carolmaccas66

carolmaccas66 BSN, RN

Med/Surg, DSU, Ortho, Onc, Psych

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  1. Do you think nursing has aged you?

    carolmaccas66 replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    It's so weird some of you posters say you get itchy since doing nursing! I get very itchy and I think it's from being exposed to all the different people and their skin ailments, washing hands all the...

  2. Tell them I'm pregnant?

    carolmaccas66 replied to RockRay's topic in General Nursing

    A lie is a lie, no matter if it is about a baby or anything else. Be honest, and in the end, save yourself a lot of strife. BTW a baby does not stay a baby, so it doesn't matter if she needs time off...

  3. Update on LTC job and I am still stressed and annoyed

    carolmaccas66 replied to namazonian's topic in General Nursing

    Brush up the CV and look for another job. You need to get out. BTW I don't spend money on any luxuries at all - except at Xmas and my

  4. Do you think nursing has aged you?

    carolmaccas66 replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I noticed my joints are a bit creaky as well, very sad isn't

  5. U.S. R.N. with associates degree contemplating austrailia

    carolmaccas66 replied to mwcrsn's topic in International Nursing

    here is more info for you, i had this saved on word on my laptop. hope it helps: nursing agencies, australia hendercare - http://www.hendercare.com.au/ mediserve – http://mediserve.com.au/...

  6. U.S. R.N. with associates degree contemplating austrailia

    carolmaccas66 replied to mwcrsn's topic in International Nursing

    Is that the same as a Bachelor of Science in Nursing? We don't have associate degrees here. I was in South Australia before, not much work going there. Here in Perth, in Western Australia it really is...

  7. Never driving to work in snow again

    carolmaccas66 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    This happened to me one night. Drove to work in bad weather, in the morning - freezing cold, battery would not start, had to sit and wait for help for nearly 2 hours, was freezing. It's worse here...

  8. Do you think nursing has aged you?

    carolmaccas66 replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to hear re all of your problems. Are you better now? One reason I asked this question, is because I don't want to become one of those RNs who tell everyone 'I used to be a nurse, but work wore...

  9. almost no training, heavy workload

    carolmaccas66 replied to mayawit's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't seen a wound care nurse in my hospital yet. It would be great if we had one after hours! Us RNs do all the wound care on all shifts, as far as I know. I would like a job like this, wounds...

  10. Nothin' like pulling out your pt's old crusty bellybutton crud!

    carolmaccas66 replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I nursed a lady once when I was a student, where everyone was puzzled as to what was leaking out of her bellybutton. It smelled and looked absolutely foul. The doctors took swabs and when they came...

  11. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    carolmaccas66 replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    I have not read all these comments yet. I would say, since you are young, if you can get into medical school, do it. I personally really, really would not encourage someone with intelligence and...

  12. 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

    Hilarious!!! We had a complicated patient admitted one night, (he wasn't one of mine), but the young doctors were a bit baffled re his diagnosis/ses and were trying to figure out which specialty to...

  13. Cancelled repeatedly - is this normal?

    carolmaccas66 replied to CranberryMuffin's topic in General Nursing

    I'd just be upfront and explain everything that has happened to another employer. With your current employer, can't you just put yourself down for all days and any shifts that come up, like I do,...

  14. Cancelled repeatedly - is this normal?

    carolmaccas66 replied to CranberryMuffin's topic in General Nursing

    It's not just happening in the US. Last week I got so many calls re different jobs (not just nursing) I was all booked up for nursing shifts, and had to tell them no I'm not available for at least the...

  15. To be or not to be...that's why I need your help!

    carolmaccas66 replied to Kaytbady's topic in General Nursing

    Don't waste your time doing a CNA course. What is the point? You want to be a nurse, don't you? Well look into what you need to become a RN, or LPN or whatever other degrees/diplomas you need to do to...

  16. 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

    That's if they even bother turning up. I was assigned to work other wards apart from the psych unit, and when I got back to psych a week later, the diabetic educator (whom we had left messages for)...

  17. 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

    This reminds me of an obese patient I had who couldn't walk for various reasons (obesity she said was NOT one of the reasons she couldn't walk apparently, even after bilateral TKRs; denial if I have...

  18. 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

  19. Call Bell Requests

    carolmaccas66 replied to pomRN's topic in General Nursing

    "I want to go to the toilet". They forget to tell you, as their new nurse who is unfamiliar with them, that they have been hopping in and out of bed all day using their Zimmer frame and going to the...

  20. Visitors chasing you down the hallway....

    carolmaccas66 replied to KSU-SN's topic in General Nursing

    Telling patients with visitors to use the call light will not work. They don't use it because nurses won't come as quickly as they'd like, and they know they can chase you down in the hallway and get...

  21. How do you handle the smells and control your gag reflex?

    carolmaccas66 replied to MiahMSN's topic in General Nursing

    I've got to the point where I can't handle it all anymore. The smells get to me now, horrid sights don't bother me in the slightest, but the ripe smell of faeces - depending upon what they have had...

  22. Annoyed by what I saw in the dining room...vent

    carolmaccas66 replied to mom2cka's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't be outraged about her letting him go before her - I'd be outraged that he got a free meal and I

  23. Tell them I'm pregnant?

    carolmaccas66 replied to RockRay's topic in General Nursing

    Look I will tell you straight. I see a lot of threads on here about people trying to 'hide' their baby bumps and lying to employers. I used to work in nursing HR, granted it was over 20 years ago now...

  24. Not giving PRN's even though they are ordered?

    carolmaccas66 replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    I meant to add this is a problem in psych as in many other wards, because quite often doctors over-prescribe for patients and turn them drug-dependent. Then the patients end up with more problems than...

  25. Drug Test ...

    carolmaccas66 replied to Mashira's topic in General Nursing

    Get on that phone and ring them and tell them you may have spelled it wrong, or call as soon as they open. Do not sit there and worry yourself silly over something you can fix with one phone