monkeybug

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  1. monkeybug

    What would you do?

    monkeybug replied to violet_violet's topic in Ob/Gyn

    **** my pants, pray. No seriously, slap on some 02, turn off the Pit, call the MD stat, fluid bolus, reposition, and prep for the
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    Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    monkeybug replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    BSN to JD then back to nurse, here. I figured out that law wasn't for me when I was a 2L, but I stuck it out and took the Bar (and passed in one try, go me) and went right back to the hospital. And...
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    Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    monkeybug replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm also a JD/RN, and the job market for lawyers is even worse than the market for nurses. It's not easy to find these nurse consulting positions I'm always hearing about, but have never seen. I...
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    Mandatory Reporting

    monkeybug replied to DawnJ's topic in General Nursing

    It is varies by state. My state is NOT a mandatory reporting state for DV and IPV. Sometimes mandatory reporting can cause problems in these
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    IV pain meds standards??????

    monkeybug replied to jbluehorseh's topic in Patient Medications

    I am a nurse of 15 years, and my pain is as adequately controlled as it's ever going to get. I understand venting, I do plenty of it myself. But the standards of pain are pretty straightforward....
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    Is the nicu and nursery easy?

    monkeybug replied to almostmadeit's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There is nothing easy about NICU. When your patient weighs 15.5 oz, has skin that is still in the jelly stage, has fused eyelids, and is on an oscillating vent so that you can't even count...
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    IV pain meds standards??????

    monkeybug replied to jbluehorseh's topic in Patient Medications

    I have chronic pain, and I hurt at least most of every day and you would never know it just by looking at me. I mask my pain very, very well. Worst of all, my pain doesn't result from some injury,...
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    Not doing what I was hired for

    monkeybug replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    I think everyone is being a bit hard on the OP. It's hard to have a good attitude when you are blatantly being dumped on ("I hate this patient, you go see it" is what your supervisor said, she didn't...
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    Have you ever witnessed this situation?

    monkeybug replied to RNewbie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have a benign but annoying issue for which I take medication. I also have some other issues that require daily medications. I did not choose this life, I'd much rather spend the money on books or...
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    Staffing for c/s for a small unit

    monkeybug replied to Honeychild's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've worked in some bad situations, but never this bad. Our base staffing is 3 RNs (our NICU is staffed separately). That way if we do have a stat section, one RN can scrub, one can circulate, and 1...
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    Varicose veins and about to start nursing school

    monkeybug replied to Samira38's topic in General Nursing

    Of course, I cannot comment on your specific issue, but I had pretty bad spider veins and a varicose vein on one leg. I worked for years like that. That leg would swell more than the other. I...
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    What patients/behaviors/illnesses/injuries do you HATE the most?

    monkeybug replied to JZ_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "I think I might be pregnant, and I think I might be in labor right now." Did you not feel something moving around inside your body for the last 4 months? "Yes, but I thought it was my kidneys...
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    What..work with NO residents??

    monkeybug replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That sounds exactly like the first hospital I worked at. You will adjust. And you will be amazed at what you can do! As for the lack of a NICU, if we had a baby go bad and the pediatrician wasn't...
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    Other jobs with OB experience?

    monkeybug replied to Nurse ABC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know where you are, but google Nurse Family Partnership and see if there are any near you. I did one year in NICU, and it absolutely sucked the life out of me. I hated inflicting pain on...
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    Working as a nurse and pregnancy

    monkeybug replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    I would wear something that didn't show my bump, and I'd keep my mouth shut about it. Of course, they can't legally discriminate against you for the pregnancy, but that doesn't mean they can't find...
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    PTSD

    monkeybug replied to sassyannie54's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Insurance companies, Poison Control, phone triage, instructor, diabetes educator, case management, quality control, risk management. Those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head....
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    Ethical/Personal Dilemma - What would you do?

    monkeybug replied to EMEddie's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I hate to say this, but I think you should turn her in. You gave her a gentle reminder about confidentiality when she told you, and apparently she went on to tell a bunch of other people. Your...
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    Nurses Calling Patients "Jerks"

    monkeybug replied to PacoUSA's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's very easy to throw stones, but you've just moved in to your newly-purchased glass house, so you might just want to lay your rocks right back down on the ground. They shouldn't be saying it at...
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    Female Catheterization and UTI

    monkeybug replied to meatballgirl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Oh, one more good tip. If you put the Foley in the lady parts, leave it there, go get a new one and start over. If you leave it there, you will not put the second one in the lady parts. And don't...
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    Female Catheterization and UTI

    monkeybug replied to meatballgirl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sterile technique is essential, but I do think nursing instructors go a bit nuts on things. You don't absolutely, positively have to do it their way, you just have to maintain sterile technique....
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    does anyone regret this career?

    monkeybug replied to cantdoit's topic in General Nursing

    I never had a burning desire to be a nurse, I simply needed a major to graduate so I could go to med school. And while in nursing school, I fell in love with the idea they sell you. The time you...
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    Other jobs with OB experience?

    monkeybug replied to Nurse ABC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've recently left my 15 years of L&D/Nicu for public health. I still work at the hospital per diem. I love my home visit job. I see women and infants from first or second trimester through the...
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    OB/GYN nurses!?

    monkeybug replied to JZ_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't work in a clinic, but I can address what our delivering docs recommend. If you have a stable, compliant patient, it's the Pill. For others who might have issues getting refills or...
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    Should OB nurses intubate?

    monkeybug replied to LOVINL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I worked in a tiny hospital where we rarely had a peds doc in house, neonatology was not even an option, and we didn't have CRNPs, we relied on the CRNAs to entubate the babies. We were told,...
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    New Nurse/Old Attitude

    monkeybug replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I love to precept nursing students and new grads, and I'd like to think I'm good at it. One of the reasons I enjoy it so much and throw so much of myself into it is because my preceptor, all those...