WalkieTalkie

WalkieTalkie RN

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  1. Pls tell me this is common in your Hospital!!!

    WalkieTalkie replied to SurvivorRN's topic in General Nursing

    As I said, feast or famine. I'm in Omaha. Honestly, three days ago we were completely chock full. Now we are overstaffed. Last week I was getting paid bonus to come in extra, this week it's the...

  2. I have a question...

    WalkieTalkie replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    I guess with this, it would certainly depend on how "goofy" the person was acting. A lot of patients are a little "goofy" after receiving narcs, which is why we didn't let them drive home

  3. I have a question...

    WalkieTalkie replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds exactly how most of our ER discharges went. Unless the patient was still puking or something, and unless they were a minor or in some way incapacitated, we would send them into the...

  4. "You take the BUS to work!"

    WalkieTalkie replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have gotten this before too! I just don't get

  5. Anyone here develop carpal tunnel since becoming a nurse

    WalkieTalkie replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I'd definitely go to employee health and at least get the right paperwork filled

  6. What is the right answer?!

    WalkieTalkie replied to Farza's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a good article:

  7. Absurd Medical Abbreviations

    WalkieTalkie replied to whodunit's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the ER, we had a running joke. A long time ago a rather uneducated fellow came into the ER. When asked what he needed to be seen for, the patient said "MY TOOTH BE ****** UP!" The guy...

  8. quick cap change question

    WalkieTalkie replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    Well, at my hospital, we do it when we are doing the sterile dressing change, so technically we are still sterile when we get to changing the caps. However, it is nearly impossible to remain sterile...

  9. Pls tell me this is common in your Hospital!!!

    WalkieTalkie replied to SurvivorRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, had another night of "on-call" last night. $1.75/hr. Blah. Oh well, I've picked up so many extra hours over the past couple of weeks that I won't need to use any PTO to make up for it. It's...

  10. Vitamin K - IV route & clarifications

    WalkieTalkie replied to LovingNurse's topic in Patient Medications

    I've given it both ways, but when I give it IV, I put it on a syringe pump to run over about 30

  11. Government Recruiting Foreign RN's/MD's!

    WalkieTalkie replied to Neveranurseagain's topic in General Nursing

    This is really not different than it has been in the past. My aunt did her residency at the VA in the 70s and they were doing this then too. Of course, some of them are not licensed to practice...

  12. Violating a Code Status...

    WalkieTalkie replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, there has to be a written order for DNR, DNI, etc in the chart once the patient is admitted. We have special forms which docs must fill out any time a patient or family requests that...

  13. RN-Attention Deficit Disorder-Nonhyperactive

    WalkieTalkie replied to elliejayRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have AD/HD and I work in the ICU. I've also worked in the ER, and I hate the floors. I love high-paced, high-adrenaline assignments because I don't get bored easily if I don't have time to

  14. Pulling Sheaths on a Cardiac Stepdown

    WalkieTalkie replied to ItalianRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Our CPCU nurses pull sheaths all the time on days when their staffing ratio is about 1 nurse to every 3-4 patients. At nights, the patients come up to the ICU since the staffing ratio is lower. We...

  15. Trasducer leveling

    WalkieTalkie replied to juraviel's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I used to be really anal about doing it with the levels, but I've found that "eyeballing it" has made no difference for the most part. Even after "eyeballing" levels on CVPs and art lines and then...

  16. "You take the BUS to work!"

    WalkieTalkie replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow, what a jerk! I'd definitely take the bus if we had a more dependable public transportation system here in Omaha. Tell him that you're proud not to be wasting natural resources to take a car to...

  17. Many RN's administer IV meds wrong.

    WalkieTalkie replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient Medications

    LOL, sometimes I get impatient when I have a non-vented patient and I will stick certain meds on the bard pump because I'm too hyper to stand there and push them

  18. Is this possible?

    WalkieTalkie replied to back2thebooks's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt this person would be that cold constantly or they would also be very acidotic... it is common for the elderly to run lower than the rest of us (about a degree lower), but any lower than that...

  19. Hospital Parking

    WalkieTalkie replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    LMAO, if you think that's bad, you should see where I would have to park if I worked day shifts---*and* I have to pay for parking! I pay about $15 a month for a spot in BFE (we can park in the garage...

  20. Eating at the nurses' station

    WalkieTalkie replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and I forgot to tell you that we don't really have a "break" room in our ICU. It's quite ridiculous, really... our med room is the only place we can sit and

  21. Eating at the nurses' station

    WalkieTalkie replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    I did this all the time when I worked in the ER. There isn't as much room at the cubbies next to the patient rooms in the ICU, or I'd probably do it more often there

  22. Torn by decision

    WalkieTalkie replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh, I had to do days for 1.5 months when I was on orientation. I *hated* it. I never felt awake until after at least 1200. I always felt as if it were possible to make a huge med error or...

  23. Descrimination: A full hot meal or soup and a sandwich

    WalkieTalkie replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I'm lucky if I even get a lunch

  24. Pls tell me this is common in your Hospital!!!

    WalkieTalkie replied to SurvivorRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've gotten called off/put on call quite a few times. When we are on call we get a measly $1.75/hr and can be called in at any time up until the end of our scheduled shift. I usually end up putting...

  25. Pls tell me this is common in your Hospital!!!

    WalkieTalkie replied to SurvivorRN's topic in General Nursing

    This happens all the time in my ICU. Some of our cardiac surgeons left recently so we haven't been getting as many surgicals. Also, it's the holidays, so a lot of people aren't scheduling surgery...