southernbeegirl

southernbeegirl BSN, RN

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  1. My Mother (an LPN) is in need of advice!

    southernbeegirl replied to Klaive's topic in General Nursing

    the way i read it, i thought she was using these cheat sheets to chart on and put in the record. you cant do

  2. Horrible hospital experience!

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    The surgery dept didnt know that we were nurses. The doctor didnt even know. He didn't know until after surgery and i asked him about mets and he asked me. I hadnt planned on telling anyone because...

  3. Horrible hospital experience!

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    the nurse that brought him up from recovery told me they'd given him all they could. i think he probably was "relatively" relieved. that was the feeling i got from talking to her when she told me...

  4. Horrible hospital experience!

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    to update about how he is doing... he's actually doing great! it is amazing what being at home, getting a good shower, some potato soup and a nap in his favorite chair did for him! he is taking a...

  5. Horrible hospital experience!

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    i kept up with the names of everyone. i plan on giving huge kudos about the good care he received. one reason i made this thread, besides to vent my butt off, was to get ideas and advice from you...

  6. Horrible hospital experience!

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    sorry to post and run last night. i fell asleep with my puter on my lap. I have allready started the letter to the CEO. I had to walk away from it yesterday because i am still too angry. but bet...

  7. Horrible hospital experience!

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Oh! i forgot to add this!.... On the outside of every patient room door hung a flowsheet that had columns for pain, void, BM and other things i cant remember. they were supposed to mark it every...

  8. HIPAA dilemna continues

    southernbeegirl replied to 925_ER_RN's topic in General Nursing

    they are obligated to notify the board if they think they have any type of drug discrepancy. with them saying they wont report you if you quit...sounds like you could use

  9. Prostate Surgery

    southernbeegirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    My dad was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. He is having a radical prostatectomy next week. The docs are doing robotic surgery. They also said they are pretty sure they can save the nerves...

  10. A physican where I work called a patient a "FAT PIG!"

    southernbeegirl replied to JomoNurse's topic in General Nursing

    it shouldnt

  11. Prostate Surgery

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    thank you so

  12. Prostate Surgery

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    i just talked to my parents. daddy has some pus and blood coming from his meatus. he is going to the surgeon tomorrow. if they have to postpone the surgery, i think he just might have a nervous...

  13. A physican where I work called a patient a "FAT PIG!"

    southernbeegirl replied to JomoNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, he should apologize. that said.... exactly what gives families like this the "right" (for lack of a better word) to raise cain on a surgeon about how long it took??? it's not like going to an...

  14. Prostate Surgery

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Has this ever happened to anyone else?.... if it is about a patient, i have all the answers. but now that it's MY dad...i feel like i dont know what to

  15. Prostate Surgery

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    oh wow, thank you so much for all the information!! i allready have a stash of leg bags/drainage bags and cath supplies stored up. he's a good patient. his hand got whacked off at work a couple...

  16. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    southernbeegirl replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    after this thread, i dont think im ever going to eat

  17. drug test

    southernbeegirl replied to cspink's topic in General Nursing

    i have to tell you that a poppy seed anything CAN cause your screen to test positive for pot. when i was in rehab, one of the male patients had a weekend leave. when he came back, his drug screen...

  18. Most outrageous thing your hospital has expected you to do.

    southernbeegirl replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    would that be because we would have to teach them how to do it

  19. day 2! and i left sobbing!!!!!

    southernbeegirl replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    it WILL get better, promise! I've been in LTC for over 15 years. a few years ago i decided to try hospital nursing. since i had been a nurse so long they assumed i knew how to do everything and i...

  20. Shingles pain

    southernbeegirl replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    i recently got called on the carpet by the DON and the NP for getting a patient increased pain meds from the doc on call for the pain associated with her shingles. both said that "shingles doesnt...

  21. Port-a-cath needle size?

    southernbeegirl replied to Beijos's topic in General Nursing

    in my experience, unless a patient is obese or the port is deep in the chest, i always start with a 3/4" needle. depending on the infusion, i choose between a 20g and 22g. of course, trying to get...

  22. H1N1 !

    southernbeegirl replied to jessLPN12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    i'm at home right now with that darned virus. i feel like ive been run over by a

  23. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    southernbeegirl replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i was laughing about this thread with my husband and he told me one a male, Cherokee Indian, patient of his said yesterday..... pt was diagnosed with "pink eye". he asked my husband "do you know how...

  24. CPR on a person who is in rigor mortis?

    southernbeegirl replied to ARRR10's topic in General Nursing

    we found a patient dead (LTC patient). he obviously had been dead for a few hours. he was a full code. i didnt start cpr because it was obvious he was very very dead. i called the family, told...

  25. Is It Me?? Some people are too much...

    southernbeegirl replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    CCM, you know people are never happy or satisfied. If you try to help them, they think you think they cant do their job. if you dont help, then you dont care. it would be less painful to go beat...