KalipsoRed

KalipsoRed

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  1. Did you get their bath done? Seriously?

    KalipsoRed replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    Cinquefoil, You said what I wanted MUCH more eliquently...good job. I think that it's pretty obvious that the OP WANTS to give the kind of care we learned about in RN school, but who ACTUALLY gets to...

  2. Did you get their bath done? Seriously?

    KalipsoRed replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    I can't stand all these people who are responding, "how do you feel if it where you" or "oh it makes the patient feel so much better". Hello?! The OP is just saying that it isn't a top priority. I...

  3. I don't like floor nursing...

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    Aaahhh, Davey Do I to have been attacked by a patient twice. Once at gun point in the ER and another time when a enceplopathy pt got confused and decided to choke me. I feel the same way, poor...

  4. I'm afraid that I'm a bad nurse.

    KalipsoRed replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    uh, frankly in today's medicine if all my patients are alive and 80% comfortable when I leave then I did a good job. I don't care if my charting was done all the way, I don't care what meds I've...

  5. I don't like floor nursing...

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't work from Novemember 2010 until the beginning of February of this

  6. Intergrated Medicine (not specifically holistic)

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    Um, I'm not saying that modern medicne isn't effective. Of course it is. I just don't think that nutritional therapy has been studied enough to know how effective it is one way or another. Many of the...

  7. Intergrated Medicine (not specifically holistic)

    KalipsoRed posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I was wondering if anyone knew about hospitals that practice integrated medicine. I realize that I'm borderline asking about holistic medicine and hospitals that practice it. But I'm also refering...

  8. Nurses notes...Print or Cursive?

    KalipsoRed replied to bassadict69's topic in General Nursing

    Computerized is the best....if you must handwrite please print. Some people think they have legable cursive handwriting and they don't. It's pretty handwriting, looks nice on paper, but so many loops...

  9. Rant and steam

    KalipsoRed posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone else feel that nurses, in general, are given to much responsibility with out enough help to pull it off? I've felt that way since the first day I became a nurse and I'm just darn tired of...

  10. Rant and steam

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    I am

  11. Rant and steam

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I've been researching about lobbist and how to go about this in a political manner. It's not so much that I think we need to be unionized as there are just standards that administrators and...

  12. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    KalipsoRed replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In the ER: "Well you are having to wait 6+ hours to be seen because we are taking care of the EMERGENCIES first. We see people according to acuity, which means that your cold symptoms are at the...

  13. Please help me, I have some questions for a nurse.

    KalipsoRed replied to bnfoutz's topic in General Nursing

    Merlyn, That is the most awesome story! Thanks for

  14. I Quit Bedside Nursing

    KalipsoRed replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    I worked on a decent floor when I started, but didn't really realize it as a new nurse. I experienced much of what you have written during my first year. I felt that managment was awful, there is no...

  15. i think i hate being a nurse?

    KalipsoRed replied to amms's topic in Nursing Career

    I've been a nurse for 2 and 1/2 years. I started on a cardiac step-down/telemetry unit. I HATED my first year of nursing. All I did was cry, go home very late, and have people point out every single...

  16. Travel Nursing and Organization

    KalipsoRed posted a topic in Travel

    So I quit my med-surg/cardiac job in October to go home and care for my father. He has since gotten much better and I ran out of money so, after being rejected for a few jobs in my town, I got on with...

  17. Travel Nursing and Organization

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Travel

    Thanks for the response. I'm just wondering if I'm capable of being a traveler or not. This is my first assignment and I've worked 8 days, with a day long paper/computer/procedure orientation and a...

  18. Travel Nursing and Organization

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in Travel

    Thanks, I tried to find that nursing board earlier and didn't see

  19. Hyperbaric Therapy Nurses

    KalipsoRed posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I was just wanting to see how many of ya'll there are out there who treat patient's with hyperbaric therapy? How did you become a hyperbaric therapy nurse? What are the qualifications? And...

  20. Questions about licensure across state borders

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    Alrightie, so here is a few points from the FAQ on the NLC website. "A nurse changing primary state of residence, from one party state to another party state, may continue to practice under the former...

  21. Questions about licensure across state borders

    KalipsoRed posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I have a few questions about licensure across states....I'm going to break down my questions into scenerios and number them to hopefully make it easier to answer. 1) I recieved my license in...

  22. Questions about licensure across state borders

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the

  23. did a bad check ruin everything?

    KalipsoRed replied to maas's topic in General Nursing

    well this may be a blessing in disguise. if you are referring to the chamberlain college of nursing in saint louis missouri i would do a heck of a lot of research before entering that school. high...

  24. Changing specialization suggestions appricated.

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the

  25. Changing specialization suggestions appricated.

    KalipsoRed posted a topic in General Nursing

    Howdy all! So I've been a nurse for just over 2 years; all of which have been on a telemetry/sort of cardiac step down unit. My ratios are generally 5 to 1, but I've had to do my share of...