kat911

kat911

ICU, ED, Transport, Home Care, Mgmnt

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  1. Conflict in the workplace

    kat911 replied to KellyRN4's topic in General Nursing

    Like others have already stated here, go through your usual chain of command. After hours utilize your supervisor. You should notify him/her if you are unable to locate a physician. You also need...

  2. unprofessional behavior in RN community

    kat911 replied to miphillli's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Acutally it doesn't hurt a bit! Our profession is full of people from all walks of life with all types of backgrounds and beliefs, it's not up to me to judge someone else's language unless it is...

  3. What do you love about our job, what do you not love about your job?

    kat911 replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Nursing

    I love my job, I get to go to all the "good stuff", codes, fire calls, any inhouse emergency, trauma's, etc. When I do bedside nursing I love the me vs the disease process. I loved doing 1:1 nursing...

  4. White uniform dress common nowadays?

    kat911 replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    What's a

  5. White uniform dress common nowadays?

    kat911 replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

  6. unprofessional behavior in RN community

    kat911 replied to miphillli's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Cursing should never occur in front of a patient. Personally when I am frustrated, angry or just downright disgusted with behavior of my fellow nurses I will resort to potty mouthy mode, but only in...

  7. When One Child Is Enough

    kat911 replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You are of course right, too many kids are returned to abusive or negelectful parents. Unfortunately, the foster home my niece was in was not helping her or taking very good care of her and the...

  8. When One Child Is Enough

    kat911 replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In a perfect world there would be a warm and loving, safe home for every unwanted child, of course if the world were perfect there would be no unwanted children. Unfortunately our world isn't...

  9. Codes you wish you could call

    kat911 posted a topic in General Nursing

    While walking through one of my odiferous (?sp) units last night I began to wonder about all the possible codes we could call for the many things that happen in our hospitals, Just a quick way to...

  10. Codes you wish you could call

    kat911 replied to kat911's topic in General Nursing

    We had a resident who threw a fit and a chart at the front desk because the nurse wouldn't take a verbal order. At the end of the year roast we gave him an award and a prize. Award for Best...

  11. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    kat911 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    17 yo came to ED with "blue legs". Had been worked up at another ED and they couldn't find out what was wrong. She felt so bad she had her dad bring her to us. I looked at her legs and swiped them...

  12. Also Ran Careers... what did you decide against before choosing nursing

    kat911 replied to JennInColumbus's topic in General Nursing

    It is amazing how similiar our former dream(or actual) careers are, I did costume design in high school but didn't think I was artistic enough for a career. I started working on a degree in law...

  13. Does This Place Exist?

    kat911 replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    That type of unit does exist, we have one, our PICU has a great medical staff and a great nursing staff, they all work together. It helps that there are only a few Peds intensivists, 4 to be exact...

  14. Black nurses VS. White nurses

    kat911 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    EEEWWWWWW!!! A YANKEE!!!!! AAAIIIIIIEEEE! :chuckle Oh yeah back to the thread southerners vs Yankees yankees vs D*# m Yankees ie vs

  15. Black nurses VS. White nurses

    kat911 replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    Texas Vs. New York, now that's a no brainer. (said like a true native, :rotfl:

  16. Neglect...LPN was fired, RN was not

    kat911 replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on what staffing you have available. I supervise a 350 bed hospital, there are nights that I have to rob one unit in order to staff another. I may make one unit one nurse short in order...

  17. Pt's C/O in the ER (funny)

    kat911 replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    I had a 15 yo complain that her legs were blue, she was brought in from another hospital by ambulance. She had a full work up at the other place, ultrasound, lab, xrays. They found nothing, so they...

  18. Patients diagnosing themselves

    kat911 replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

    I was told I had IBS by my GI doc, turned out it was bile acids s/p GB and med reaction to glucophage, worst diet I ever went on, lost 35 pounds. Sometimes the patients are right,don't stop...

  19. Youngest labor patient?

    kat911 replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    12 POUNDS!!! HOLY COW I hope they did a CSection! The youngest I ever had was 11, whe wanted to know what that yellow stuff was in the catheter tubing. Her mom was just delighted to have a...

  20. Flight nurse health requirements

    kat911 replied to mrdoc2005's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    As long as you are in good control and good physical condition there should be no problem. The flight suits have enough pockets for you to carry power bars or glucose pills. If you can read your...

  21. Who's wearing white?

    kat911 replied to RNBN2B's topic in General Nursing

    A white uniform on a nurse is the same as a power suit for a business man or woman. For my job I have to wear white or I have to wear street clothes with a lab coat. I prefer the whites. When I...