Indy

Indy LPN, LVN

ICU, telemetry, LTAC

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  1. As an experienced RN, do you like/dislike having a student nurse assigned to you?

    Indy replied to jamie32764's topic in General Students

    I don't get students at night. The one thing that would worry me, is I wouldn't want to help or contribute to the student doing a skill that the instructor didn't want them to do, thus contributing...

  2. How old is your hospital?

    Indy replied to NevadaFighter's topic in General Nursing

    Back on topic, architecture. My current employer's old building had a bomb shelter in the basement. My original ICU hospital was built around a square courtyard so that they had a safe smoking area....

  3. How old is your hospital?

    Indy replied to NevadaFighter's topic in General Nursing

    Six months! (It's a new building.) The thing is already haunted. One of the ICU rooms is cursed, and the one with a camera in it, is posessed. The camera blinks on and off rapidly when a patient...

  4. Mandatory Flu Vaccines- How do you feel?

    Indy replied to Snowbird17's topic in Disaster Preparation

    One of our local hospitals does something right: compromise. You don't have to get the shot, but they encourage it. And if you get it, documented, and then proceed to get sick with flu-like...

  5. Hourly wage with "normal" hours (South)

    Indy replied to oldeddieboy's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, what she said. I need to add that the stress levels will dictate that during the first six months, you need to, for your sake, not work overtime more than once a month. Really. The first year...

  6. I got tricked!

    Indy replied to wishinguponastarLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Just because she may seem slick enough to get paid more, doesn't mean you are being screwed. You are being honest. They realized they messed up the paperwork and were paying you too much. At least...

  7. Need to vent...being volunteered by someone else to do overtime...WHAT?!

    Indy replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    If there is a stack of resumes waiting to be hired, why isn't there someone hired to do this weekend thing on a regular basis? Because they are trying to screw you into doing it, that is why. Say...

  8. Spirit intervention vs nursing intervention

    Indy replied to camtrom's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    That's a very sweet story; I like that you put a spin on it so the patient got some comfort. What I would like to know though, is what kind of research are you doing? As in, solely anecdotal, or are...

  9. How do you handle the everyday stress of a nurse?

    Indy replied to Bugs20091's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Everyone, and I mean everyone, has a habit. I like reading, all sorts of crafty stuff, and caffeine. I like to take time to make my coffee and/or tea, one cup at a time. My husband encourages me to...

  10. Night shifters - ever experience this?

    Indy replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    It certainly sounds like you're going through hell, I hope things get better for you. I used to try to do meditation a long time ago, before I was a nurse. I couldn't do it very well because it...

  11. Coffee Is My Medicine

    Indy replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I make it extra sweet with lots of milk at work, and I drink it fast because having the time to sit down, sip and write on a chart is akin to calling it a "quiet" night and all sorts of havoc will...

  12. Name Badges Worn Backwards

    Indy replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    I have to scan the backside of my badge for every med I give. For those patients that are actually awake, I will tell them who I am. Otherwise, the thing's where its' easier to

  13. How to handle lazy LPN's on the team

    Indy replied to Nurse ABC's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have found that there are only 3 things to be done, and you kind of need them to be done in order. One, work your a$$ off. Let it be seen that you yourself are not lazy. Two, communicate with the...

  14. What Kind of Patients Do You LIKE Most?

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

    Normally, my favorites are ventilated, sedated, orphenated, and constipated. They don't have to be constipated, though that's a plus that never lasts. My least favorite are the ones with what I've...

  15. What patients/behaviors/illnesses/injuries do you HATE the most?

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

    Currently one behavior comes to mind, and it's from a doctor: Asking me a question that requires I look at the paper chart to answer it, when he/she is holding the chart, and then acting like he/she...

  16. Medication Range Doses-What if Patient Wants Less?

    Indy replied to rrrrnnnn579's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would like to point out that the case where I really won't consider giving less than the dose is insulin. Either give it or hold it. With sliding scale, the doses make sense and there's not room,...

  17. Future Shortage in Bedside Nurses

    Indy replied to westieluv's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    ADN here, 60K/year income range, I work ICU and have no desire to go back to school. However, I do sort of feel like I am in a race against time to get my house paid off before my body quits on me....

  18. Charting Bloopers

    Indy replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Pt family pureed foot and fed it to him and he ate it all" The handwriting on it was very neat, it was clearly f-o-o-t not

  19. So your boss/manager tells you...

    Indy replied to mikeb123's topic in General Nursing

    My question for the manager would be what does she think is basic foot care? I could wash 'em and on some folks that is a job and a half. I would have serious reservations about taking a dremel...

  20. Have you ever lost it with a patient?

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

    Oh yeah. In LTAC, a little patient looked, talked and kinda acted like Gollum. I don't know how I didn't lose it sooner. He would ask for all the drugs, I would give him all the drugs, and the...

  21. Made it through three night shifts on my own...then...

    Indy replied to LaRoseRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I was new, I had this wiggly, demented ole feller on a dopamine drip. It was a renal dose so there was a 250ml bag of NS hung for KVO. No problem. The dopamine bag was also 250 ml. The pump...

  22. "Why does a nurse have to go to college?"

    Indy replied to bookwormom's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to point out that while some backwoods third world village might accept an american with no license as a nurse, it would be patently dangerous to pursue this type of thinking and...

  23. Support Stockings

    Indy replied to bamagirl14's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Do you have to have hose? I mean, pantyhose creates a rather warm environment in the nether regions, and you'll be running around, working and probably sweating. It doesn't sound nice. I like...

  24. Shoes-any one try gravity defyer's yet??

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

    I can't bring myself to try the gravity defyers because I don't want to wear a little sperm to work on my

  25. Question about notifying dr's per request of patient's family

    Indy replied to Nurse ABC's topic in General Nursing

    I second the advice to be careful what you wake the doc up for. I once had a man with abdominal aortic aneurysm and epicarditis. The AAA wasn't urgent or anything, the epicarditis was painful as all...