carolmaccas66

carolmaccas66 BSN, RN

Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych

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  1. Just need to vent...

    carolmaccas66 replied to chasingmydreams's topic in General Nursing

    Chuck a sickie (as we say in Oz) - take a sick day in other words. Go to your GP/PCP and say you are way stressed out & get a sick note. As long as u have a sick note there is nothing ur employer...

  2. Feeling Burned Out & Unappreciated!- What else is new?

    carolmaccas66 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand why a med/surg nurse would call you and c/o a patient being wet/dirty when coming onto the ward? What is the big deal? On the ward, we just get the patient settled then change them....

  3. Nurses

    carolmaccas66 replied to JosefVernon Hodgkins's topic in General Nursing

    Joe are you a

  4. How do you deal with an ignorant co-worker? Humble me with your advice, nurses!

    carolmaccas66 replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't matter what everyone else thinks re this person you write about: if you think she is a bully, do something about it. Confronting her b4 this goes on too long is the only way to deal with...

  5. Hospital frequent flyers??? Whatever happened to it being an acute care facility!

    carolmaccas66 replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    I have always refused to hold anyone's member: I just don't think it's appropriate for female nursing staff to do this. And blokes will try it on with any females, especially the young ones. I just...

  6. is this what nursing is supposed to be like?

    carolmaccas66 replied to newnurse012's topic in General Nursing

    I've had many shifts where I've had no EENs/LPNs to help me. As nurses, yes we are expected to give out meals and help with feeding. In the ED/ER I currently am floated to, we have not EENs/LPNs on...

  7. "You'll be hearing from my lawyer."

    carolmaccas66 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hee hee! Was he a

  8. "You'll be hearing from my lawyer."

    carolmaccas66 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes sometimes. It's different in Oz; we can call the police anytime we feel threatened (though we call the in house security guards first if there are any @ the facilty), and the police back us up...

  9. Oh my gadd i'm so embarrassed. Please help me..

    carolmaccas66 replied to willowRN's topic in General Nursing

    Think we have all had this happen. ALWAYS have a cheat sheet on you, and scribble down everything on there you want to hand over later, and keep it in your uniform pocket. Then u have something to...

  10. Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

    carolmaccas66 replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    This is an extremely difficult situation to deal with. I've cared for psych patients in the mental health unit admitted with narc addiction (plus alcohol addiction & other problems usually). Psych...

  11. Useless "charge" nurse

    carolmaccas66 replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd either be letting the NUM/DON know, or, as is typical of me, I would be confronting him. I would be saying something like can you get off the net and come help with (whatever)? And if this person...

  12. types of co-workers/patients to be aware of. HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THESE PEOPLE?

    carolmaccas66 replied to tater.jake's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ever had the Feng Shui ones come into hospital? They're really fun: Nursed an older lady who's timid hubby was in the room after her orthopaedic surgery. EVERYTHING had to be in a certain place -...

  13. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    carolmaccas66 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Actully, I've seen permanent nursing staff asked to go up to the wards for a while when some areas wrere a bit slow, as the hospital tries to use it's own staff first to fill gaps b4 calling agencies....

  14. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    carolmaccas66 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The NEXT time someone says to me, that 'You're only agency' and 'What have u been doing all shift?' when I have been in the ED/ER and was: - the reliever for ALL the patients; the ones sitting, the...

  15. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    carolmaccas66 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Poi, I love your cheeky posts! Keep them

  16. Night shift -- can you just take it easy, please?

    carolmaccas66 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in the ED/ER just recently. I had to take over patients who were sitters (sitting down waiting for a bed), and bed bound patients. Nearly ALL the patients who had medications written up and...

  17. Help I took a percoset and Im a new Hire!

    carolmaccas66 replied to Cindy 17's topic in General Nursing

    Cindy, I would strongly suggest that if you have very bad back pain, that you not take any job that is going to exacerbate it. You can take someone else's pain killers to hide it or ur own, but with...

  18. How do I leave it all at work?

    carolmaccas66 replied to RFRN's topic in General Nursing

    Look, I think too many nurses on here think they should be superwoman/superman. You are only human after all. Have you thought about why you are doubting yourself? You can only give a patient so much...

  19. Administering pain meds to a sleeping pt

    carolmaccas66 replied to opossum's topic in General Nursing

    As Flo says, in many units I've worked in, u must wake people up. The doctors who perform the ops also annoy me, cos they tell people 'you will have pain relief and will have NO pain', which is...

  20. did the Dr. have a right to scold this nurse?

    carolmaccas66 replied to Lurker011's topic in General Nursing

    Looks like everyone's being scolded

  21. did the Dr. have a right to scold this nurse?

    carolmaccas66 replied to Lurker011's topic in General Nursing

    I find it very hard to believe a tech is scribing at a code. The wouldn't even be entertained in Australia. Let me tell you a story about seeing events from the outside and assuming things: A past...

  22. What Freaks You Out?

    carolmaccas66 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    kathy i always tell my patients their meds b4 i give them, and encourage them to question what they're being given. it's good that you do

  23. What Freaks You Out?

    carolmaccas66 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh one more I just got reminded of: Went to go to the loo in a large, teaching hospital, was rushing...and ended up slipping all over the floor. I looked down, thinking kids have been shooting water...

  24. What Freaks You Out?

    carolmaccas66 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I also remember taking off this old guy's socks in some medical ward somewhere, and I SWEAR TO GOD half his skin came off with it. I don't think his socks had been changed since forever. His nails...

  25. What Freaks You Out?

    carolmaccas66 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I saw a seasoned nurse nearly faint when the hip is disjointed b4 a hip replacement - she grabbed my hand (I was a 3rd yr student RN then) & said she always hated that bit, that ccrrr-grr-aaACK!...