Dazglue ADN, BSN, MSN, RN

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    Rough night at work...

    Dazglue replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    And the incident is NEVER ending! I only had the man one night and here it is Monday morning and he is STILL complaining about BS. He even called up the operator and got the house supervisor,...
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    Rough night at work...

    Dazglue replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    This is a hospital patient. Oh I got firm, and that's what he made him SOOOO upset. After I left, he bad-mouthed me to the next nurse all day long because after that point I only did for him what I...
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    Do you find this article insulting?

    Dazglue replied to cacentralvalley's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a SNF nurse and I am not
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    What would you rather do than go into work this weekend?

    Dazglue replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I would rather be getting ready to go the Alabama//LSU game....ROLL
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    Southern Union Community College

    Dazglue replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Alabama Nursing

    And if anything is changed they will put up a new updated calendar on blackboard. That way you can show it to your job if needed. That always helped me. But i didn't have a problem working per diem...
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    Southern Union Community College

    Dazglue replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Alabama Nursing

    They are scheduled well in advanced. When you get your class calendar the first day everything will be listed for you. Rarely does something get changed and if so it'll just be canceled or rescheduled...
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    Gossiping in the hospital

    Dazglue replied to Monica08's topic in General Nursing

    Gossip is everywhere, no matter where you work. People let it get to them and things get worse. I've been at my hospital for almost 6 yrs and I have never had any problems (unlike some people are at...
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    Excessive smoke breaks

    Dazglue replied to ProgressiveActivist's topic in General Nursing

    We're a smoke free facility now. Now we don't have that problem
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    If I see one more post titled....

    Dazglue replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    I never cared about what other people posted until the other day I saw a post "Should I wear my hair up or down?" Seriously, that's not a decision you can make yourself? And got mad when someone asked...
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    If I see one more post titled....

    Dazglue replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    After being home sick, this thread has made my
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    Are you doing this at work?

    Dazglue replied to vivasmom's topic in Emergency

    Giving nebs: No, done by respirartory. Drawing own labs: Yes Starting your own iv's: Yes Running own blood gasses: No, done by respiratory Cleaning own rooms: To a certain extent; housekeeping can't...
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    Southern Union Community College

    Dazglue replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Alabama Nursing

    As long as you've paid for the background check you are good. They can tell you if it's processing or not. It doesn't have to be completed by
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    Number of patients you care for?

    Dazglue replied to winter_green's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ususally around 8, but I can get up to 16. And no, this isn't LTC.
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    The first time your pt crashed

    Dazglue replied to tech1000's topic in Emergency

    Oh yes! It was awful. Weird I did the assesment without even realizing it. No response, no respirations, no pulse. After that? I was a wreck. I pulled the code button and everything happened so fast...
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    Busiest Time For The ER

    Dazglue replied to chimpanzee's topic in Emergency

    Sunday, after
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    COPD patient wanting to leave to smoke

    Dazglue replied to chris10lsuRN's topic in General Nursing

    but some of our md's will order 3-4 beers daily prn. some even have it scheduled for meals. guess who has to walk to pharmacy to pick them up??
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    Whats with Mondays?

    Dazglue replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in Emergency

    Sunday's are the worse for us!! We are SWAMPED! We always have a mixture of really sick people (CVA's, MI's, resp arrest, etc.) and the ones who got drunk after the game (I live in a SEC college town)...
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    The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

    Dazglue replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a SNF and this is my fav. "You're the only RN so you're charge tonight. Oh, they're 5 PICC lines and 5 central lines that you have to flush and the pt is room 28 is getting 4 units of blood....
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    How Much Medication Education Do You Do?

    Dazglue replied to Guest 360983's topic in General Nursing

    If it's a home med, I tell them what it is and why they are taking it. (metformin for your blood glucose/sugar) keeping it simple. If it's new I'll tell them what it's for and possible side effects....
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    Delegating task

    Dazglue replied to mynhii's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I would have a problem with delegation. It was something I hated doing while in nursing school because we only had 1-2 pt's. But trust me, when you are on the floor slammed, it'll come...
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    Do your Managers and Charge nurses work on the unit?

    Dazglue replied to pilotnurse's topic in Emergency

    I'm charge nurse and I take a full load of pt's. Our NM, 2 PCC's, never take a pt. load. When I worked in the ER, the NM, Charge, and PCC never took pt's in the day. Night shift charge will if busy....
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    Facilities switching to 8 hour shifts

    Dazglue replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    We just finally went to all 12's. THANK GOD! And if we every go back to 8's, I'll be leaviing. Lol. I love my
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    How Long?

    Dazglue replied to Juwon's topic in General Nursing

    Just graduated in May and had a job lined up months before even
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    how much orientation did you receive as a new grad?

    Dazglue replied to tokmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    4
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    BSN vs. ADN really does it matter these days?

    Dazglue replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in General Nursing

    I am referring to the hospitals in my area. Only repeating facts at the hospitals in the this state. Trust me, I've done my research. I can't speak for other hospitals so I don't