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  1. Can I do this to help me insert a Foley?

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to allthesmallthings's topic in General Nursing

    NO!! Definitely not!! Goodness forbid something happens, you poke and make the patient bleed, etc. how are you going to explain the 10 ml syringe stuck up there? And what about

  2. Stress Relief after a BAD shift?

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to JStollRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I took up playing video games! Recently I've been playing a game called Call of Duty: Black Ops. You can really take a lot of frustration out on that

  3. Good nursing shoes for low arches (a.k.a. "flat feet")

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to RPN_2012's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    ALLEGRIA SHOES!!! I have flat feet and I love my pair of Allegrias. I used Danskos for a while too but they were much too heavy for me and the sizes always ran too small so it'd take some time to...

  4. I think cutsey scrub tops look ridiculous on adult units

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to AZO49008's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My analytical and critical thinking skills are just fine within my Hello Kitty scrub tops, thank you very

  5. Plzzzz small help needed friends...

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to rita.kumar83's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Alcohol swab always first and always flush to make sure your IV line is patent. You don't want to just assume a line is good, only to find out later that your patient's hand is swollen like a...

  6. Free diseases

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to mizfradd's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hahahahaha good one!! And SHE's the one calling him sick and needing to seek medical attention... tsk tsk

  7. Enteric Outbreak!

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    N95 masks, really? Doesn't that seem a bit much? We're lucky we get N95 masks to last a shift on our unit for our airborne

  8. Burnt out

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

    The way I see it -- be a good nurse but don't let it be your life :) Leave work at work. On your commute home, reflect on your day as a way of release. When you get home, do the things you like,...

  9. Conflicting test question...

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to DirtyBlackSocks's topic in General Nursing

    I *hate* questions like these - absolutely not practical at all. Like you said, if he's screaming - air's moving in and out of that face. If he's blue, then that's a different

  10. Am I crazy?

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to izeofblu1973's topic in General Nursing

    Seems a bit dramatic - but, you're right. Someone needs to be assessing him closer, esp. his I/Os and h/l status as a post-op patient. When a family member was sick, the same thing happened to us....

  11. Funny Nursing Dreams

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hahahaha great - and frightening - posts, everyone My worst one was when I dreamt I was on my very very last final away from passing nursing school. I was freaking out studying and... I. Slept....

  12. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ugh... Pink's "Just Like a Pill" always reminds me of my obnoxious pain medicine-seeking patients. "I can't stay on your life support, there's a shortage in the switch, I can't stay on your...

  13. Karma Kicks back or I was eaten as a student

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting how things work out sometimes, huh? In any case, I'm glad you were the better person and stuck it out there

  14. working with an incompetent nurse.. need advice!

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to owenlevi2's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Had to edit this post because I totally missed the first part of your post....... if you yourself were not there to witness all of this, it wouldn't be wise to go to your supervisor with...

  15. Advice on Chest Tube & mistakes by colleague

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    I've had chest tube patients and can't recall seeing vaseline gauze dressing for them. I know some places don't do it because it can cause an increase in infections around the

  16. Does this make me a bad future nurse?

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to MiahMSN's topic in General Nursing

    Of course this doesn't make you a bad future nurse! I think certain fields require a certain kind of nurse - personality-wise and skill-wise. I love kids and working with them but seeing sick kids...

  17. Items You Carry Daily in the Hospital

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    They do?! Oh wow, I'll have to check our monitors next time, thanks for the heads

  18. Question about holding meds

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to Sparrow23's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, I would NOT have held someone's BP meds if they were at the 120s systolically. You're right, the meds are what's keeping her at that range, and so long as her HR was good, I'd have given it. I...

  19. Items You Carry Daily in the Hospital

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    What I always, always have.... stethoscope, saline flushes, lotion, alcohol swabs, tape, pens, and my report sheets. I nix the watch, hemostat, scissors, and calculator. Patients' rooms have clocks...

  20. Share your story: How did you land your first nursing job?

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to KeepItReal21's topic in General Nursing

    First time was as a nurse extern during my junior year of nursing school. Our school had a co-op program where you can obtain a full-time nurse extern position for 6 months to a year and a half and...

  21. Texas catheter help

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah.... for me, putting texas catheters on patients is more uncomfortable than putting in a foley, haha. We use Cavilon No Sting Barrier Film on the patients first to help with adherence to the...

  22. Need help with filling out pt flow sheet?

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to sailortatoo's topic in General Nursing

    Someone throwing up blood... yeah, pretty sure I wouldn't want them to be taking anything PO. Definitely hook them up to IV

  23. White Boards

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to Zippy Head's topic in General Nursing

    I try to keep it as simple as possible, otherwise it just gets too confusing for the patient and they end up overlooking the board when there's a million things written on them. Date, room #, nurse...

  24. If a Hospital is Magnet Hospital

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    No, our hospital recently just achieved Magnet (yay!) and there are plenty of nurses here who don't have their BSNs here

  25. Nightly chart checks - last 24 hours only or go through ALL orders?

    ohgoodnessgracious replied to Iggy123's topic in General Nursing

    We used to do just 24 hour nightly chart checks, meaning we just checked the charts itself. All our orders are computerized so another division comes in and looks through notes to see if what doctors...