cherrybreeze

cherrybreeze ADN, RN

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  1. Is it ok for your work to call you after you called in sick?

    Several months sounds nice...I'm not sure how much it truly is (since several months would be more than half the year, and I'm guessing they don't have more sick time than actual work time ) but I do...
  2. STNA's ... do you have to clean up a lot of poo-poo?

    Let's start with the "for lack of a better term" issue....how about "stool," "BM," or "urine." I'm sorry if I'm being picky or whatever, but terms like "poo-poo" just make me cringe (to me, that's on...
  3. Working on a smoke-free campus

    Originally Posted by mamamerlee Why do ANY nurses smoke? Thank you for this, Nascar Nurse. I hate it when broad questions get thrown out there like this. So, yes, some nurses (and, *gasp*,...
  4. Working on a smoke-free campus

    why is this? if they are going outside to smoke, they are leaving. even if they aren't going as far away as they're supposed to (meaning off campus), they are leaving. we make out pts sign out ama...
  5. Nursey things that you'll NEVER say again.

    Agree with all of the above! While I've never had lovenox injections, I have a few surgeries under my belt, including several laparoscopies (I've had endometriosis for over 10 years), a shoulder...
  6. Is nursing REALLY for you?

    I really do think that it is. Can I see myself doing something else? I can. I enjoy writing, I enjoy computers. I could have gone another route and been happy, I am sure. But...I get so much joy...
  7. "Think" about what you say!!!

    I agree with whoever said that, if you had told the patient that it would've been all right and it had started beeping, then he would've been mad about that, too. I usually diffuse a situation with a...
  8. what am I missing?

    I don't make 60k and I've been an RN for almost 9 years. Depends on your area, for
  9. Advice on Chest Tube & mistakes by colleague

    Labeling both chambers isn't necessarily out of line. By marking all 3, it indicates when it was noticed that there was drainiage in all 3. Obviously in increase will only be noticed in the far...
  10. Share your "problem patient" stories!

    I would not have been able to maintain my professionalism. Even a tiny bit. Holy
  11. Interesting*insert sarcasm* day at Clinical

    I think that's the thing. If the vitals really were what the OP says they were, if the patient was not in a comfort care/DNR type of situation....this just does not seem feasible. Like I said, I am...
  12. Interesting*insert sarcasm* day at Clinical

    I'm sorry for being the bad guy here, but I really just cannot picture a nurse saying to a student "you're being a bad nurse" no matter how many times I try. This just sounds so out
  13. i know i shouldn't feed it. but i don't like our vent threads getting stepped
  14. Gum Chewing

    I do, and you CAN be discreet about it! Your mouth gets so dry when you're talking to people constantly and can't be drinking fluids often (which just isn't feasible during a shift). I get so...
  15. Parents of High School Students

    I like the idea mentioned about the texting/driving thing...my nieces/nephews are the "tween" age group, so I am trying to think in terms of what scares me for them as they come in to their teenage...
  16. I'm very disturbed by this

    (I have not read the whole thread yet, so I apologize if I am repeating anything.) She put herself, and the patient, at risk. Please define
  17. As a new nurse...when do you start to feel competent?

    You'll have *little* epiphanies along the way, but I think around the year mark is the first real "ah-ha!" moment, when all of a sudden you realize that you feel you've reached a comfort level in your...
  18. Hypothetical Question about Seeing Something at Work...

    Good grief. As far as these relationships being a "no no"....is this an actual "policy"? Or just a theory? Either way, I STILL think it's a MYOB thing, because seeing one embrace between two people...
  19. Which is better? Day or Night shift for new grad?

    I'm surprised that you have a day shift option...that is hard to come by, as a new grad! Just being honest, where I work, I think there's more teamwork on night shift. You have more patients, yes,...
  20. How do you figure this? Maybe it is different in other states, but here, LPN programs are most certainly not AD programs (not saying they're bad, they're just not). RN programs are ADN programs, so...
  21. Case in
  22. We have that system too, but unfortunately, it was my holiday and my weekend to work. That only left Friday, and they put me on Friday as well. The shift I work made both a lunch or dinner with...
  23. I can't believe I missed this thread when it was new! Glad it got bumped up! The only question is, where to BEGIN?! Boss: You recently confronted me about something that occurred on a particularly...
  24. The point, I think, is about the degree in terms of nursing specifically. That's all. I feel like this thread was started with the intent to
  25. Disgusted

    I respectfully disagree here. Yes, an RN should know what a PE is. Down to the smallest detail, NO, but in general, of course. That isn't an offensive thing to say. It's just a correct thing to...