carolmaccas66

carolmaccas66 BSN, RN

Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych

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  1. Transfusion too fast?

    carolmaccas66 replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    I've given lots of blood over an hour or 30 minutes. I've never given it wide open, but I've heard of nurses doing this when someone is bleeding

  2. Nurses getting fired left and right...

    carolmaccas66 replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    As I've said for years now, many people couldn't care less what nurses do/don't do in their job, unless they get sick or a close family member/friend is sick - even then they think we are all lazy....

  3. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    carolmaccas66 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    What did u call it digoe so we can find it.

  4. Feeling discouraged

    carolmaccas66 replied to virgo,student nurse's topic in General Nursing

    There's a little book I taught myself from. It's called Nursing Calculations by JD Gatford and Ron E Anderson. Very easy to follow with good examples and all the answers are in the back. It goes...

  5. I Don't Like Nursing. What Else Can I Do With My Degree?

    carolmaccas66 replied to toniasday7's topic in Nursing Career

    I'd go through a nursing agency & try some different areas. I really didn't like nursing as a RN, until I did orthopeadics & mental health. Now I'm doing my post grad dip in mental health. It...

  6. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    carolmaccas66 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Time to call Ghost Busters!!

  7. Would you give Lantus without BG check?

    carolmaccas66 replied to Prettybrowngirl's topic in General Nursing

    No, never, and I would argue that point with anyone. And BTW, I don't need an order to check BGLs/BSLs. I would do this off my own back as a RN, despite what anyone else thinks. I have to be...

  8. Feeling discouraged

    carolmaccas66 replied to virgo,student nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Many students fail because they don't understand WHY and WHAT they are calculating. U have to understand your conversions and formulas. If you don't know which formula to use for any given...

  9. Fired from my med/surg job after almost 3 years

    carolmaccas66 replied to gettingbsn2msn's topic in General Nursing

    You are being bullied into resigning. I don't know re collecting unemployment where u r, but I myself wouldn't write a resignation letter to satisfy them. And you said everyone is upset ur going? The...

  10. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

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

    R u OK now though? Hope it was nothing serious and yes u should follow up ur

  11. people seem uninformed....

    carolmaccas66 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry Whispera! Nobody would come to my graduation and I didn't attend. They didn't see the point in attending a graduation for someone who was 'only finishing nursing school'. So I don't bother...

  12. people seem uninformed....

    carolmaccas66 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    What a fantastic post - just what I was

  13. people seem uninformed....

    carolmaccas66 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    Meghan, I've said for YEARS nobody cares what nurses do/have to do until they themselves or a close family member/friend have to go into hospital, even then they don't get it. Nobody gives a s**t what...

  14. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

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

    Just a thought after reading all this: wait until you are REALLY ill, then come back and say 'Well the triage RN was really, REALLY nice, but....come to think of it, she WAS kind of slow in getting...

  15. Patient hygiene-How far is too far?

    carolmaccas66 replied to derikajames's topic in General Nursing

    If u don't want to do this one simple task - and ur bf is being prudish re you doing this - I would STRONGLY suggest you get out of nursing RIGHT NOW. Because there may be other situations where you...

  16. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

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

    Nobody anywhere should be treated this way. But unless we as a profession recognise how much stress someone is under, nothing will ever change. U may have been her upteenth admission, maybe she was...

  17. 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

    What is the 'other side'? R u a student? Sounds like ur in love with this

  18. to email or not to email my instructor about my grade...

    carolmaccas66 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    I know a guy who failed by ONE POINT, and he told me he practically begged on his knees to be passed, but it was to no avail. He was very bitter and wanted to drop out, mind you, he blamed everything...

  19. Do you think younger generations have a sense of entitlement?

    carolmaccas66 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. They feel they are entitled to everything. Nobody wants to do the hard slog

  20. Future student, oncology nursing

    carolmaccas66 replied to timetostartliving's topic in International Nursing

    Try this link to search for courses: http://www.hotcourses.com.au/australia/home.html Also here is the AHPRA link:

  21. 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

    From working in a doctor's office: Do NOT make an appointment just for yourself, then turn up with 5 family members in tow and then when the Dr decides to see all of you, expect us NOT to bill you...

  22. TMI

    carolmaccas66 replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    I can't handle being around people like that. I had a promiscuous gf once who turned EVERY conversation into sex, or what she'd done in the past with this or that ex-boyfriend. I don't see her now,...

  23. Do you feel society is in denial about the nursing field?

    carolmaccas66 replied to PinaColada's topic in General Nursing

    I've said for years that NOBODY in the world appreciates hard working nurses and hospitals, until they themselves get sick or a close friend/family member gets sick. Then they suddenly realise the...

  24. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    carolmaccas66 replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very valid point. In many hospitals I've worked in, nurses are not allowed to clean the room, as crazy as that sounds. The housekeeping staff have to clean it a certain way (ie: with certain...

  25. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    carolmaccas66 replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand from reading this why nurses can't take report right away? When a patient is admitted we HAD to take report - even in the middle of something (true emergencies excepted). Is this a...