Cat_RN ASN, BSN, RN

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    Taking BP on pt. with pacemaker

    Cat_RN replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder where these nurses ever learned that now. Seems to me the consensus is 'no', that there is no known harm to do so. I honestly couldn't think of any myself, but that doesn't always mean...
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    Taking BP on pt. with pacemaker

    Cat_RN replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't think so. I was just asking since 2 people I work with thought I was crazy for not having heard of it before. I was worried I'd missed something really important somehow! Guess it was never...
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    Is this a microcosm of what happens in nursing on a DAILY basis!?

    Cat_RN replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    It IS embarrassing.. I'm ashamed that person could be considered any kind of nurse or
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    Is this a microcosm of what happens in nursing on a DAILY basis!?

    Cat_RN replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    That video was really really hard to watch. I had to stop it. Why is she SO angry and hateful??? I don't understand.. It's as if she was sadistically doing that to her, as if she gained some sick...
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    Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    Cat_RN replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

    Mine told me, in all seriousness, that he needed a non-rebreather at night while he sleeps because he snores and has asthma. I wondered if he'd even want the 10L of o2!! So
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    Nursing homes' bad reputation

    Cat_RN replied to luvmydogs84's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes!!
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    Things that make you go hmmm...Nurse on Twitter?

    Cat_RN replied to StudentNrseMcFarland's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the same
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    am I wrong?

    Cat_RN replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think you were wrong. Why couldn't you just toilet her
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    Nursing homes' bad reputation

    Cat_RN replied to luvmydogs84's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    People look down NH/rehabs because our culture simply does not value the elderly. It's not right, but that's how it is. Nursing homes and rehabs are also chronically understaffed. BIG problem all...
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    Nursing homes' bad reputation

    Cat_RN replied to luvmydogs84's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i learned tons from my patients at a rehab. we get a diversity of diagnoses and i wanted to know about each condition, med, treatment... i took just as much pride in my job and patient care as i did...
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    cruelest thing I heard a nurse say

    Cat_RN replied to work67's topic in General Nursing

    Right? Kind of a negative topic to make a thread about anyways.... Oh
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    cruelest thing I heard a nurse say

    Cat_RN replied to work67's topic in General Nursing

    Ouch... I don't think I'm going to like this
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    Are med techs allowed to do blood sugars when there's no RN or LPN on the property?

    Cat_RN replied to vicksext's topic in General Nursing

    I think the OP might mean checking blood sugars AND administering insulin in accordance with the sliding scale..? Not just checking the sugar, but giving insulin after too, since there isn't a...
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    Felt like a complete idiot at work yesterday

    Cat_RN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, from the sound of the post, I took at that the OP is a very new nurse. She did what she knew. (Don't really know why the UM wouldn't have increased the o2,
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    dayshifters please please please...

    Cat_RN replied to fiveofpeep's topic in General Nursing

    I can't STAND when people think that since we don't sleep conventional hours that our sleep doesn't matter as much as theirs and we should be up all day long for whatever reason and they can call,...
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    REALLY bad hair day

    Cat_RN replied to katieusa's topic in General Nursing

    This is the strangest thing. Maybe it's a GIANT sebaceous cyst that's continually oozing and leaking combined with matted hair to form a giant dreadlock? And for whatever reason, the person doesn't...
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    Ambien psychosis?

    Cat_RN replied to Cat_RN's topic in Patient Medications

    I too think it's very dangerous! I mean, a drug that makes someone confess to a murder they didn't commit? Or makes another punch a cop right in the face? There are so many stories re: Ambien that I...
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    Funny doctor orders

    Cat_RN replied to laurenicoleRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    No I don't think so, the figures were written on the order form (TO), so I wouldn't have been writing the results there next to them anyways. Maybe he wanted us to chart them that way however, which...
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    Funny doctor orders

    Cat_RN replied to laurenicoleRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Haha.. recently there was an order for orthostatic BP's and then following that were some unidentifiable hieroglyphic-looking figures.. no one could figure it out until the UM realized it was drawings...
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    Those who get it - get it, Those who don't - Never Will.

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

    Haha- and fortunately so far there have only been two on this thread who DIDN'T get it.. the rest of us
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    so I blush really bad...

    Cat_RN replied to MissDandelion's topic in General Nursing

    I have this problem. I always get red. But, I've seen other people with this problem too.. and it REALLY doesn't look as bad as it feels to us. We think everyone is noticing.. but they aren't. And...
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    What Freaks You Out?

    Cat_RN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Were the medical maggots? I've heard of maggots being used to help with unstageable decub's and other kind of deep necrotic wounds like that. And hey, I'll come deal with your bugs and you can come...
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    What Freaks You Out?

    Cat_RN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty hardy when it comes to nursing 'grossies' but here are a few of mine: 1. COFFEE GROUND EMESIS. Actually, any kind of emesis. 2. SPUTUM. Especially having to collect a sample from a trach. I...
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    Your job, LOVE it or HATE it? What field of nursing are you in?

    Cat_RN replied to tammy777's topic in General Nursing

    I work FT in a busy rehab right now, but I'm thinking of switching to hospice. It's not that I don't like my job, it's just not as rewarding as I'd like. Sometimes I feel like I am only here to push...
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    What I have learned during bedbaths

    Cat_RN replied to mamamerlee's topic in General Nursing

    Oops, sorry, didn't see someone already mentioned the ladies