november17

november17 ASN, RN

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  1. April 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    november17 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "I just told him that we ran out of

  2. Question about some labs

    november17 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I guess this can be kind of a case study, if you will. A coworker of mine was taking care of a patient (we'll call her Mrs. X). Mrs. X is day of surgery from some type of joint arthroplasty. Estimated...

  3. Simple and quick nursing interventions to show patients we care

    november17 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I just wanted some input into some simple and quick nursing interventions I can do for my patients to show them that I hear what they are saying, and show that I care. I'll give an example, Pt- "My...

  4. tell me about your brainless moments

    november17 replied to goats'r'us's topic in Operating Room

    I was going into the pyxis to get 4mg of morphine. The pyxis asked me how many I wanted. I typed in 4. It gave me four 4mg doses...i had to return three of

  5. The Oversensitive... Vent!

    november17 replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    I've found this forum to have become pretty rude over the years. So I stopped posting. Mostly just

  6. Peeves at work

    november17 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering if anyone else has any "pet peeves" at work. Things that slightly irritate you, or things that irritate you a LOT. Things that do not benefit the work flow/productivity in any way...

  7. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    november17 replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'll never say that script. And I'll never hourly round either. I don't even initial those dumb hourly round sheets. I haven't done it for a year and no one has ever said anything, nor have I had...

  8. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    november17 replied to nyteshade's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    People would go to hospitals irregardless if the customer service was good or not. Because people get sick. That's just the way the world goes round. It stopped being cool when the marketing vice...

  9. working maternity

    november17 posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    I ended up working in sort of an intraunit float pool. I don't go all over the hospital or anything, but I'm being farmed out to these different units underneath the one director that hired me (5...

  10. Charting Bloopers

    november17 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    It was supposed to say "two days

  11. Things that should be banned in acute care.

    november17 posted a topic in General Nursing

    1) Caffeinated beverages (for the patients and visitors, of course). I'm so tired of people drinking a liter of Dr. Pepper and then complaining that they can't sleep. Conversely, the people that...

  12. Charting Bloopers

    november17 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    "the patient developed severe, 10/10, epigastric abdominal pain, which persists today. This was associated with nausea and vomiting of undigested food, which he states he ingested approximately 2 days...

  13. Things that should be banned in acute care.

    november17 replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    I remember when the people on this website used to have a sense of

  14. A question to new grads...how satisfied are you with your new salary ?

    november17 replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    You consider $50,000 a good salary for a professional? ha ha

  15. Son wants to be a CRNA, but wants his ears guaged

    november17 replied to topher-67's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on where you live and where you work. I've found that most places talk tough about it but in practice no one cares. Nor do most patients seem to

  16. "Nurse" wins powerball

    november17 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Father, Daughter Claim Powerball Prize MSNBC Also states Jessica Traylor is a nurse. Interestingly enough, North Carolina has no one named Jessica Traylor licensed as a nurse. Either the news got it...

  17. So I made a med error....

    november17 replied to blessedmomma247's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Geez, I don't miss working in nursing homes with the politics involved. That RN sounds like kind of a douche. My grandma always told me, "Those that do, do. Those that can't, don't." That may be why...

  18. "Nurse" wins powerball

    november17 replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, and they both have licenses you can look up. In all honesty I just tried to look it up because I was curious how long she had been a nurse for. I was trying to figure out the statistical...

  19. "Nurse" wins powerball

    november17 replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Boredom,

  20. Contact precautions and nowhere to wash my hands?

    november17 posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    Our hospital policy states you must have gloves and gown prior to entering a patient's room that is in contact precautions. Fair enough. They also state that we must wash our hands using soap and...

  21. was i wrong?

    november17 replied to Lissacheer87's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think its contradictory, I just think there is a huge grey area that students don't get sometimes. The old booksmarts vs experience

  22. is nursing fun for you?

    november17 replied to princess007's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite part of nursing is the donuts and coffee cake we get during those inservices / staff

  23. How do you feel at the end of your shift?

    november17 replied to Cabbagehead's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ready to get the heck out, and don't call me at home cuz I won't answer the

  24. Questions for Nurses with Less than 5 Years of Experience

    november17 replied to SillyInScrubs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    About 3 months. No not really. Not knowing which dang doctor to call when stuff started going wrong. I personally did, but I went to a very intensive school. I dumped out an entire bag of...

  25. How do I know it is right to quit nursing forever?

    november17 replied to nikkibum's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No kidding. You're just going through the right of passage. Don't worry, it gets better. Stick around for a