Haha.. the only nurse I know that swears constantly is this charge nurse in a TCU at my old hospital. She used to intimidate the hell out of the nurses to the point the victimized nurses would cry...
91WhiskeyM6 replied to CV CNS CCRN's topic in Cardiac
Not only that, you have to tell the teletech to configure the tele computer for transport. Otherwise, when the patient's in the elavator, the tele computer will be alarming the whole time and it will...
91WhiskeyM6 replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in Cardiac
I was a telemetry tech for 2 years. My *** got big just sitting on that damn computer chair all night. Not only that, I needed SCD's on my legs to keep them circulating Yeah, being a monitor tech is...
My vote's for swing shift with am shift a close second. Nights is the dullest shift. I've worked in SNF, Long Term, Medical Surgical, and Intensive Care for 14 years, so that's my experience with...
91WhiskeyM6 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC
Yeah, and all your patients are asleep in bed. That means no ADL's, hardly any meds (hopefully all your Restorils have been passed), not as much call lights, no meal trays, no absurd amount of phone...
Yesterday, I had one resident who past on around dinner time and I had to watch her only friend/family in the whole world breakdown at her bedside. And just before my shift ended, I had one resident...