DBK99

DBK99 has 2 years experience and specializes in Medical-Surgical, Telemetry.

Latest Activity

1. Calling all charge nurses!

   DBK99 replied to KMRN81's topic in Nurse Management

   I hate having to take a team plus be charge, which I haven't had to do very often, thankfully. We typically have "enough" staff to where the charge doesn't take patients. It's not a hospital wide...

2. How old were you when you became an RN?

   DBK99 replied to flowerlilly's topic in Illinois Nursing

   I had just turned 23 the month

3. Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

   DBK99 replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

   It may not take "effort" to explain every little thing I'm doing and why, but you better believe it takes too much time. And when all 6 of my busy med surg patients want something and they want it...

4. Administering Fentanyl

   DBK99 replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

   Personally, I've never seen it ordered or have ever given it via those

5. Administering Fentanyl

   DBK99 replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

   Transdermal patch. Med surg floors cannot give it IV at my

6. Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

   DBK99 replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

   Thats BS. If the pt was A&O, she can make her own decisions regarding her

7. Other departments trying to skip on work with RN's "blessing", aka lazy people wanting som

   DBK99 replied to ixchel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   This is almost the number one thing that annoys me the most at work. This and playing middle man between the other departments. I've never understood why lab must call criticals to the nurse, who then...

8. how much do you pay on student loans per month

   DBK99 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated with $4,500 in loans for my ADN. Currently owe $3,068. I pay

9. Curious-why do people put ADN, RN? It's ASN...

   DBK99 replied to RN_SummerSeas's topic in General Nursing

   My nursing school degree is AAS- associate's in applied

10. Did I choose the right thing to do as a nurse on my test?

    DBK99 replied to Beautiful_Soul's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Bladder scan first. It's a nursing intervention you can do on your own first without an order. The pt may not even be making urine, thus why they are not voiding, which would then warrant that call to...

11. Strange requests from patients

    DBK99 replied to pedspnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    Oops just realized this was a NP

12. Strange requests from patients

    DBK99 replied to pedspnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    I work med/surg at the hospital. Had someone ask for a haircut. Ummm =\

13. Rant about toenails

    DBK99 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Does anyone else get this a lot? I work on a geriatric M/S floor and I'm annoyed with pt's whose toenails look like they haven't seen clippers in years, all grown out and curled over, yet the family...

14. PLEASE, someone tell me what makes a "good report" for M/S nurses?

    DBK99 replied to Nola009's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Dang it, two things I forgot, we do that too!

15. PLEASE, someone tell me what makes a "good report" for M/S nurses?

    DBK99 replied to Nola009's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We do bedside report on my floor, and this is what we give during report: Name, admit dx, relevant medical hx, are they A&O or confused? If they are on a heart monitor or not, how do they get up?...