Twinmom06 ASN, APN

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  1. Twinmom06

    How did the 12 hour shift begin?

    Twinmom06 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    there isn't enough money to work 3-11 for
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    How did the 12 hour shift begin?

    Twinmom06 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    THIS!!!!! I just recently went from 5 8 hour overnights (11-7) to 3 12's (7p-7a)...I will NEVER go back to 8's again. I was just as tired and busier. And I can pick up a 4th shift every week and not...
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    Would you send this patient to the unit?

    Twinmom06 replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work step down and we are 5:1...I actually admitted a patient the other night with a Na+ of 112 - we just put up the seizure pads and had fluids running - by the time we transferred him to med surge...
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    Most surprising/shocking/interesting thing you've seen

    Twinmom06 replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    this happened last year in my area only they didn't kill the passenger, they maimed and brain injured her so severely she spent months in the hospital before she could return home (this was in central...
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    How do you sign your name?

    Twinmom06 replied to ohiobobcat's topic in General Nursing

    I actually sign First Name Last Name RN - and yes I've signed my kids school papers and even checks with RN - especially if I've worked the night before and am half
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    Easter??

    Twinmom06 replied to breane3's topic in General Nursing

    not a holiday in my system
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    Most surprising/shocking/interesting thing you've seen

    Twinmom06 replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    as a mom of twins this blows my mind! Fourniers Gangrene - poor man was cut from hip to hip and had his scrotum and penile shaft skin removed. 5 rolls of wet kerlix 3x per day including wrapping his...
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    If you wear Danskos.... How often do you replace shoes?

    Twinmom06 replied to dannygirl04's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    if you need to ice your feet look into seeing if you have plantar fasciatis. No shoes will be an easy fix for
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    your night shift sleep must's and never's

    Twinmom06 replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    light breakfast before I hit the hay - if I don't inevitably I wake up hungry around noon...if I'm having a really tough time I will take 25 mg of
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    The Fat One

    Twinmom06 replied to Pink86's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    and that is because fat shaming is the last final frontier of "legal" discrimination. I'm heavy - 80 lbs lighter than I used to be but still in a "plus size" frame. I also feel that we as a society...
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    Night Shift Group Hug =)

    Twinmom06 replied to CamillusRN's topic in General Nursing

    Y'know there's the good night fight and then there is absolute dropping the ball on managements part. 144 hours? That's insane. I truly admire you not letting co-workers out to dry (I feel the same...
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    How long before being charge nurse?

    Twinmom06 replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    The unit I left had several night shift nurses that had taken the seminar (you have to take a seminar to do charge - at least on that unit). I was on the unit 9 months and had done "default charge"...
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    Associates after Bachelors

    Twinmom06 replied to Infofreak411's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    This...I was a Penn State graduate with my first bachelors degree in 1996 - made going back for my ASN so much easier and cheaper than an ABSN. Your first bachelors degree is a moot point if you're...
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    I feel uncomfortable doing this

    Twinmom06 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    that would be like asking my cousins ex husband (who is a CRNA) to pin me! I like Maggie's letter
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    Embracing Night Shift

    Twinmom06 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I love nights! no docs unless its an emergency, no family/visitors unless its an emergency, and the teamwork can't be beat. I get home as the kids are getting on the bus and I kiss them goodbye and...
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    Pick my "poison"

    Twinmom06 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I just started on Medical stepdown (although I'm not a new grad) and we tend to get a lot of respiratory failure, COPD and the "dumpoffs" that no one else wants. Its a good learning experience - I...
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    What is the most complex clinical procedure you had to do in your career?

    Twinmom06 replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

    Packing man's abdomen and wrapping his testicles in wet Kerlix after a Fourniers Gangrene diagnosis. He was cut open from hip to hip and had his scrotum and all the skin on the shaft of his member...
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    Wound care at your facility

    Twinmom06 replied to poopylala's topic in General Nursing

    I&D's are physician's realm (usually residents)...we have a wound care nurse that sees pt's daily and changes wound vac's and limited dressings. Nurses usually do the daily or BID dressing...
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    Carrying insurance

    Twinmom06 replied to AngelaHarvey's topic in General Nursing

    We were required as a student ($25 per year) and then got a deal the 1st year out and then the 2nd year out it went to full price - I still wouldn't be without
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    Non-FIT Nurses and FIT Nurses

    Twinmom06 replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    Carbs - pasta, pasta and more pasta....I can consume nearly a pound of angel hair with good olive oil and garlic by myself. Chocolate - cake, pie, out of the package - doesn't matter Any baked...
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    The FIT Nurse

    Twinmom06 replied to NN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    PCOS'er here too...and fertility drugs, steroids, insulin et al. I may be fat but I can diet and change...ugly attitudes never go
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    Most annoying reason for admission?

    Twinmom06 replied to HakunaMatata<3's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen a constipation admission before - also "abdominal pain" - CT negative, CXR negative, troponin negative WBC WNL- admitted for pain management - which means Q2 dilaudid with 10/10 pain while...
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    A VERY frustrated nurse

    Twinmom06 replied to RNnewbie2014's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was using that as an example...our Lovenox is scheduled for 1000 - and orders are placed by 6 am to hold if necessary. Ok so lets not use Lovenox...we'll use an antibiotic. scheduled for 0900 and...
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    if you graduated in the last 5 years

    Twinmom06 replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    Associates degree - NE
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    A VERY frustrated nurse

    Twinmom06 replied to RNnewbie2014's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not sure what version of EPIC you're using but with ours once the care plans are populated, we do a daily clinical evaluation goal and then close out the care plans at discharge. If a new...