CelticGoddess BSN, RN

Palliative, Onc, Med-Surg, Home Hospice

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    Pt threw a bedpan...

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

    At my facility, the policy is to call security, call the doctor and pos. psych consult. If patient isn't alert and oriented, security will help keep patient safe until md can be called and order...
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    Obesity: A disease or a lifestyle

    CelticGoddess replied to TexMex22's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Spidey mom: You researched it by going to a grocery store. Have you researched it from the stand point of a person who lives 15 miles (or more) from a grocery store and has no transportation? My...
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    Obesity: A disease or a lifestyle

    CelticGoddess replied to TexMex22's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Let me explain a few facts to you: I am obese. I used to weigh in at 105, at 5'5". I have asthma. I was put on dexamethasone, prednisone, and solumedrol off and on through out my adulthood. I...
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    Obesity: A disease or a lifestyle

    CelticGoddess replied to TexMex22's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I did research on food deserts and the costs of healthy foods and you are quite right. Healthy foods are not low cost. Produce, lean meats, etc tend to be harder to access for low income people and...
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    Obesity: A disease or a lifestyle

    CelticGoddess replied to TexMex22's topic in Health, Stress Management

    And you know this how? You have proven that you have a prejudice against people who are obese. You assume they are lazy, eat wrong, etc. So, how do you know all this? Have you researched it? Or...
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    EKG class?

    CelticGoddess replied to HisKids37's topic in General Nursing

    It's not worth it. Wait until you can take it for free from an employer. I worked a tele floor for 18mos, took the class and was able to read strips. I've been on an onc/palliative floor for a year...
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    Will this affect my license.

    CelticGoddess replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    The BON in my state is only over nurses,not nursing homes. In SC, it's DHEC and CMS who investigate/survey nursing homes. The BON is NOT in any way, allowed to do that. They are a professional...
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    Any hospital units that DON'T use telemetry?

    CelticGoddess replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    The frightening thing about allowing nurses to interpret the strip is that things can be missed. When I worked on a tele floor, a patient started throwing very frequent PVC's and had 3 second runs of...
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    How old is too old to pursue an MSN?

    CelticGoddess replied to Ancientnurse18's topic in General Nursing

    My snarky response is when your dead. My honest response is when YOU personally feel you are too old. My cousin went back to get her BSN in her late 50s. And she had to take a whole bunch of...
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    What's your dress code at work?

    CelticGoddess replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    That's what we thought at the last facility I worked at. Where I am now, we have cards below our badges (under) that have our credentials on them. Nursing RN, Docs:MD, Techs:PCA's, etc. That helps...
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    What's your dress code at work?

    CelticGoddess replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    We are color coded in my division. Lab, Radiology, and Resp aren't color coded yet. They will be soon. Nurses wear black or Black and White. Except for mom/baby, NICU and L&D. They wear...
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    Tips for taking call?

    CelticGoddess replied to Anna S, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Always assume you are going to be called in. I have to take call 2x in 6weeks (I'm PRN). I was on call one day, and didn't get enough sleep. Guess what happened? You got it, I was called in. We are...
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    how often do you need to get a PPD test?

    CelticGoddess replied to flipnbrenda's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the facility. The facility I worked at before my current job, we were tested at employment and then only after that if we were exposed (so, about every 6mos or so. Just kidding!) where...
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    community health nursing posting....

    CelticGoddess replied to 2bNurse_kinjal's topic in General Nursing

    You need to discuss this with your instructor. Same as the operating room question. They can tell you exactly what you need to do/know before during and
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    How to obtain a tracheal aspirate

    CelticGoddess replied to quirkystar's topic in General Nursing

    That's how we do it also. RRT's just love
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    Ugh. Rejected from dream job

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

    I kept trying. I always knew I wanted to work Onc but never managed to get a job. I just kept applying and finally got hired not only on the Onc floor but also with the system I have always wanted...
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    Area of nursing with greatest amount of vomit

    CelticGoddess replied to PaulBaxter's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked med/surg/tele with a lot of post-op ortho patients. They puke a lot. And Chemo. Definitely chemo. I give a LOT of Zofran, phenergen and reglan. Lot's of
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    New RN texting Dr. advice

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

    We only page or direct call our MD's. I don't trust them to check a text as they sometimes have to paged 2 or 3 times before calling us back. The only time I have texted anyone from work that was...
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    Area of nursing with the least amount of vomit?

    CelticGoddess replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    Avoid Onc at all cost also. I work it (love it) and vomit is NOT my strong point. I can handle trach care, mucus, and the worst wounds anyone can think of (outside of burns). However, I have found...
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    Bedside report

    CelticGoddess replied to heather_d12's topic in General Nursing

    I actually like bedside reporting, but I work acute care. LTC/Rehab, forget it I did that for 2 years, and most of the time it was "no change" because I had the same patients every day for...
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    Area of nursing with the least amount of vomit?

    CelticGoddess replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    I wish that were true. We had a pt who died with a total bowel obstruction. We had to clean her multiple times before we could bag her. So did the mortuary staff. Dead people can
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    How do you give shift report where you work.

    CelticGoddess replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    We utilize bed side reporting. When I first started working at this facility, they did face to face outside the room then went in and met the patient. I actually find bedside shift reporting to be...
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    Healthcare Facilities running out of medications + supplies

    CelticGoddess replied to calivianya's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    PAPR hoods, at a time when we had 3 TB patients, linens, and IV fluids (NS, LR and D5 1/2NS) At the nursing home we ran out of : Tylenol, colace, prilosec, benadryl and mepilex (and a whole lot of...
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    Areas of nursing you would NOT like?

    CelticGoddess replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    I knew I would never want to work peds (parents drive me nuts), mom/baby or L&D. I worked med-surg/tele for a couple of years and as there were a lot of ortho patients, I found I dislike ortho....
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    Do you carry around your stethoscope?

    CelticGoddess replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. I have had ER docs miss wheezing on me. My sats were good, my CXR was clear, EKG was normal, so there was nothing wrong. Except I couldn't breathe and was later diagnosed as having asthma. A...