Months - Help!

    klcrn1987 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Yes Ma'am, age/experience discrimination exists... Several years ago I was looking for a job and had a great interview where the Unit Manager doing the interview flat out said.... "I would love to...

  21. Hands off my vent!!

    klcrn1987 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Critical Care

    I've had family members in the hospital but I did NOT mess with anything!!! The only time I even touched my son's IV is when he moved (it was VERY positional) and it beeped. But.... I also had...

  22. Amber Does the Unthinkable

    klcrn1987 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I have done exactly what Amber did.... I was asked to come in on my day off to man the "overflow" unit for the main Med-Surg unit. They were holding patients in the ER and needed to clear them ASAP...

  23. Being blamed for fall after shift

    klcrn1987 replied to notyetnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Saddly this is another example of the "nurses eating their young" sydrome. Once you gave report and the new nurse took over, she...not you... is responsible for that patient, especially if she was in...

  24. Meaning of your username?

    klcrn1987 replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty simple....my initials...klc and I became a RN in

  25. Late for work excuses

    klcrn1987 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I never told the "real" reason... told the supervisor I got hung up in traffic but... truth be told.... my Hubby and I got a bit frisky after I got out of the shower before I got ready for work and I...