shhhh

shhhh has 8 years experience and specializes in ICU, ED, Trauma, Transplant.

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1. Would being a patient at a clinic keep me from getting a job there?

   shhhh posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   I'm looking around for a change of scenery and I saw an opening available in a speciality clinic associated with the medical center I work at as an ICU nurse. The reason I'm on here asking for some...

2. "Don't you find this degrading?"

   shhhh replied to shhhh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Wonderful! Thank

3. "Don't you find this degrading?"

   shhhh replied to shhhh's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   EXACTLY! I feel like your statement describes the entire situation in a nutshell! I think some people who replied missed a key point that I guess I should have elaborated on: she was perfectly capable...

4. "Don't you find this degrading?"

   shhhh posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I had a well-spoken, educated woman as my patient. She had this pretentious vibe to her, but I found her to be polite. That is, until I explained that cath care needed to be done and the rationale...

5. I knew it was not a correct Technique

   shhhh replied to FutureRN_NP's topic in General Nursing

   But with that plan, you're assuming that she'll actually read the policy. You know, like she was supposed to BEFORE she "changed" the dressing.

6. I am being harrassed

   shhhh replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Oh, I just remembered something I think I should add. If you've already been doing this, wonderful, but if someone else is reading this and is being harassed, I wanted to stress the point to you...

7. I am being harrassed

   shhhh replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I really hope your meeting stops this goon's acts right now. I can understand how co-workers get comfortable with each other and they crack off a rude joke every now and then, but most people tend to...

8. big hourly pay increase?

   shhhh replied to littlegreenfrog's topic in General Nursing

   A nurse I once worked with was upset one day because payroll found out she erroneously got a wage increase. She had known that she got the raise and wasn't supposed to, but she kept quiet. Someone in...

9. removal from life support question

   shhhh replied to Erika LPN's topic in General Nursing

   Just last weekend, I extubated my brain dead patient. As you would expect, prior to extubation, he had no purposeful movement, no localizing, not posturing, etc. A few minutes after extubation, as his...

10. CHG vs Alcohol pad with blood cultures

    shhhh replied to IheartICUnursing's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty darn interesting... I'll present this to my unit's nurse educators and see if we can get a dialogue going on what is ACTUALLY best

11. CHG vs Alcohol pad with blood cultures

    shhhh replied to IheartICUnursing's topic in General Nursing

    Just letting you know that we use CHG wipes in our ICU's. We use them when inserting lines, on blood culture draws (AND on the blood culture bottles), and lab draws. We just don't really use them when...

12. Weirdest, funniest, grossest male teenager pt. Stories

    shhhh replied to Mtb97's topic in Nursing Humor

    I think all of us here would use some common sense and NOT post stories about male, underage patients that reflect poorly on us as the nursing professionals who care for them. Whatever a creepy...

13. The most scariest thing...

    shhhh replied to debRN0417's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    For me, it's confrontational family members or patients who get right in my face, point fingers, and yell at me over things I cannot (actually, NO ONE, for that matter) can control. I think an adult...

14. MD not present for code??

    shhhh replied to shhhh's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, everybody! All your comments really contribute. To clarify, DH documented something along the lines of, "Hospitalist paged a second time per Code Team/ED doctor's request. Hospitalist called...

15. MD not present for code??

    shhhh posted a topic in General Nursing

    My husband is a nurse who works at a different hospital than I do, and he been there a few years. We're just biding our time until he can find a job at a different place. The stories he tells me about...