hecallsmeDuchess

hecallsmeDuchess

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  1. Ortho or SNF?

    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 work easier is that patients are ambulated by phy...
  2. Manager catch phrases

    "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?

    A hot/cold mug (which this post just reminded me I had) 😀
  4. BP cuff over a PICC line

    I'm very surprised your patients with PICC lines allow you to do this.
  5. What's Rude?

    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 hunt you down to give you your phone is rude. Persona...
  6. It Ain't Like The Movies!

    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 SBK.
  7. When you want to slap your co-workers

    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 chance...
  8. Now THAT'S a lab result

    I have no idea, I don't think he was being honest as to how he was managing his diabetes at home. His A1C was also high, like 11.
  9. Now THAT'S a lab result

    Blood sugar 1600s, in DKA on admission. Sugar was in 130's when he left. Apparently insulin pump had malfunctioned and pt didn't know. Alive...
  10. Joining a professional organization

    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 think.
  11. What Nurses really Want to Say When They Chart

    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 our hospital. He could go to the other branches of...
  12. minimum staffing and lunch breaks - enemies??

    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. More often than not, I take my break with phone b...
  13. Shift work and dating

    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 posting to forums and voila!
  14. Forgot to put narcotic back in Pyxis

    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 them first then going to get their meds. The next thi...
  15. Medication error

    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 error.
  16. Experienced nurse moving to Plano, McKinney, Frisco Area

    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 for someone with your experience should be $30's (lo...
  17. Strange CoWorker Stories

    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 some. Well, he was like, "no, not from the kitchen. I ...
  18. Report: Where do you work and what do you want to know

    On getting reports, I like them short and sweet. Give me information that is important to the first couple of hours of care, the rest I can sort when I have a chance to open charts (I work med-surg), like IVs (pls tell me if it's overdue so I can cha...
  19. Dallas area RN jobs...

    Hi Dallas nurses, I'm looking for a job in the Dallas area and have some experience, mostly med-surg,but I'm looking for other specialties besides med-surg. How is the job outlook there? I've applied to the big name hospitals but have received no cal...
  20. Dallas area RN jobs...

    Update: Finally, my applications are yielding fruit. I have interviewed with THR, have an upcoming one with a HCA facility and Baylor. Of all three, I haven't heard from Baylor regarding pay but of the other two, the HCA facility has the lower pay bu...
  21. Current employment situation in Dallas area

    I'd say they are hiring as I've just had some calls, now I don't know if it's because I have the BSN or because I have some experience. Either way, there are jobs to be had here. I wish I had insider information so I can make a good decision with the...
  22. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    I've also heard "Virginia" when this pt was asking me to tell the doctor about the pain in her lady parts.
  23. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    "Testes" for tests; example "Are they going to do more testes on my mother today?" "Prostrate" for prostate; example "he has a history of prostrate cancer "Dilala" for dilaudid; for example "you really don't have to dilute my dilala and you have to p...
  24. Police Holds

    On my unit, we had the same issue. Used to be that it was passed down in report to call the police department when the patient is getting discharged so they can send officers to pick their prisoner or you mistakenly saw it tucked in the ED nurse's no...
  25. How do you feel about professors locking the door?

    My school had the closed (not locked) doors when I attended and everyone knew that once the double doors were closed, you just hung out and waited for break time before making an entrance.