AlabamaBelle

AlabamaBelle

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  1. "How much do you want off today?"

    AlabamaBelle replied to traumaRUs's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I work in pediatric dialysis and we have been using the Critline monitoring for over a year now. They are a pain at first, but once you learn how to use the information you are given - they are a very...

  2. You Arent Supposed To Hold A Newborn Baby If On Menstrual Cycle?

    AlabamaBelle replied to starmickey03's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OOPS! Laughed so hard I had to go change my

  3. Dropped from LPN school last week--have OCD.

    AlabamaBelle replied to kovercomer's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    IMHO, your tardies/absences are problematic, especially for those of us who have any degree of OCD (one of my areas is being late - I'm compulsively early). In nursing school, one should never do...

  4. Do you guys think I did the right thing? I'm a Nurse but still study dialysis tech.

    AlabamaBelle replied to jtanga's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I think you've done a very smart thing. It's fairly easily to access a patient, but all the finer points of dialysis that you're learning in a formal way are invaluable. I just trasferred to dialysis...

  5. Terrified of the stick :(

    AlabamaBelle replied to kellyrainRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I so know how you feel! I was a PICU nurse for 5 years and have just recently transferred to Peds Dialysis - I love it! As for the sticks, I was very squeamish. My manager sent me to the adult...

  6. Why Many nurses are No-Codes

    AlabamaBelle replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My wishes and paperwork are all filled out. Everyone in my family knows my wishes. Just let me go on and they can get on with their lives. I'll be in heaven and don't you dare try to get me

  7. ICU to Dialysis advice please

    AlabamaBelle replied to terese's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I just transferred from Peds ICU to Peds Dialysis in our facility. We do acute and chronic pts. So far, I am really enjoying the change of pace and some predictability in my day. I was burning out...

  8. HIPAA Violation?

    AlabamaBelle replied to Morguein's topic in General Nursing

    This has been addressed by our unit management, reminding us to be careful about what we post. You'll see the "please let me get through my last 12 in a four day stretch" or "have we been busy or...

  9. Signing out meds you do NOT administer yourself?

    AlabamaBelle replied to celticwoman61's topic in General Nursing

    I would have to say that this is not good practice. We were taught not to do this in school, and this is also p/p in our facility. The only drugs I give that I don't personally draw up are the ones...

  10. Am I crazy because I love med surg???

    AlabamaBelle replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    I love med/surg nurses. I think, for the most part, they are the most awesome - along with psych nurses. I couldn't do med/surg or OB because I really don't like whiny adult patients. Most people...

  11. An RN friend being set up at her job, are even threatening her license; need advice

    AlabamaBelle replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    From personal experience, I can attest to "ambien sex.":D DH had taken his, got frisky and we had a great time until he briefly fell asleep on me (literally). He woke back up and the deed was done....

  12. "Yinz"

    AlabamaBelle replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I think the more relevant issue is relating to the patient/family on their level. I can speak very proper English with long, fancy and obscure terms or I can speak on their level. I think the thick...

  13. Why do I get yelled at for doing the correct thing??

    AlabamaBelle replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Most of us in our unit look up meds, especially if its one we don't give often. That is always better safe than sorry. If if it's something I give often, sometimes I just have a brain fart and must...

  14. The difference between a teaching hospital and others?

    AlabamaBelle replied to AllAngelsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work Peds ICU (combined with Peds CVICU) in a large teaching hospital/Level I Trauma Center for our region. I love it! As for the pay, there is not any difference in our pay than the private...

  15. Has anyone been interviewed by the other floor nurses?

    AlabamaBelle replied to Heatherp77's topic in Nursing Career

    I am on the Peer Interview Committee for my unit. You will be interviewed by members of this committee and quite possibly, an ANM or NM (present in our last). We have set questions relating to our...

  16. What is your favorite nursing moment?

    AlabamaBelle replied to lei7's topic in General Nursing

    "Thank you for saving my daughter's life", after I walked in my patient's room to give a bolus for dec BP. As I was starting the bolus, I looked up at the monitor - her HR was dropping - so I used by...

  17. cardiac arrest

    AlabamaBelle replied to beatrice1's topic in General Nursing

    This DID happen to a classmate of mine. Very first clinical day of that rotation. Just past 0800 and the "CODE BLUE" was paged overhead - we recognized the floor and said amongst ourselves how awful...

  18. I wished I worked @ Wal-Mart

    AlabamaBelle replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Ah the pharmacy...kind of like the lab. Our latest uproar with pharmacy was the ordering of medication not used often, in fact, the second time in our unit. After several go-rounds, I had to get the...

  19. Nursing Student-Getting discouraged and overwhelmed

    AlabamaBelle replied to beatrice1's topic in General Students

    Bea, Everyone's been where you are - whether they admit it or not. And not just in nursing school clinicals. This also will happen in day to day nursing. One day you feel you've done any excellent...

  20. Do you have a best friend at work?

    AlabamaBelle replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Same boat as you, Tiger. I have those whom I like better than others and feel very comfortable with, but am not in any "charmed circle." Except for the occasional total group get together, I don't...

  21. Nurse with potty mouth.

    AlabamaBelle replied to Born2BWild's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Totally agree with TDF. In high school (very rural, low expectations of a county school), our teachers wanted better for us. We had vocabulary drilled into us, in extremis. All our teachers pounded...

  22. Fired but asked to resign!

    AlabamaBelle replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    Just to clarify: I didn't state that politics doesn't play a part - of course it does. I'm 52 years old and know how to play to the game as well as anybody out there. I honestly don't have the time to...

  23. Fired but asked to resign!

    AlabamaBelle replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    Attendance policies are black and white. The time clock is difficult to impossible to manipulate. We are expected to be in the report room with our behinds in the chairs at 0645 or 1845. Anything else...

  24. How quickly does your shift go by?

    AlabamaBelle replied to profstudent4life's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the day, what's going on in the unit and how the computers are behaving. Somedays, it goes so quickly and others you're wondering "Is it still 0900, are the batteries dead in that...

  25. I don't feel like i did the right thing...

    AlabamaBelle replied to Da_Milk_of_Amnesia's topic in General Nursing

    From your description, you did everything you could, and in the correct order. I work Peds ICU and it sounds as if you did exactly what we would have done - diuresing, least invasive and going up...