Indy

Indy LPN, LVN

ICU, telemetry, LTAC

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  1. medication time regulations

    Indy replied to KittykeeperRN's topic in General Nursing

    My take on the topic is this: There is a difference between what pharmacy puts on the MAR as a time for the med to be given, and what the doctor's order actually says. Seriously. An order that says...

  2. Working with pain

    Indy replied to dhammond3's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who's a respiratory therapist and she has a really severe case of RA. She switched from her hellacious amounts of ibuprofen to ultram a couple times a day and is also on plaquenil,...

  3. Time to call a duck a duck?

    Indy replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I seriously don't mind being a laborer. I love the work that I do, and I tend to love working with other folks who also like to WORK. I emphasize work because there are quite a few of us whose first...

  4. What is your splurge?

    Indy replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    I hear ya, it's so much fun to be able to have your own library right in your hands! I got a kindle and stuff for it or to read on it has been my splurge this

  5. does pearsonvue trick works in california nclex?

    Indy replied to beverlyann's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    There has been enough said about this on the internet, that I am waiting for the coders to disable this trick. What you view as a trick, I view as shady and I don't think that the NCLEX writers...

  6. I think cutsey scrub tops look ridiculous on adult units

    Indy replied to AZO49008's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I had a patient nickname me "chicken coop annie" and that was with me wearing plain blue. I should have got a top with chickens on it while he was there, he'd have loved

  7. Is having a ADN useless these days?

    Indy replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    My ADN is not remotely anything that I would call useless. Nor do I see anyone in my area preferring to hire BSN's. I do see management positions asking for batchelor's degrees, that's it. I am...

  8. What's your personality like?

    Indy replied to Black Jade's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a myers-briggs type INFJ. Meaning, introverted, intuitive, feeling, judging. I don't remember much of the rest of their garbledygook explanation. I love to laugh when it's time (and sometimes...

  9. The Effects of Ativan Are They Worth The Outcome?

    Indy replied to zero98's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen several cases of the paradoxical effect and on those patients I have the pharmacy list ativan as an allergy and will get the physician to d/c it. Sometimes it pays to go with a stepped...

  10. I need some support on my second attempt in nclex rn

    Indy replied to milkyblueberry8's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My only advice is to google sylvia rayfield, order her books and review with them a little for the priorities and pharmacology. The memory aids help greatly. I know of two nurses who passed their...

  11. Nurse-y cocktails?

    Indy replied to klz0930's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's nurse-y if you're drinking it at 0800 and slamming down a hamburger and eggs with

  12. Shoes for Men

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

    What you do is leave the store if they are pushy or ignorant. Either that or just serve yourself, and try on every darn shoe in your size till you find the one pair that does it for

  13. The most comfortable Nursing Shoes

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

    Well it still feels like a running shoe to me, I run around like a blind monkey with my tail on fire for 12 hours at a time in

  14. Georgia Board of Nursing

    Indy replied to nguyenhnic's topic in Georgia Nursing

    No, Athens doesn't have a whole lot of jobs for out of state new grads. I don't think the hospitals in athens hired even most of the new grads from the local school last

  15. The most comfortable Nursing Shoes

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

    I have tried a few brands, unfortunately I'll try anything new if it's cheap. This is bad. My latest misstep was to buy merrell's on sale for $30 in december, along with a clearance pair of ryka's....

  16. White Toe Syndrome

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

    I have this but it's mostly in the winter. I have to either soak my feet in warm water or take a hot bath to get 'em to be

  17. The retro nurse's outfit has returned

    Indy replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    I was once mistaken for a

  18. Company not paying for mandatory inservices

    Indy replied to erinp88's topic in General Nursing

    If they require you to do it, they are required to pay you for it. That simple. My prn job, the boss keeps trying to get me to do the online ed stuff at home. I will not do it. I do it at work...

  19. what is bedflow?

    Indy replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like something nasty that I wind up cleaning

  20. Peer evals

    Indy replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    My first job did peer evals. My preceptor used to adamantly state that if you can't give a good eval, don't fill the thing out. It was the nurse who is up for her annual eval's responsibility to get...

  21. To you ICU nurses

    Indy replied to NightNurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    If talking to your family member will make you feel better, nightnurse, could you do that? Maybe he/she is sedated and doesn't look like they can hear you, but maybe it will help. Just apologize for...

  22. Smelly Body Wipes

    Indy replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    There is a compromise that I find works really well, by the way. I run a bath basin of soapy water, then open the wipes and dunk 'em in the water. Throw the wipe away when you're done. I don't use...

  23. Nurse contacted scabies. Can she still work?

    Indy replied to PAIDNSUNSHINE's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, in a patient it is considered contact isolation. So she should have one, seen a doctor, two, done the treatment, three get a work excuse from the doctor. Then take it to employee...

  24. Who has the most "gravy" RN job ever?

    Indy replied to OnaTrek's topic in General Nursing

    Our wound care nurse has the gravy job! She doesn't do work! (Ok, that's snarky.) Seriously, she picks a few lucky patients a day if we're lucky, does their dressings, and sees the new patients...

  25. Do you LIKE every patient that walks through your door?

    Indy replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    No by golly I don't like every patient. Some of them I definitely dislike. I just have to keep reminding myself that they still deserve my best efforts. That way it doesn't matter what I think of...