Daisy_08 BSN, RN

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    8-hour shifts save money?

    Daisy_08 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Mostly there are 12's where I work but, there is one 8 on day and one on eve.This is to cut down on staff from 11-7. Maybe that how they are saving
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    what would you have done

    Daisy_08 replied to nursegreenbean's topic in General Nursing

    To those who are saying that you should have been found it on your inital head to toe, when you have 40 pt you don’t do had to toes, it would take your whole shift, it’s not acute care. I’m...
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    Please Advise ASAP Confidential please

    Daisy_08 replied to harnof's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It sounds like the family is not being educated on what is happening. They should seek clarity from the staff. However my knee jerk reaction is no, that does not sound right. My pts can eat if they...
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    Considering a move to Toronto

    Daisy_08 replied to kbugrn19's topic in International Nursing

    I wouldn't until you have your license sorted out and a job offer in hand. TO is not an easy place to get a job right now, there just not hiring, not even LTC or homecare. I used to work with a gal...
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    popping and squeezing boils

    Daisy_08 replied to tjnurse67's topic in General Nursing

    no, you wont loose your lisence. Dont worry. I have squeezed a huge zit/boil/abses here and there. Let it rupture on its own (or with saline compresses) and then you need to get the head or it will...
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    Any nurses here deaf in one ear?

    Daisy_08 replied to flmd's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I had an acoustic neuroma as well. Mine was too large for the translaybrinth and had just strait up brain surgery. They had no choice but to remove my acoustic nerve so I am deaf in my left ear. The...
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    Who pays for your registration?

    Daisy_08 replied to nursemich's topic in International Nursing

    NO, it is not! Lucky
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    Help with Charting

    Daisy_08 replied to jennahousern's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1. We use a computer charting system. Its a mostly selecting the aprotprite assessment from a list with option to annotate side notes for each system. 2. Spelling, times not lining up (ex....
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    Only 5 units of insulin per injection site??

    Daisy_08 replied to utah23LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I have given 100+u many times. That would be 20+ injections, that is ridiculous. No,l never heard of this before. I just remembered of one pt who got 90 (ish) of NR(!) and 70 (ish) of lantus QAM. You...
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    No, I am not going to do that

    Daisy_08 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    A student at the hosp I am at, was applying a condom cath. Pt told her it will only stick if she blew on it to make the glue dry. Poor thing didn't even see it coming.... Her preceptor walked in and...
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    New Nurse--Organization Tips?

    Daisy_08 replied to CandiceMarie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sorry you cant be as excellent as Been there, done that but I think you will still survive. Don't let anyone steel you joy! Any job will be challenging for a new grad. You will have orientation, if...
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    Mohawk RPNs- what do you wish you had known before starting the program?

    Daisy_08 replied to starfish33's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Well, I didn't go to Mohawk. I went to Conestoga. But I'll post anyway. I can't say there is really anything I wish I had known (maybe I shouldn't post after all!) I really enjoyed my program and...
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    What do you do?

    Daisy_08 posted a topic in Occupational Health

    there is a temp job open in my area for the summer for a occupational health nurse. i am (about to be) a new grad. the posting says that they do not require any experience. i have no clue what i would...
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    COPD patient wanting to leave to smoke

    Daisy_08 replied to chris10lsuRN's topic in General Nursing

    I makes me mad too but, that's his choice. I'm in Canada, so we all pay for each others healthcare weather or not you take care of your body. As a nurse, you can only educate and offer the...
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    Need some advice about charting (RN)

    Daisy_08 replied to SJE RN's topic in General Nursing

    Always cover your own butt. I would have put "pt stated" not "complained". You are only to put the facts, not your impression of them. You could have charted "pt stated (loudly or while crying or...
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    Wound Dressing

    Daisy_08 replied to agrj's topic in General Nursing

    I know usually surgical wounds come with orders at least standing ones. To answer Do DOCTORS need to order would care i'd say no. If your pt bumped his knee in the middle of the night are you really...
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    If you did not need the money...?

    Daisy_08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    If you did not need the money would you work like you are? I was talking with a co-worker (also went to school with her). I don't remember the exact conversation but I thought it raised an interesting...
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    What is the best way to describe per diem work?

    Daisy_08 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Casual, by choice, as
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    On the positive side . . .

    Daisy_08 replied to KimICURN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I hope your happy! I've been balling my eye's out for 1/2 an hour:crying2:. Your post got me thinking about a pt i knew had passed a few months back and I decided to look up her obit. I then...
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    Blood on my hands

    Daisy_08 replied to M.Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thats nursing! You never know what happens to your pts. Unless of course your with them when they die, but even then I wonder about their families. You just have to be satisfied knowing you did the...
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    What have you found in your pockets at the end of your shift?

    Daisy_08 replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    You have no
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    What have you found in your pockets at the end of your shift?

    Daisy_08 replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    Off topic but I work in palliative, where ativan get's past out like skittles. It always makes me think twice when ativan gets talked about as a controlled substance. I know they do lock it up in my...
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    What have you found in your pockets at the end of your shift?

    Daisy_08 replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    Whenever I work in LTC I always seem to find a laxative that someone has
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    I should have become a teacher!!!!

    Daisy_08 replied to NayD_RN's topic in General Nursing

    HAHAHA! Sorry your having a hard time, but the title made me laugh. On night shift this week we were all at the nursing station talking about how we should have become teachers, (similar pay, WAY...
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    ct bath

    Daisy_08 replied to maureenelopre's topic in General Nursing

    Never called it that, but after I googled it, I rememberer that they used these in the ALF I worked at while in school. They are pretty straight forward. Put plug in, turn water on, pt in chair ( or...