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    Are you jealous of other nurses jobs/abilities?

    CrazierThanYou replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you have a perception of those positions as "better" but everyone has their thing. Some nurses act like med-surg nursing is the worse but some people love it. I think OR nursing is the...
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    LTC's are a joke

    CrazierThanYou replied to baygrl11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I thought his posts were rather self
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    LTC's are a joke

    CrazierThanYou replied to baygrl11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I find there is truth in your comment that LTC nurses are held to a lower standard. I used to work in the ER of a hospital with an attached LTC. We would have residents brought in for the simplest...
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    Questions for an acute care nurse.

    CrazierThanYou replied to dudette10's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That's because there is a huge difference between the two. I work in ICU full time and in a LTC center PRN. Two completely different
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    LTC's are a joke

    CrazierThanYou replied to baygrl11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Every bit of that sounds familiar and I only do it on a PRN
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    LTC's are a joke

    CrazierThanYou replied to baygrl11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LOL If only! I agree with most of the comments here. I'm an ICU nurse but I have a PRN gig at a LTC. It makes me crazy how nursing homes operate. Unlike the hospital, at an LTC, if you (or someone)...
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    The Patient's "Guests"

    CrazierThanYou replied to rnsheri's topic in Nursing Humor

    Really? Really? Do you have jokes or...? Until you have dealt with the ridiculous situations the "actual" nurses here have dealt with, YOU shouldn't judge. Bottom line? Visitors aren't the priority....
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    The Patient's "Guests"

    CrazierThanYou replied to rnsheri's topic in Nursing Humor

    I would like to add to number 7. If you would like a word for word on what the doctor said, call during DAY SHIFT. Also, don't show up at 10 pm expecting to see the
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    Unsedated, vented patients?

    CrazierThanYou posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am new to the ICU and therefore, new to vented patients. Last night, the OR team brought me a fresh post op patient. He was brought to the floor vented but unrestrained and unsedated, wide awake!...
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    Unsedated, vented patients?

    CrazierThanYou replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in General Nursing

    Paralytics weren't still on board with this one. I got a little bit of report from anesthesia on vital signs and such but not much of a real report. It would have been nice to at least have a heads up...
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    Do you go to work with parabens on you?

    CrazierThanYou replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    I practice parabenism from time to time. Well... every day,
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    Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    CrazierThanYou replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    At another hospital I worked with, we had a HUC (secretary, in case you call them something else) who would answer the call bells and REGARDLESS of the request, she would say in this nasally tone of...
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    New to nursing field - got fired after 2 months

    CrazierThanYou replied to lifeisgood2012's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think I missed something. What did you do
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    New to nursing field - got fired after 2 months

    CrazierThanYou replied to lifeisgood2012's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Such a helpful comment... Anyway, what kind of skills? I mean, lots of skills are learned on the job. My nursing school clinicals w mostly useless. Most of my skills were learned where I could...
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    Do you disclose AN to coworkers

    CrazierThanYou replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    HECK no. I am friends with many coworkers on FB but I have them all blocked from my posts. A lot of coworkers I'm not FB friends with, I have totally blocked. There is a user on here whose screen...
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    The Patient I Failed

    CrazierThanYou replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I want to know what you mean by "she wasn't eligible for a
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    0200 BP's - Dealing with Tired Rude Doctors

    CrazierThanYou replied to Jennifer in Cali's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That doesn't mean that's the case at every hospital. My first hospital the vitals vials were 10, 2 and
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    0200 BP's - Dealing with Tired Rude Doctors

    CrazierThanYou replied to Jennifer in Cali's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    THIS.
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    0200 BP's - Dealing with Tired Rude Doctors

    CrazierThanYou replied to Jennifer in Cali's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not so fast. I've never worked at a hospital that had standing orders for BP. The best I've seen is parameters included with a PRN med order. Standing orders sure would be nice,
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    I harmed my first patient today.

    CrazierThanYou replied to starwarrior's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I always double aspirate too. Anyway, don't beat yourself up. You didn't harm the
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    RANT: I hate my new job

    CrazierThanYou posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, about six months ago, I took a job at a hospital in my county after working at hospitals in other counties that required anywhere from 1-2 hours driving time. This is also the smallest hospital...
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    0200 BP's - Dealing with Tired Rude Doctors

    CrazierThanYou replied to Jennifer in Cali's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The first hospital I ever worked at encouraged sleep and discouraged vital signs between 12 and 6 am. Every hospital I've been to since, though, doesn't care about sleep. I once told a hospitalist...
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    Nurse pt ratio in the er

    CrazierThanYou replied to floridaRN38's topic in Emergency

    They're kept in regular rooms. They'll pack three or four to a room sometimes. It's like wall to wall beds in that case. We hold them there until they get placement. In a few cases, we've held them...
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    Med Surg or Tele? How is it decided

    CrazierThanYou replied to venousr3tuRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    At my last hospital, everyone was on tele. We made jokes about it
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    Nurse pt ratio in the er

    CrazierThanYou replied to floridaRN38's topic in Emergency

    In my ER, we get 5-6 patients. It doesn't matter how sick they are or anything else. If a bed is empty in your section, you get a patient. And I forgot to mention, if we have mental health patients we...