CathyLew

CathyLew

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  1. Would you get treated at the hospital where you work?

    CathyLew replied to Goingthere's topic in General Nursing

    It would depend on what was wrong with me. I have had surgery at our hospital...but at the time, there was an anestesia and surgeon team I trusted. If the NP had her primary physician in...

  2. Personal appearance on job interviews (weird situation)

    CathyLew replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    like some others said, I would go, and explaine the situation. You could say, I just came from a dental procedure, and didn't want to reschedule, since i understand how valuable your time is.... Your...

  3. Honesty during the interview

    CathyLew replied to JohnUNF's topic in General Nursing

    when I went to nursing school we were given that same question. I had been an animal health tech before...and got paid diddly-squat. so I looked in the newspaper, and there were dozens of adds for...

  4. Interview Scenario Question

    CathyLew replied to Modine's topic in General Nursing

    not really a fair question, as you said, since you don't know the other hx of the patient, or the normal baselines for that patient. I never had an interview where they gave me a pop-quiz....

  5. Catheter Bag Position

    CathyLew replied to Johnnyspud's topic in General Nursing

    most of the catheters we use have one way flow valves. The urine can not flow back to the bladder, even if the bag is raised above the bladder level...but if the bag is so gravety can have the urine...

  6. I think I am suffering from "Burn out" syndrome.

    CathyLew replied to SurvivorRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with DaretoDreamRN. Try something totally different in nursing. There are lots of different areas of nursing. Try home care. Dr office. Ambulatory. Or try a management position. Infection...

  7. Salary positions

    CathyLew replied to Inquisitive one's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am hourly right now...but I know they will make me a salried employee at some point. This last vaccation I took, I had my laptop with me, and ended up having to work a little from Antiqua....

  8. Non emergent ER visits

    CathyLew replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    but if everyone went to the ER...it wouldn't be as fast. There are days that you wait hours and hours to be seen. It is not first come first serve. we get all sorts of people in our ER that just...

  9. Mispronouncing medications

    CathyLew replied to californiaRNstudent's topic in General Nursing

    There are so many new drugs, it would be almost impossible to be able to pronounce them all correctly the first time. Even when you say a drug corectly, yuo have patients not recognize it by that...

  10. Money saving measures used by employers

    CathyLew replied to AlsgalRN's topic in General Nursing

    lower staffing, trying to make us cut back on Overtime...which is hard, when they cut staff. they can't touch our benifits or wage, since we are union. we see cheaper stock.... less than generic....

  11. Read the thread before you post!!!!!

    CathyLew replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I think this was already covered about 6 and a half weeks ago, if you look thrugh the posts, back about 76 pages.... you will see someone else complained about the same thing. .......

  12. Deciding which orders can wait

    CathyLew replied to 311ltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    do anything that says Stat. think about the other shift...if a Dr comes in early (we do 7-7 shifts) so the Dr rounds early, at 6am.... should the night crew stay and take off all of his day...

  13. How do you secure crash carts?

    CathyLew replied to htrn's topic in Emergency

    we use breakaway plastic red locks also. strange thing, the facility doesn't allow extra red locks anywhere. You have to get them from the pharmacy. even though if you use one the numbers change....

  14. Fess Up! How much HSP stuff is in your drawer???

    CathyLew replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    yikes! I don't know how I would feel about searches... I have gone home with alchol pads, tape, bandaids, those little plastic red caps. unused saline flushes, post-it-notes, steri strips. 2X2...

  15. Checking peer orders and counter signing

    CathyLew replied to PsychNurseWannaBe's topic in General Nursing

    with phone orders, we have to do a read-back notation as well. as far as the second nurse initial, it is to not only say that the order was transcribed correctly, but that the order was...

  16. How often should patients get bed baths?

    CathyLew replied to Skippers1's topic in General Nursing

    does anyone use a C-tub anymore? I think it was called a century tub.... maybe that was just the one in our hospital, because it was a couple of centuries old! it had a mechanical lift and you...

  17. Already itchy....

    CathyLew replied to tinderbox's topic in General Nursing

    yea, I would think if you were a travel nurse, they wouldn't care how long you were at the last job, or any job. that is the deal with travel. If they hire one, they know its not long term. Some...

  18. How are you with needles?

    CathyLew replied to feralnostalgia's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I don't mind IV's or getting stuck for Lab draws.... but I HATE IM shots! for some reason, I can actually hear that crunching thrugh my tissue as the needle goes in!!!! I can't watch if I get...

  19. Fired or Resign?

    CathyLew replied to iahi_2005's topic in General Nursing

    wow, those arnt things that you can give a check list to someone and they can follow it and make it all better. I agree with some of the other posters. I would go to admin asap and say that you...

  20. What can i do with my husband?

    CathyLew replied to beatriceb321's topic in General Nursing

    You know your post is an interesting one, and hits home in some ways. My husband is a sort of germ-a-phobe when it comes to my work. he won't touch my uniform if its in the laundry.... I always...

  21. How often should patients get bed baths?

    CathyLew replied to Skippers1's topic in General Nursing

    Its great that you guys can sqeeze in 2 full baths a day. And I agree, for skin assessment, you can't beat it. Depending on the patient, 2 baths may be too much or too few. If a patient is bed...

  22. Would you put your initials on verbal orders?

    CathyLew replied to Thundercat's topic in General Nursing

    yea, and don't the Dr's have to sign all verbal or telephone orders anyway? and what does the initial by the order stand for in your facility. If we take a telephone order (we don't allow verbal...

  23. Lesbian L and D nurse

    CathyLew replied to AudreyHurston's topic in Ob/Gyn

    exactly. I don't talk about personal stuff at work with the patients. In L&D you probably do get some patients asking if you have kids (to ask about your experience with labor...) you don't...

  24. Advise what u think isthe most sought ot nursing speciality

    CathyLew replied to tracel1's topic in General Nursing

    the most sought after nursing career is one you feel satisfied with, and are proud of doing. everyone has their nitch. There may be more demand for some specialties, but if you don't like it,...

  25. How does YOUR hospital waste its money?

    CathyLew replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Do they grow? our hospital expects the nurses to do par-levels of floor stock. Like we have the time! and when someone finds a box of stuff that is outdated and has to be thrown out, the RN's...