belgarion

belgarion

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  1. Why do I get yelled at for doing the correct thing??

    belgarion replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

  2. To flush or not to flush...advice please.

    belgarion replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    I think we've got two separate threads going here. I believe the OP was talking about the sub_Q "buttons" where the med is delivered into the sub-Q tissue similar to an insulin injection. We have...

  3. Accepting gifts from patients...

    belgarion replied to ProBeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Problem with accepting a gift is you don't ever know how it might come back to bite you. About 25 years ago my wife was a med aide in an LTC. One of her patients had received a bottle of hand lotion...

  4. Nurse Distractions and Med Errors please share input

    belgarion replied to CNOR1988's topic in General Nursing

    In some smaller facilities like the one where I work things are still a little old fashioned. We keep each patient's meds locked up in a box in the patient's room (except for the controlled stuff and...

  5. To flush or not to flush...advice please.

    belgarion replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    Where I am we have strict rules that a seperate "button" is used for each medication. We get quite a few hospice patients and I have seen some with 5 or 6 buttons. The tubing is primed before...

  6. Who HATES the term MURSE?

    belgarion replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in Men in Nursing

  7. Nurses and Coffee

    belgarion replied to studentstorm's topic in General Nursing

    I can't stand coffee in any form, don't like the smell or taste. Now if you want to talk about Diet Coke, Diet Mountain Dew, or iced green tea, then I'm your

  8. managements new idea for call-lights

    belgarion replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    At least you don't have a board like one supervisor came up with at a company I worked for in the early eighties. When anyone left the work area they had to write down the time out and time back on a...

  9. Hospital Security

    belgarion replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Security????? What's

  10. How often do you work extra?

    belgarion replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    I'll work extra if I know about it in advance as in covering for PTO, vacation, etc. I'm also willing to go in early or stay over if someone asks me to cover for them so they can go to a kid's...

  11. managements new idea for call-lights

    belgarion replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Was the management at this facility born this stupid or is it something they have to work at on a daily basis? Programs like this rarely last for long for a good reason - they have the exact opposite...

  12. As a Nurse what are some things that make you sick?

    belgarion replied to Josh.P's topic in General Nursing

    The smell of C-diff A colostomy bag that blows out The smell when the surgeon cauterizes blood vessels (goes through your mask) The smell when the surgeon uses a bone saw (also through the mask) The...

  13. What are the pros and cons of being all male nurse

    belgarion replied to Bono Rose's topic in General Nursing

    One advantage to working nights - when I get the urge I go to the mens room in the waiting area about 30 feet from the nurses station. Second advantage - using that rest room allows me to avoid the...

  14. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    belgarion replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a student an RN one of my classmates was shadowing drew up an IM injection with a blunt and then forgot to switch needles. She somehow managed to force the thing through the patient's skin...

  15. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    belgarion replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard a few people think it's funny to call it

  16. What would you change about Nursing to make it better?

    belgarion replied to RNman09's topic in General Nursing

  17. Why is nursing such a horrible job?

    belgarion replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Petty bickering, griping, back-stabbing, and an almost total lack of anything resembling teamwork and comraderie amongst ourselves. The martyr complex so many nurses absolutely wallow in. We are our...

  18. Snow- at what point do you call out?

    belgarion replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    After saying earlier that we don't get that much snow in Texas we had a foot dumped on us in about 6 hours on Chtistmas Eve. For those who say plan ahead; the forecast was for accumulations of up to...

  19. So, who is working for the holiday?

    belgarion replied to DLS_PMHNP's topic in General Nursing

    Actually you put the chicken inside the duck inside the turkey. The duck and the turkey are split open and deboned and a layer of dressing is spread between each bird and the chicken is filled with...

  20. So, who is working for the holiday?

    belgarion replied to DLS_PMHNP's topic in General Nursing

    Working Chrismas night plus the next two then I'm working the night of New Year's Eve. We've already asked the ER to turn off the vacancy sigh for that

  21. Healthcare reform

    belgarion replied to moneyline702's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Who knows? The House version and the Senate version are so different there is no telling what kind of mutation will come out at the end. Once everything takes effect and the Law of Unintended...

  22. Overtime Pay for Change of Shift Report

    belgarion replied to goldenmom's topic in General Nursing

    My shift is from 1845 to 0715 with a half hour off for lunch and the extra half hour for report. My usual time to get off is between 0730 and 0800. We do get paid OT for for those extra 15 to 30...

  23. What would you change about Nursing to make it better?

    belgarion replied to RNman09's topic in General Nursing

  24. Home Health Care Pay

    belgarion replied to LakesideRN's topic in General Nursing

    Every HH nurse I know around my area gets paid per case. Somewhere between $30 to $35 per visit plus something for mileage seems to be the

  25. Do you call IN or OUT sick?

    belgarion replied to firefox828's topic in General Nursing

    I never heard of "call out" or "call off" until I read it on AN either. It may be a regional thing like someone else