FineAgain

FineAgain

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  1. Different Lingo Depending where you practice nursing

    FineAgain replied to RNKPCE's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hate the term "Ward Clerk"...we don't have wards anymore, and they are not clerks. I know, I know...some people still call them clerks but the term has always bothered me. It seems to diminish the...

  2. Different Lingo Depending where you practice nursing

    FineAgain replied to RNKPCE's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ^^THIS^^ My Dad uses briefs...he said "they are DIAPERS". I said "BRIEFS". This went on ad nauseum but I still won't call them that. Too

  3. Narc count

    FineAgain replied to dubspot's topic in Patient Medications

    We often do count for the day shift and the day shift often counts for us. Must be a policy thing at your facility? I don't understand what all the fuss is about as long as the count is right and...

  4. Munchausen by Internet: The Lying Disease that Preys on the Heart

    FineAgain replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I am so glad that my mother-in-law did not discover the internet. I fought for years to get her doctors to realize that she had Munchausen's...to no avail. They would just fire her when she became a...

  5. Choked by a patient. How do you deal with this trauma?

    FineAgain replied to 222mom222's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Oh I totally agree. And OP I hope you do not think I was making light of your situation, I am aghast that this happened to you -- most of all that you are not getting support from your employer. For...

  6. How do you draw up meds for IVP?

    FineAgain posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am curious...how do YOU draw up meds for IVP? For instance, if you have a vial of 1 mg/1ml of dilaudid, and you only want to give 0.4 mg/0.4 mL...how do you draw it up? I have seen nurses use a 3...

  7. How do you draw up meds for IVP?

    FineAgain replied to FineAgain's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I have made it part of my routine to label anything I draw up. Prevents mistakes if I have to run off and put it in my pocket. I cap them with a red cap -- easy and secure. I try not to use flushes...

  8. How to be a polite patient/family member

    FineAgain replied to Semolina's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please don't! I worked as a Unit Secretary/Tech for years...they have a very busy job too! People come to the desk and say "My Mom wants water". "Who is your Mom"? "Ruth". [bangs head on desk]....

  9. Med Error.

    FineAgain replied to choksantos's topic in Patient Medications

    We have a double check system for Heparin and Insulin; we look up the labs ourselves, go to the "calculator" in our protocol. The other RN looks at it with us, checks the pump settings after the...

  10. New Nurse Needs Help!!!

    FineAgain replied to clucito's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ^^THIS^^

  11. What is my right to transfer to another unit

    FineAgain replied to riken25's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes, file a grievance, that is what they are there for. We had a NM though, who would post a job geared to whomever she wanted it to be. "Must have exactly 6 months, 4 days, 5 hours and 36 minutes...

  12. Choked by a patient. How do you deal with this trauma?

    FineAgain replied to 222mom222's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This also brings up the question...what if they are elderly, have dementia and are violent. An assault is an assault no matter what age they are. We can't sedate them properly or restrain them...

  13. How do you draw up meds for IVP?

    FineAgain replied to FineAgain's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I asked because...people say you shouldn't dilute with a flush because technically they aren't sterile. Well, if they aren't sterile, why are we injecting them into a vein to flush? And if they are...

  14. Medical terminology according to patients

    FineAgain replied to nursefrances's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Don't forget "prostrate" trouble, or as they say

  15. Things you'd like to say to....

    FineAgain replied to HikingEDRN's topic in Emergency

    Every time we get a patient named Candida (and there have been a few) my bestie and I would giggle and wonder if her middle name was

  16. The "Q" Word and Other Mysteries

    FineAgain replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Nursing Humor

    And...if they aren't dead you can't say their name as in "Gee, we haven't seen X in awhile". Kind of like saying Beetlejuice, if you say it 3 times, they magically

  17. Nursing and waitressing/food service industry

    FineAgain replied to nursefrances's topic in General Nursing

    I did work in fast food and as a server...but I have to share. Last night we had a discussion about taking the "RN" off our name badges, and replacing it with "Server". Then we scripted. "Hi, I'm...

  18. Nurses working as CNAs

    FineAgain replied to nolanurse88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We all take turns when we are short of CNA's. We are not responsible for assessing, charting anything other than vitals, I/O's, ADL's, etc. We get our regular pay. I don't mind taking my turn as it...

  19. Would you apologize, if you'd done nothing wrong

    FineAgain replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always love it when I have "A" bed and "B" bed starts yelling at ME because their nurse is "late" with the meds. ^^

  20. Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    FineAgain replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    And by the way, there are currently 10 of us reading the "Mockery of Nursing"

  21. Student Nurse "Help me!" Threads

    FineAgain replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I...honest to goddess...thought...this was a joke -- a mashup of all the posts that were being poked fun at.

  22. Should I have pushed Doc for more?

    FineAgain replied to lovin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is why I am glad we have a "Code Stroke" Team. It is non-punitive as well, so if you call it and it is not a stroke, no worries. If you think for an instant that your patient is having a...

  23. Continuous Bladder irrigation

    FineAgain replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    Our Urologists would strangle me, then hang me with the CBI tubing if I ever ran a CBI at 50 ml...why

  24. Cnas and sheath caths

    FineAgain replied to Hugurqh's topic in General Nursing

    If this was a sheath cath, put in to administer TpA directly to the subclavian, only an RN or MD can pull those. Likewise PICC lines because of infection

  25. How many 12 hour shifts per week

    FineAgain replied to Bouncyball's topic in General Nursing

    I do 5 in a week several times a year but I rarely do more than 3 in a row. It is okay for me as long as I have a couple of nights off between. I do like my overtime but 4's are much easier to...