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  1. In need for a good support shoes

    Picklefreak replied to musaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Different things will work for different people, but what I've found is best for me is Skechers Shape-ups. They will do nothing to get you into shape but the cushion-y heel is perfect for me. I wore...

  2. Pharmacist-turned-RN?

    Picklefreak replied to Lizbird5807's topic in Nursing Career

    I am a pharmacy tech turned RN. I love nursing much more than pharmacy, but it was a step up for me in education, status, and pay. If it is patient care you are wanting more of, you might look into...

  3. Can we recommend a medication to a doctor to prescribe?

    Picklefreak replied to stallion8797's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've had residents try to send post-op patients home with only Tylenol. Some of them have not gotten DEA numbers and don't want to track down their upper-level to do the scripts for them. This is...

  4. Small children visiting patients in the critical care setting... thoughts??

    Picklefreak replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Critical Care

    My dad spent the last 2 months of his life, save the 10 days he was home on hospice, in the hospital. I am forever grateful for the time my kids got to spend with him there. They were 13, 11, and 6...

  5. OU Medical Center

    Picklefreak replied to djoup's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Starting pay is close to what the Commuter stated. It is comparable to other hospitals in the area. OUMC is a private, for-profit hospital owned by HCA. It is located on the OU Health Science...

  6. No rapid response for a DNR?

    Picklefreak replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    Completely agree! This is the kind of problem that makes end of life care so bad in our

  7. What if the Boston bomber was your pt

    Picklefreak replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We get prisoners at our facility regularly. Most are just people who got into trouble due to substance abuse. (Which makes them no different from many of our non-incarcerated patients!) I have had...

  8. Best Hallucinations Thread

    Picklefreak replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    Not exactly a hallucination, but I had a funny thing with an ETOH withdrawal patient recently. I touched his arm and he flung off my hand and said, "Get the f$&@ off of me!" I said, "Hey!" and he...

  9. What would YOU do?

    Picklefreak replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe she is just an incredibly fastidious person, and after washing her hands, she used paper towels to thoroughly dry the sink. Or she keeps a small bottle of hand sanitizer in her pocket and used...

  10. Have you ever lost it with a patient?

    Picklefreak replied to notjustanurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wouldn't say that I lost it, but I really chewed out someone I caught smoking in her room. And when I was done, the charge nurse called the cops on her, and they came in and chewed her out. And...

  11. Wage garnishment related to student loans...has this happened to anyone?

    Picklefreak replied to RNewbie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If you default on a student loan, the government can garnish your wages and confiscate your tax refund. They do not have to go to court and get a judgement against you as other creditors would. It's...

  12. Intermediate Care Unit assessments

    Picklefreak replied to awsmrn's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has a little different set-up for stepdown. We have several stepdown beds on each nursing unit. The ratio for stepdown is 2-3:1. (Ratio for the floor is 5:1.) We do total care and don't...

  13. These just seems so gross to me

    Picklefreak replied to horrorxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    My mind says gross and unsanitary, but realistically, **** gets on everything in our rooms. The floors, the walls, the bed frames and mattresses. These just get the normal cleaning from housekeeping...

  14. Why is it important to know patient's insurance info?

    Picklefreak replied to Despareux's topic in General Nursing

    I think if this were the case, the OP's preceptor would have explained herself. Her comment of, "you'll figure it out eventually" makes me think she has some preconceived notions about uninsured or...

  15. Patients overstaying their welcome in hospitals

    Picklefreak replied to fallinnstyle's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a common occurrence where I work. Nothing as dramatic as a year, but we have patients who have no need for acute care but have to stay for weeks due to no insurance coverage. We see a lot of...

  16. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    Picklefreak replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's funny that several people have said they would let students do anything but a foley. I'll bet most students are more conscientious about sterility than a lot of experienced

  17. Same patient's over and over again

    Picklefreak replied to MattNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Eh, this is just one of those things you can't take to heart as a nurse. Sometimes when I see a familiar name on the board I just have to sigh and shake my head and then go give them their meds. What...

  18. Nursing Student Drug Tests

    Picklefreak replied to karl rove's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I'm pretty sure all nursing programs do dome sort of drug testing. The facilities where they do clinicals require it, as well as criminal background checks and immunization records. Most healthcare...

  19. Percocet while breastfeeding?

    Picklefreak replied to amandamahoney123's topic in General Nursing

    Most drugs pass through breastmilk and get to baby. That doesn't necessarily mean they will cause harmful effects. You have to use your resources to establish whether a particular drug has been deemed...

  20. Pharmacists giving injections!?!

    Picklefreak replied to chevyv's topic in Patient Medications

    You're kidding right? Patient education is a huge part of what pharmacists do in community pharmacy practice. This debate is such a tempest in a

  21. Prankster patients

    Picklefreak replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Emergency

    When I was in nursing school, I had a clinical day in a dialysis unit. The nurse I was working with called me over to a patient and asked me to check his legs for edema. I pulled up his blanket and...

  22. Become a successful Nurse if you hate A&P?

    Picklefreak replied to Enmc412's topic in General Nursing

    I think you may find it more interesting after you get into nursing school and start learning the pathophysiology of disease. That's where you take all the boring stuff you memorized in A & P and...

  23. Patients should ALL be swabbed tested for HIV

    Picklefreak replied to Cathylady's topic in General Nursing

    What "extra precautions" should a nurse take when treating an HIV +

  24. what percentage of your job involves poop?

    Picklefreak replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in cardiac/ tele, and it totally depends on the day. I have shifts where I have all ambulatory, otherwise healthy people who are capable of handling their own toileting and hygiene. I have other...

  25. Uh, should a pharmacy tech really be allow to mix meds?

    Picklefreak replied to Laboratorian's topic in General Nursing

    I was a pharmacy tech for quite a while before I was a nurse. We mixed iv's and showed the Dph what we had added to it and they signed off. At first we were only able to do single ad-mixture iv's, but...