hecallsmeDuchess

hecallsmeDuchess has 6 years experience and specializes in LTC, Acute care.

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1. Ortho or SNF?

   hecallsmeDuchess replied to Summer131's topic in General Nursing

   Personally, I'd go with Ortho but I'm a little biased because I do some ortho at work. Both are difficult but if you go with SNF, they have a very high patient to nurse ratio. What makes ortho where I...

2. Manager catch phrases

   hecallsmeDuchess replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   "What personal connection did you form with your patients today?" " You have to always manage-up your co-workers."

3. What Did You Get For Nurses Week?

   hecallsmeDuchess replied to iPink's topic in General Nursing

   A hot/cold mug (which this post just reminded me I had)

4. BP cuff over a PICC line

   hecallsmeDuchess replied to offlabel's topic in General Nursing

   I'm very surprised your patients with PICC lines allow you to do

5. What's Rude?

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

   Rude: Having me hold your phone for an hour+ (yes, I timed it) when your break is supposed to be 30 minutes. I don't mind holding a phone for up to 40-45 minutes but an hour+ and then me having to...

6. It Ain't Like The Movies!

   hecallsmeDuchess replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

   Haha! That bothered me a lot too, especially how dramatic he looked as he died and it was a really a major point in the show. Unfortunately I'm still watching to figure out who in that crazy family is...

7. When you want to slap your co-workers

   hecallsmeDuchess replied to thecrossfitrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Maybe, just maybe that's the only place they've worked and have nothing to compare it to as far as being better or not. Try to keep an open mind and give them a

8. Joining a professional organization

   hecallsmeDuchess replied to gcolon7988's topic in General Nursing

   The AMSN for Medsurg nurses is $84/yr. I have it and like that they provide free CEs and also a discount when you want to take the certification exam. Not bad for the price, I

9. What Nurses really Want to Say When They Chart

   hecallsmeDuchess replied to SICUshortCait's topic in General Nursing

   I didn't know we had one at my hospital either until our pt (frequent flier and all) went ballistic and threatened to deal with a doc and make sure he was dead, he earned himself a " do not admit" to...

10. minimum staffing and lunch breaks - enemies??

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to wisconurse16's topic in General Nursing

    We're required to take 30 minutes break and give our phones up during that time to the covering nurse, if we don't take the break for whatever reason then we're supposed to fill out a form saying why....

11. Shift work and dating

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Met my husband online, we've been married 7 years now on the way to forever. I never thought I would find a man online and I wasn't even looking, just was part of that community interacting and...

12. Forgot to put narcotic back in Pyxis

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to Shimbo's topic in Patient Medications

    I always pull pain meds for everybody in the morning because 9.5 times out of 10, they'll want it. With 5 pts all wanting pain meds first thing in the morning, I don't have the luxury of assessing...

13. Medication error

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to Rainy day RN's topic in Patient Medications

    At the OP, do you guys not have to scan pts and meds? I can't tell you how many times that scanner has saved me from a med

14. Experienced nurse moving to Plano, McKinney, Frisco Area

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to santilkc's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi, You have all the right qualifications so I'm assuming you won't have that much difficulty getting a job here. I think Frisco and Plano have good school districts and good residential areas. Pay...

15. Strange CoWorker Stories

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ha! I worked with an aide kinda like that when I was an aide myself. This resident, a man, was asking me for me a milk shake and I told him to give me a few minutes so I could ask the kitchen for...