carolmaccas66

carolmaccas66 BSN, RN

Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych

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  1. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    carolmaccas66 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    if kna doesn't mean - no known allergies, what does it mean? just

  2. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    carolmaccas66 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry ur Mum has this. I too have endometriosis so know how awful it is to live with. Let me tell you my story. I just resigned from a new job because I would have been responsible for 40...

  3. Man, you guys make nursing seem HORRIBLE! If I knew this before school...

    carolmaccas66 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    I also meant to add: when you DO get a job/career where there is NO or minimal backbiting, no gossiping, no bosses hounding you for almost impossible things, no clients/customers/patients complaining...

  4. Man, you guys make nursing seem HORRIBLE! If I knew this before school...

    carolmaccas66 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    I presume you are very young, very naive, arrogant and an extremely critical person. Tell me, why are you in nursing if you hate it so much?? Boy, if you think you've seen everything in clinicals,...

  5. Man, you guys make nursing seem HORRIBLE! If I knew this before school...

    carolmaccas66 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    'Become a NP'? I presume NP stands for Nurse Practitioner? How on earth do you think you will 'jump ship', not have any experience (clinicals don't count, sorry!) then just walk into a job as a NP?...

  6. The thing about 12 hour shifts...vent

    carolmaccas66 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I've never been a stay at home Mum, but my own Mum hardly worked before getting married & having 6 kids. She stayed home the whole time, even after we all grew up and left home long ago. She was...

  7. My job is killing me.

    carolmaccas66 replied to NocturneNrse's topic in General Nursing

    Your other colleagues are right. You are being SO used by management! They're using you as the fill in for anyone who decides not to come into work. I would refuse. You have your set shifts. Unless...

  8. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    carolmaccas66 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Families/patiets who keep asking: when will the doctor be in, what time does he/she get here? When will he come and see me? It's a valid question, but I kept repeatedly saying one night, I don't...

  9. ANNOYED! HELP!

    carolmaccas66 replied to Oklahoma101010rn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just wondering why anyone would need to know 'what to do' in a LTC working environment. What r they doing there if they don't know what to do? I would tell the NUM/CN/DON and ask them to make more...

  10. The "hospital smell"

    carolmaccas66 replied to Traum-a-Rama's topic in General Nursing

    Smells have really gotten to me as I've gotten older. The smell of faeces really makes me gets to me now - I did some nursing home work not long ago, and I forgot how rank it was - when I walked into...

  11. What should I have done differently?

    carolmaccas66 replied to nursedolphin's topic in General Nursing

    Goodness, don't new grads WANT to get experience? What's wrong with 5 8's? We do that all the time down under. How can you afford to be unemployed nowadays? May I ask you, how on earth do you think...

  12. Question about enemas...

    carolmaccas66 replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    Not in Oz no. You need to inform the Dr to see if he/she wants to do any scans/bowel procedures. The patient may have an impacted bowel and need other interventions. With any gastro patients, or after...

  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

    To all the lazy workers: Go play in the

  14. Thinking about quitting grad year.... can you get a job with 6 months experience?

    carolmaccas66 replied to ninx72's topic in International Nursing

    OP how are you going? Please let us know if you need anymore help. Don't keep your loneliness or problems bottled up inside, email me if you need more

  15. A floor nurse's rambling late night rant.

    carolmaccas66 replied to AggieNurse99's topic in General Nursing

    OP go do agency work. Then you could probably pretty much choose when and where you want to work. And you don't always have to do bedside

  16. Please help me... Nursing interview coming up.

    carolmaccas66 replied to simply_tweetums's topic in General Nursing

    The interviewers asked you this question to see how critically and logically you can think and reason. They usually ask an emergency situation scenario to see how fast you can think as well. As a...

  17. no job after two years

    carolmaccas66 replied to icedtea's topic in General Nursing

    I can help look over your CV is you want, I worked in nursing HR in Oz for a while. I know many older people here who are nurses and who have got jobs, but I suppose the US is very different. At least...

  18. no job after two years

    carolmaccas66 replied to icedtea's topic in General Nursing

    Why can't non-nurses give advice? I don't understand that mentality on here. I worked in nursing HR for a few years, heaps of people can give good business advice. Looking for a job IS a business and...

  19. Difficult Doctors...Vent

    carolmaccas66 replied to joanna73's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Joanna not being condescending but you do it ANONYMOUSLY. If it's bothring you that much, do something about

  20. With-holding resuscitation on pt in the absense of a signed DNR order form? What?!

    carolmaccas66 replied to Cat_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm not in the US, but there is no way I would take a verbal DNR over the phone, even if the Dr had discussed this with the family recently. Family can REALLY misunderstand what the doctor says over...

  21. Did your nursing program cover 12 lead EKG?

    carolmaccas66 replied to 2011NursingStudent's topic in General Nursing

    Our ECG class was covered in about 20 minutes I reckon. We did one on dummies, reviewed the different patterns and that was it. Do another comprehensive course that will stand you in good

  22. Difficult Doctors...Vent

    carolmaccas66 replied to joanna73's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Can you call another doctor re the patient? A specialist maybe? I'd be making a quick, anonymous call to the medical director about this - or get a few nurses together to complain - and get something...

  23. A reson why nursing is a bad career choice...

    carolmaccas66 replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to nursing! And welcome to the role of playing advocate for ur patients. Aside from the nicked bowel, this patient should have been completely RESTING after abdo surgery. You do not go walking...

  24. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    carolmaccas66 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Talaxandra, what's ARVS?

  25. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    carolmaccas66 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yeh like the lady I nursed. Kept going in to turn off her IV cos it was beeping, she kept saying 'Oh I just reached over and turned if off myself!' It's like, how many times do I need to tell you...