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

    Yeah, I hate the strong, cheap perfume/deodorant that some people wear - I think they get it from the $2 shop! It sets off my sinuses something

  2. Prison nursing.

    carolmaccas66 replied to carolmaccas66's topic in Correctional

    Thank you. I forgot about the abbreviations used. I keep using WA for Western Australia, and someone said it means Washington in the

  3. 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

    I had a patient years ago who was absolutely obsessed with his bowels. He must have used laxatives at home every few hours, and actually had panic and anxiety attacks if he didn't open his bowels 2-3...

  4. Prison nursing.

    carolmaccas66 replied to carolmaccas66's topic in Correctional

    Yes, I would like more info. Do you feel safe? This is a big issue for me, as I once worked in a locked ward and was half-strangled and choked by a patient who'd had a serious head injury (related to...

  5. Prison nursing.

    carolmaccas66 replied to carolmaccas66's topic in Correctional

    I'm not in the US. What is a NM prison - is that liked mixed with both sexes or

  6. 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

    There is ONE thing I would love to say to patients, their carers, relatives, and other people who constantly and unceasingly question the nursing staff re medical issues: YOU - NEED - TO - TALK - TO -...

  7. RNs to write Diagnoses for medications?

    carolmaccas66 replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    Why on earth do you need a diagnosis for every medication? What a waste of valuable time, I would certainly be questioning that. No wonder the docs are slow to do

  8. Missed my appointment

    carolmaccas66 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry you are not feeling well I did this one day, had a frightful headache the night b4, took a stronger pain killer and slept thru my alarm for my shift in the morning! I ended up ringing and...

  9. Care plans are stupid.

    carolmaccas66 replied to maestrotee's topic in General Nursing

    What does NSS mean? Our nurs care plans are all pre-printed for each patient with the same op. We can write in each day, on different lines when things change, re the wound status, IV status,...

  10. 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

    To the PITA VA patient I looked after for 3 days - which seemed a lifetime, blieve me: Re all your numerous complaints over the last 20 years -yes, the Drs are aware of them, ALL of them. ALL the...

  11. Cultural Competency Training

    carolmaccas66 replied to Cmatt13's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is a fantastic way to get info out there re LBGT people. There have been too many prejudices against people like this (I just watched the DVD 'Milk' on the weekend, couldn't believe some...

  12. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    carolmaccas66 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    That reminds me of a nurse who told me years ago re a patient's colostomy - it was really disgusting looking and purulent, leaking foul smelling fluid etc. Anyway they did a swab - and results showed...

  13. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    carolmaccas66 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Welcome! I love hearing stories from the vet side of nursing, so keep them coming - they are very entertaining (and distracts me from nursing humans!)

  14. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    carolmaccas66 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I read a book a few months back by a surgeon - cannot remember the name for the life of me - of different doctors' stories from every speciality. It was very interesting and revolting at the same...

  15. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    carolmaccas66 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I just ate lunch and had a coffee and then read this. For the love of God that is so utterly revolting! Did this patient have dementia or short term memory loss?? What is wrong with some of these...

  16. Unhappy and Depressed

    carolmaccas66 replied to PraiseMariahCarey's topic in General Nursing

    I would say, look into your heart, and if you really, really hate it all, leave. You can always go back later and finish what you started if you want to. Will you get credits for what you have done if...

  17. Unsafe agency, unsafe case. Need advice please!

    carolmaccas66 replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    You did right. I worked for one agency where, I swear on God's holy word, that the manager running the show was psychotic/bi-polar/shizophrenic or all three. She used to send me abusive emails, yell...

  18. 3 Interviews then no call?

    carolmaccas66 replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    Call all these institutions back, and ask for the interviewer to be paged. That way, you can speak to them directly then you will know where you stand. Also mention that you have had other job offers,...

  19. 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 those nurses who hate their job, and constantly complain about it and their home life every single minute of every work day: Please, pretty PLEASE get up off your lazy butt and go and look for...

  20. 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

    Read up about Dr Jayant Patel who worked in Bundaberg in Queensland, Australia, and who is now in jail. I read the book about his arrogance and mistakes by an investigative reporter, and it was truly...

  21. 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

    Ironing .... what's that? Gave that up a looong time ago when I started shiftwork! And there just isn't time to colour grey roots sometimes - if people don't like it, I'm sure they will learn to live...

  22. 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

    I know. I remember a sweet lol when I was a nursing aid who said to me: 'Just put the pills on my tongue dear and I'll swallow them that way.' I, naive as anything, put one pill on there and she tried...

  23. Confused new RN!

    carolmaccas66 replied to ashalina213's topic in General Nursing

    Go thru an agency and see if you have enough experience to start working with them. I will never, ever, ever do LTC or nursing home work again - it is a dangerous, sad place for the residents and I...

  24. 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

    So, so true. The health system enables many people to feel more sorry for themselves and get sicker, and to keep using the health system to become more dependent, instead of rehabilitating people and...

  25. It finally happened to me....

    carolmaccas66 replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    I do agency and float everywhere, but have had more experience than you. I can tell you now you are going to too many different areas that you are not trained for - that is why you feel overwhelmed....