LilyBlue

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  1. We really need to do a better job educating the public on our role.

    LilyBlue replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    My guess is there are just a lot of mean people in the world, and being nurses we run into

  2. We really need to do a better job educating the public on our role.

    LilyBlue replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's why I'm always so shocked that nursing is always ranked the #1 or #2 most respected profession? Really? Gosh I'd hate to see how the least respected professions are treated. Who are they,...

  3. Knowledgeable vs. Caring Nurse

    LilyBlue replied to maab's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, that is not quite true. You can indeed get in trouble for firing people for your little silly or subjective standards, such as your employee being too fat, too dark, too pregnant, too old,...

  4. What Was The Most Difficult Patient You Ever Had?

    LilyBlue replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    My horror stories usually aren't patients, they are patients' families. We recently had a LOM, fx hip, CVA, lost his ability to swallow, can't even handle his own secretions,...

  5. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

    LilyBlue replied to Danielle7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not only that, but - we aren't dealing with courtesy calls or family chit-chat. It's not the same thing. This is your JOB. Yeah, I'd hang up on a telemarketer at 11 pm. But that's not what this is....

  6. Knowledgeable vs. Caring Nurse

    LilyBlue replied to maab's topic in General Nursing

    Unless she is rude or absuive, it is unethical. I don't really care if my nurse is miss squishy-huggy-flower-kitten nurse. I want her to be factual, smart, and

  7. We really need to do a better job educating the public on our role.

    LilyBlue replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Whenever I start to tell a story about my day, my dad usually says, "Where are the orderlies?" And I say, "We don't have orderlies, dad" and he says, "What? So who lifts these 500 pound people?" And I...

  8. We really need to do a better job educating the public on our role.

    LilyBlue replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is not just what the public thinks, this is what nursing supervisors think too! A couple months ago we were having a tremendously busy night, and I had called to ask for more help. The nursing...

  9. We really need to do a better job educating the public on our role.

    LilyBlue replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I notice that many, many visitors/family are already extremely angry and resentful with the nurses the second they get on the floor, like we are bad people... Once when working on a pediatric floor, I...

  10. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    LilyBlue replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Uh, I'm not worried about being terminated. I'm worried about being transferred - to the Eternal Care unit.

  11. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    LilyBlue replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Nope. I'd be home with my babies, where my first and foremost obligation is. And I wouldn't feel remotely bad about

  12. Nursing School vs. Reality

    LilyBlue replied to BeOne77's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school, imo, is a joke. And I went to one of the supposed best on the east coast. They teach you all this stuff at the molecular and cellular level, but you don't have clue one on how to start...

  13. Nurses STOP telling me to be a RN ! PLEASE

    LilyBlue replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Out of curiosity, how do you know what her daughter has to do or what the mom-daughter duo has been through in order to get to this point? Don't always assume that everyone else has life so rosy. It's...

  14. Nitro & SOB

    LilyBlue replied to constantly_learning's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think nitro is going to increase hemoglobin, but it may very well increase the amount of blood getting through, which will increase 02 saturations or

  15. question about Magnesium sulfate infusion

    LilyBlue replied to retiredlady's topic in General Nursing

    Just don't push it! I was working with an RN who did that once and the patient had serious CHF and respiratory problems as a

  16. Rude Medical Interns

    LilyBlue replied to Charlotte205's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I love the residents/med students - most are willing to do the dirty work and some actually follow me around like a puppy dog :). This intern sounds half a bubble off. I'd deal with her the same way i...

  17. Just Need Some Advice from Experienced Nurses Please

    LilyBlue replied to NursingtheHeart's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a preceptor so many times, and I usually try to hone in on the preceptee's personality and needs. Sometimes, I get the feeling they would like to observe for a few shifts before they...

  18. What tricks do you use to make your day more bearable?

    LilyBlue posted a topic in General Nursing

    Y'all probably are going to think I'm insane, but I have to play little mindgames with myself to bear my work environment. The first one I do is the percentage game. I make sure to note when I'm 25%...

  19. How do Doctors treat nurses

    LilyBlue replied to IWANT2BEEANRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked with a couple kind doctors in ten years. The vast majority of doctors ignore/mumble at us and basically treat us as though we are inconsequential - they don't abuse us, but have seen the...

  20. To Quit or Not to Quit

    LilyBlue replied to DustBunnies's topic in General Nursing

    This is my story pretty much. I am a good nurse, I have wonderful clinical skills and I'm an empathetic person. But I do not like many aspects of nursing. In fact, I find many aspects of nursing truly...

  21. Nurses, do you thank your CNA/PCA/Nursing Assistant daily?

    LilyBlue replied to gonzo1224's topic in General Nursing

    Zero, that I can ever recall. I don't really expect them to, either, though - I am not working for

  22. Drug testing issue.

    LilyBlue replied to Lachrymologist's topic in General Nursing

    I always took a multivitamin back at the time I was hired - my urine was always neon yellow from that...never had a

  23. MD ordered placebo for pain PRN~would you give it?

    LilyBlue replied to beetlebailey524's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that physicians have made a lot of the addicts. I am absolutely certain that some dose them high and leave them high to avoid late night calls on behalf of the patients who would never report...

  24. Nurses, do you thank your CNA/PCA/Nursing Assistant daily?

    LilyBlue replied to gonzo1224's topic in General Nursing

    I frequently do the tech work too (bedpan, water pitchers, etc) because the tech is nowhere to be found. I don't mind doing it, but really and truly I usually do NOT have time to do it, and that's why...

  25. What's going to happen when we ALL leave the bedside?

    LilyBlue replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    And now I can sorta understand why the first "nurses" were prosititues etc sentenced to caring for the ill. I imagine they had the same situations we do - overwhelming number of patients, aresehole...