CelticGoddess BSN, RN

Palliative, Onc, Med-Surg, Home Hospice

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    Clinical Decision Unit??

    CelticGoddess replied to ashley119's topic in Nursing Career

    The hospital I work at has a CDU. The rooms are located on the med/surg floor, specific rooms set aside for the CDU patients. The only real difference we have seen is that a) they have vitals q4h,...
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    Precepting my first new hire.

    CelticGoddess replied to Mandychelle79's topic in General Nursing

    This is something my preceptor gave me, that not many other preceptors on my floor give new nurses: A cheat sheet of what has to be charted and important phone numbers. I can tell you that it was...
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    Best Hallucinations Thread

    CelticGoddess replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    Laser snakes. I had a resident who called 911 because there were laser snakes under her bed. The staff apparently attached little lasers to the heads of the snakes and placed them under her bed....
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    Thinking about Per Diem

    CelticGoddess replied to nurse4sale's topic in General Nursing

    I'm per diem and I am getting 12 weeks of orientation. (Even though they have already given me my own assignment, I have my preceptor to fall back on). It depends on the
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    roll up your scrubs?

    CelticGoddess replied to aachavez's topic in General Nursing

    The CNA's at the facility I worked at would roll their legs up when they did showers. That way, only their feet would get wet. It's nearly impossible to shower some residents without getting your...
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    Bed Side Report

    CelticGoddess replied to 280090's topic in General Nursing

    The facility I work at also has bedside reporting. And hourly rounding. The bedside report gets the first round out of the way and gives us time to get other stuff together. Half the time, we do...
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    What's the BEST nursing shoes?

    CelticGoddess replied to BigCSN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I love my Alegrias. Nice and cushy, you can replace the insoles as they wear out and they come in some great colors/patterns. And, they aren't as high as Danskos so if you have problems with turning...
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    SICK of BSN Pedestal

    CelticGoddess replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I live in a community (IN the USA) where German, French, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, American and English are spoken. Because America is a a multi-cultural country with multiple companies from...
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    How do I explain leave of absence in interview

    CelticGoddess posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I have an interview tomorrow with HR at a local hospital. I am currently employed in LTC but am on LOA due to a work related injury and will be released for normal duties in about a week. (This is...
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    What are some important abbreviations I should be familiar with?

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

    The facility I work at has a list of approved abbreviations. These are official and legal (can stand up in court). Find out if the facility you work for has such a list, and if it is official. If...
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    Starting WGU RN-BSN program Sept. 1st Anyone with me?!

    CelticGoddess replied to LindseyRN86's topic in Western Governors University

    I am! And also getting excited. And today I found out the only classes I have to take are the nursing classes and bio-chem. I guess it paid off to have taken all the extra courses back when. :)...
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    Stupid things that nurses say

    CelticGoddess replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was trimming the fingernails of a one of my diabetic residents, and chatting with him. All of the sudden, I told him "I can't trim your toe nails because you are a diabetic". Problem is, he is a...
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    Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    CelticGoddess replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have a resident who is 100 yo, who one day went went to a private room to use the bathroom. when I explained she need to go to her room (semi-private) she told me it was okay, the room she was in...
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    Nursing Home Blues

    CelticGoddess replied to circularstaircase's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    People who are leaving a job tend to paint a different picture, so take a deep breath and relax. I work at a LTC facility that has a high turnover rate also, on the "bad" unit. I started off here...
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    What jobs did you do before nursing?

    CelticGoddess replied to nursefrances's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see: Board of Directors for a very small non-profit (we were a support group for cleft affected families) retail pizza delivery tour guide, and drove a carriage at the same time radiological...
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    I am a 'criminal'

    CelticGoddess replied to dethmajik's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Yep, the schools do background checks because you still are around patients. And you won't be able to sit for the registry because the ARRT also does a background check. IF you aren't registered,...
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    Using Creative Charting...

    CelticGoddess replied to luv2rsq's topic in General Nursing

    I had a pt fall out of his chair and land face first on concrete and tile floor. I was the nurse taking notes/giving orders, etc. At the top of my notes, I wrote "Resident face planted and hit lt...
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    Besides CPR, what other situations/procedures require you to act fast..

    CelticGoddess replied to okiedokie123's topic in General Nursing

    Head trauma, after your resident stands up and face plants onto the
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    Anybody who started out working in a Nursing home as their fisrt RN job?

    CelticGoddess replied to jobhunting's topic in General Nursing

    It gets better, this I know to be true. I have been working in LTC for 9mos now (my first job as an RN also) and I remember how I felt those first few weeks. What I learned is to step back and take...
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    Embarrasing illnesses

    CelticGoddess replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    In my former life as a rad tech, I had seen several bizarre things. My two favorites were having to x-ray a guys member because he had stuck a fishhook in his urethra. He never did explain why he...
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    No more fun scrubs

    CelticGoddess replied to EJBNeuroRN's topic in General Nursing

    The facility I work at is making all the nurses wear white shoes. (Even though at orientation we were told that we could wear black shoes) As if that is going to solve all the problems. The big joke...
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    New DON encourages tattle-tails

    CelticGoddess replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    I think the DON is going to find it will backfire on here. That is what happened to the DON at my facility. She was having nurses and CNA's calling her and saying "Well, CG was mean to the CNA...
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    Will the economy ever get better so less people will pursue nursing?

    CelticGoddess replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Nursing

    MUSC (Charleston, SC) USC (Columbia, SC) USC Upstate (SC) Tech Schools in SC. Just a
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    Oops! I always go home with...

    CelticGoddess replied to shescoolie's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had an empty eye drop bottle, a vial of glucometer strips, a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, alcohol preps, and my favorites have to be: the keys to the med cart and the glucometer. That ticked me...
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    Baylor Plan

    CelticGoddess replied to fmugurl19's topic in General Nursing

    Some low-country hospitals (Roper and St. Francis) still have Baylor schedules. I don't have a clue about the midlands. Upstate, the only hospital I have seen with a Baylor schedule is Spartanburg...