Bezoars

Bezoars

Med Surg, Perinatal, Endoscopy, IVF Lab

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  1. I never would have thought of that...

    Bezoars replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    1. I like to tuck pillowcases under breasts and pannis that get moist and excoriated easily. 2. With famale catheters I swipe down with betadine and tuck the cotton ball just into the lady parts...

  2. Help, wanting to leave job within 6 month of hire

    Bezoars replied to MMJ,BSN's topic in Nursing Career

    Oh this one is easy.... take the NICU

  3. Could Be Fired for IV skills.

    Bezoars replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    totally agree with what Don1984

  4. The hardest parts of nursing?

    Bezoars replied to calivianya's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^ Aint that the truth. The hardest part for me is dealing with this mom's on drugs having drug-dependent babies. The drama, the lies, the acting job.... it kills me a little each

  5. Compassion fatigue...how do you deal?

    Bezoars replied to klone's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Ha! I feel like I could have wrote this post. I also deal with a demographic that is sucking me dry and I've come to the realization that the current job I'm in is really killing my soul. Want to...

  6. Focus Care Inc. anyone work as an RN Care Manager

    Bezoars replied to MomRNof2's topic in Home Health

    Wow! Good to know this stuff. They got my resume off some job site and contacted me about a week ago. I didn't follow up. Glad now that I

  7. First Year of Nursing Do's and Donts

    Bezoars replied to loyolae's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My Thoughts....

  8. I feel like I'm never going to get good at IVs

    Bezoars replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    I was always just "okay" at starting IV's. What made me feel better was that VERY eperienced nurses on the floor would also miss them all the time. Some people just have a flair for that skill......

  9. I don't want to do bedside nursing

    Bezoars replied to noki1024's topic in Nursing Career

    I was in the same boat as you... book smart, but didn't like the clinicals as much. They challenged me because I tend to be an introvert. Anyway, I agree with the other posters. Do a year of...

  10. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    Bezoars replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I would take care of my own loved ones. I would understand them not wanting to put their lives and safety at risk. I wouldn't ask them to do

  11. COBs...what do you think about the handling of the Ebola outbreak

    Bezoars replied to richardgecko's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes, our nursing instructors told of how they would double gown and glove before taking care of an aids pt. My grandmother contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion for a hip replacement back in the...

  12. Ebola - do you have the right to walk away?

    Bezoars replied to rnnina19's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I wouldn't accept the assignment. My life and health and that of my family is more important then my job and title. Not worth it. That being said... I think there's a lot of hulabaloo about...

  13. Am I being bullied? Or is this normal?

    Bezoars replied to baymar67's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is so sad when nurses do this. I'm sorry you're experiencing that kind of hostility. Most of us have seen it and experienced it ourselves when we were new nurses so I know how you feel. Here's...

  14. Always Complaints, Never an Attaboy

    Bezoars posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do you ever feel like all you hear are complaints and ways that your screwing up from management? Between all the "you need to do this better" and the lectures on ways we need to seriously...

  15. Please Start!

    Bezoars replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    PLEASE start checking your hanging fluids before your shift ends. There is nothing worse then coming on shift only to hear beeping up and down the hall and lines running dry. Also, please restart...

  16. Float Pool Vent

    Bezoars posted a topic in General Nursing

    I love floating.... for the most part. Yes, my experience is more wide and less deep... but I have broader experience then most. Here's my biggest pet peeve. Everywhere you go, the staff treats you...

  17. If you could go back and choose....

    Bezoars replied to Ndnrnbsn's topic in General Nursing

    Artist (and not the starving

  18. Float Pool Vent

    Bezoars replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    "How funny that you actually want the terrible assignments, I feel that since you are not on the floor that much and do not really know the dynamics of the floor too well, you should be content with...

  19. Float Pool Vent

    Bezoars replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    All I want is to be treated like the professional that I am... like everyone else.... no better, no worse. I certainly don't want to be crapped on with all the "dump" patients... but I also don't...

  20. Your Specialty & Why

    Bezoars replied to AspiringNurseMW's topic in General Nursing

    I have done Med/Surg Float and now Perinatal Float. I have also floated to Endo and IVF lab. I have yet to find something I'm passionate about. People from Med/Surg always ask me if I like the kids...

  21. Poll: Do you wear your wedding band to work...?

    Bezoars replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    I wear my wedding set. I lose everything, so if I was always taking it off and putting it back on, I would lose it for sure. The only time I take it off is if I know I'm working in NICU... for them,...

  22. HELP! Masking the smell of feces!

    Bezoars replied to WhitneyRene's topic in General Students

    I don't like vicks. I find that it OPENS the nasal passages and makes me smell it all worse. I prefer a little air freshener on the inside of a

  23. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    Bezoars replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Around here, people put the emphasis on the wrong syllable of Aggrivated.... saying "Ag-ruh-VATE-ed" or "Ag-ruh-VATE". Drives me NUTS. Also, when you take a med history, they'll tell you they're on...

  24. Do you "tell" Facebook where you work?

    Bezoars replied to RN403's topic in General Nursing

    I do NOT put my place of employment, nor to I put anything about work good or bad. I'm also very choosy about who I friend there. Too much work

  25. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    Bezoars replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I once saw a nurse hang blood to run WITH