JWaldron

JWaldron

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  1. Ever had a nurse or doc as a patient?

    JWaldron replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    Did you say 'walk her around the stalls'?:Snow:

  2. Ever had a nurse or doc as a patient?

    JWaldron replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    >snip About a year and a half ago, I was in the hospital with gall stones, kidney stones, and gastroenteritis (what fun!). The hospital was just slammed, so I ended up in ICU because there were no...

  3. Ever had a nurse or doc as a patient?

    JWaldron replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    Terri wrote: I always want to know what they are hanging and why. Me too, but I've been like that my whole life, not just since I became a nurse! I've cared for a few docs, who were mostly OK, except...

  4. Pt's C/O in the ER (funny)

    JWaldron replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    The version of this that I ran into in our ER was a guy who said that he was laying carpet and backed up towards a fireplace and somehow had a more than close encounter of the fireplace poker kind....

  5. Pt's C/O in the ER (funny)

    JWaldron replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    or my favorite, "Fireballs of the Eucharist" (fibroids of the

  6. Does anyone know where I can find this?

    JWaldron replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Rehabilitation

    You've following the best route to meet your needs. Good luck, and keep (your) cool!

  7. Does anyone know where I can find this?

    JWaldron replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Rehabilitation

    http://www.surgicalappliance.com/TRUFORMOTC/ut_cervical.htm has this: 9977D UNIVERSAL MESH COLLAR Same design and applications as 975 at left, but made from a cool, breathable, semi-rigid mesh...

  8. Charting Bloopers

    JWaldron replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had one tonight - Lidoderm patch to scalp. This patient has a full head of hair! We could shave it off, but I think the woman would object. And last week I got one "D/C foley (remove it!)"! Maybe...

  9. Charting Bloopers

    JWaldron replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had one tonight - Lidoderm patch to scalp. This patient has a full head of hair! We could shave it off, but I think the woman would object. And last week I got one "D/C foley (remove it!)"! Maybe...

  10. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    JWaldron replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I agree w/ every one of your points. The health care system has to change to get better, but I also don't see it happening any time soon. Too many people want cutting edge medical care for minor...

  11. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    JWaldron replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Well, there's a lot of truth to what you say, but the really sad thing is that an awful lot of these people just don't have a primary physician, and this is their only entry into the health care...

  12. What can I do with my BSN that Assoc. RN's can't?

    JWaldron replied to doodlebug914's topic in General Nursing

    >snip but don't think you're above those other ADN nurses... they will surely put you in your place, real fast. just because you're a BSN and the others are ADN doesn't mean that you are a "better"...

  13. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    JWaldron replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Gee, it's hard to limit it to ONE thing! The person who came in wanting to have his blackheads removed. The woman who came in wanting to have her earlobe sewn back together after she caught...

  14. Extra pay for certification or degrees?

    JWaldron replied to Baby Catcher's topic in General Nursing

    I realy wasn't even thinking of other ED benefits. If you are FT (.7 and up) you qualify for full tuition reimbursement, up to 12 credits a semester plus books, if it is an approved degree. Approved...

  15. Extra pay for certification or degrees?

    JWaldron replied to Baby Catcher's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, we are reimbursed for the certification exam if we pass it, but not always for the certification. I have a Med/Surg certification from AMSN, but I am not reimbured for it, because I...

  16. Team Nursing, Does it work???

    JWaldron replied to nurse lucky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I finished nursing school, I got a job as a float (tough way to develop your clinical skills, but what experience!) mostly to units were staffed, 1 RN, 1 LPN and maybe 1 NA, for 16 pts. One...

  17. Question about rectal exam

    JWaldron replied to rachel18us's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have been getting GYN exams since about 1960 and most, but not all, have included a rectal exam. Same w/ routine physicals - more of them include it now that I am older. as to why exams, and care,...

  18. Pt's C/O in the ER (funny)

    JWaldron replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    We had a standard diagnosis in our ER: SAS - Subacute Stupididty Syndrome. (It becomes acute when it kills you!) Also DSS - Dying Swan Syndrome, which I see on the floors too.

  19. Pt's C/O in the ER (funny)

    JWaldron replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    I don't work in the ED any more, so I'm not as current w/ the most recent variety of DX, but we had a lot of high blood, sugar blood, people who 'just fell out, I don' know what happen, she just fell...

  20. Pt's C/O in the ER (funny)

    JWaldron replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    All those folks who've got bad bronicals... And then there was the women who had fireballs of the eucharist; the gynie told her so years ago, and now it's really bad. And the one who told us she had...

  21. How many nurses do their own vitals???

    JWaldron replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    Your third paragraph covers it pretty well. Of course I can do my own vitals, and more often than not, I do. But a lot of times it would have been a really big help to have the NA do them, when I...

  22. How many nurses do their own vitals???

    JWaldron replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    That's a shame, but I know what you're talking about. I floated for a number of years, and floats typically get the worst assignment on a unit, and often get assigned with the people nobody else...

  23. How many nurses do their own vitals???

    JWaldron replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    ASKING for help? ASKING? Why should I be searching all over the floor for someone who has already been given an assignment by me. If the aide is busy taking care of our patients, then I already...

  24. How many nurses do their own vitals???

    JWaldron replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    ASKING for help? ASKING? Why should I be searching all over the floor for someone who has already been given an assignment by me. If the aide is busy taking care of our patients, then I already...

  25. How many nurses do their own vitals???

    JWaldron replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    Delegation is an appropriate and legal part of a nurse's job too. Assigning a task such as vital signs to someone who has been competencied to do them is not shirking a responsibility - it may be...