cherrybreeze

cherrybreeze ADN, RN

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

    cherrybreeze replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    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?

    cherrybreeze replied to helikias's topic in General Nursing

    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

    cherrybreeze replied to ivorybunny's topic in General Nursing

    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

    cherrybreeze replied to ivorybunny's topic in General Nursing

    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.

    cherrybreeze replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    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?

    cherrybreeze replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    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!!!

    cherrybreeze replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    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?

    cherrybreeze replied to Idaho Murse's topic in General Nursing

    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

    cherrybreeze replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    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!

    cherrybreeze replied to nitenite's topic in Nursing Humor

    I would not have been able to maintain my professionalism. Even a tiny bit. Holy

  11. Interesting*insert sarcasm* day at Clinical

    cherrybreeze replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Students

    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

    cherrybreeze replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Students

    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. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    cherrybreeze replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i know i shouldn't feed it. but i don't like our vent threads getting stepped

  14. Gum Chewing

    cherrybreeze replied to NinetyNine's topic in General Nursing

    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

    cherrybreeze replied to ICAN!'s topic in General Nursing

    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

    cherrybreeze replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    (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?

    cherrybreeze replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    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...

    cherrybreeze replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    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?

    cherrybreeze replied to carebearsRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    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. Why is it so easy to get an LPN or ADN so easily riled up?

    cherrybreeze replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    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. Why is it so easy to get an LPN or ADN so easily riled up?

    cherrybreeze replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Case in

  22. Things you would love to tell your management and get away with

    cherrybreeze replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    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. Things you would love to tell your management and get away with

    cherrybreeze replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    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. Why is it so easy to get an LPN or ADN so easily riled up?

    cherrybreeze replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    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

    cherrybreeze replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    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...