cherrybreeze

cherrybreeze ADN, RN

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  1. Why dont' nurses help each other?!

    cherrybreeze replied to scorpio24's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She was using your other thread to point out your consistent attitude toward more experienced nurses, which you have also demonstrated on THIS thread, and in this POST. I realize you are doing this...

  2. Do you usually stay in the specialty you start out in?

    cherrybreeze replied to tigerlily345's topic in General Nursing

    I did. Wasn't my intention, per say. I work on a med-surg floor, and this year will be my 9th anniversary here. I work with a great team of people, that's one reason I've stayed. I also, for most...

  3. Co-Worker not smelling so good

    cherrybreeze replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    And yes, being fresh for me actually means washing, taking showers, bath sometimes. . . so, NO, I'm not a dude! I'm sorry, what was your point? *** Have to say, I wonder too. All the guys I know...

  4. Multiple wrist bands

    cherrybreeze replied to cgSN2010's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, we don't have color printers, and even if we did, the wristbands don't print up, just the labels do, and we use them to make an ID band. There isn't enough room on the ID band to add...

  5. Is this a problem? taking your neighbors blood pressure

    cherrybreeze replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    ok.....

  6. Please Help

    cherrybreeze replied to izzy09's topic in General Nursing

    I am not sure where you live, but if you haven't scheduled yet to take it, there's a good chance you won't get in before April 1st anyway. That's awfully close. When I did practice tests, I never...

  7. Issues with a new job,,,insight and advice appreciated

    cherrybreeze replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    It makes the most sense to have someone who performs the same role/function train a person who will be working in that same role. I know what our CNA's do, but it would be much less effective for me...

  8. Is this a problem? taking your neighbors blood pressure

    cherrybreeze replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I think the post was too highlight how ludicrous it would be to sue someone FOR taking the BP....and if someone were willing to try to do that, they could also sue your for NOT doing it when asked,...

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

    cherrybreeze replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    That post was in response to someone saying that any med error is the nurses' fault, and was giving an example of why that's not possible. It wasn't a response directly about the

  10. Why dont' nurses help each other?!

    cherrybreeze replied to scorpio24's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'll add to my posts that, no, I don't believe it's ever acceptable to get a "figure it out on your own" or "I don't have time for this" response to an honest question. I personally love to precept...

  11. Issues with a new job,,,insight and advice appreciated

    cherrybreeze replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    If they were wanting and trying to find someone else, they'd let you go. While you're on orientation, you're an extra body, so it's not like they'd be "missing" out on a staff person if they didn't...

  12. Hairline fracture?

    cherrybreeze replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    I'll disagree with that!! Mine hurt a LOT, and the people that I know that have had them also said they hurt a lot. It was diagnosing them that was the challenge... I know not all will hurt, but I...

  13. Scary story I heard from some nursing students

    cherrybreeze replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't twist what I said. I didn't say I was "offended" or "insulted." You also imply that those things AREN'T important to me. You couldn't be more wrong. Their instructor is present and...

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

    cherrybreeze replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    In what way did the "system" fail...we ARE the system, and this is our JOB. It's not even "redundant checks" on drug interactions...you don't have to look up, say, valium, Percocet, and Ambien to...

  15. nursing & the economy

    cherrybreeze replied to cgSN2010's topic in General Nursing

    We've a recent "campaign" at my hospital to make SURE supplies get charged for...or more so, just not wasted. Most supplies (toothbrushes, dressings, etc) aren't charged individually anymore (has...

  16. Why does Sonography pay more than nursing?

    cherrybreeze replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't, maybe because I take some pride in what I do. The whole "butt wiper, bedpan hauler" impression of nurses is both outdated and insulting. And not funny. I went to college to do FAR more...

  17. Why does Sonography pay more than nursing?

    cherrybreeze replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    There will be people who work in EVERY profession who do not possess or demonstrate the traits of respected professionals. Medicine is a very respected profession. Anyone who HASN'T worked with a...

  18. med error?

    cherrybreeze replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    This nurse isn't a new nurse, though. That makes a difference, IMO. OP, the biggest point in orientating this nurse, since you say she is an agency nurse, is to get her familiar with your floor....

  19. Outside of your work environment......

    cherrybreeze replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, but you see, she DID upset you on your leisure time. Even just that *mean look* you gave her, proved that to both her, and you. Pretending like you didn't recognize her, and not acknowledging...

  20. Why dont' nurses help each other?!

    cherrybreeze replied to scorpio24's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Genuine help doesn't seek give and take, you're right. We're talking about people that DON'T need genuine help in the first place. It's not disgruntled. It's realistic. You'll see it

  21. Why dont' nurses help each other?!

    cherrybreeze replied to scorpio24's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I know EXACTLY what you are saying, and you are right. There are a couple of nurses on my floor like this. Two that come to mind have been there a LONG time, too, longer than me, and I'm going on...

  22. Scary story I heard from some nursing students

    cherrybreeze replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, mentoring students is part of our job. Thanks for pointing that out? I don't equate mentoring with breathing down their necks, though. It doesn't sound like you let them do ANYTHING on their...

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

    cherrybreeze replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Nursing

    This example to me (I didn't read the link, just using the summary posted here) is al ittle different. I don't think a med that isn't prescribed in the first place falls in to the same category as...

  24. Hairline fracture?

    cherrybreeze replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, it's very easy to not know it. My sister, cousin, and myself have all had stress fractures of our tibias in the recent past. My sister and I had them in the same spot, even, right in the top of...

  25. Scary story I heard from some nursing students

    cherrybreeze replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    While I concur that it could be more of a story than truth, I can see how it COULD happen. Once a student is past the point of having been checked off on blood sugars as a skill, the instructor...