Nurse Joey

Nurse Joey

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  1. Nursing Home Emergencies- what would you do?

    Nurse Joey replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    If you're going to be a LPN in a few short weeks shouldn't you have a good working knowledge of BLS? The basics, establish that this patient is unresponsive, and not just sleeping. At this point...

  2. Dont want to get anyone in trouble

    Nurse Joey replied to dscott76's topic in General Nursing

    Get really close to her and yell "Code blue! Code blue! Get the crash cart!" After she jumps up like a chicken with her head cut off, then realizes there is no code explain to her that had this been a...

  3. How is it like to be a Psych Nurse..

    Nurse Joey replied to blessedbelle's topic in Psychiatric

    A lot of times it can be like being in the eye of the storm, one minute everything is calm, the next all hell is breaking

  4. Nurses-Read this and respond to Dr. Ablow

    Nurse Joey replied to GilaRRT's topic in General Nursing

    So I noticed he didn't mention PAs. Do PAs impersonate doctors? And how does he know how easy nursing school is? The reason people don't fly over here to see famous nurses... because the doctors take...

  5. how many nurses have two jobs?

    Nurse Joey replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I technically have four. One full time, 2 prn LTCs, and one per diem with an agency. Upon hearing this people freak out and think I have a death wish, guess the general public doesn't get the concept...

  6. Welcome to your new job! Lesson #1 Lock up your valuables!

    Nurse Joey replied to SimonJester's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah put those stethoscopes on lockdown

  7. One entree per person,please

    Nurse Joey replied to jmtndl's topic in General Nursing

    How did the vending machine company/guy who restocks it feel about that? We got pins, and a catered lunch from the drug

  8. What is the average pay for LVN's

    Nurse Joey replied to lcvidal's topic in Texas Nursing

    I have four jobs. LTC-$18.10 Rehab-$19.35 Crisis Center-$19

  9. Texas Nurses Association excludes LVN's

    Nurse Joey replied to Nurse Joey's topic in Texas Nursing

    I will never join the TNA or ANA as a student or as a RN. Until they support and advocate for all nurses they are worthless

  10. are the people who work at the bons nurses?

    Nurse Joey replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    in texas the bon employs lawyers, investigators, secretaries, and clerical staff as well as nurses. when your case is heard a multi-discipline team sits at the table and goes over your case. but...

  11. smokers

    Nurse Joey replied to getoverit's topic in General Nursing

    I have actually taken up a 5 cigarette a week habit just to get those lovely smoke breaks. Where I work all the charge nurses and the DON smoke, so going outside is a form of networking, plus if you...

  12. What is proper way for 2 nurses to count and sign narcs?

    Nurse Joey replied to celticwoman61's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility the coming and leaving shift sign a sheet saying they checked the narcotics and sign a sheet for each narcotic verifying the

  13. LPN??? RN???

    Nurse Joey replied to dorothyrose's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of times getting into the RN programs are so cut throat that people, like myself, go the LVN/LPN route first. Getting into a bridge or transition to RN program is somewhat easier. The role of...

  14. next best medical career, other than nursing?

    Nurse Joey replied to dark40's topic in General Nursing

    Do you want to become a nurse for the benefits and pay? Or because that's what your heart tells

  15. Terrible visitors - Unsafe situation

    Nurse Joey replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't know. I've seen charge nurses hired right out of school because the facility needed an RN. I'd say you did the right thing. Its better to have security and not need it, then to need security...

  16. Alright to have your husband start an IV on your patient?

    Nurse Joey posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just talked to a friend who told me she had her husband, who is a paramedic, come in and start an IV on her patient. She works in a LTC, the patient needed a transfusion, and no one could get the...

  17. Alright to have your husband start an IV on your patient?

    Nurse Joey replied to Nurse Joey's topic in General Nursing

    If I posted is it alright to have a paramedic start an IV, then thats a different question. The only reason the paramedic came in was because it was her husband. Not her husband then it wouldn't...

  18. Alright to have your husband start an IV on your patient?

    Nurse Joey replied to Nurse Joey's topic in General Nursing

    "Its not that big of a deal. I dont know why people make it such. We have medics in the ER's of our hospital chain for tech work and to start IV's because half of the time they are much better then...

  19. Alright to have your husband start an IV on your patient?

    Nurse Joey replied to Nurse Joey's topic in General Nursing

    My big worry is if something tragic happened, say pt. goes septic, even if the paramedic did everything right. The family, as families sometimes do, would look to assign blame and monetary liability....

  20. Alright to have your husband start an IV on your patient?

    Nurse Joey replied to Nurse Joey's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah off duty and his company isn't contracted through the

  21. Should I wash my hands before I pee????

    Nurse Joey replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    From the male perspective I walk around all day opening doors with my hands, not my other appendage. So I say yeah wash your

  22. Nurses, are you glad that Obamas Healthcare Bill Passed?

    Nurse Joey replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I'm never glad when a huge decision is made and the uncertainty looms over us. But I voted yes because something had to be done. I hear a lot of rhetoric, mostly from the right. I hear Obama is...

  23. Do you guys really hate nursing this much?

    Nurse Joey replied to damaranicole's topic in General Nursing

    So what you're saying is you had a bad experience, and got into a field you didn't quite understand, so you blame the entire nursing profession? I worked in retail for many years and disliked it, so I...

  24. How do you safely pass meds on 33 patients?

    Nurse Joey replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    You can't safely give meds to that many people. All the treatments, peg tubes, finger sticks, and vitals, aside from the sheer bulk of meds will keep you from it, as well as trying to get the meds...

  25. University of Utah Medical Center implements new dress code

    Nurse Joey replied to pennyaline's topic in General Nursing

    Though I don't like it, I agree with the color code system. Patients can get confused and knowing who's wearing what color can alieviate some of the problems. And legally speaking it simplifies things...