kat911

kat911

ICU, ED, Transport, Home Care, Mgmnt

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  1. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    kat911 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I work I always seem to be singing " If I only had a brain" from the wizard of Oz. Go figure,

  2. I Never Remember....

    kat911 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Which way to the elevators. New

  3. My job has no meaning

    kat911 replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Can you clear up exactly what your job is? In our hospital there are phlebotomists who were hired off the street, given some training on drawing blood and let loose on the patients, many of them have...

  4. Call yourself a nurse?

    kat911 replied to kittagirl's topic in General Nursing

    A degree in Health Care Admin is not a nursing degree, nor is it "the same as". She still must have either a diploma, an associate degree in Nursing or a Bachelors degree in nursing. Here anyone...

  5. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    kat911 replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    Sassyredhead-You cannot control what a "competent" patient will do or not do. Remember no matter how correct a physician order is the patient has a right to accept that order or reject it, do some of...

  6. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    kat911 replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah: RN/Writer said so well and so clearly! I have to comment about nurses who try to take away the snacks of these types of patients, they feel justified in taking the offending food because it...

  7. EMT's in the ER

    kat911 replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    EMT's and EMT_P's are not allowed to give meds in our, that includes hanging IV fluids. In an ambulance the practice off of the medical director's license when doing meds or other invasive...

  8. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    kat911 replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    You can't force a pateint to follow the diet oredered and you can't touch thier personal belongings unless they are trying to do something that would be harmful to others, trying to torch the curtains...

  9. Help from Texas Residents

    kat911 replied to Sirena922's topic in Texas Nursing

    I fyou don't want a big city there are a lot of possibilities for you. Along I-35 from Dallas to south of San Antonio there is a wide variety of towns and cities with hospitals. There are private...

  10. Mandatory Overtime

    kat911 replied to cmjdlj's topic in General Nursing

    In our hospital we use mandatory OT only in weather emergencies, ice storms hit us usually once a year. Much of our staff live out of town. No one leave thier work station until the unit is staffed...

  11. The fatting of America.

    kat911 replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    If I ran fast enough to get to a "target zone" I'd need that code team and probably a back board and Ccollar and a lot of strong good looking men to pick me up off the

  12. Assault Response Training for ER Staff

    kat911 replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Emergency

    Several years ago a hospital I worked for did Mandt training. It was pretty good, especially the restraint holds. Don't know if it is still being

  13. Is it just me?

    kat911 replied to Diva Nurse Dani's topic in General Nursing

    Like others have said, fininsh up your first year then try some other areas. Find out what you do best and what you like most about Nursing. Then find your niche. I have worked many different areas...

  14. Why does Nursing put up with short staffing?

    kat911 replied to elfinM's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: I agree with Tazzi. Don't make a bad situation worse. There are so many things that affect staffing, there is no one issue that needs to be fixed. People calling in because it's payday...

  15. Any night shift nurses with diabetes?

    kat911 replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I had trouble keeping my sugars down because of my work schedule, I am sometimes on all three thifst in a weeks time. I was put on Lantus and that helped tremendoulsy. My HgbA1C's are WNL. I alos...

  16. Any night shift nurses with diabetes?

    kat911 replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    bagladyrn-You might want to consult the ADA and see what information they may have for you to help with your diet. They have a magazine called Diabetes Forcast you can get if you join the ADA, I think...

  17. Any night shift nurses with diabetes?

    kat911 replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    If you were just diagnosed you probably haven't had your Nutrition consult yet. You will be given your calorie count for the day as well as how many grams of carbs and protein you should consume with...

  18. I could really use some advice.

    kat911 replied to RN mom of 2's topic in General Nursing

    Check with your state board, you may have to enroll in a refresher course to be able to go back to work. After that you should be able to choose an area you would feel more comfortable in. Have you...

  19. Pt's Last Wish

    kat911 replied to royr's topic in General Nursing

    What a wonderful experience. Those kinds of Nursing situations is what makes it all

  20. help! My g/f stuck herself...

    kat911 replied to Malloy's topic in General Nursing

    If our lab has blood we can test without patient permission. Your GF needs to find out what the patients history is, is there anything that makes him high risk. That is not fool proof but generally...

  21. Fear Factor, Nurse Style, Five Stunts... lol

    kat911 replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Nursing Humor

    And you can't use your hands to move body parts around/out of the

  22. Should I look for another job - advice needed

    kat911 replied to Wendy_RN's topic in General Nursing

    RUN WENDY! RUN! Any hospital that takes a licensed nurse off of orientation to work as an aide has major problems! What are they

  23. Nurse Imposters

    kat911 replied to newbaby101's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about other states but go to the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners and look at the past newsletters, they list the nurse imposters and what they did and how they represented themselves....

  24. Who's The Priority?

    kat911 replied to Mizzyfrufru's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, what they said! FYI you should never be the only licensed nurse assigned to a unit, not safe. By the way, you don't let the PACU nurse go, she can stay with her patient until you can take...

  25. Best City/Area for New Graduate

    kat911 replied to gemini901d's topic in General Nursing

    Try texas, we have most anything you want. Along the I -35 corridor between San Antonio and Austin and Dallas you can find small, medium and large hospitals. you can live in the big city, a small...