carolmaccas66

carolmaccas66 BSN, RN

Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych

Member

  • Content

    2,212

  • Visitors

    16,433

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    45

All Content by carolmaccas66

  1. Will severe spinal stenosis prevent me from nursing?

    carolmaccas66 replied to Butterfly0328's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Only you can guage your pain level and what you can and can't do. And no I wouldn't be advertising the fact that you have this condition. Also look at good pain control, physio, relaxation like...

  2. should i stay or should i go

    carolmaccas66 replied to rob214's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Rob I'm introverted too and an older nurse, and I am getting to the point where I can't deal with people's obvious and ignorant stupidity. So many patients do not listen to what we say or suggest,...

  3. Nursing School Blues (Part-time Student/Full-time Job)

    carolmaccas66 replied to BSNLMSW's topic in General Nursing

    If nothing changes, write a HUGE letter of complain to head of the uni, quit after this year or next semester, then change over uni's when you can. Let them know re your displeasure first though. the...

  4. Nursing School Blues (Part-time Student/Full-time Job)

    carolmaccas66 replied to BSNLMSW's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, all sounds normal to me for nursing school. You need to try and work through it. Some of us when we were students complained re lecturers not returning emails, etc and nothing ever happened. If...

  5. Terminated over the phone at night

    carolmaccas66 replied to sweetnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    ADD: It's worse when u work half a day and THEN they decide to terminate you! And this is after giving your all to set up a doctor's office, get it running, get the computers and billing system on...

  6. Terminated over the phone at night

    carolmaccas66 replied to sweetnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it's happened to me over the phone. As to the argument above, whether it's in person or not, let me ask this: whatever happened to common courtesy and giving people a chance to have a voice or...

  7. correct order in which to suction a patient

    carolmaccas66 replied to MaryAnn GambinoRN's topic in General Nursing

    No such thing as any of these being sterile. Also I would not be suctioning one part after another. That's a great way to transfer bacteria. The mouth etc is one of the dirtiest parts of the human...

  8. Not sure I can handle the suffering and emotional drain...

    carolmaccas66 replied to R!XTER's topic in General Nursing

    Hello again! These things will hit you hard because I see ur young as well. As a nurse who has worked in psych and many other areas, you must realise that some patients will not always be in control....

  9. First day as a licensed nurse

    carolmaccas66 replied to BRANDNEWLVN's topic in General Nursing

    Nobodies first day that I have ever heard of was wonderful! (though my first shift as a licensed RN was pretty good overall). You did great by the sounds of it. Never rush meds, no matter what the...

  10. Am I off my rocker?

    carolmaccas66 replied to imtommy's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Tommy Welcome to AN! I'm in Australia so don't know much re the US system. I am 44 so am near your age. I worked and studied full time to get my Bachelor of Nursing and it can be done, but I have...

  11. Not sure I can handle the suffering and emotional drain...

    carolmaccas66 replied to R!XTER's topic in General Nursing

    Don't you EVER apologise for venting! You went thru a terribly emotional time on that shift. It's unfortunate that many people don't understand what we REALLY do as nurses. I mean, they see the TV...

  12. finally landed a job!!!!

    carolmaccas66 replied to yehboy's topic in General Nursing

    Well done! You must be very proud of yourself! Can you post on here how you got the job to help other nurses who are still looking for work? Any hints or tips you can give them? On med/surg, get your...

  13. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    carolmaccas66 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Crap de

  14. Aged Care jargon/acronyms

    carolmaccas66 replied to oscar99's topic in International Nursing

    Yeh I was a bit confused as to what you wanted as well, that's why I asked what country you were from. Try this website: http://www.health.gov.au/ has lots of info etc. You could also talk to the...

  15. Aged Care jargon/acronyms

    carolmaccas66 replied to oscar99's topic in International Nursing

    Oscar what country are you

  16. How often does this REALLY happen?!

    carolmaccas66 replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    This happens quite often. In Oz we have 72 hours to add entries into the medical record. If u get home & do 4get sumthing, always call 2 let the staff know, & go in the next day 2 finish ur...

  17. What HAVE you said to patients???

    carolmaccas66 replied to jessi1106's topic in General Nursing

    We were always told the pith was the white stuff under the skin of the orange peel. We used to laugh when teachers said it cos it sounded like p**s! (we were all young and stupid

  18. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    carolmaccas66 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Too professional?? Man, I haven't heard THAT one before. What would they rather hire semi or non-professional nurses?!! And if someone I was working with crapping on about that stuff, I would take...

  19. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    carolmaccas66 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  20. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    carolmaccas66 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's it. You're not getting an invitation to the

  21. Please help me.

    carolmaccas66 replied to NiceShot's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you go to all the nursing agencies near you, and sign up with them? then you can work your own shifts (usually) and pretty much choose what areas you want to go to? Then after one shift in a...

  22. Doing a favor vs. being an RN

    carolmaccas66 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see the harm in helping out, but I have had nurse friends do things for neighbours and unfortunately, the neighbours never stopped coming over for advice, etc. It's nice to be needed but it...

  23. Cleaner RN jobs

    carolmaccas66 replied to kyonguyen22's topic in General Students

    I've never understood why people go into nursing when anyone with a grain of common sense KNOWS this is part of the job. Why did you go into nursing if you don't want to do this? Kind of sounds like...

  24. No job after refresher

    carolmaccas66 replied to caringkay RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeh go in person and hit those employers hard! Or call them first, then turn up and ask who the manager is. Take everything with you and say something like: can I have 5 minutes of your time, I have...

  25. Full Time Nursing Student with a Full Time Job

    carolmaccas66 replied to adampricecna's topic in General Nursing

    I too worked and studied full time. It was absolutely exhausting but I did it. I found that after work, if I studied every night - and every weekend - in small bursts, with breaks inbetween, study was...