CathyLew

CathyLew

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  1. Different Color Pillows to Prevent Infection

    CathyLew replied to Luna Nightingale's topic in General Nursing

    wow, what a great idea! or even an infection pillow... a pillow that was assigned to MRSA rooms. or using disposable pillows for infection control

  2. Carry a stethoscope without hanging it on neck

    CathyLew replied to jalainec's topic in General Nursing

    love the clip idea. just never set your stethoscope down ...they grow legs and walk

  3. Have you ever had to lawyer up?

    CathyLew replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    yep- currently. not patient related, employer

  4. Motivation at work

    CathyLew replied to blondiemcd24's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNDP9jLuzXU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNDP9jLuzXU watch this. we just did in orientation...and after working in nursing for 20 years, I found watching this was a...

  5. Best way to lift a sagging breast for apical pulse

    CathyLew replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    wait till you come to the situation where you need to lift both sagging breasts to listen to bowel sounds! I should not joke..... I am one of those ones that someday I will be in a nursing home and...

  6. fainted during a procedure at work!!

    CathyLew replied to NurseKate16's topic in General Nursing

    I think if the surgery was on "man parts" it was probably Frenulum of prepuce of member. A frenulum can be a couple of places... tongue tied is just one form of the restriction of a

  7. Discouraged, downtroddened and ready to find something other than nursing...

    CathyLew replied to Marshall1's topic in General Nursing

    you know, I think there is more age discrimination than we thought in this field. No one wants to hire new grads--since you have to teach them everything. No one wants to hire any old nurses,...

  8. fainted during a procedure at work!!

    CathyLew replied to NurseKate16's topic in General Nursing

    I fainted once while observing an operation, prior to becoming a vet tech. It wasn't the operation, it was the long day on my feet, and I had not eaten in hours. I had this feeling come over me......

  9. How do You Treat PRN/Agency Nurses and Why?

    CathyLew replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    I love the idea about the card with codes and numbers on it. unfortunetly where I worked, they treated agency nurses pretty badly. It was a union hospital, and they looked at agency nurses as a job...

  10. HR recruiter sending me friend request on FB??

    CathyLew replied to Emile's topic in General Nursing

    nope. It is part of society these days. You just know how to handle it. you can say alcohol is a detriment to society. (hence Prohibition) Its not what it is, it is what you do with it. Social...

  11. Coming to work after taking a narcotic?!

    CathyLew replied to cherryblossom88's topic in General Nursing

    facilities have supervisors, HR and employee health for a reason. Express your concerns to your supervisor. let them make the call on if this employee should work or

  12. HR recruiter sending me friend request on FB??

    CathyLew replied to Emile's topic in General Nursing

    interesting article I read today http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2011/03/blocking-social-websites-at-wo.php It has long been known that people checking you out for employment have used...

  13. Call light response time policy and procedure

    CathyLew replied to MYRN2016's topic in General Nursing

    how could you do that? NO ONE? if you have a med or treatment for one patient...you aren't taking that med or blood transfusion into another room because the call bell is

  14. Call light response time policy and procedure

    CathyLew replied to MYRN2016's topic in General Nursing

    Just be careful when you make the policy. If you put in that the care-giver will answer the light within 3 minutes... how do you measure that? If there are timed call bells (like my last job) who...

  15. PTO/Sick Leave for Nurses

    CathyLew replied to zem2002's topic in General Nursing

    where I worked, it really didn't matter how many you had... they didn't want you to use

  16. Charge nurse to secretary? Legal issues?

    CathyLew replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    It is easy to say the RN who is taking care of the patient is responsible for all the orders... or the RN working as the unit clerk is responsible... but you have to look at what the hospital uses...

  17. Does anyone have a GOOD manager

    CathyLew replied to Teacher Sue's topic in General Nursing

    I had several great managers. And they all quit because of lack of support from administration....which leaves the not so great managers left. Warm bodies. and that seemed to be what administration...

  18. Pick and choose policy

    CathyLew replied to canesdukegirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    heck yea! it is human nature... playing favorites. and a really bad thing for any manager or administrator to do. Happens all the time. and if you mention the inconsistent manager style, you are...

  19. Reasons for inhumane managerial behaviour

    CathyLew replied to pedicurn's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen horrible treatment by management...and to management from upper management. vicious cycle. and crap rolls

  20. How fast to push IV meds

    CathyLew replied to deemalt's topic in General Nursing

    yep, I agree with glolilly... I would not take someones word for it. How do you know they are doing it right? And each patient is different, as is each situation. In an emergency, you may see...

  21. What to do by constantly asked to cover other shifts?

    CathyLew replied to happyinillinois's topic in General Nursing

    caller ID If you and others always go in and cover, then facility will never hire more staff. Even in OT costs, some facilities are told to keep FTE's low-- and you don't have to pay extra...

  22. Excited about shadowing opportunity but.....what to wear??

    CathyLew replied to Lovelymo79's topic in Nursing Career

    do you have a lab coat? if you wear street cloths, I would at least wear a lab coat. And you said you don't have a scheduled interview? you put in an application. I would not assume that HR would...

  23. how do you chart your prn narcs

    CathyLew replied to mozella's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    you need to check your policy for your particular hospital. I know the QA dept where I used to work hated having to track down our PRN charting --some was on the MAR some in the

  24. What would you say?...

    CathyLew replied to RN0820's topic in General Nursing

    our hospital used to poach people out of CPR when the floor was short. One year they did that to me- pulled me out of scheduled CPR, had me put on scrubs, work the floor, then a few months later I...

  25. would you work for free

    CathyLew replied to mozella's topic in General Nursing

    our hospital actually got in a bind with OT for nurses. they would dock all not prior approved OT and pay what we were scheduled. and the dept of labor got wind of it, they had to cut checks for...