carolmaccas66

carolmaccas66 BSN, RN

Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych

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  1. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    carolmaccas66 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Stop waving at me from over the other side of the ED/ER! You know how to use your bell; I've explained to you how to use it & you've pressed it before. Then when no-one sees you waving, you...

  2. LPN-RN does it qualify to get Australian registration?

    carolmaccas66 replied to fallinnstyle's topic in International Nursing

    Here is the website link for u: www.ahpra.gov.au good

  3. back to school in your 30s?

    carolmaccas66 replied to Marilynj28's topic in Psychiatric

    Marilyn I was 41 when I graduated so you are not too old or anything like that. During my last 6 week clinical, I found cos I was older though I couldn't bouce back so quick inbetween shifts, & on...

  4. Hello from Scotland

    carolmaccas66 replied to MickeyTong's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks Mick. I was born in Prestwick & have always wanted to go back & see the house I was born in. All I know is there's (or used to be) an airport there! I would definitely come in the...

  5. Obese children...my rant

    carolmaccas66 replied to Gently.me's topic in Pediatric

    Yes, we get this in our ED. It gets extremely wearying. I'm dreading it because I have to go back there tonight. I so hope we don't get the family who's mother is end stage COPD, who can't breathe,...

  6. Obese children...my rant

    carolmaccas66 replied to Gently.me's topic in Pediatric

    I am so with you on this. ALL the people we get in the ED/ER who have fallen over have been obese. One doctor actually said a person's weight would not have helped their issues with falling over -...

  7. Two Nurses dead in North Texas

    carolmaccas66 replied to old-master's topic in Texas Nursing

    It always amazes me how all these so called manic depressives plead that their illness was out of control...yet they try to commit suicide so they won't get caught! We need to make people more...

  8. Hello from Scotland

    carolmaccas66 replied to MickeyTong's topic in Psychiatric

    Hiya. I am a RN with a BSN, and am nearly 2 units getting through my Graduate Diploma in Psych Nursing! We aren't allowed in Oz to chemically restrain people, as they have rights (even dementia...

  9. First day as an RN tomorrow...sick to my stomach

    carolmaccas66 replied to Peerless's topic in General Nursing

    You won't know everything at first, don't set yourself up for failure. If u don't know something, say: "I don't know I'm new here, but I will get the other RN" or find out or something. Nurses and...

  10. Fake Nurses

    carolmaccas66 replied to Girlygirl69's topic in General Nursing

    *sigh* I HATE people who

  11. Not Seeking Medical Advice, Just want to know I am not alone

    carolmaccas66 replied to lawandaluxnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Sweetie, many women have cysts on their ovaries. I had an absolutey HUGE one which was removed in surgery, commonly called a chocolate cyst (because they are full of old blood, early doctors used to...

  12. Tired of being labeled when I'm trying to save a life.

    carolmaccas66 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hey Angel I understand what you were trying to say. Some of the psych clinics I've worked at, if patients are not accountable for their own care, ie: not turning up for medications, the doctors can...

  13. "I didn't go to school to do X" the new mentality in nursing?

    carolmaccas66 replied to Good Morning, Gil's topic in General Nursing

    Hee hee Nola, so

  14. Tired of being labeled when I'm trying to save a life.

    carolmaccas66 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hope u enjoyed the mountain dew! I used to work in a substance abuse clinic (not as a RN then), and there were some terrible scenes & fights with clients who turned up late for medications, or who...

  15. Tired of being labeled when I'm trying to save a life.

    carolmaccas66 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Wow what a bad run you've had! And ur pg to boot! What sort of clinic do u work in Angel? Yes I do psych & I couldn't tell u the amount of absolutely bl**dy idiotic & insane things that people...

  16. Psychiatric Nursing Advice

    carolmaccas66 replied to amacdon's topic in Psychiatric

    This is difficult to answer, as psych nursing covers many areas, ie: substance abuse, PTSD, depression, abuse, anorexics, bariatrics, to name only a few! How you approach a psych patient depends on...

  17. basic IV question.

    carolmaccas66 replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for coming back & saying

  18. Balanced advice please!

    carolmaccas66 replied to WhistlingNurse's topic in General Nursing

    It's good ur standing up for yourself. One time, our whole class rebelled when they failed a subject, and demanded our grades be put up to a 'pass'. We won. I have had to fight with unfair nursing...

  19. Please help as my clinical instructor won't answer my questions...

    carolmaccas66 replied to anastasia158's topic in General Nursing

    What an excellent point SnowStorm! We seem to give a lot of help, but not many come back to thank us. Like dealing with

  20. Please help as my clinical instructor won't answer my questions...

    carolmaccas66 replied to anastasia158's topic in General Nursing

    One way we do it is with multiple IV ABx running, you can use a divided IV line. One bag has the ABx, the other has the saline. You just run the ABx thru, flush with the saline bag, then hang ur other...

  21. basic IV question.

    carolmaccas66 replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    When an IV cannula is in a vein, you will sometimes get blood return. This doesn't mean it's a 'bad' vein. Remember veins have tiny valves in them, that close to help the heart pump blood back up...

  22. "I didn't go to school to do X" the new mentality in nursing?

    carolmaccas66 replied to Good Morning, Gil's topic in General Nursing

    jeannie, it makes reading ur posts very hard when they aren't spelled properly. your grammar really is bad - & i'm not talking about 4 = four, as in text-speak. none of us are there for...

  23. Managing Time

    carolmaccas66 replied to Kristen Forti's topic in General Nursing

    The family don't want u in the room? Well sweetie pie, you are going to have to be more assertive than slinking away when family say this to you, to get ur job done. TELL them ur in charge, politely,...

  24. How to stop being a doormat before it happens.

    carolmaccas66 replied to toniasday7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If u let people walk all over you, that's what they will do. When ur new though, it's hard trying to be assertive. And don't worry re hurting people's feelings - they will get over it, and have...

  25. "I didn't go to school to do X" the new mentality in nursing?

    carolmaccas66 replied to Good Morning, Gil's topic in General Nursing

    You know I was thinking about this last night, & wonder why we tolerate other departments not doing their job, or rather, why nursing management tolerates others not doing their job when they KNOW...