sapphire18

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  1. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    sapphire18 replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lol, well yes. My point was just that I don't see a difference between a charge nurse and a non-charge nurse based on that description. Sorry to go

  2. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    sapphire18 replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Then, a LTC "charge" nurse is just...a

  3. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    sapphire18 replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow. Can we say stereotyping? How about agism? When people discriminate based on age/generation, they're only proving (in a public forum, no less) how close-minded they are. People from older...

  4. Using an AED on a patient with an ICD??

    sapphire18 replied to sarabellum1's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Just wondering why you would have to use an external defibrillator if they have an internal one? They do the same

  5. Dumb question: How do you move a pt w/ left side hip fracture to the restroom?

    sapphire18 replied to J-Swish's topic in General Nursing

    To answer your question about giving pills in a supine position, usually people just turn their head to the side and/or lift their neck off the bed...it's not easy but it's the only way to do

  6. What kind of pre-employment drug screen do most employers do?

    sapphire18 replied to northw3's topic in Nursing Career

    I think it was >90 days for whatever it was that she did at the party. Then, 2 weeks ago she took a klonopin from an old

  7. GUILTY

    sapphire18 replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty sure that would NEVER happen to a woman, but that's pretty great/hilarious that it happened to you! I have, however, gotten out of multiple speeding tickets for being a nurse

  8. Success!

    sapphire18 replied to Damask's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Congrats!!

  9. One month as a PHN....

    sapphire18 replied to exnavygirl-RN's topic in Public, Community Health

    Congrats!! I've always been interested in public

  10. Dealing with nosy family members.

    sapphire18 replied to pinkstethoscope's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Same. Where I work, family members are allowed to go up to the desk to speak with the nurse, but not walk around since it's a HIPAA violation. In another unit I've worked in, family members weren't...

  11. Why were the nurses give me a hard time when I was just doing my job?

    sapphire18 replied to italianice3's topic in General Nursing

    They are wrong to give you a hard time if that's your hospital policy. However, both places I've worked allow sitters to sit for 2 patients at a time if they are able to have a direct line of sight to...

  12. Changing route of admin

    sapphire18 replied to Nlink's topic in Patient Medications

    I wouldn't even consider this an error, but it IS practicing outside of her scope of practice. Only the MD can change the route of a medication. This completely changes how the med is absorbed, among...

  13. Should I Be A CNA Before A RN?

    sapphire18 replied to DiscoveringNursing's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Yes. Don't work full time while you're in school though- do part

  14. PICC line and normal IV access confusion

    sapphire18 replied to wish_me_luck's topic in General Nursing

    If nothing touched the cap when it came off, there is no reason to have to put a new one on. As for the central line dressing change, that needs to be sterile..."clean" is not acceptable. It will all...

  15. Sick with worry

    sapphire18 replied to wantomove's topic in General Nursing

    How could it stick someone? It's a tiny plastic

  16. Frustrated with SN

    sapphire18 replied to DookieMeisterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Orientation. In clinicals we only ever got 1-2 patients. My clinicals weren't all that great for learning skills; you never know how crappy the nursing student's experience has been up to the point...

  17. Can you be 'cured' from c-diff, or are you always colonized with it?

    sapphire18 replied to lissaq10's topic in General Nursing

    If someone has cdiff, they are always contagious whether having stools or not at that moment in time.I believe 2 negative stool samples will show that the person is no longer

  18. concurrent piggyback

    sapphire18 replied to purplemana's topic in General Nursing

    Huh?....?

  19. Sick with worry

    sapphire18 replied to wantomove's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't a huge deal...nothing you can do now anyway! But as far as I know, we only throw them into the sharps for the possible biohazard risk...they're not actually a

  20. Frustrated with the floor

    sapphire18 replied to amarilla's topic in General Nursing

    My first unit, a step-down, would be 2-4 pts on days and 4-5 on nights (6 ONLY if someone called out and it couldn't get covered). ICU- 1-2 day or night. At my first job, if a pt was sick enough to...

  21. Did you like critical care?

    sapphire18 replied to ImThatGuy's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Sounds like the ER might be better for you. But you definitely need ICU in order to get into CRNA school. What about becoming an acute care NP? You could do ER..anesthesia might be boring for...

  22. If you love being a nurse, and have good things to say,give some hope to the newbies!

    sapphire18 replied to gottagetmyrn's topic in General Nursing

    As many bad things there are that come with nursing, for me there are just as many good things. Being able to take care of people who can't take care of themselves, that is why I went into nursing....

  23. I'm sorry sir, I cannot call the neurosurgeon at 3AM for that...

    sapphire18 replied to EJBNeuroRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah sorry, but that definitely warrants a call to the doctor. Their fault to not prescribe something in the first place. Both hospitals I've worked at automatically put every patient on GI...

  24. Advice - I'll need a meal tray too

    sapphire18 replied to LalaJJB's topic in Emergency

    This is why I love my intubated/sedated/unconscious

  25. Levels of Code Status

    sapphire18 replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This seems to have been a big issue lately. I LOVE the idea of a "DNR-CCA" as it seems a lot of people think that DNR means "do not treat." So being treated as a full code up until arrest is...