NurseCherlove

NurseCherlove

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  1. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    NurseCherlove replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Affect and effect...always seeing those 2 mixed up/used incorrectly. For example, many people would have used "effected" in the sentence of yours above. Of course, one can "effect" change (use as a...

  2. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    NurseCherlove replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    OMG!!! Too funny! There is a nurse on nights who always used to say that when giving report...."52 y/o pt of Dr. X in with X. She's alert and orientated, etc...". I would cringe every time!...

  3. What would you call "Practicing Medicine"

    NurseCherlove replied to RADONC-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a guy who was getting ready to be discharged to a NH/rehab (in an hour or so) and he had developed some kind of pain. So I called the doc and got an order for Morphine IV X 1 dose. Turns out,...

  4. Cardiac stepdown vs. telemetry

    NurseCherlove posted a topic in Cardiac

    Hey guys... Sorry if this is a stupid question, but...what is the difference between a cardiac step-down unit vs a telemetry unit? I did a very short stent on a tele unit almost a year ago and found...

  5. Just another misrepresentation of nurses

    NurseCherlove posted a topic in General Nursing

    I totally forgot to tell you guys about this...a few weeks ago, I noticed a little stretch where a particular commercial was running, advertising why you should play my state's lottery. It basically...

  6. shifting priorities

    NurseCherlove replied to blueinplaid's topic in Emergency

    I too would go to assess patient B, get labs, and medicate before going back to patient A in this instance since patient A has at least already gotten some NTG on board and his CP/pressure seems to be...

  7. I'm starting to hate my patients...

    NurseCherlove replied to txdude35's topic in MICU, SICU

    That is so funny that you say that because I was thinking about doing just that the last time I worked. Like you, I recently had a bunch of crazies/drug seekers...add them to the hyper-needy (for...

  8. Just another misrepresentation of nurses

    NurseCherlove replied to NurseCherlove's topic in General Nursing

    I hear ya. It can be so disturbing! I just try to hold on to the positive comments from those who've "seen the light". Here's another good one I've heard from a patient...."We know who does all the...

  9. Masters

    NurseCherlove replied to madwife2002's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    On that note....my goal is to eventually be a Cardiac NP (not sure of the exact setting as of yet - general, interventional, critical care, etc.). However, eventually (actually as soon as possible...

  10. Urine Sample from Foley

    NurseCherlove replied to elysium's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You would never pierce the actual tubing, as that would create an entry for microorganisms - I've never heard of tubing that would seal itsself. THere should however, be a port along the tubing that...

  11. The "no experience" conundrum

    NurseCherlove replied to seemerun's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Northwest Jenn....I have been having the exact same problem as you. And like you, I have known that I have wanted to be in a certain specialty since nursing school. I have asked people, "What the...

  12. Nurse-Run Hospital? Why not?

    NurseCherlove replied to kenny b's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent

  13. Head to Toe Assessment question.

    NurseCherlove replied to jjbaby's topic in General Students

    Just a quick side note after reading this thread....After giving report to a night nurse who I had always thought of as an exceptional nurse, I followed her into a patient's room only to find her...

  14. Nurse-Run Hospital? Why not?

    NurseCherlove replied to kenny b's topic in General Nursing

    THIS IS AMAZING!!! I was truly just playing with this very idea last week! No kidding. I have said for the past year or so that if I ever won the lottery, opening a nurse-run hospital is exactly what...

  15. ER Interview Question

    NurseCherlove replied to USA RN's topic in Emergency

    My sentiments

  16. Cardiac patients in the ER - a poll

    NurseCherlove posted a topic in Emergency

    Quick question for you ER nurses: Approximately what percentage of your patients come in for cardiac-related problems? And do you think this percentage is fairly reflective of all ERs in general or...

  17. Frustation with the charge nurse

    NurseCherlove replied to littleRNthatcould's topic in General Nursing

    I say forget the chain of command - you said that has already been tried to a small degree and with no success. Type an anonymous (because you don't want to be singled out for retaliation) letter to...

  18. Anyone been fired from their first job in less than a year?

    NurseCherlove replied to Honeybun1206's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Absolutely agree with SandieO - start looking NOW, every minute of your free time - Apply, apply, apply. Call the other hospital back and tell them you have regretted your decision ever since you...

  19. I'm sure I'll get 10,000 replies saying to run, run, run from this place!

    NurseCherlove replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Here is my immediate concern for you...how are the narcotics accounted for? Being a LTC facility, likely not computerized, so I'm assuming it is via a manual count, which, if I am not mistaken,...

  20. What has Nursing become?

    NurseCherlove replied to vonxojn's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with this concept; however, the reality is that management really wants us to be viewed this way...."at your service with everything else in the world pushed aside (including my 5...

  21. Projectile Vomiting just prior to death

    NurseCherlove replied to EmptytheBoat's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you, Empty. It's puzzling for sure. I did get to briefly ask my fiance about this over the phone yesterday. He did not elaborate, but he did say that he has seen projectile vomiting as a result...

  22. I'm so disappointed. My hospital FIRED ME!!

    NurseCherlove replied to hotomalis's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Man, I thought I had problems...nothing compared to what you've gone through. Oh Sweetie, I am so sorry you have had to endure this evil from your hospital. Unfortunately, as one poster said, I have...

  23. Projectile Vomiting just prior to death

    NurseCherlove replied to EmptytheBoat's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The metabolic imbalance definitely seems feasible here, especially when you also consider that the body can also attempt to "correct" these imbalances via diarrhea instead of vomitting, or sometimes...

  24. Funny Typos

    NurseCherlove replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    While it's no typo, just wanted to throw in that I still laugh from time to time when I see

  25. Nicknames your pt's give you

    NurseCherlove replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    Just this past week, a patient's family member called me "Roadrunner" and said, "If everyone worked as hard as you, everything would get done around here." She said this after sitting for a time in...