cherrybreeze

cherrybreeze ADN, RN

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  1. Patients and the race card

    cherrybreeze replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I knew people would take issue with what I had to say. I'm not surprised. By "disservice to other members of her race," I meant that she is helping to perpetuate the myth (yes, MYTH) that people...

  2. Patients and the race card

    cherrybreeze replied to CanadaEh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i hope you understand what a disservice you do to yourself and to other members of your race when you make statements like this. you assume you are treated differently. what makes you think that...

  3. Is this what I should expect in the nursing field...?

    cherrybreeze replied to frostcross's topic in General Nursing

    You said right in your OP that this was something you've witnessed in other fields. In other words, the scenario you described tells much more about the people DOING it than the nursing field in...

  4. No wonder we are getting nursing students who are only in it for $

    cherrybreeze replied to JDougRN's topic in General Nursing

    What exactly made you come to EITHER of these conclusions? I never so much as even eluded to either idea. I don't begrudge anyone the chance to make as much for themselves as possible. You are...

  5. No wonder we are getting nursing students who are only in it for $

    cherrybreeze replied to JDougRN's topic in General Nursing

    *sighs* I think that you were just being facetious, but the huge difference is obviously that the outcome in the examples I gave affect a person for the rest of their life. Can't say that about a...

  6. No wonder we are getting nursing students who are only in it for $

    cherrybreeze replied to JDougRN's topic in General Nursing

    So many people that are responding, to me, seem to be thinking in absolutes. It is ok if money is A factor, but not THE factor. There is a big difference between the two. This would extend to any...

  7. Where oh where have the good PCTs gone?

    cherrybreeze replied to MissyF_RN's topic in General Nursing

    "1 hour lecture on hypoglycemia"? Did I say anywhere in my post that that's what I assumed you did? If someone KNOWS what the S/S are, though, there is no need to say what symptoms you are watching...

  8. Calling out-have bronchitis and don't know what to do

    cherrybreeze replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    our policies sound exactly the same. 3 occurances, calendar year, etc. the only difference my hospital did last year with the h1n1 was that we didn't get swabbed to confirm (motivation behind that...

  9. No wonder we are getting nursing students who are only in it for $

    cherrybreeze replied to JDougRN's topic in General Nursing

    JDoug, I know what you meant in your OP....I shouldn't have even commented (joked, really) about the salary point, that was what seemed to derail the original topic. I don't think that someone needs...

  10. RN's in dr. offices

    cherrybreeze replied to weluv3's topic in General Nursing

    The MD I mentioned in my post above was a plastic

  11. I'm so embarrassed

    cherrybreeze replied to nursingishard's topic in General Nursing

    The poster who commented on the statement you made ("he made me give him two baths") was not the "PAST YOU," it was the situation that you described in the original post in the thread, which was a...

  12. Where oh where have the good PCTs gone?

    cherrybreeze replied to MissyF_RN's topic in General Nursing

    this statement, i have a problem with. if someone has been a pct for years and knows the s/s of hypoglycemia, it's insulting to "teach" them. would you like someone "teaching" you something you...

  13. No wonder we are getting nursing students who are only in it for $

    cherrybreeze replied to JDougRN's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly....that's why I mentioned

  14. Lung sounds and breasts

    cherrybreeze replied to ObstreperousYoungLad's topic in General Nursing

    If her breasts are even remotely an issue, that leads me to believe you are listening to anterior lung sounds (from the front). My simple solution would be to listen to her lungs from the back. This...

  15. RN's in dr. offices

    cherrybreeze replied to weluv3's topic in General Nursing

    I recently sent in my resume to a physician's office, after he gave me the name of who to get in touch with. We had an off-the-cuff conversation when he was making rounds one morning, and he told me...

  16. No wonder we are getting nursing students who are only in it for $

    cherrybreeze replied to JDougRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know regions of the country vary widely, but I've been doing this 9 1/2 years, and I don't make close to

  17. Calling out-have bronchitis and don't know what to do

    cherrybreeze replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    Don't mean to laugh, but.......LOL! I don't think we're staffed any better, no. I have been made to feel awful for calling in sick, which is TOTALLY inappropriate on the side of the person letting...

  18. Calling out-have bronchitis and don't know what to do

    cherrybreeze replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    I can see that point, however, I was sure to explain to my patients why I had one on: "Just so you know, I'm wearing a mask because I have a cold, and want to make sure I don't share it with you."...

  19. What's your favorite lip product for work?

    cherrybreeze replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, licking your lips makes them more dry in the long run. I am more of a gloss or balm person as well, never really straight up "lipsticks." I don't like stains, either, have never found the color...

  20. Calling out-have bronchitis and don't know what to do

    cherrybreeze replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, dr. notes do not excuse an absence. A call in is a call in, NO MATTER WHAT. I am having the same problem. I called in just a couple weeks ago, because I have an area on a toe that...

  21. Foley balloon issues

    cherrybreeze replied to WI_home_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago we were taught to test the balloons, that's now become a no-no (and I can't quite remember why, but I know the guideline

  22. Share your BOOYAH moments...

    cherrybreeze replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in General Nursing

    I understand what you're saying here, absolutely. In the story I relayed, it wasn't the pt's dx and subsequent ICU stay that was by any means a "boo-yah" moment. It was knowing I had the assessment...

  23. Share your BOOYAH moments...

    cherrybreeze replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in General Nursing

    Had a young patient, in his 20's. In for a lap chole, but they were waiting for his labs to get a little better before taking him to surgery. I had called the hospitalist a couple of times during...

  24. WHY??

    cherrybreeze replied to Julie_RN2b's topic in General Nursing

    It is due to the law, very plain and simply. Our hospital also recently cracked down on the same thing; coming in to prep before the start of your shift off the clock. It is working without being...

  25. California nurses and medical marijuana

    cherrybreeze replied to DirtyBlackSocks's topic in Pain Management

    When taken as prescribed and under a physician's care, I disagree with the "kill"