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shhhh

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  1. Nurse-Patient Ratios on East Coast

    shhhh posted a topic in General Nursing

    A fellow nurse has relocated here (West Coast) from the East Coast, and we work critical care together in a pretty large hospital that serves a lot of the state (meaning, we get our fair share of...

  2. 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...

  3. "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...

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

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

    Wonderful! Thank

  5. "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...

  6. 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.

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  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...

  16. 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...

  17. Funny ways little kids describe how babies are born

    shhhh posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    I couldn't find a thread related to this topic I'm bringing up, so please forgive me if there is a thread floating around here. I'm wondering if any of you in your experience of nursing (or even...

  18. What color Littman Classic II SE stethoscope do you have?

    shhhh replied to KGMM's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Your story reminds me of one I heard: A doctor who worked with my mom would borrow a stethoscope every time he'd round in the hospital, then leave, forgetting it was around his neck. He'd get into his...

  19. I hate being a tech. will I hate being a nurse too?

    shhhh replied to K nurse-one-day's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with everyone and then some, but I did want to mention that the nurses you work with would be raked over the coals if they worked with my current nursing crew, and how things are being run at...

  20. Bye Bye Bye!

    shhhh replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with everyone else! Someone on this site posted a HORROR story in which they were verbally offered a job by a hiring manager, so they comfortable enough to give two weeks notice at their current...

  21. Thinking of getting an RN

    shhhh replied to jhamm771's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My dad's a superintendent at a prison and has been for years. We're amused at how similar our jobs are sometimes (dealing with patients/inmates, the politics of the facility, preferential treatment of...

  22. Phrase of the Night

    shhhh replied to ErinBSN's topic in Emergency

    My first thought was, "Jeez! What a lousy night!" My second thought was, "Was there a full moon last

  23. language barrier- weird situation

    shhhh replied to JSlovex2's topic in General Nursing

    The exact same thing has happened to me countless times. I've had many Spanish-speaking patients in their 30's or 40's who have an okay grasp of the English language, but they have children who speak...

  24. What ridiculous things have you seen happen in the workplace?

    shhhh replied to pink_shoes99's topic in General Nursing

    And THIS just made me physically ill. My mom (way back when she was a CNA) used to work with another CNA who was given preferential treatment; the woman had an ankle that was sore frequently, was...

  25. What ridiculous things have you seen happen in the workplace?

    shhhh replied to pink_shoes99's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh, you NEED to report