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grandmawrinkle

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  1. not looking "put together"

    grandmawrinkle replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I WISH I had the time to get my eyebrows done (and my nails, toes, get a facial occasionally, etc...) I get up 2 and 1/2 hours before work at it is and get kids ready and drop kids off at...

  2. not looking "put together"

    grandmawrinkle replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    I think Wooh was kidding. On the other hand, maybe Lotte was too

  3. not looking "put together"

    grandmawrinkle replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    So getting your eyebrows waxed is now a requirement for being an RN?

  4. Messed up with a transfer request

    grandmawrinkle replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    This is all a little weird to me...in my facility, you cannot just switch departments by request. You actually have to go in, interview for the position, and get the job. Often times, candidates...

  5. Anyone have any words of wisdom re: ECT?

    grandmawrinkle posted a topic in General Nursing

    Someone close to me is diagnosed with bipolar disorder (longstanding - x20 years) and it is to the point where it is debilitating. He is considering ECT. Now, I'm licensed and practicing, but I...

  6. Anyone have any words of wisdom re: ECT?

    grandmawrinkle replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in General Nursing

    He has a psychiatrist who has trialed many different medications, but he doesn't do ECT. He is referring him to a colleague at an academic medical center that

  7. Nursing Administration positions

    grandmawrinkle replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    Can you even get an MSN without an RN license? Oy. Makes me even more scared of the for-profit college sector. I know people that have gotten their degree from UOP and I have had my doubts about the...

  8. Anybody else catch this?... Glee Male nurse

    grandmawrinkle replied to wsuRN09's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, the character "Sue Sylvester" (played by Jane Lynch) said that. I didn't really find it funny, as I work with and love my nurse colleagues of both genders, but I took it with a grain of salt....

  9. Attacking a Doctor Makes News; Attacking a Nurse is Business As Usual

    grandmawrinkle replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Kim, I think this is the best post in this thread. That is the best, bottom-line advice I have read. If one continues to work at a place that won't address violence issues and violence has happened...

  10. Attacking a Doctor Makes News; Attacking a Nurse is Business As Usual

    grandmawrinkle replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Really? Where are

  11. Attacking a Doctor Makes News; Attacking a Nurse is Business As Usual

    grandmawrinkle replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    show me some statistics that point to that being attacked or threatened in the healthcare setting is common and i'll start listening. it doesn't happen in my place of work and in my large metro area...

  12. Most annoying things when starting as a nurse or a nurse in a new place?

    grandmawrinkle replied to SchoolNurseLaura's topic in General Nursing

    Mine --- YOU CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. I get so **** frustrated when I am wasting time looking for something that in a month or two, I will know exactly where it is kept. I, however, was not blessed with...

  13. "Cancel Remove" function on PYXIS Machine

    grandmawrinkle replied to Flying ICU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I use that function all the time. We have bar-code scanning, and sometimes the barcode won't scan. If that happens, I take the scanner into the med room, scan a different package (same med), and...

  14. What do you consider a positive troponin?

    grandmawrinkle replied to jax22's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    My institution is 0.2 or higher for a positive result. No one with elevated trops goes to an ICU bed at my facility unless they are seriously unstable. That's what the cardiac stepdown unit is for...

  15. I'm seriously starting to doubt that nursing is right for me!

    grandmawrinkle replied to llaura's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just so you know, I was horribly squeamish right up until I started nursing school. I had a needle phobia (I would get tunnel vision and lightheaded). I had to go to the learning lab and give about...

  16. This can't be right...

    grandmawrinkle replied to neophyte's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. If I were you, I would report this to the board of MEDICINE for prescribing without a license to do so. That will probably bite her in the ass and the PA would possibly back up your story if you...

  17. Looooong narrative notes

    grandmawrinkle replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't get the whole writing 3 notes a shift thing. We have a (computerized) flow sheet, then I typically will write a summary narrative note (usually short) at the end, plus any other mandatory...

  18. RN-BSN bridge vs straight BSN, is it the same education?

    grandmawrinkle replied to Saysfaa's topic in General Nursing

    i don't think so. this might not be true for all schools and areas, but in the public university system in my state, there is a core liberal arts curriculum that needs to be fulfilled for anyone to...

  19. Post-exposure prophylaxis making me so sick!

    grandmawrinkle replied to dancin1415's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have anything to add, but I feel for you. I have heard these drugs are rough, but I don't know from experience like you do. Take care of yourself.

  20. Joined AACN, was it worth it?

    grandmawrinkle replied to simvee's topic in MICU, SICU

    I like the AACN journal .... what's it called? "Critical Care Nurse" I think. I get a lot of good info in there, usually the cover article is great and applicable to adult practice, but not always....

  21. Attacking a Doctor Makes News; Attacking a Nurse is Business As Usual

    grandmawrinkle replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My:twocents:, to poster #44 In nearly 11 years of practicing as an RN and 15 years working in healthcare, I have never been assaulted, threatened, or harmed in any way by a patient or a patient's...

  22. Can a nurse report a MD for being rude?

    grandmawrinkle replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    IMO a good manager should be able to protect the identity of the person that is bringing forward to complaints about someone re: bad behavior, especially if there are multiple complaints. Fear of...

  23. Can a nurse report a MD for being rude?

    grandmawrinkle replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do NOT put anything in the patient chart. That isn't the place for that stuff. I would definitely recommend (as you stated) going to management with physicians that repeatedly are behavior problems....

  24. Why just part time?

    grandmawrinkle replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    Have you looked in the government sector? Most nurses at my facility are FT. On my unit, I think we have about 35 staff and only 4 of them are

  25. is this the norm?

    grandmawrinkle replied to lovingRN2009's topic in General Nursing

    I think the no retirement thing would have been a no-go for me. Most health systems or hospital corporations, even LTC companies offer something for retirement. I have a very small pension and a...