nursemary9 BSN, RN

Psych, Med/Surg, Home Health, Oncology

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    How often are you forced to work nights?

    nursemary9 replied to yerbluez's topic in General Nursing

    You're attitude toward nursing is exactly the reason Nursing is having the problems they do. Too many people come into this profession & only want the cushy jobs & shifts. Well, nursing is a...
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    Continuing education question

    nursemary9 replied to D&Ggirl's topic in General Nursing

    A good site for CEU's is www.myfreece.com. It is not actually completely free. However, you pay a yearly nominal fee & can get up to 150 CEU's per year. I use that site a lot. They many specialty...
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    how often are nurses tested for TB

    nursemary9 replied to want2banurse35's topic in General Nursing

    This is pretty much like our policy. We are yearly, but if a positive shows up, we are re-tested. However, we really haven't had any positives show up on our floor in a couple of
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    How many hours per week do you work?

    nursemary9 replied to spicychickensandwich's topic in General Nursing

    For 10 years I worked full-times nites at a hospital----------8 hr shifts; 40 hrs/wk. During this 10 yrs I also worked 3/4 time in Home Health during the days. Even tho I was part-time, I usually...
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    nurse aide problems

    nursemary9 replied to anapoo's topic in General Nursing

    Write an Occurance Report. Everyone who has anything like this should also be writing them. She needs to disciplened by the Manager & if no improvement, she needs to be terminated. Nothing can...
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    Nurse manager requests a change in my documentation

    nursemary9 replied to mommy#1nurse#2's topic in General Nursing

    You are right. When I did Home Health, I was asked by my Manager to change some charting. I was always taught that this is ABSOLUTELY not done & is an ethics violation. My Home Health Agency had...
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    Vanco

    nursemary9 replied to 1TachyRN's topic in General Nursing

    DITTO!!
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    Nurse Schedules?

    nursemary9 replied to playbanjogood's topic in General Nursing

    We work every other week-end. If you can find someone to trade with that's fine--however the other person must not have this as an overtime shift. It's usually pretty rare that you can find anyone to...
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    needlestick :(

    nursemary9 replied to colleennurse's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts and prayers are with you. This is a VERY SCAREY time for, no matter how much reasurrance you are given. I know!! I have had a stick & by an HIV pt. as well.It was the most scarey year...
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    Accountability of UTI

    nursemary9 replied to TAC50133's topic in General Nursing

    I am seeing the same; fewer foley catheter orders. Of course, this means more diapers saturated with urine, which can ultimately mean more skin breakdown; and Medicare will no longer pay for skin...
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    Bad night with a heparin drip...

    nursemary9 replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    You sound like a great nurse!! Good for you!! You could be my nurse, any day. I do hope you wrote this up or will write it up; Not to get anyone in trouble, but to use this as a learning
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    A rant: sick time use and policies

    nursemary9 replied to andre's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, i know exactly what you all mean. It's been about 6 months since I called off sick; I have MOUNTAINS of PTO time, even after taking a 4 week vacation a couple months ago. Last Wed. Nite I had to...
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    New to Site!!! HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!

    nursemary9 replied to jeffbell7's topic in General Nursing

    :wlcmggrp:jeff, hope you enjoy the site as much as most of us do! good luck in sam diego--i know several people who love it
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    income of nurses

    nursemary9 replied to binger0919's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Chicago where the pay is good, but the cost of living is also high. We have LOTS of overtime here, as we are usually
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    what is your facility protocol?

    nursemary9 replied to celestial1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Fleets phospho soda is also good as well as
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    How many still paper chart everything

    nursemary9 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Well, about 3 yrs ago. we started computer charting. Everything is computerized. At the time we were told the goal was to completely do away with the paper chart.YEH...................................
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    chemo error!!!

    nursemary9 replied to me5115's topic in Oncology

    Hi I work in an In-Pt. Hem/Onc Unit. We have to check our chemo with another Nurse. Before we do anything we have to do a TIME-OUT;2 of us need to sign. I don't know about other shifts, but on...
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    Chemo Exposure, What to do, Worried, Precautions

    nursemary9 replied to New RN Grad 2008's topic in Oncology

    Pretty much the same for me. MANY years in Oncology--many years before we started all the protective measures. Never had any problems, I never really worried about it,
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    Isolation in your facility

    nursemary9 replied to TooterIA's topic in General Nursing

    We place all of these type patient's in Contact Precautions/Isolation. All of our rooms have hand sanitizers---however, for C-Diff, we MUST wash hands with soap & Water & not the sanitizers....
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    What is a nurse tech?

    nursemary9 replied to candiceena's topic in General Nursing

    Hi At my Hospital, our CNA's are now called Nursing Care Technicians or NCT's. Just a fancier name is all, they still do the same
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    Calling Docs by their first name...

    nursemary9 replied to zamboni's topic in General Nursing

    Hi I usually will address them by first name if they ask me to.However, in front of Pt's I usually go with Dr. So & So. It was hard to do this at first, cause it's simply not how I learned...
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    Sudafed

    nursemary9 replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

    Hi I use sudafed. The old sudafed is still available, here in Illinois---however, you need to ask the Pharmacist. It is kept behind the Counter. You need to sign for it & there is only a certain...
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    Magnet-Scam or does it help the floor nurse?

    nursemary9 replied to tirednursedude's topic in General Nursing

    We applied for Magnet status & got it earlier this year. We worked VERY hard to achieve this at my hospital. I truly think that certain aspects of our job DID improve. Our staffing is better, on...
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    How many lawsuits have you been involved in

    nursemary9 replied to Miami NightNurse's topic in General Nursing

    RN 42 Years!! No lawuits, knock on
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    Do you like being a nurse?

    nursemary9 replied to mandy3214's topic in General Nursing

    Hi All that you said is true to some extent. 44 yrs ago, I was faced with the decision of what to do with my life. There were limited opportunities for women at the time. I had never even been in a...