Indy LPN, LVN

Indy has 5 years experience as a LPN, LVN and specializes in ICU, telemetry, LTAC.

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1. Passion for Nursing but have disfigured fingers

   Indy replied to rednotebook's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   What makes a glove sterile is not how it fits, but how it's sterilized. That lady is handing you some weird BS, in my opinion. My hands are tiny, and maybe some XS non-sterile gloves fit decently,...

2. Apparently I was supposed to lie: back injury preventing hospital hiring

   Indy replied to Sannie6226's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   You could call them and ask, since they made the job offer, would another unit in the hospital consider hiring you? It's worth a

3. Cough Syrup - wow!

   Indy replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

   I'm not too keen on the chloroform, but the rest of it sounds like it would do the trick. I'd wake up three days later, on earth or in heaven, and presto! Cough is

4. Theme song to your Nursing career?

   Indy replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   My favorite song to hear on the way to work: "The ****** is Back" by Elton John. And sometimes I mangle a Johnny Cash tune: "golightly on the ledge babe, golightly on the ground... I'm not the one...

5. Sketcher's Skinny leg scrub pants to sexy for work?

   Indy replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   Tell your coworkers to mind their own business, wear something that moves with you when you bend, squat, walk etc and does not ride up or fall down, and wear a top that comes down to about the hip...

6. Empty the foley they said...

   Indy replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

   Also in the epic category: a 3 way foley to irrigation that just won't run clear, no matter how much you dump in there. It drives the tech crazy to hear "do NOT touch my foley tonight, I don't care...

7. Empty the foley they said...

   Indy replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

   Hm. A Bard bag with a urometer will hold 4800 cc of urine. Granted, it will be completely round and the urometer will be sticking out and pointing up, but it will hold. Will the hanger-do thing...

8. The "Q" Word and Other Mysteries

   Indy replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Nursing Humor

   Once I was in home depot with my hubby and he said "it sure is quiet in here"... and I chastized him for it. "Shh! don't SAY that! I like it this way and now it won't be!!" He looked at me really...

9. Love or hate your IV pumps?

   Indy replied to steffimarty's topic in General Nursing

   I have used Horizon, really old brown Baxters, the colleague- both the triple channel ones and the single channel ones, and now use the sigmas by Baxter. Horizons were ok, except the big "pillow"...

10. Husband and wife working together

    Indy replied to JinnyLynn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Having worked with a number of couples that worked together, I have yet to meet one that was functional. And by working together, I mean same shift, same unit, same days. There is always one that...

11. I Hate Being Bipolar. It's AWESOME!

    Indy replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Marla, I have faith that you'll get through this

12. Why are people uncomfortable talking about mental health?

    Indy replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    People are afraid to deal with mental issues because they aren't an easy fix, and out of fear, but also from denial. "That is not me, that is not my family, that is dangerous, etc." Then they get...

13. Opioid induced hyperalgesia

    Indy replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    I am one of the nurses who tells people they are not supposed to be "pain free" at all times. I tell preops they are going to have pain, but we will try for taking the edge off. I tell postops it's...

14. Nurses who go on breaks during report

    Indy replied to cleback's topic in General Nursing

    Tell them a written report will help you get your shift started sooner, and save them from having to interrupt you once you have gotten

15. What Is The Shift You Will Never Forget?

    Indy replied to bsartor's topic in General Nursing

    There have been quite a few that were memorable. My first DIC patient I wound up sharing with another nurse, we did hour on, hour off for him- the hour out of the room we would snack, pee, chart and...