YankeeHater

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  1. Funny doctor orders

    YankeeHater replied to laurenicoleRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Just last night I saw a doc write an actual order for "warm blankets prn" I was like, nooooo..we'll just let the poor lady freeze when she's cold in bed!

  2. Moving to Northwest Oregon

    YankeeHater replied to scaredtorelocate's topic in Oregon Nursing

    ---------------- Good for you for having such a positive attitude but I respectfully disagree with you. I have lived and worked in OR for the past 5+yrs at a hospital in the Prov System and do not...

  3. Hospitalists?

    YankeeHater posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am hearing rumors about our facility starting a hospitalist program and I'm not sure what to think.. This is a small hospital where currently we have internists or family practice docs that take...

  4. Is this too much or am I crazy...what are your units like?

    YankeeHater replied to emersushea's topic in Cardiac

    Wow, it was def not you.. That sounds like a nightmare!! So glad you got out of there. I have been thinking of relocating but all the horror stories I read here about staffing ratios around the...

  5. Dead end job

    YankeeHater replied to silentRN's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP- It's not just you. I know exactly what you mean. It's disheartening. Especially when people are constantly saying thinks like, "Oh, you're lucky, you can go where ever you want, they always...

  6. Getting paid for classes?

    YankeeHater posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering what others are experiencing.. when you take classes that your managers want you to take ie. ACLS, NRP, etc. does you facility pay you for the hours you attend the class in addition...

  7. Your Pet Peeves in Nursing..

    YankeeHater replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind the "honey" thing. Depending on who it comes from, of course, it can be sweet and doesn't bother me a bit. And I admit to using the "sweetie" thing with the occasional little old lady I...

  8. IV piggyback

    YankeeHater replied to buttons4's topic in General Nursing

    SASH? why would you need heparin? It's a saline lock nowadays, no heparin required at

  9. Pelvic Fracture and skin care concerns

    YankeeHater posted a topic in General Nursing

    Had a pt with an unstable pelvic fracture in this pelvic brace thing that looked like a girdle. I had never seen or dealt with a brace like this before, they had it on when I took her over. She was in...

  10. Pelvic Fracture and skin care concerns

    YankeeHater replied to YankeeHater's topic in General Nursing

    nopainnurse- I hear what your saying about making sure she gets what she she takes at home plus.. always drives me nuts when docs don't understand that for chronic pain pts when they coming in for an...

  11. Pelvic Fracture and skin care concerns

    YankeeHater replied to YankeeHater's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently it's non

  12. Death of the Physical Assessment

    YankeeHater replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I had a surgeon practically laugh at me recently when I was updating him over the phone on his post-op bowel resection pt and included the fact that he had +bowel sounds... he said, "well that...

  13. Am I crazy because I love med surg???

    YankeeHater replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    gcupid- you pretty much just summed up an average shift on Med/surg perfectly!!! it's all soooo

  14. got in report... pt in with confusion. Reality. post op hip. What to do?

    YankeeHater replied to Sirapples's topic in General Nursing

    ugh.. I can emapathize with you! We have someone who gives reports like that too.. following people like this makes for an incredibly rough shift. It's like you just have to figure everything out...

  15. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    YankeeHater replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Lasix- "it makes me

  16. what is the best/worst specialty docs to work with...

    YankeeHater replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the surgeon thing.. arrogant and difficult. ER, Peds and Internal medicine docs have been the nicest and easist to work with in my humble opinion. I've heard that oncologists are

  17. Difference between ACU and PCU?

    YankeeHater replied to Mandys76RN's topic in General Nursing

    hmmm, never heard those terms. Sorry, can't help

  18. Altering a patients chart

    YankeeHater replied to sunkissed75's topic in General Nursing

    What about if you come back the next day and chart something you forgot to put in the computer the day before on a pt that is still there? The computer doesn't allow you to "clearly mark" the addendum...

  19. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    YankeeHater replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    The "orientated" one is SO popular too!! It's so annoying! Here's a question for you... what about when OBs write about how many "sonameters" of "dilitation" a pt's cervix is?? Maybe it's just me but...

  20. Evil secretaries from hell...Do you know one as well?

    YankeeHater replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    I can picture her now!! Thank goodness I don't have anyone like that where I work now but I know exactly what you're saying. Control freak much?? As long as they get are as good as they claim to be,...

  21. Would you do it all over again?

    YankeeHater replied to ohcomeon's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I think for some people it is just something that we were meant to do. It's definitely not an easy job and thank God there are people like us out there who are willing to do it. Not to toot our...

  22. MRSA Swabs

    YankeeHater replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    We have alot of MRSA where I work right now too. Sometimes we have hald the floor on isolation and the other half consisting of fresh-post op orthos and a few neutropenic pts from chemo, etc. It's so...

  23. Learning Medical Spanish Abroad

    YankeeHater replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    I took a medical spanish course in Costa Rica and would highly recommend it. I stayed for 4 weeks and learned a lot. Costa Rica is a beautiful place and the people were all amazing. The most important...