belgarion

belgarion

Med Surg

Member

  • Content

    697

  • Visitors

    8,027

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    4

All Content by belgarion

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

    belgarion replied to RNman09's topic in General Nursing

    1) Stop leaving infiltrated/blown IVs for the next shift to find. If you don't have the time to redo the thing at least do the next shift the courtesy of telling them about it. (pet peeve) 2) It's...

  2. What a night(mare) at home!

    belgarion replied to jrw03282009's topic in General Nursing

    I grew up hunting and dressing out game. I have known of any number of cases like this whenever someone knicks themselves while cleaning a deer or wild hog, including once on myself. Wild animals...

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

    belgarion replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    Another one size fits all, everyone lives in the same situation comment. You are of course making the assumption that everyone has family living within convenient distance or that they have neighbors...

  4. Nurses who tell you what you need to do!! vent!

    belgarion replied to mskate's topic in General Nursing

    I had a coworker once who thought it part of her job to tell everyone else what, when, how, and where to do their jobs. It wasn't. She started in on me one particularly hectic day and I just turned...

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

    belgarion replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    We don't see a lot of snow here but we usually have two or three ice storms every winter. I just give myself plenty of time. I'm not worried about my driving. I worry about the idiots who are out...

  6. is being aggressive the only way to find a RN job now?!

    belgarion replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    In the business world it's called being "proactive". It can seperate an applicant from the multitude who shotgun out a few hundred generic resumes and then sit back to wait for the phone to ring....

  7. Sick Of Co-workers Calling In ALL the Time

    belgarion replied to skittlebear's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In my current job if someone accumulates too much PTO, management makes them take it. No choice, you take off, with pay, but no say as to which days you take off. In my previous job, we had a no...

  8. LVN's and RN's and Doctor's

    belgarion replied to jrw03282009's topic in General Nursing

    It happens in all professions. Many doctors look down on nurses as being little more than bedpan jockeys who are there to be their personal assistants while many nurses think of doctors as...

  9. Putting in your own orders

    belgarion replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Working in a small facility we have no unit clerk. When a patient is admitted we put in all of the orders from meds to dietary, x-ray to lab. The CNA makes out all the sticker labels and the ID...

  10. Why would I NOT help? I'm confused.

    belgarion replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a doc who will bring patients up to the floor from the ER, help transfer them into bed from a stretcher, help start IVs on a hard stick, and answer the phones when we are all tied up with pts....

  11. Do you draw up blood on your own?

    belgarion replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    LVNs do accuchecks where I am. Routine blood draws are done by the lab unless it's through a PICC or CL, then an RN does them. If there is a standing order for a culture when a pt. has a high fever...

  12. This is a 'sterile' dressing change?

    belgarion replied to 09NewGrad's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like the prepackaged kits. Every situation is different and I prefer to get what I actually need and not have to sort it out. In addition, most of the kits come with size 7 gloves. I need...

  13. texting at work

    belgarion replied to questionsforall's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I carry my cell at work but I don't sit around the desk talking or texting. I carry it for one reason and that is because I have a wife whose condition can go south at the drop of a hat. I keep the...

  14. Do you think this is fair compensation for orientation?

    belgarion replied to lvnjden4ever, R.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    FYI there is a "training wage" provision in the DOL minimum wage guidelines but it applies to people under the age of 20 and must be at least 85% of the current minimum wage. Neither one of these...

  15. The State of Hospitals

    belgarion replied to Kabin's topic in General Nursing

    I too remember the rural hospital closings in Texas. I attended a meeting recently where a few numbers were thrown out. Out of 254 counties in Texas about 10% don't have ANY doctors. Nearly 50...

  16. True or false.....eager to know

    belgarion replied to bumble bee 15's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm in Texas. I was informed I had the job two weeks before I graduated, started working as a GVN five days after crossing the stage, took my boards a week later, and had my license three days after...

  17. Fading out lvn/lpn

    belgarion replied to dark40's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I agree with The Commuter. It really all depends on what part of the country you are in. I work in a small, rural Texas hospital. A lot of our facility is certified for swingbeds so sometimes it...

  18. Hospital Romances

    belgarion replied to 2bnursejacksonrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Even if I was inclined to cheat on my wife I don't have the time. And if I did have the time it wouldn't be with anyone where I work. At the last place I worked before nursing school there was a 24...

  19. texting at work

    belgarion replied to questionsforall's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Totally agree. We have a nurse on the opposite shift who occasionaly works with us. She is texting from the minute she gets there until the end of shift. She seems to think that because we are on...

  20. Pa hospital system won't hire smokers

    belgarion replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    A couple of thoughts on this subject. What I get really tired of is the sense of entitlement so many smokers feel. I have seen numerous times that a smoker feels it is perfectly okay to run outside...

  21. Mistakes

    belgarion replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    This happens to just about anybody who has a job with lots of resposibilities. As long as you don't allow it to cripple your ability to function it can serve to help keep you focused. It's when you...

  22. Med-Surg Nursing Incredibly Easy?

    belgarion replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you happen to have and I-Phone or I-Pod Touch there are some really good apps available for

  23. If you have rec' d the H1N1 vaccine - please report

    belgarion replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wife had the IM at one of her dialysis sessions. Ran a 101.2 fever, had body aches and a sore throat for a couple of days. Not sure if I will get it or not. It's taking so long to get the vaccine in...

  24. Spider bites...

    belgarion replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Even though it's rare for a person to be bitten by one, tarantulas can be pretty filthy and their "fangs" make a good size wound. I was bitten by one (being stupid) as a teen and while I didn't get...

  25. Do any nurses work "normal" hours??

    belgarion replied to KKB243's topic in General Nursing

    A lot is going to depend on where you live. The bigger the city the more varied the opportunities. Look around and see what's going on in your area. Don't pay attention to the nursing school...