NurseyBaby'05 BSN, RN

Neuro/Med-Surg/Oncology

Member

  • Content

    1,110

  • Visitors

    14,282

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    15

All Content by NurseyBaby'05

  1. NurseyBaby'05

    Frequent Nursing Rounds Decrease Call-Light Use

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    Karen- You should have had her do your nasty wound dressing change. Without gloves, of course!:roll :roll On second thought, that may have been too cruel to the patient with the
  2. NurseyBaby'05

    Passed NCLEX...Praise The With Me Everyone

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to RNKay31's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Good Job, Kay! :deadhorse :balloons: You'll have to change your
  3. NurseyBaby'05

    How Many Days Do You Work?

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to RainDreamer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Three is definitely plenty. I have been scheduling myself for three in a row when I work the weekend. We have to do 2 weekends and 1 Friday. I figured that if I was working Friday night already, my...
  4. NurseyBaby'05

    Mommy issues of the other kind ...

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to DaughterofRuth's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just remind yourself that it's only two days a week that you have that long schedule. You have been maximizing the time with her on your other three nights. It's only for one semester, then you can...
  5. NurseyBaby'05

    Help! How do you stay awake on drive home after night shift?

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to neetnik461's topic in General Nursing

    I live about 4 and a half miles from work. If I lived any further, I don't know what I would do. I can tolerate from work to home and that's it on most days. If I have to stop, I make sure it's...
  6. NurseyBaby'05

    Pseudo-seizures: can you share your experience and insight?

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to Morgan314's topic in Psychiatric

    Be careful though. I've had a few that were
  7. NurseyBaby'05

    Pseudo-seizures: can you share your experience and insight?

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to Morgan314's topic in Psychiatric

    That's true. A lot of times their subconscious is coming through. It doesn't lessen the urge to wring their necks when it's the third time you've run to their bedside in 30 minutes (Especially when...
  8. NurseyBaby'05

    Answering priority questions

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to RNKay31's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Kay- Stop studying! You need to give yourself time to relax and absorb everything! You're prepared. You know what to expect. Pretty soon this will be you - - - - - ->:selfbonk:
  9. NurseyBaby'05

    The time is quickly approaching, need your help please

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to RNKay31's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    One of the most important things to know about studying is when to quit. You don't want to overload your brain and have everything run together. Take these next few days to let your brain "settle",...
  10. NurseyBaby'05

    Terms we will not admit to using

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    SROF Surgical Removal of Family RSA Room Spray Ativan NTG Needs To
  11. NurseyBaby'05

    Help! How do you stay awake on drive home after night shift?

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to neetnik461's topic in General Nursing

    I do this a lot. My girlfriend always busts my chops though, especially now with being pregnant. She used to do this and wound up with a UTI.
  12. NurseyBaby'05

    Help! How do you stay awake on drive home after night shift?

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to neetnik461's topic in General Nursing

    I just had this conversation with a co-worker the other day. She swears by lollipops. She has about a forty to fifty minute commute. She said it's either a one lollipop or two lollipop ride...
  13. NurseyBaby'05

    sickle cell crisis...when enough is enough....

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to FreshRN05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Here's the thing: there are some patients who abuse the pain assessment/control guidelines. She's refusing something that can help control her pain with out getting her high. (O2) Also, patients can't...
  14. NurseyBaby'05

    "I Come Into Work Sick! Why Can't You?"

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe if those people hadn't come in to work sick and stayed home like they were suppossed to, the rest of the staff wouldn't have to call in sick. They could have kept their germs to themselves @...
  15. NurseyBaby'05

    Calculator not permitted?!

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to Finallyy's topic in General Students

    > I can't fat finger a pen/pencil and paper. > If I make a make a mistake on a calculator, I can't see where. If I write everything out, I can. >A calculator can become a crutch and people...
  16. NurseyBaby'05

    "But I'm pregnant . . ."

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. Every night I've been off, work has called to see if I can work that night. (I take that back. They call me on the days I'm off while I'm trying to sleep to come in that night.)Yet, they can't...
  17. NurseyBaby'05

    PA nclex on 8/8/06 worried

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to jlgirl82's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Sorry. I didn't read the whole
  18. NurseyBaby'05

    You know you work nights when.......

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    When work calls to ask you a stupid question they wouldn't dream of calling someone @ 03:00 for.
  19. NurseyBaby'05

    You know you work nights when.......

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    When you're bundled up in August because your temperature has been dropping all night. I get the strangest looks in the grocery
  20. NurseyBaby'05

    No desire to live.

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Psychiatric

    (((MM))) Call for help now! It's not going to get better on it's own. The help you need runs deeper than a psychologist. Make an appointment with your PCP tomorrow morning and give him a copy of...
  21. NurseyBaby'05

    Chart too much...

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to RN2B07's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I try to be very thorough in my charting. If something should come back to haunt me down the line, I'm counting on my notes to jog my memory. In five years, I'll have taken care of thousands of...
  22. NurseyBaby'05

    Had My First Med Error Tonight :(

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    AKA Lorcet
  23. NurseyBaby'05

    Please share your embarrassing stories!

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to studentnurse74's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I always wind up having to go back in to the room and unroll the clamp on the piggyback tubing. I can't tell you the times I've gone back to check the patient an hour later and see a full bag of...
  24. NurseyBaby'05

    Trach Healing

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to jschut's topic in Oncology

    Julie- Do you mean to tape a dressing around it or tape it shut? Most of ours are left open to air after the first post-op day. As for the mucous seeping, it could be months. Some peoples trachs are...
  25. NurseyBaby'05

    suicide threats- how do you tell?

    NurseyBaby'05 replied to carroll's topic in Psychiatric

    A phone number change while she is hospitalized would probably be a good thing. You say she is a friend, but friendship is a two way street and you have been the one making all the effort. Maybe...