canesdukegirl BSN, RN

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    Nursing Boundaries...can I go feed my patients cats?

    canesdukegirl replied to srg4784's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Another poster suggested to get a local foster group involved. I REALLY like that idea. I used to work with a group of nurses who ran a foster home for dogs. The nearest animal shelter was a high kill...
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    The young eating their young

    canesdukegirl replied to tothepointeLVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In the situation you describe, I don't think it was a case of nurses eating their young. Rather, my guess is that it was the delivery from the RN case manager during clarification that rubbed the...
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    OR enviornment

    canesdukegirl replied to LovedRN's topic in Operating Room

    CheesePotato: I. Loved. Your.
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    bored. . .wondering if I should make a change?

    canesdukegirl replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with Dudette10. You can't grow if you are bored. Several years ago, I was working on a unit that I really liked. Much like you, when I hit the two year mark, I found myself getting...
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    Socializing after work in your scrubs

    canesdukegirl replied to klone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OMG! I thought I was the only person on earth who thought that wearing sweat pants outside of the house looked trashy! My late Mother was British, and she had very strict views on dressing properly....
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    Nursing listed as 4th on a list of fun jobs.

    canesdukegirl replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    dang!!! i should have gone out this year for the steelers. i was raised with only brothers, and i can throw a mean spiral. do you think they would pay me extra because i know how to treat...
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    G tube wont flush but dont think its clogged?

    canesdukegirl replied to asr10 user's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, g-tubes can still become clogged with just formula, like Loriangel stated. Or there could be a kink in the distal end of the tube. I think your pt just bought a trip to
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    Nursing listed as 4th on a list of fun jobs.

    canesdukegirl replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    After I picked my jaw up from the floor, I couldn't stop laughing. Then I got infected with Sarcasmia: Sometimes bad news must be given, and it's during these situations that having registered nurses...
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    Attention PRN nurses

    canesdukegirl replied to Vtachy1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh wow! The culture of your work environment sounds toxic! I LOVE LOVE LOVE our PRN nurses! Our staff views them as "The Hero of the Day" when they come in. We don't treat our PRNers any differently...
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    Daylight thinks we do nothing on night shift

    canesdukegirl replied to ErinRad's topic in Operating Room

    I just have to add one thought: When I worked nights in the OR, my main goal was to set up the room with as much detail as I could-including having a tourniquet already set to the surgeon's...
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    New OR nurse needs some advice

    canesdukegirl replied to smiggers's topic in Operating Room

    Hey Smiggers, You have gotten some EXCELLENT advice! It does take a while to learn the OR, and if you are beating yourself up about not knowing everything when you are only 2 months into the OR...
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    Daylight thinks we do nothing on night shift

    canesdukegirl replied to ErinRad's topic in Operating Room

    Yep, I understand your frustration. Like Kguill, I also thought that the night shift didn't do anything but tidy up, put equipment in the room for first cases, and then sit around and watch TV...until...
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    NP program and Work!

    canesdukegirl replied to nursynurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine is finishing up her last few months of NP school at Duke. She worked 3 12s in a row and it worked out well for her. She is tired a lot, but focuses on the light at the end of the...
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    Question about travel staffing and "shortage"

    canesdukegirl replied to ixchel's topic in Travel

    I don't understand either. Travel nurses are frighteningly expensive, and your description of what travel nurses are paid is pretty accurate. When I traveled, I was paid $42/hr, had all of my...
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    I'm tired of it!

    canesdukegirl replied to sunnyskies9's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I read through all of the replies, and it brings back memories of when I worked on med/surg. While it was good experience, I often felt like nothing but a waitress wearing a steth. Of course, there...
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    She got fired...

    canesdukegirl replied to StL_Momma27's topic in General Nursing

    Horseshoe- yeah, it's total bunk. But I don't think the OP knew that she was hearing a line of bunk, because it was third-hand. And tothepointeLVN, it IS fun...more like funNY to hear some of the...
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    She got fired...

    canesdukegirl replied to StL_Momma27's topic in General Nursing

    You are right-if it was a vein that was bleeding, it would take a LONG time to bleed out unless the pt had some kind of coagulation disorder or very low platelets...but it would still be very...
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    She got fired...

    canesdukegirl replied to StL_Momma27's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, OP...I think you got suckered into believing a story that simply isn't true. There is NO WAY this nurse could have sutured a vein. She would be required to have loupes to see what she was...
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    [So] My hospital has banned disposable wipes...

    canesdukegirl replied to Thunda's topic in General Nursing

    So I take it that management has never heard of C-Diff? No
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    Bovid smoke and plume

    canesdukegirl replied to Adirondacknurse's topic in Operating Room

    I am confident that you meant "bovie" smoke, right? If you feel nauseated from the smell, perhaps you can use something stronger on your mask, like mastisol. If you are very sensitive to smells, you...
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    More funny statements by surgeons

    canesdukegirl posted a topic in Operating Room

    I started a thread some time ago about surgeons making statements, giving directions to their residents, or comments that they made during surgery that made the staff snicker. I would love to keep...
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    A question to nurses with children

    canesdukegirl replied to taramade's topic in General Nursing

    Call me Polly Anna, but I actually have a soft spot for nurses that have kids. If they feel strongly about being with their kids during the holiday they were assigned to work and I don't have plans, I...
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    Baffled

    canesdukegirl replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    My husband is also in the medical profession. He has severe GERD, and will sometimes sit bolt upright in the middle of the night clutching his stomach. I ask him if he has taken his Prevacid. He...
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    Why is it the highest paid among us...

    canesdukegirl replied to notjustanurse's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked on the floor or in PACU, I would NEVER let anyone borrow my steth. I am the worst kind of germ-o-phobe in the world, and the thought of someone's earwax on my steth made me cringe. You...
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    How in the heck did I end up in CVICU from LTC?

    canesdukegirl replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing Career

    It seems as if now is the right time for you to travel outside of your paradigm. You will learn so much...but be easy on yourself. It takes A LOT of courage and bravery to step onto a new unit, get...