NurseeTee

NurseeTee

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  1. Conn Nurses Meet N Greet

    NurseeTee replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Hi everyone, I also graduated from St. Vincent's a few years ago. Now I work in New Haven on a surgical floor and I love

  2. trach care???

    NurseeTee replied to LisaRn21's topic in General Nursing

    I have a patient right now who also uses a Shiley #6 Extended. They are disposable and should not be washed and reused. As for policy, we change the inner cannula once a shift, which is once every 12...

  3. What's your holiday bonus?

    NurseeTee replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    We have profit sharing that coincides with Christmas, so we get a check in the amount of 1-3% of our yearly salary about the 2nd week of December. The amount depends on patient satisfaction,...

  4. Float pool, ideas on making it better

    NurseeTee replied to wjf00's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a trauma floor where we utilize float pool nurses and aides frequently. They ALWAYS say they are dumped on, but it's simply not true. The whole entire floor is heavy and the assignments...

  5. Little funny thing pt said about Reglan

    NurseeTee replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    That's funny. I have had people refuse Reglan because it makes their stomach rumble too much, but one person who refused said to go ahead and give her Ativan because it eases her abdominal

  6. Which hospital?

    NurseeTee replied to Rocknurse's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I work at Yale and I LOVE it. There's tons of opportunity, the benefits are great, and there are multiple locations within the health system if you wanted a change of

  7. Help - Suspended

    NurseeTee replied to AnnetteER's topic in General Nursing

    If I called a code for a pt with a low blood sugar, I think that would get me in more trouble than bottoming out the sugar in the first place! Codes where I work are for respiratory or cardiac arrest...

  8. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    NurseeTee replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    My story is from when I was working on my current floor, but I was a nursing student working an evening shift. Our actual floor was having a new call bell system installed, so they moved us to another...

  9. Lung Cancer

    NurseeTee replied to postmortRNhere's topic in General Nursing

    While I can't find exact figures, it seems the standard number is that 80% of all lung cancers come from the person smoking. Other factors can include second-hand smoke, asbestos or other toxic...

  10. What would you do- med ?- thanks!

    NurseeTee replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Why is that? Have you made errors in the past that required you being

  11. What would you do- med ?- thanks!

    NurseeTee replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    I personally would report it, and here's why. When errors of any kind are reported, they are also compiled, and the hospital (or any facility) can make improvements based on those errors. Maybe...

  12. Patients who "really" are allergic to NSAID's A story

    NurseeTee replied to GeriatricSunshine's topic in Emergency

    I would never ever give something that someone said they were allergic to. I don't need that over my head IF something were to go wrong. Better safe than sorry - if they say they are allergic, it's...

  13. Who am I, the HIPPA police?

    NurseeTee replied to ICRN2008's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    What I find amazing is that people are still spelling it HIPPA instead of the correct HIPAA even after someone pointed out the error. No one can claim to be an expert or "police" on the subject if...

  14. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    NurseeTee replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious why the OR floor would have call

  15. Internet Porn at work-need advice

    NurseeTee replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    Bottom line is, nurse managers are there for a reason. They have specialized management training and skills, as well as resources and knowledge of certain policies, procedures and laws that us...

  16. central line placement

    NurseeTee replied to liljsmom02's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I tend to think it's an institution policy that would dictate...? I would assume that the MD performed the procedure which enough was alone for documentation purposes. And if you did nothing outside...

  17. Blood draws from a PICC/midline

    NurseeTee replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes they just don't work well for us where I work. Occasionally you can get it work by moving the line and/or the patient's position around a little. As long as it flushes OK, then the line is...

  18. What should they teach in nursing school but don't. What do they teach but shouldn't?

    NurseeTee replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I dunno...I think that what I learned in nursing school - all of it - was a critical foundation that may not have been the most exciting string of lessons, but I need(ed) to know all of it in order to...

  19. How do you feel about your CNA's?

    NurseeTee replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    Just like any other group of people. They are just that - people - and there will be some you love and some you don't. The ones I work with, they all have their strengths and their weaknesses, just...

  20. New or Student Nurses-how long did U wait

    NurseeTee replied to FinallyORrn's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see...I had to wait about...two weeks :). I walked into the Admissions office of my school one day and started classes within a few weeks. That was four years ago, I understand they have a wait...

  21. One Handed Ostomy Care?

    NurseeTee replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing

    Even though the issue has been resolved, I will tell you that just last week I cared for a patient on our floor. He had two arms, but one of them was completely useless (an attacker had stabbed him...

  22. seasonal birth control pill- only 4 periods a year? healthy

    NurseeTee replied to Angela Mac's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, that is true that no ovulation and no period with these pills. I don't need the pill either, but I started these just to have less