hecallsmeDuchess

hecallsmeDuchess

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  1. Flu shot/Pneumonia shot in same arm?

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I usually give them on different arms, just kind of always made sense to me that

  2. "Losing my license!"

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Haha! My nursing instructor in our first year put the fear of God in us by showing us the TXBON website and telling us she never ever wanted to see any of our pictures up there. I still log on once in...

  3. Why do docs do this?

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to ebear's topic in General Nursing

    I have never seen a doc in our break room, ever. Now once in a while we see the young residents and medical students in the nutrition room hunting for coffee, water or soda. I think it might be nice...

  4. Calling a Patient 'Sugar': Abuse?

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

    Off topic..... A nurse I gave report to kept calling me honey over the phone, she and I have never met each other and I thought that was a weird way to address a fellow nurse but I guess I was too...

  5. Medication Administration through a feeding tube

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to lalexa15's topic in General Nursing

    Well, in school I was thought to crush individual medications and mix them in individual cups never to mix meds. When I started working, the first time I had to do a g-tube med, I called another more...

  6. The Things I've Seen Today...

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to INparrothead's topic in General Nursing

    Not saying that it's right to reply rudeness with rudeness but those people were rude to OP in their post, don't know if you saw

  7. The Things I've Seen Today...

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to INparrothead's topic in General Nursing

    It's a vent, allow the OP to vent! I don't see anyone being forced to read threads, sometimes those condemning a vent are way more annoying than the vent at hand. Live and let

  8. discovered and reported falsification of VS

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to traumaRNdrama's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think I've mentioned on this boards before that I always, always take the pt's BP myself before I give any BP/cardiac meds. I feel more comfortable doing that than trusting another person's...

  9. Got a promotion because of my big...

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to CareteamRN70's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry and I apologize but before reading your post I thought the promotion was based on your big 'tits' and I was already outraged that they would treat you like a piece of meat. I'm still...

  10. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Some scary stories on this page! :uhoh21::uhoh21::uhoh21::uhoh21: I

  11. Should this be reported??

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to nicenurselpn's topic in General Nursing

    I did look myself up almost everyday for a week after I passed the NCLEX, was too excited about the whole thing and wished I could show it to people. That excitement has long since fizzled

  12. why does medsurg nursing have to be like this?

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to pale_pilsen's topic in General Nursing

    @Stargazer, I'm not the OP but at my place of work, the person that gets attended to first is the person who is most likely to raise a stink and give the hospital bad PR. And the people who do this...

  13. What are your favorite types of patients??

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sick patients...not the pretend sick but the legitimately ill ones in the hospital to get better. I also appreciate polite and grateful

  14. Why do Doctors think they are................God!!

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    The docs I work with are pretty much ok, most do not mind teaching or answering questions when they're asked. That's one thing I'll miss when I leave this place of employment. Hate to think a doc will...

  15. Do you wear rings at work?

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    I don't wear my wedding ring to work and I don't ever plan to unless I start working in an office in the future. My husband knows I'm married to him and that is alright with me, don't really care what...

  16. Should I have implemented Suicide Precautions?

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility, admission questions include asking about suicidal thoughts (recent or past), once the pt answers yes to that. A whole slew of "yes" and "no" questions which you have to ask the pt...

  17. Different colored scrubs for OB/LDR/Nursery for infant security

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to detra's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At my hospital, they wear the same scrubs as other RNs but their badges are blue. At another hospital I worked at, the nurses wore same scrubs but their badges has footprints on them. Similarity in...

  18. money

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's Kaopectate Administrator? I like it much better than the other

  19. Can a stroke cause cardiac arrest?

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to Lurker011's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Great teachers we have here, one of the main reasons I love

  20. First patient complaint...

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Had something similar happen to me but the difference in my case was the charge nurse got involved and gave me a talking-to for not giving pt the meds at exactly 1000. I couldn't quite believe...

  21. Holy cow! Now i'm confused!

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on your new job! Don't compare your training to your friend's, different hospitals have different ways and time limits for such

  22. Pregnancy and... the floor?

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to vwde's topic in General Nursing

    I'm currently pregnant and work on the floor. While it's getting harder pushing my belly and the computer, I'm still taking my full load of work. I hope to work as close to my delivery date as...

  23. What's the nicest thing a patient has done for you?

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to Cyndi13's topic in General Nursing

    One time I had given a pt of mine his meds and was leaving the room when he said, "hold on a minute, hold your head just like that" and he was furiously drawing something. I stayed on a minute but had...

  24. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Not a doctor but a manager at a Tire shop named: Richard

  25. I quit in the middle of my shift....

    hecallsmeDuchess replied to newgradERrn's topic in Emergency

    I don't think such generalizations are fair. Anybody can quit midway into a shift no matter what floor they started on, if they suddenly became overwhelmed and felt no one had their backs. New grads...