Cat_RN ASN, BSN, RN

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  1. Cat_RN

    Hmm, what do you think..

    Cat_RN replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, yes ma'am on the charting! Even though I'm more worried of his condition declining further in the meantime more than I'm worried about myself. I HATE when doctor's don't listen, most of the doc's...
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    Hmm, what do you think..

    Cat_RN replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Renal labs are surprisingly not that bad. (I can't remember exact values). He voids as normal, goes several times in the night about 200 cc each time. Urine is pale yellow. Output WAS much less...
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    GETTING BURNT OUT OF LTC - suggestions please!

    Cat_RN replied to bossynurse101's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Take the pay cut, you aren't enjoying the money as it is now, anyways. Life is wayy too short to be miserable like
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    Does Death Have A Smell?

    Cat_RN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's almost like that, but has a 'sweatier' effect to it as well. I know exactly what the OP is talking about, smelled it for a third time with my latest dying patient. The second I walked into the...
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    Near death experiences stories

    Cat_RN replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

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    Near death experiences stories

    Cat_RN replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe but, I don't disbelieve either. :) I just don't
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    Near death experiences stories

    Cat_RN replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    My mother has a story. Her heart stopped from Demerol after surgery when she was 43yo, and for 10-15 seconds she was asystole. No breathing, no consciousness. She says she watched them code her, first...
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    How many residents do you care for Per Shift?

    Cat_RN replied to NCIANurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Holy god, where do you live? In Florida, our scope is 40, and THAT can be pretty bad as well.. I usually have no more than
  9. Cat_RN

    If Nurses were paid $8.50 per hr, would you or would you not

    Cat_RN replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

    We put WAY too much of ourselves on the line for that low of pay. No. way. I'd still miss nursing but, it just wouldn't be remotely worth it- how can nurses even carry insurance if we got paid that...
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    How many residents do you care for Per Shift?

    Cat_RN replied to NCIANurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's also just a product of the lack of value our society places on the elderly as well. I think it's quite
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    How many residents do you care for Per Shift?

    Cat_RN replied to NCIANurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Isnt that out of your scope?! oh my
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    Vaginal bleeding in terminal Ca pt? Hospice question.

    Cat_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have never heard of this myself until now, but I'm assuming it is result of metastasis of lung cancer. Resident has been having increasing lady partsl 'bleeding' (large clots found in brief), for 2...
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    Vaginal bleeding in terminal Ca pt? Hospice question.

    Cat_RN replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, thanks everyone so much for their input! I need to stop thinking in the sense of wanting to 'stop' these types of things from happening rather than just treat the effects, because she is
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    What is easy RN job to get for new grad

    Cat_RN replied to reikoweller's topic in General Nursing

    LTC/rehab facilities generally hire new grads. Mine hired 3 of us in 6
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    Lazy coworker

    Cat_RN replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow- it will come back to haunt her. No doubt something will go wrong with one of her patients due to her not paying any attention.. not charting.. whatever. It's her license she's risking. How can...
  16. Cat_RN

    Nurses' Rights

    Cat_RN replied to wishingmary2's topic in General Nursing

    And to think that nurses seem to be regarded worse than criminals
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    How many residents do you care for Per Shift?

    Cat_RN replied to NCIANurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is an echo to my words lately- short staffing nurses only in turn COSTS more money with sick people getting by unseen and lawsuits IMO. People getting sent out to hospital more and more...
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    OCD at work

    Cat_RN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    ... EDIT: I have* to organize it before I can be motivated and focused on anything
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    OCD at work

    Cat_RN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    You are also probably one of those people (like myself), who are very influenced, either positively or negatively, by their immediate environment. If the nurses's station is a mess, papers every...
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    OCD at work

    Cat_RN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    These are not negative traits to have so long as they don't interfere with your ability to perform in acute/emergency situations. Your 'rituals' can be therapeutic in the sense that they calm you,...
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    Feeling guilty, lazy, and incompetent...

    Cat_RN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Delegate the creams only to those CNA's you trust. That's what I do. And.. if I find the medicine cup with creams still untouched close to the end of the shift after they've already done rounds on...
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    Literally cried in front of the person interviewing me

    Cat_RN replied to AB normalRN's topic in General Nursing

    weird... it was probably human resources. tell the DON, they should be
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    What orders can an LPN write?

    Cat_RN replied to nuebelpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I take back the 'most PRN OTC's'. Not most, but quite a few. Especially if they are simple ones like artificial tears or saline nose sprays.. etc. I wouldn't write an order for anything 'bigger' than...
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    What orders can an LPN write?

    Cat_RN replied to nuebelpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It also depends on the doctor.. some doctors don't want to be called for certain things, they'll just sign it once it's written. One of the doc's for most of my pt's s is ok with things like PRN o2,...
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    Literally cried in front of the person interviewing me

    Cat_RN replied to AB normalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad towards the end of last year and I just got a job! Actually, I got offered two jobs from two different places. And, there are also places where not only do they hire new grad LPN's and...