cherrybreeze

cherrybreeze ADN, RN

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  1. got yelled at today- for volunteering

    cherrybreeze replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    And yes, you were soliciting for a job, pretty much. You were asking which units were or would hire new grads, so that you could volunteer on those units. You asked about working conditions on those...

  2. got yelled at today- for volunteering

    cherrybreeze replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    While I do agree that volunteering CAN be a good way to get your foot the door at a hospital, I don't think that while getting your tour is the appropriate time to ask so many questions about what...

  3. Identifying yourself as an RN when flying commercial

    cherrybreeze replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to say this. Being a doctor is very different than an RN especially in terms of title, since it takes the place of Mr., Mrs., Miss, whatever. That would be the primary reason for being...

  4. how come we as nurses are taught and do things differently?

    cherrybreeze replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    How old? I am curious what

  5. pushing hospital beds around

    cherrybreeze replied to kraam's topic in General Nursing

    If a bed has a person in it, I will not move it by myself. When we need to deliver an unoccupied bed to surgery, that's a little different and I'll go it alone, but I'll take my time and go very...

  6. how come we as nurses are taught and do things differently?

    cherrybreeze replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    My question to you is, what is YOUR source for your information? You cited "common knowledge" for the HOB to be up 45 degrees for a patient receiving a tube feeding. I have never heard 45 degrees,...

  7. Faith-based Hospitals.. can anyone apply?

    cherrybreeze replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    I work for a Catholic hospital, which is part of a 13-hospital Catholic system. You do not have to be Catholic to work there, it is not addressed in any way, shape, or form in the hiring process. As...

  8. Calling in sick over a cut finger?

    cherrybreeze replied to momster's topic in General Nursing

    With most places, doesn't matter if it "flies" or not...a call-in is a call-in is a call-in, and it doesn't matter why. When you call in, it counts as an absence, whether you're half dead or you're...

  9. Feacal Management Systems???

    cherrybreeze replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    I have not read this entire "essay," as the lack of paragraphs made it impossible to follow. However, while I do comprehend that frequent loose stooling contributes to skin excoriation and breakdown,...

  10. charting resting with eyes closed vs "asleep"

    cherrybreeze replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I imagine it depends on where you work. I work on an inpatient surgical unit, and we chart by exception. The requirement is (at least) one focus note in 24 hours; so, if they had abdominal surgery,...

  11. Is it legal to call yourself "Nurse" when you in fact are not?

    cherrybreeze replied to LoveMyDaughters's topic in General Nursing

    have to say that, technically...a "future" nurse is not a nurse, either, and hasn't gone through or knows what a "real" nurse does, either. it's much more than what the "pathology of what the med...

  12. Prescription fish oil? You have got to be kidding me!

    cherrybreeze replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    No, people taking fish oil is nothing new. That's been established. The fact that it's prescribed, so that a drug company can capitalize even further, is ridicuous, though, I think that was the...

  13. Should I have Not documented?

    cherrybreeze replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the aides don't document their findings, so I don't think it's inappropriate to document when you are told something by a CNA. "CNA reported to writer x, y, and z. Writer then blah, blah, and...

  14. Prescription fish oil? You have got to be kidding me!

    cherrybreeze replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly....the issue is the fact that is now available BY

  15. Should I have Not documented?

    cherrybreeze replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    What was your DON's reasoning for saying you should not have documented anything? I can see why it may not have been NECESSARY, per say, but I don't see any HARM in having done

  16. Venting

    cherrybreeze replied to MissyF_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, Missy...some families are like that, and it's so frustrating. Their family member is your only patient, as far as they're concerned, and no matter what you do for them, it's never enough....

  17. You know you're Old School when...

    cherrybreeze replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the hole was poked with a sterile needle, and you didn't touch the liquid inside the capsule, so I don't think it was a sanitary issue. I do believe it was the issue that it was not a stable...

  18. The Impossible Quiz

    cherrybreeze posted a topic in General Nursing

    this is completely off topic, so i'm not sure it's ok to post, but i just remembered about this, and wanted to share. some of us may have felt like this, taking the nclex. i am up to question 60...

  19. You know you're Old School when...

    cherrybreeze replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I forgot about that one! That one was still common practice when I started. I don't remember when we stopped doing

  20. low blood sugar symptoms without actual hypoglycemia?

    cherrybreeze replied to RN2B123's topic in General Nursing

    I get occassional (sp, sorry) low blood sugars...have not found a reason, I am not diabetic. I have a cheap meter that I'll use to check it when I'm symptomatic (I am curious to know how low it...

  21. Exhausted and depressed

    cherrybreeze replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry you're feeling so down and worn out. I have actually been doing some research on Vitamin D lately, and would like to have my own levels checked. Apparently, Vit D deficiency is becoming...

  22. Health Care Bill

    cherrybreeze replied to VerbalGrl715's topic in General Nursing

    Just because you find a link or info via Google doesn't make it credible. That would be like taking wiki for gospel. People can publish anything they want to on a website, and skew it any way they...

  23. nurses and spelling

    cherrybreeze replied to Bormio's topic in General Nursing

    Lighten up! Sometimes threads go off track a little...no harm done. If it's that annoying, go elsewhere. There is nothing wrong with people joking around a little, and having a little fun. No need...

  24. Health Care Bill

    cherrybreeze replied to VerbalGrl715's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, this is a very real, very valid concern. The number I just heard on the news was 450 BILLION dollars in cuts in Medicare reimbursement. We've already had staffing cut/tightened since the...

  25. patient dies from combination of drugs that doc prescribed. who is responsible?

    cherrybreeze replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    you weren't, ruby. to put a disclaimer saying you don't know anything, but then rip someone apart who does know and pointing out everything you think is wrong with it, doesn't make a lot of sense to...