Indy

Indy LPN, LVN

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. CIWA woes

    Indy posted a topic in Addictions

    I don't really have any complaint with the CIWA protocols, I am grateful they exist and enable me to sorta get a handle on the ETOH'ers when they decide it's time for withdrawal. It's a lovely thing....

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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"...

  11. 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...

  12. 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

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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

  16. 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...

  17. Failure Failure Just another Failure....

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

    I recommend the Sylvia Rayfield books- one on meds and one on basic nursing. I recommended them several times, to folks who didn't pass NCLEX the first time. They passed using that course. This is...

  18. Scrub Warm-Up Jacket That is Actually Warm

    Indy replied to EsthyLady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Fruit of the Loom long sleeved tee shirts are comfy and do help. Also LL bean makes silk undershirts if you have a pricy budget (I don't, well I might could try one but I keep forgetting about them.)...

  19. This year's flu vaccine not too useful

    Indy replied to nurseprnRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I got influenza A this year from a patient, and gave it to my husband before either of us knew what hit us. Our entire household was vaccinated. It wasn't a good week. I shudder to think how it...

  20. Terrible Medication Error

    Indy replied to rekea526's topic in Patient Medications

    I've seen patients get 80 mg IV Lasix as an IV push, given over oh, ten minutes or so... Of course for those patients, there was backup potassium ordered. There should have been as well, for your...

  21. How does chemistry apply to your RN position?

    Indy replied to livelovelive's topic in General Nursing

    And on the practical side of things, don't put solidifier in a full container of nicely acidic bile from the suction thingy on the wall. Seriously. Dump a little down the toilet first, or you'll get...

  22. Is this possible??

    Indy replied to Racer15's topic in Patient Medications

    I have learned to ask people to differentiate by saying, ok so does it make you itch, get a rash, or does your throat swell up and give you trouble breathing? If yes, allergy and that's that. If the...

  23. Feeling sad about my ALS patient

    Indy replied to ekramona's topic in General Nursing

    I have had a lot of experience with quads, ALS, etc. I dread them, I find out as soon as I can what things they are picky about and how they want "it" done, it meaning everything, and whether or not...

  24. Call light abuse. What to do???

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

    I'm glad I never did that. Of course I have wanted to! The one time I know someone who did, it turned out to be the wrong patient to pull the light out of the wall on; she was a trach patient who...

  25. Help! Recently diagnosed w/ Lupus! Pre-nursing student!

    Indy replied to nurselife21's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I know many nurses with autoimmune problems, two of whom have lupus. One recently retired; she worked about 30 years or so, with a lot of old icu experience, and in the year or two before she...