cherrybreeze

cherrybreeze ADN, RN

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  1. family plans on suing hospital, i'm nervous as hell.

    cherrybreeze replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    I (eventually) will be testifying in a case; not malpractice, but a visitor assaulted a patient and I was the nurse, therefore I was the only witness (scary as heck, this gal has a rap sheet long as...

  2. What is considered the most serious,risky surgery?

    cherrybreeze replied to beachbutterfly's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard (but have no stats to back it up) that gastric bypass has the highest morbidity/mortality rate....but I'm not sure if it falls under more elective vs necessary surgery to get that rank (a...

  3. Things that leave you stunned.

    cherrybreeze replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    This is on a little different vein. Stunned me none the less, only because in over 13 years in healthcare, I've never seen it before. Patient I had the last two days, had her nose removed due to...

  4. What is the D-ring on my pants for?

    cherrybreeze replied to Cilantrophobe's topic in General Nursing

    The humorous answers implies to me that no one else really knows what it's for, either. It's not a reflection on you. Why you bought them doesn't matter, I'm an "experienced nurse" and I have no...

  5. Question...NG tube to suction for SBO

    cherrybreeze replied to tcpmom's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't have to be on intermittent, it depends on how it's ordered...we have docs that order continuous suctoin rather than intermittent quite frequently. Some do continuous exclusively. Not sure...

  6. "If you sit down and chart for more than 15 minutes, that's considered a break"

    cherrybreeze replied to JomoNurse's topic in General Nursing

    15 minute breaks may not be mandated, but I believe in some cases meal breaks are, at least. There should, at the very least, be clear definitions in the P&P, which should help. From what I can...

  7. And while we're at it-things you'd LOVE to ask/tell management and get away with

    cherrybreeze replied to HelenofOz's topic in General Nursing

    Very true....I detest behavior like that in any situation. "Someone told me this, someone said that." Are you sure? Making statements like that, even if they ARE true, IMO undermines the original...

  8. Patient called me Chubby... LOL

    cherrybreeze replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    The really funny thing was about the pregnant question....to me, it would have been really awkward. I'm sensitive about that kind of thing, sue me. It doesn't surprise me for a guy to think that...

  9. Patient called me Chubby... LOL

    cherrybreeze replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I don't think it was "funny," and certainly not enough to post twice about how funny it is. My feelings would be extremely hurt if I was on the receiving end of that comment. Maybe you have...

  10. Eating at the nurses' station

    cherrybreeze replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    I am still not really sure how, I guess. As long as people are washing their hands before patient care, which they should be doing

  11. Things you'd LOVE to tell the doc and get away with it....

    cherrybreeze replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    The hospitalists we have now are all great, I have no problems dealing with ANY of them. One we had, who retired several years ago (we all breathed a sigh of relief when that happened, thank...

  12. Eating at the nurses' station

    cherrybreeze replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    IF we have food at the nurses' station, which isn't often, it's in the back charting room....so I don't feel infection control is an

  13. Am I supernurse or superdud? Or somewhere in between?

    cherrybreeze replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds to me like you did a fantastic job. ANYone, a new RN or a seasoned one, would be there that late charting....I know I would be, and if there's one thing I can do well it's wrap things up...

  14. question re: Picc line

    cherrybreeze replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    3 cm is our "magic number"........we need to reconfirm placement if either, the lower arm circumference increases 3 cm from baseline, or the external length increases 3 cm from baseline. So, yes, IMO,...

  15. A Patient Made Me Cry Today

    cherrybreeze replied to flightnurse2b's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Canuck, I keep coming back to this, only because you insist on continuing to insinuate that morphine is given to dying patients to hasten their death. It just is not, I'm sorry. You keep phrasing it...

  16. A Patient Made Me Cry Today

    cherrybreeze replied to flightnurse2b's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    flightnurse2b, didn't mean to hijack your thread, I'm sorry. I have read your story several times now, and it's still just as touching every time. What a wonderful nurse you are.

  17. A Patient Made Me Cry Today

    cherrybreeze replied to flightnurse2b's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Canuck, I won't quote the reply, as it is long, but I will respond to just a couple of points you raised: As far as streamlining care for dying patients, I think that's exactly what we DON'T want to...

  18. "If you sit down and chart for more than 15 minutes, that's considered a break"

    cherrybreeze replied to JomoNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure how the law works....I thought the law DOES state that you have to have a break in X number of hours. Most policy and procedure manuals do, at least. Charting is working, and since...

  19. And while we're at it-things you'd LOVE to ask/tell management and get away with

    cherrybreeze replied to HelenofOz's topic in General Nursing

    Moogie, I loved your entire post, but this paragraph especially stuck out to me. Our "new" (going on 1 1/2 years now, so the newness is wearing off) director has the bad habit of this, we're finding...

  20. And while we're at it-things you'd LOVE to ask/tell management and get away with

    cherrybreeze replied to HelenofOz's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone, including that poster, disagrees with you, as a general rule...I am sure that was said because there is a specific problem to that facility. It wasn't a generalized,...

  21. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    cherrybreeze replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    You and your wife (who IS my patient) are lovely people. Really. I have enjoyed interacting with you all day long. But you, sir, are NOT my patient, and my assignment is already full. So, I didn't...

  22. A Patient Made Me Cry Today

    cherrybreeze replied to flightnurse2b's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Canuck student: The fact that you say you will be pre-med explains your statement about "MD's order the meds that help patients die easier and nurses poke and prod until they do." (something like...

  23. Things you'd LOVE to tell the doc and get away with it....

    cherrybreeze replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    The MD was not looking for the RN's input when his answer was "ok." I've had physicians agree to a particular med that I ask for, and they say, "I'm not very familiar with that, how is it usually...

  24. Getting called off

    cherrybreeze replied to pottie's topic in General Nursing

    We had a HUC for a while on our unit that would do this ALL THE TIME, comment on how "quiet" it was, in the hopes that we'd get busier....we all wanted to beat the crap out of her. Yea, sure, I can...

  25. And while we're at it-things you'd LOVE to ask/tell management and get away with

    cherrybreeze replied to HelenofOz's topic in General Nursing

    "I realize you think you look busy, and are trying to appear to be part of the team, but all you've been doing is pushing empty beds and stretchers around the floor for 20 minutes....go