CathyLew

CathyLew

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  1. Someone told me something that upset me today.

    CathyLew replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, now at our hospital the labor board came in because of some ovetime glitch... we had 2 week pay periods, and the labor law says 40 hrs in one week, or you get overtime.... we work 12 hr shifts....

  2. How to avoid burnout?

    CathyLew replied to C. Howe's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a student nurse, there was a sign hanging in the med room at the hospital we were all training at. ******* don't burn out. Didn't know what that meant till I started working! I don't...

  3. cutbacks at work due to economy

    CathyLew replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Yep... we were told to try not to order anything near the end of the year... and when we asked for 20Ga catheters, we were told we had used our limit for the month! remodeling in some parts of...

  4. Fitness and Nutrition for Nurses

    CathyLew replied to helene0817's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't heard anything, but it sounds like a good idea. Its hard to do patient education on patients, telling them the ideal way to live...when many of us nurses are not the picture of health!...

  5. Speaking of Waste - Trash Wars

    CathyLew replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    what I hate is seeing a trash can full of trash with no bag in it. Or an over stuffed can with soggy depends, cups, half-eaten food....so full that you have to get a bigger bag to dump the whole...

  6. Going to work sick?

    CathyLew replied to emilysmom,RN's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on how sick you are. And look. You don't want to look like typhoid mary to your patients.... if your taking care of a post op pt, and sniffling, dripping and coughing while changing the...

  7. Bed making

    CathyLew replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    yeaaaaahhhhh... I was just thinking that myself..... Chief bedmaker.... head of bedmaking..... Master-tucker... what kind of title does a bedmaker have? we don't use draw sheets anymore. We have...

  8. No Work History Update

    CathyLew replied to NewmanFamily6's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats! and good luck on the new

  9. Need to be certified?

    CathyLew posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    I am sure this has been covered before in past posts.... but does an informatics nurse need to be certified? did most of you start out with a degree in informatics, or obtain certification within...

  10. Well, I was spared being laid off but I'm still down

    CathyLew replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Im glad you were spared. How awful. You can't feel bad. Everything happens for a reason. It may open up door to some of those people that were displaced. You never can guess what the big picture...

  11. "End Stage" Untreatable Obesity

    CathyLew replied to medgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    "With the band, complications include slipping of the band, infection, erosion of the stomach." My father had the RNY, becuase of bad ulcers, to bypass part of the stomach. The one thing Im not sold...

  12. Need to be certified?

    CathyLew replied to CathyLew's topic in Nursing Informatics

    ok, bummer! I can't see myself going back to school. so are there IT nurses that arn't certified Informatics Nurses? or do they all eventually get phased out by certified

  13. first quiz

    CathyLew replied to POMD01's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck with the quiz, and hang in there! you will find out a lot by the way the teacher sets up the first quiz...and studying for the next ones won't be so

  14. Need to be certified?

    CathyLew replied to CathyLew's topic in Nursing Informatics

    from what i read, you have to have a bachelor’s degree to even be eligible to take the exam. is this the case? no sort of grandfather act at all? i wouldn’t mind studying and taking the cert...

  15. Does your state supply a license plate for NURSES?

    CathyLew replied to bema257's topic in General Nursing

    same here. Dont' really want anyone to know. I have seen people get licence plate frames with personalized messages. Cheaper than the plates, and you can take them off if you

  16. Is Being Loyal Worth It?

    CathyLew replied to whodunit's topic in General Nursing

    I have been at my current hospital for 17 years. The way management acts seems to go in waves. We get management top-heavy, and the cuts start... things get bad on the floors, then they start...

  17. Do You Keep It to Yourself That Your a Nurse Outside of Work?

    CathyLew replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, I don't answer medical quesitons or offer advice. I am however the one everyone turns to when it comes to removing fish-hooks up at camp. be it dogs or people! I am more gentle with the...

  18. is this unethical?

    CathyLew replied to bookwormom's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    yea, that is the first thing that struck me.... maybe the fake experiment to test the real one. Would your son tell. or maybe this instructor does this experiment every year. maybe picks a...

  19. Should the illness of an "important person" be revealed?

    CathyLew replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    I think it should be a private thing. I also think the person with the illness has an obligation to be honest about if they are able to do their job or not. A simple turning over the helm due to...

  20. "End Stage" Untreatable Obesity

    CathyLew replied to medgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    good luck with the surgery. I have several friends who have gone thrugh it. Sounds like you have a very capable surgeon. I also love watching the Discovery health programs on the obesity clinc in...

  21. Can we really afford any more medical advances?

    CathyLew replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think as long as you see people paying big bucks to get elective things done... Im thinking cosmetic elective surgery. Then you can't ever really say life saving technology shouldn't be developed....

  22. Do You Keep It to Yourself That Your a Nurse Outside of Work?

    CathyLew replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the people I hang out with know Im a nurse. I used to be an Animal Health tech, and I still get more questions related to that! ... Got a call last night from an emergency room doctor about...

  23. Name pins???

    CathyLew replied to cmg5130's topic in General Nursing

    most nursing uniform catalogs also sell name tags. many places on line have them http://www.nametag.com/ http://www.naagtag.com/...

  24. Nurse - Patient ratios in your hospital?

    CathyLew replied to MiaLyse's topic in General Nursing

    our MSP floor can hold 23 patients. Nights we do it with 2 RN, 1 LPN and an aid only untill 10pm. (apparently no one puts on a call bell after 10pm....) So your RN is responsible for 11 or 12...

  25. My eyeballs are burning!!!

    CathyLew replied to StephSmiles210's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to say that....but then I thought people may still be eating breakfast, and didn't want to get a visual of the splash of whatever in the face. Glasses did save me from that one