SweetLikeSugar

SweetLikeSugar

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  1. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

    SweetLikeSugar replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe you could have suggested that it may be a possibility that she would have to be discharged to a skilled nursing facility for rehab and/or occupational therapy after she was discharged from the...

  2. what area of nursing is 9-5, no w/e and whats the pay like? NY

    SweetLikeSugar replied to rnintwo's topic in General Nursing

    The first job that came to mind would be an office job. But generally the pay is much much lower and depending on the type of office, you may lose many of the skills you learned in nursing school....

  3. Patient sitters for 11-7

    SweetLikeSugar replied to Salt-of-the-earth's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work at started using sitters from an outside company a few years ago, but that only lasted for a very short time. Then they had us pull our CNA off of our floor or from another unit to...

  4. I am officially an RN!!!!!!!!!! Whooooo-hooooooo!!!!!!!!

    SweetLikeSugar replied to Irock's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations!!:anpom:

  5. My patient said WHAT ?!

    SweetLikeSugar replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work on a med-surg floor where most of our patients were confused. One night there were 3 or 4 female nurses working on the floor, including myself. One of my co-workers patients was...

  6. I am so happy I can fly!

    SweetLikeSugar replied to lucylu 777's topic in General Nursing

    congratulations!!

  7. home remedies you would NEVER try

    SweetLikeSugar replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    The cabbage leaves DO work!!! I was in so much pain when I had mastitis with my first son that I made my husband go to the store and get a bunch of cabbage and it really worked! Though I was so...

  8. Hardest part of nursing school is...

    SweetLikeSugar replied to RedXIII_'s topic in General Students

    Bottom line is, you're going to feel stupid!! LOL There's really no way around it!! We had to do the same thing in nursing school. We were all really freaked out and nervous about it, but it ended up...

  9. How to keep track of Dr orders?

    SweetLikeSugar replied to PRETTYODD's topic in General Nursing

    Our unit also has individual boxes for each nurse and we get a hard copy printed out of all new orders. I couldn't stand having all that paper with me, so (when I worked daylight and had tons of new...

  10. What's with the drug shortages?

    SweetLikeSugar replied to Scooty Puff Jr's topic in Emergency

    The same thing is going on at our facility. We have no Morphine 2mg or 4mg, so if we get an order for 1 or 2mg, we have to use a 10mg vial and waste the rest. We're wasting so much morphine it's...

  11. Have to tell manager not back ft

    SweetLikeSugar replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    I did the same thing after I had my first baby. I was a full time RN on days and nights and then switched to stand-by (on Friday and/or Saturday nights 7p-7a) after my maternity leave. At the hospital...

  12. what color is your scrub-achute?

    SweetLikeSugar replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Since I've been employed at the hospital I work at, nurses have been made to wear all white except on Friday, we were allowed to wear a colored scrub top with white pants. Starting in August, it's...

  13. Do nurses make you wear diapers if you wet the bed?

    SweetLikeSugar replied to alyssacat's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think there should be a problem with your sister wearing her Goodnites if that's what she's most comfortable in. I work on an adult post-surgical floor and alot of our patients wear pull-ups....

  14. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    SweetLikeSugar replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    That literally made me gag as I read

  15. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    SweetLikeSugar replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    I can't stand phlegm. Ugh!! Makes me gag every time. The only time I came close to vomiting in front of a patient was about a year ago when I was pregnant and I had a non-compliant diabetic patient...

  16. Dreaming about work

    SweetLikeSugar replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure you were dreaming? That sounds alot like where I work. Minus the roller coaster ride home. LOL Work dreams are the worst!! I have this recurring dream where no matter what I do, I just...

  17. Fed up with Stupid Parents

    SweetLikeSugar replied to TXPediNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh!! It's always the ones that have money that are looking for a free handout. About 10 years ago I worked in a peds office in a very well to do area and those moms were SUCH a handful!! We had one...

  18. what I wish I could say to my AAOX3 patients!

    SweetLikeSugar replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    No, there is no penthouse. And no, I cannot transfer you there because you think it sounds like it would "better suit your needs." You just had a major abdominal surgery. Your surgeon thinks you will...

  19. I can't believe the hootzpah of some people!

    SweetLikeSugar replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    We probably would have been made to give the patient's granddaughter the suture removal kit. God forbid somebody complains!! NO UNHAPPY CUSTOMERS!! The hospital i work at is soooooo over the top with...

  20. Do I automatically get a CNA after first year in nursing school?

    SweetLikeSugar replied to onlyjesus22's topic in General Students

    I also wanted to gain hospital experience and get my foot in the door when I was in nursing school and I was hired as a Patient Care Associate (PCA) at a small community hospital. It's basically the...

  21. Take your spouse to work day.

    SweetLikeSugar replied to lucylu 777's topic in General Nursing

    I would love a take your spouse to work day!! I work 12 hour nightshifts and I go to bed within an hour of getting home in the morning. For 8 years my husband has complained that me going to bed that...

  22. 2 page resume, what to do?

    SweetLikeSugar replied to shuubie's topic in General Nursing

    I've always been under the impression that a resume should be only 1 page. I did a couple years of business school prior to nursing school and that was something they drilled into our heads. But I do...

  23. How many times do you try to start an IV before calling in reinforcements?

    SweetLikeSugar replied to belgarion's topic in General Nursing

    Wow!! Eleven tries?? We would almost certainly be written up for that - especially on the floor I work on. We are only allowed to try twice in our facility then we have to call the nurse intensivist...

  24. How would you have handled this?

    SweetLikeSugar replied to ProBeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for 8 years and I still have situations where I second guess myself. And as far as calling EMS, I think you were exactly right in what you did. It's always better to err on the side...

  25. Do you go to work when you have fever/cold?

    SweetLikeSugar replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    Let me guess. Nobody is ever sick enough to get to go back home, right? Is you DON even allowed to do that?? I just called off last Friday and Saturday night because I was sick. There was no way that...