Agnus

Agnus

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  1. Stripes

    Agnus replied to Paprikat's topic in General Nursing

    These folks really didn't get around much!! Sad to say it many of us still live in an insulated shell. She must not have ever read a journal or looked close at her text books in school....

  2. Stripes

    Agnus replied to Paprikat's topic in General Nursing

    Ok this is the way it went. (I first attended a hospital LPN program in 1969 and a community college based RN program in 1972. Though at the times I graduated from neither) Every school had it's...

  3. blackmail by hospital

    Agnus replied to poppyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on your decision to take the HH position. This all or nothing attitude is for the birds. For folks who did not want to loose you the have a funny way of showing it. Sometimes I'd...

  4. Do you wear gloves

    Agnus replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

    The unfortunate part is you don't alway know there is a microscopic opening. Cracks don't have to be obvious. Gloves are not about getting stuck. I was indeed stuck through a glove. However you...

  5. How do you stay cheerful and bubbly during work?

    Agnus replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    This might not be effective or even what you are looking for BUT it has worked for me ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. Sometimes I have confronted an old grump with thier grumpiness. And to my...

  6. How do you stay cheerful and bubbly during work?

    Agnus replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle :chuckle

  7. Travellers treated better? opinions please

    Agnus replied to Cherry Soda's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds to me like good old fashioned phoney manipulation. I. e. court the traveller. "We would prefer they hire on here permanent. So to get them to do that (once contract requirements are met)...

  8. Do you wear gloves

    Agnus replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you Mario. It's those microscopic skin opening that I am subject to because I use my hands for more than just hand modeling that concern me. openings that I am not always aware of myself....

  9. Question about chicken pox

    Agnus replied to MelH's topic in General Students

    I ask questions like this of the http://www.cdc.gov. If anyone has the definitive answer the

  10. Question about chicken pox

    Agnus replied to MelH's topic in General Students

    I ask questions like this of the http://www.cdc.gov. If anyone has the definitive answer the

  11. tracheostomy tricks of trade

    Agnus replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    allevi I agree with your comments. As far as the saline bullets, I'm not saying never use them. When ther is a big ol hard plug they can help. However routine use is not usesful. Sounds like you...

  12. tracheostomy tricks of trade

    Agnus replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    If you are drawing blood you have traumatized the tissues. Most likely because you have suctioned when it was not really needed. New rule of thumb not is not to suction except PRN. That is when...

  13. Taking Call

    Agnus replied to Kansas_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When this happens we are on call for 4 hours only. Then we have the rest of the day off. (12 hrs

  14. Do you wear gloves

    Agnus replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

    Our facility demands judicious glove use and hand washing after. Yes to the question we do wash our hands. Those who don't hear about it including Docs, who are most likely to be careless. We...

  15. PA Nurses: Would you like to put "RN" on your vehicle license plate?

    Agnus replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I no longer live in PA but I ABSOLUTLEY WOULD NOT want RN on my license plate or anywhere else on my car. Have you not noticed (even in states where it is available) most MD's don't identify...

  16. How does death effect you?

    Agnus replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    It was a few months back I was at the bedside and called the code on the father of our medical director. I know I broke bones when I initiated CPR. Fortunately the Medical Director was in the...

  17. How does death effect you?

    Agnus replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    It is not only OK it is human. The fact is families often express appreciation of the fact the Nurse cried. Now not this going all all boo hoo and it becomes all about you and your feeling. But...

  18. Do you wear gloves

    Agnus replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

    You said it. I worked in a lab for a while. We always doubled gloved. Changed gloves periodocally througout the day. and washed before leaveing the lab. Then when we went into the rest room we...

  19. Do you wear gloves

    Agnus replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

    I wear them and I wash my hands or at the very least use an alcohol based hand cleaner after removing them. The cost of getting something, or the cost of passing something along to other patients...

  20. unsure of blood

    Agnus replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

    Terribly horrible. I was taught phelbotomy by a Medical Technologist. and I V's by RN's. In both instances I was taught not to do more than 2 sticks. I was taught that I migh have great sucess...

  21. Is anyones facility so short staffed that they feel guilty calling in sick?

    Agnus replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    Employers want us to feel guilty. Bottom line is staffing is not my problem. I am not involved in hiring. I did not create the staffing matrix. I did not hire those who don't want to work....

  22. informed consent

    Agnus replied to ageless's topic in General Nursing

    This is a tough one. I ask the patient if the physician has explained the procedure and ask if he understand the explanation he was given and if he has further questions. I was taught that it is...

  23. Clear stools?

    Agnus replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    See it all the time. Especially with a double barrel colostomy. They even call the distal end of the colostomy a mucous fistula. Even in these patients it is still passed from the rectum. I have...

  24. adrenaline rush?

    Agnus replied to shannonRN's topic in General Nursing

    no I don't think this means the nurse doesn't care. I think this nurse is experienced enough to be confident to the point that he/she does not go into a high adrenene state with every patient...

  25. Shoe Question

    Agnus replied to santhony44's topic in General Nursing

    One hospital required that cloggs had either a heel strap or a high lip on the back. Personally I wear clogs with a heel strap (not required where I work) It insure the shoe stays on my foot and...