CelticGoddess BSN, RN

Palliative, Onc, Med-Surg, Home Hospice

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    Nursing documentation help

    CelticGoddess replied to tsm007's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't have to do a lot of narrative charting anymore (thank goodness) but I do have to do a lot of admissions charting. Typically I address when and where the patient came from "Pt arrived on unit...
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    new grad: cant find a job

    CelticGoddess replied to 2016New's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I realize it isn't GA, but upstate SC is hiring new grads. WE are actually hurting for
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    Question

    CelticGoddess replied to 12567's topic in General Nursing

    Nor should you take a photo of their personal record and post it on social media, no matter how famous the person in your community is. Yes, this really happened at the facility I used to work at....
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    6th Vital Sign

    CelticGoddess replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    I still like the idea of xanax atomizers (Another gomer blog entry). Add that to the dilaudid chasers and our jobs would be
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    6th Vital Sign

    CelticGoddess replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    We just did hourly rounding training (What can I say, my facility is slow on some things). All of us gagged when we had to say "I have the time". And we all pretty much said "No, we don't!" And...
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    When should you tell your boss about a concern in the workplace

    CelticGoddess replied to Mojojo25's topic in General Nursing

    Eventually the charting errors are going to get caught. I know that CMS does chart audits when they come around (at my facility, we don't use TJC). Trust me, it will get caught. If not by CMS or...
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    Why do nurses eat their young?

    CelticGoddess replied to Perisoreus's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, just no. I attended one of the top ADN programs in my state and I didn't have a stand alone pharm class. And the amazing thing about my program, all the nursing core classes and the pre-reqs...
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    Should I have stayed?

    CelticGoddess posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The other day I had to call a rapid on a patient at shift change. I stayed for the rapid (I was the primary nurse) and gave a stat med that was ordered after the patent stabilized. By this time, it...
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    Should I have stayed?

    CelticGoddess replied to CelticGoddess's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Update: I spoke with my manager and he gave me a "coaching" about staying. I also found out that the primary MD put in a report on both the on coming nurse and myself. They were claiming that we...
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    Discharge Orders

    CelticGoddess replied to sno963's topic in General Nursing

    The policy at my facility is to remove any peripheral IV at discharge. We are also to dc ports. However, PICC lines we need an order to dc or to keep. If the MD doesn't give us an order, we have to...
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    Weirdest/most difficult thing swallowed by a patient

    CelticGoddess replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I had a residents wife eat butt paste because "I thought it was thickened coffee creamer". She ate it, came up to us and asked if she was going to get poisoned. We told her to call her MD. She was...
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    Weirdest/most difficult thing swallowed by a patient

    CelticGoddess replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a rad tech, I x-rayed a man who had a pair of hemostats in his stomach. No surgery of any kind in his history. He swallowed the hemostats. I've also seen needles and pins, dentures...
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    Day two after termination: Getting better

    CelticGoddess replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Not in my state. I don't know about others, but I know that in SC, you DO NOT have to report if you have been
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    Firearms

    CelticGoddess replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    I conceal carry, my husband conceal carries and I don't take my gun on hospital property. Our security are all retired military or retired police (the facility pays more than ALL local law...
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    What time do you clock in?

    CelticGoddess replied to justmehappy's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I do it because a) I am not sure what kind of report I am going to get and b) my patient population tends to be high acuity and if I don't know them, I really don't want to go into a room and find out...
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    Nurse Slang Yo!

    CelticGoddess replied to ladysushi's topic in General Nursing

    OTLP: on the launch pad Breathing Treatment: Smoke Break Nuts and Squirrels, or just Squirly: Anyone who is freaking out Jumped Ship: Pt who eloped. Usually only used for those who are with it...
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    (8/29) This week, I have learned......

    CelticGoddess replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    If a patient says he is allergic to ampicillin or amoxicillin, clarify if he means all -cillins. Anaphylaxis is not fun. Not everyone who is allergic to amoxicillin is allergic to Zosyn but if they...
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    (8/29) This week, I have learned......

    CelticGoddess replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a monitor tech we had at my former job. She called the supervisor and had me written up because I wouldn't put a pt back on tele. He was in
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    Why did you become an MA?

    CelticGoddess replied to studentih's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think I love you! That was
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    8/22 What I learned this week....

    CelticGoddess replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I 100% agree that great docs are worth their weight in Starbucks. We have some really fantastic hospitalists, Onc MD's and a couple of pulmonoligist who are worth 2x their weight in Starbucks. It...
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    8/22 What I learned this week....

    CelticGoddess replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    What I've learned: When a pt is on elopement precautions, it's a good idea to put the bed alarm on. Pt's who are inclined to elope can manage to get quite a ways away from the hospital at night,...
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    You are NOT allergic to...

    CelticGoddess replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    There actually is documented proof of people having a reaction to water. It's rare but it happens. Aquagenic Urticaria |
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    You are NOT allergic to...

    CelticGoddess replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite was potassium. The person in question insisted that she was allergic to K+. One of her meds listed was K-phos. She told me that that was different. It was potassium, it was K. I asked...
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    Patient Death Experience.

    CelticGoddess replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in General Nursing

    I work palliative, and I have NEVER found "eerily cool" about it. Sometimes it's heart wrenching, and sometimes it's welcome. But never is it 'eerily cool" And sometimes it's memorable because it...
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    What is your dream unit?

    CelticGoddess replied to guest769224's topic in General Nursing

    In nursing school, I was one of the lucky few who got to do a rotation in Peds Hem/Onc. I have to say that was the best clinical I had. There is something special about the children. The facility I...