Sadie04

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  1. A quick vent

    Sadie04 replied to bellehill's topic in Pain Management

    You did the right thing. Your job is to make the pt comfortable, shame on the daughter for being

  2. social work to nursing

    Sadie04 replied to Freeda's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi Fridanurse, I came to nursing after being an elementary teacher for a brief time. Like you, I was struggling financially to pay bills and school loans and wanted something more flexible. I went...

  3. Got a new job and I love it!!

    Sadie04 replied to warrior woman's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations WW, and best of luck. Sounds

  4. New job! No more hospital for me!

    Sadie04 replied to CherryRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yay Cherry!!! Don't keep us in suspense any longer - sounds like a dream come true :) it certainly sounds like you paid your

  5. Increasing our workload once again!

    Sadie04 replied to Sadie04's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks Bellehill, how intensive was the cert class? Do you often have patients on your unit that are inappropriate and sent there because there are no other tele beds in the house? Do you read strips...

  6. Stool transplant???

    Sadie04 posted a topic in General Nursing

    We had a rep from our ID department come to a unit staff meeting to talk about infection control and she told us about a patient on another unit who was treated with antibiotics for C Diff for months...

  7. If I Hear One More Time........

    Sadie04 replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: I refused a ridiculous assignment last week - I had 7 patients with a CNA and 3 empty beds on a day shift. The charge nurse said 'I have to give you 3 admissions because you have the empty...

  8. manipulative clients

    Sadie04 replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    Great points - there's definitely a fine line between being compassionate and being manipulated by patients. I had a very manipulative patient a few weeks ago who called me into the room 3-4 times an...

  9. Stool transplant???

    Sadie04 replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

    What do they say to the donor? "Take a dump in this jar and bring it back in the morning?" That's not something I would want to carry around in my pocketbook

  10. Stool transplant???

    Sadie04 replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

    At first I thought it was a joke, but it's true I wonder if they used a turkey baster?

  11. Baby?

    Sadie04 replied to versatile_kat's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl: thanks, I needed that. I'm working nights this week, just trying to stay awake...

  12. mysterious illness?

    Sadie04 replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry you're going through this about 6 years ago when I was in college I experienced something similar - couldn't keep food down or else everything would go right through me. I went from 110...

  13. Epidural & post-op pain management

    Sadie04 replied to Jemma's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Some of our trauma patients are on the regular floor with epidurals; we don't do any electronic monitoring though. We do vital signs and sensory checks

  14. Tolerance not Ignorance.

    Sadie04 replied to New2CVICU's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, It amazes me that there are still people out there with attitudes like this. Makes me feel like we're living in the stone

  15. What to say when male patients are being inappropriate?

    Sadie04 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Maybe Y'all can help me with this one...I work with a lot of trauma patients; lots of MVAs which means many 20 and 30-something men. I'm 27 but look a lot younger and have experienced lots of...

  16. Get a clue!

    Sadie04 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just need to vent a little about an MD I was working with yesterday. I was taking care of a 33yo female admitted with severe HA, also her left eye kept deviating to the left. The docs suspected MS...

  17. Get a clue!

    Sadie04 replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

    Ali, I'm so sorry, how insensitive! It goes to show you that some nurses can be clueless

  18. What to say when male patients are being inappropriate?

    Sadie04 replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

    Too funny! Once I had a guy going through DT's, it was a night shift and everytime I came into the room he'd pull back his blankets and pat the bed next to him saying 'come on honey, lay down with

  19. Is it me.....

    Sadie04 replied to nowplayingEDRN's topic in Emergency

    We, too have a very sad security presence. I'm pretty sure I could take any of them myself!!! And trust me...I am WAY out of shape!! :angryfire :rotfl: Hopefully it doesn't come to that, but you...

  20. Is there something comparable to Toradol that can be given IV for pain?

    Sadie04 replied to bellehill's topic in Pain Management

    Just curious - why would someone use zofran, compazine, phenergan for pain relief? I thought they were just used for n/v. BTW, many orthopedic surgeons I work with are reluctant to use phenergan...

  21. What would you have done?

    Sadie04 posted a topic in General Nursing

    The other day at work I had a patient admitted for an infected hip prosthesis; he had a revision and was on IV antibiotics post-op. His medical hx included a cardiac valve replacement, so he was on a...

  22. Can a short person be a nurse?

    Sadie04 replied to MryRose's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm not very big myself (5'1" and weigh 105) and I work with a nurse who is 4'8" on a heavy lifting unit (lots of transfers); we both are usually on the side that pushing onto the stretcher/bed...

  23. Union?

    Sadie04 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, Yesterday my NM called an urgent staff meeting because management has recently caught wind of Union activity in the hospital (600 beds, largest hospital in the state). 4 years ago there...

  24. Loss

    Sadie04 replied to L&D_RN_OH's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So sorry to hear about this tragedy; I hope you and other staff are able to debrief together. Things like this just don't make sense and are the most difficult part of

  25. I'm afraid my hearts not in it anymore

    Sadie04 replied to iliel's topic in General Nursing

    Iliel, follow your heart. Good