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  1. Dealing with The Yellers

    oldiebutgoodie replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse I work with who has been nursing for 20 years said that she would tell the elderly demented women who were yelling, "Shhh! You'll wake the baby!" That seemed to turn on some deep internal...

  2. RE: Pt. disch. No teaching, No instructions, No nothing!!!

    oldiebutgoodie replied to celeste7767's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry this happened to you. I am an ostomy/wound care nurse, and I like to spend time with my patients before they are discharged. However, often the surgeon discharges them too soon, or never...

  3. help!!

    oldiebutgoodie replied to sweetieann's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As you get more experience, you will be able to chart some things as you go. But it also may not be efficient to do so. When I worked the floor, I took a piece of paper and put 5 columns on it (1...

  4. Ever had a older nurse treat you as a lowly new grad?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to <3Nursing07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When she asks you to do her dirty work, just say, "Oh! My goodness! I forgot I have to do (whatever). Look! Tracey Tech is available!" Then scurry off purposefully. Or, you could just tell her that...

  5. Is Joint Commission more hindrance than help?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in General Nursing

    Critterlover, You make some great points, especially about obtaining drugs from the pharmacy. Another favorite of mine is when pharmacy calls to clarify an order--MD writes "Zofran 4 mg q 6 hours...

  6. Is Joint Commission more hindrance than help?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, yeah, let's get high on the atropine/epi/narcan/amiodarone in the crash cart! Whoo! Common sense seems to be in short supply at Joint Commission. Another one that just slays me, is the "2 types...

  7. Is Joint Commission more hindrance than help?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in General Nursing

    I think about rating pain and reassessment of pain. Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't these Joint Commission recommendations (dicatates)? Where it sounds great in theory, it's a nightmare in...

  8. Formulating Healthcare Clinics for the Gay Community

    oldiebutgoodie replied to divokevan's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm not sure if you are offended by a clinic focusing on gay people, or that you think the OP is stereotyping. It seems like a good idea to me. For example, in Chicago they Howard Brown Clinic...

  9. Please ... any ex-ICU, now ER nurses for advice!

    oldiebutgoodie replied to bluesky's topic in Emergency

    That's EXACTLY what I hated about the ICU-- the divas, doing bed baths without a tech on humongous patients, and the monotony (interspersed with moments of terror). I am out of there now, and...

  10. Glen Beck's hospital experience

    oldiebutgoodie replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    Well, that's how I want to go--- falling out of a coconut tree on a South Sea Island!

  11. Graduation pARTY HELP!!

    oldiebutgoodie replied to futgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Helpful hint: Just don't get so drunk at your party that you have to use your emesis basins! After our last final, our nursing class went to a bar, and the girl I carpooled with got so drunk I had to...

  12. Hello varicose veins! [Caution: VENTING!!]

    oldiebutgoodie replied to simply_precious's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, one of my best charting situations was once when a patient had expired, the nephew had already begrudgingly come to sign the papers for his 99 year old auntie to release her to funeral home,...

  13. Hospitals and the aging nurse

    oldiebutgoodie replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    If it makes anybody feel any better, it's not just nursing. Most corporations see the 50+ folks as a detriment to get rid of. I was in the computer industry, and the 40+ folks were getting shown the...

  14. Top 10 Reasons To Become A Nurse!

    oldiebutgoodie replied to pumpkin1984's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, this IS the nursing humor

  15. Ageism?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to cvryder's topic in General Nursing

    I went to nursing school at 50 and have had no problem finding a job. But I think another poster has it right--if you are at the bottom of the pay scale, they don't care so much about age. However, if...

  16. Hospitals and the aging nurse

    oldiebutgoodie replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    My suggestion is that anyone doing floor nursing have a plan to move into something less strenuous as time goes on. In the current environment, floor nursing isn't going to change, although many...

  17. How do you get the nursing care done with hourly rounding & computer documentation?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmmm... Sound like my hospital. You will not be able to get all those things done. The only thing you can do is prioritize, and make patient care your priority. Your manager will probably yell at...

  18. NPs better than PAs in DM care

    oldiebutgoodie replied to prairienp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi, all, I am enjoying this thread regarding critique of the research. I have some questions for you statistics experts out there (I am still taking research class--maybe I'll be smarter in a few...

  19. Nursing school made me fat!!!

    oldiebutgoodie replied to scrubs2716's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't stress about it. Once you start your job (assuming it is a hospital job), you will probably start losing weight because of the exercise, I lost the 10-15 pounds I put on just by walking up...

  20. Getting tired of working 12 hour shifts......

    oldiebutgoodie replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    I know that 12 hour shifts just exhausted me. I felt much better when I went PRN on my floor and worked 3-11. The answer, of course, is to offer both types of shifts (if hospitals want to keep...

  21. Medical shows vs the real thing?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    I like how on "Scrubs" Karla the nurse seems to just cruise into work whenever she feels like it. Nobody ever gives or gets report on "Scrubs", and the surgeons are always around on the floor (what...

  22. Glen Beck's hospital experience

    oldiebutgoodie replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    Very interesting thread-- Just some questions: Could he have had a Nicotine patch (or two) on and decided it was Fentanyl? Perhaps some other kind of dressing which he decided was Fentanyl? Was he...

  23. need a nursing journal article for school

    oldiebutgoodie replied to heaverboo's topic in General Nursing

    Found this one on http://www.findarticles.com, from Pediatric Nursing, 2002: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FSZ/is_2_28/ai_n18613565

  24. Anyone go from ICU to med-surg?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to TraumaGirl1018's topic in General Nursing

    Yup-- I started in the ICU, hated it, didn't like the intense people, the critical patients, the unforgiving atmosphere. After my father passed away (preceded by several months of crisis and my...

  25. Should I become a CNA before school starts?

    oldiebutgoodie replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    Again, I just want to reiterate: Don't let your CNA job interfere with your studies. My nursing school flunked out almost half of the students, many who were CNAs. Not to say that being a CNA will...