cherrybreeze

cherrybreeze ADN, RN

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  1. You have helped me - THANK YOU!!!

    cherrybreeze replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I am so glad you had such a positive experience in your facility. It does make you look at the facility itself and your coworkers ENTIRELY differently when you're on the other end! I've had surgeries...

  2. not looking "put together"

    cherrybreeze replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    I've been eyebrow waxing since I was 15 and had to take the city bus to the salon (on the upside, I can now do it myself with ease and for pennies)....seeing pics from before that make me CRINGE. My...

  3. not looking "put together"

    cherrybreeze replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    I do my best to look put together. Yes, I'm a make up wearer, always have been. The time or two I've gone to work without it, I was asked, ALL DAY LONG...."are you feeling ok?" OK then, make up...

  4. Anybody else catch this?... Glee Male nurse

    cherrybreeze replied to wsuRN09's topic in General Nursing

    I caught it, and it made me raise my eyebrows, but then I let it go. If you're familiar with the character of Sue Sylvester, then you KNOW this is typical fodder. Think of all the insults she has...

  5. Foleys and tampons?

    cherrybreeze replied to JemJ's topic in General Nursing

    Am I missing a post, from the OP, that says that the patient is non-ambulatory, doesn't have the use of her arms, resulting in being unable to change it herself? I reread the OP's posts and don't see...

  6. How to Maximize Efficiency During the NOC Shift

    cherrybreeze replied to Wendy Sutas's topic in General Nursing

    Since the OP asked about the abbreviation in terms of shift work, it means night shift

  7. Foleys and tampons?

    cherrybreeze replied to JemJ's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised at how many people seem so appalled at this idea. If the person has compromised perineal skin, then a tampon is a VERY reasonable way to minimize drainage that comes in to contact with...

  8. How do you stay sexy in nursing school

    cherrybreeze replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in General Students

    :smackingf Well.........how to say this. If you're worried about looking "sexy" WHILE in class/clinical/on the job, you need new priorities. Those are neither the time nor place to look "sexy."...

  9. Question about Jackson Pratt Drains & retention sutures

    cherrybreeze replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    I am honestly surprised by the number of people who've responded by saying that the surgeon is the only one that removes drains. The RN's in my facility remove drains (we mostly see JP's, but some...

  10. How & how often do you use your benefits?

    cherrybreeze replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Benefits that cover massages??? That certainly wouldn't fly here (at least not in MY health plan)! I use my benefits regularly. I have chronic, incurable medical conditions (of the GYN/GU variety) so...

  11. Charting Bloopers

    cherrybreeze replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Thank you for the info. I did not know what cerlage was; I haven't ever worked in OB beyond my brief rotation way back in nursing school. I also didn't know what "cirvical"

  12. Charting Bloopers

    cherrybreeze replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    I am not sure what you mean by "cirvical cerclage," exactly, but cervical is spelled the same in both areas of the body. What is

  13. Is my dream of becoming a nurse possible while living on prescript pain pills

    cherrybreeze replied to nurscareer4me's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't assume anything. I did read your post thoroughly, thank you. You not liking what I had to say does not make it my fault. "Popping" narcs is an assumption, and the implication of that goes...

  14. Is my dream of becoming a nurse possible while living on prescript pain pills

    cherrybreeze replied to nurscareer4me's topic in General Nursing

    Apples to oranges, and I honestly can't believe you think that's a legitimate comparison. Medications are diagnosed for appropriate, necessary conditions. Alcohol never could and never would fall in...

  15. CNA-Undecided if Am or Pm shift

    cherrybreeze replied to pinksunflower's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I had to work second shift when I was a CNA, since I was in high school and college at the time. I've never minded PM's, since I have a hard time getting up early (as in, before the

  16. Is my dream of becoming a nurse possible while living on prescript pain pills

    cherrybreeze replied to nurscareer4me's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, exactly right. I know my opinion isn't really worth jack.

  17. Is my dream of becoming a nurse possible while living on prescript pain pills

    cherrybreeze replied to nurscareer4me's topic in General Nursing

    I am sure that many BON's do consider some meds as working "impaired," no matter what, but I do think this is unfair. (Before anyone flames me, hear me out.) People can be on a variety of meds long...

  18. Things that should be banned in acute care.

    cherrybreeze replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised that so many people actually didn't know or see the humor/sarcasm in the OP. I get it. :) I'd ban unlimited visiting hours, and unlimited visitor

  19. Nurses with depression

    cherrybreeze replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I have suffered from depression for many years, since my late teens (and probably before, when I think about it). I have been on and off several different meds over the years, too. My "best" isn't...

  20. Nursing school: Bizarre practice in learning to bed bath..

    cherrybreeze replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Students

    We did not have to do this, and I disagree with any cirriculum that requires it. The setting is so far removed from the actual nurse/pt relationship that "empathy teaching" is irrelevant. How can we...

  21. I want to be a RN but don't want to deal, with you know...

    cherrybreeze replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    I completely agree with what you posted; it was the same thing I was trying to say but you got the message across better. A few months ago, I ran in to my CNA instructor on the floor (she recognized...

  22. Allergies/Intolerances, and Scope of practice.

    cherrybreeze replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can see how the "diagnosing" may come in to play. Perhaps you can solve this issue by having a protocol on the books, listing specifically what would be considered an allergy (rash, anaphylaxis,...

  23. I want to be a RN but don't want to deal, with you know...

    cherrybreeze replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    I think how you approach the process mentally makes a world of difference in how it affects you and how you ultimately deal with it. I work in med/surg, but we do have patients that end up in a...

  24. I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

    cherrybreeze replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

    I completely agree that LPN's are also nurses. I just posted what the law in my state says, which is that the word "nurse," without modifiers, means only "RN." I didn't write the

  25. I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

    cherrybreeze replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

    PA's introducing themselves as doctors is "wrong," in your opinion, but you think MA's and CNA's should introduce themselves as nurses "for the comfort of the general public?" Am I missing some...