ChristyRN2009

ChristyRN2009

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  1. HIPAA And My Rights As An Employee

    ChristyRN2009 replied to jprn7171's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    A big violation. You do have to disclose health information most of the time to become employed, but you have to release this info. I wonder if you signed some kind of release when you became an...

  2. IV starts - losing blood return/can't thread catheter

    ChristyRN2009 replied to gwyn523's topic in General Nursing

    First, stop practicing on yourself. It really has no more educational benefit than practicing on a fake arm. The situation is too controlled and you won't learn what to do in the real world. Just...

  3. Are you where you thought you'd be?

    ChristyRN2009 replied to stillearnin's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not at all where I thought I'd be. I thought I'd be a good way through an FNP or CRNA program. But alas, I graduated with a BSN, got pregnant, had a divorce, now I've been a nurse for two years...

  4. Horrible hospital experience!

    ChristyRN2009 replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the completely inexcusable and definitely termination worthy behavior from your nurse may have come from the RR nurse telling her that the family has medical professionals in it. I know I...

  5. what else could be going on with my patient?

    ChristyRN2009 replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    Possibly DIC but based on what you said it's probably just a GI bleed secondary to coumadin toxicity. I deal with GI bleeds a lot and almost all of them have clots in the bloody bm regardless of the...

  6. Any part of nursing that does not have to use phone

    ChristyRN2009 replied to aminv's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know from personal experience but I would think that ER nursing would spend comparitively less time on the phone since the doctor is right there generally and the family usually is too. But I...

  7. I need to vent right now or I will absolutely EXPLODE!!!!

    ChristyRN2009 replied to aeonflux40's topic in General Nursing

    I see why you are frustrated, and while it sucked I'm not sure I would've called the physician about it. I mean if you felt the need to CYA I could understand but at our facility, we check their APTT...

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

    ChristyRN2009 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    K, I'm confused about that one. She tried to put a foley in the urethra? Did she try with the old foley still in? Because that's where a foley catheter

  9. what area of nursing do you never see yourself working in?

    ChristyRN2009 replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    This is a good question. I really hate to say never but I guess there are a few that I wouldn't consider. For safety reasons, I wouldn't consider correctional nursing. For my kids, I wouldn't...

  10. A typical day in your nursing job...

    ChristyRN2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I thought it might be interesting to see what a typical day is in your field. I'll start. I work in a stepdown unit. Patients: 4 Typical diseases/medical needs: CHF, COPD, Pneumonia, GI Bleed, post...

  11. accurate I&O's possible??

    ChristyRN2009 replied to hirochan's topic in General Nursing

    Well honestly it depends on the patient status as to how accurate the I and O is. Obviously if a patient is on a lasix drip, renal issues, fluid restriction, then a patient's fluids are more...

  12. Confessions of a non-graceful nurse, help!

    ChristyRN2009 replied to zacarias's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Question, why are you using the saline? Just curious? Because when I suction, I don't use saline. If the patient needs saline infused to loosen up thick secretions, the respiratory therapist does...

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

    ChristyRN2009 replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    I think cardiologists and surgeons in general are more apt to be jerks. And of course the perfect storm is the cv surgeon. I will say in a tiny way I see why surgeons act that way, maybe. If you...

  14. I love nursing.. not sure if nursing loves me

    ChristyRN2009 replied to tdms's topic in General Nursing

    I have had a patient request not to have me back and it was, at least to me, pretty devastating. I couldn't understand it. The main reason they didn't want me back was that I wasn't "sunshiny"...

  15. I'm working TWO full time jobs, crazy??

    ChristyRN2009 replied to JomoNurse's topic in General Nursing

    More power to ya. I know a nurse who worked about 60 hours a week and is pursuing her masters. Did I mention she has a husband and two school aged kids? Yeah, she was a workhorse (I no longer work...

  16. Why don't employers start lowering wages for nurses?

    ChristyRN2009 replied to hcer4507's topic in General Nursing

    If nursing wages are slashed that much, I will happily whistle while I work at a cushy office job unrelated to nursing. I'll clock out on time, go home and relax, and not think about the hard...

  17. My significant other doesn't "get" what I go through on a daily basis.

    ChristyRN2009 replied to voraciousj's topic in General Nursing

    My so doesn't understand either why my 12 hour shift might be a little worse than his 12 hour shift as a store clerk. After my 12 hour shift I can barely walk and am ready to just stare at a blank...

  18. ethical dilemma with a DNR last night

    ChristyRN2009 replied to flightnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Well first of all you did the right thing despite it not necessarily being the right ethical thing for the patient. Secondly, this sounds like a policy and procedure problem that needs to be...

  19. ETOH/heroin/cocaine=GOOD times!! :)

    ChristyRN2009 replied to MizzLizz's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is so interesting that so many people in this thread seem to believe all drug addicts are diamonds in the rough. It seems like some prior posters believe drug addicts are just gems of...

  20. NICU Nurse?? working only weekends advice....

    ChristyRN2009 replied to NewRNdreams's topic in General Nursing

    I think its a great job for you and go into it believing its long term. Like other pp's have said, you work weekends but most people don't. Working a 12 hour shift you will very rarely want to do...

  21. Bad day ... Gone GOOD !!!

    ChristyRN2009 replied to kerric511's topic in General Nursing

    Wow congrats. Good luck to

  22. Growing concerns about new RN position

    ChristyRN2009 replied to DaisyB123's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the patients you are talking about sound like typical patients on a tele unit. I will say that the ER or whoever dumping a patient and not providing care and the other nurse not taking...

  23. Low Census. Trend started by the bad economy or sign of changing times?

    ChristyRN2009 replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I predict a busy season for us this fall/winter as well, as it is every year (I think this might be a little busier flu season though). I've heard from too many seasoned nurses to count that census...

  24. Bad Day

    ChristyRN2009 replied to silentRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been there. I had a day the other day where I was behind for several hours, got an admit with c/o CP but nothing on labs at all. I was thinking she probably was not an MI. So I did the...

  25. Nurses Are Professionals? Oh Really?

    ChristyRN2009 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Its scripting and lots of places do it. I personally feel it has no place in nursing since as a patient I would want to be looked at individually and thus not spoken to like every single other...