momdebo

momdebo BSN, RN

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  1. Chamberlain College of Nursing - Addison

    momdebo replied to icechick's topic in Chamberlain College

    I just withdrew from Chamberlain/DeVry. I took a wonderful sociology class but the nursing class left a lot to be desired. The instructor was very unprofessional including making some pretty...

  2. Can doctors go against hospital policy?

    momdebo replied to bellehill's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The wound vac is an excellent example. The hospital has stated that no wound vac is to be attached to wall suction. The doctor is trying to order the nurse to put the wound vac to wall suction. He...

  3. a story someone told me about AAA

    momdebo replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    That's great to hear! I have received thank you's when I rotated to tele and IMCU, lots when I worked hospice/home health, but never when I was in ER or ICU/cath lab. I'm sure that's a great feeling...

  4. a story someone told me about AAA

    momdebo replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    In regard to the first story, I know working ICU, our patients were at death's door many times and never would have made it without the care from doctors/nurses given from ER all the way to the unit...

  5. i feel so tired...

    momdebo replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Bless all you who work long term care. I did it as a CNA, went back after being an RN. I tell ya, I worked just as hard in the long term as I ever did in cardiac ICU. I remember well, the cascade...

  6. Can doctors go against hospital policy?

    momdebo replied to bellehill's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As far as I know if you follow an order that opposes established policy then you are as liable as the ordering doctor, the hospital will not back you up. If a lawsuit arises they can name you both,...

  7. On-call at home and police wake you up?

    momdebo replied to Conejita's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we do this for our hemodialysis patients who live alone and no call/no show for

  8. questions to telemetry nurses

    momdebo replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've noticed that most posts indicate that a tele unit has more "eyes" on the patients, which technically is true, however, when I started in this business we had an R.N. dedicated to watching the...

  9. questions to telemetry nurses

    momdebo replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    BE CAREFUL!!! First thing, what happened that they lost 4 nurses? Like most tele units they probably have huge turnover. I worked ICU/tele for a long time and I will tell you from my experience,...

  10. the RN's appearance

    momdebo replied to Olli's topic in General Nursing

    Amen!!!

  11. "Your attention, please. Code J, ICU pod A. Code J, ICU pod A. Code J, ICU pod A."

    momdebo replied to JaredCNA's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of such a thing! Code J, really? That's pretty crazy. We still use the old fashioned word of mouth, which I find pretty entertaining, you get to see all the managers and suits out...

  12. Manufactured jobs

    momdebo replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about the rest of the country and what people think about nurses and how much or how little we do but I have a family who knows and they never hesitate to tell everyone and anyone how...

  13. Anyone ever try ACLS on line?

    momdebo posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I have moved into a cardiology office where we perform stress testing so I must keep up my ACLS but since I'm no longer on staff at the hospital I am looking around for ACLS classes and found some...

  14. RN question to CMA's (tell me it ain't so)

    momdebo replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    Happened to me! Although it was quite a while ago and it was an LPN course, we were told all the credits would be honored only to find out that they weren't. I guess your best bet would be to...

  15. Pt stole from a worker?/drama

    momdebo replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    have to agree with Tazzi here, too bad that she had to learn the hard way but when your WHOLE job is to WATCH someone, think about it, do we watch people who are ok/alert/oreinted etc? Probably not....

  16. I'll just sit over here and eat bon-bons.

    momdebo replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    That does make it hard when your in an environment where teamwork is essential, ICU, ER etc. It's very important that everyone follow protocol, that way the right hand always knows what the left hand...

  17. No one told me if I did something wrong! can you tell me.

    momdebo replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the rest of the replies. You asked for instruction and did as you were directed. And yes, patients manage to fall/arrest/stroke out etc. even when we are right next to them. Just pat...

  18. Rules for the ER (long)

    momdebo replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    amen!!!allnurses should be all

  19. PITA ED patients - how to handle?

    momdebo replied to kmoonshine's topic in Emergency

    Amen! this is everywhere. I have the luxury of working in a cardiologists office and thought I would escape this stuff, but alas, no. I get people coming into the waiting room diaphoretic, sob,...

  20. low o2 sats after ORIF?

    momdebo replied to crissrn27's topic in General Nursing

    Has the sat value been checked against

  21. Is it just me or is this offensive?

    momdebo posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everybody! I work in a cardiology office after many years in the trenches. We have a nuc med tech that does our stresses and today she's telling me about this cousin of hers who is a CRNA and is...

  22. Is it just me or is this offensive?

    momdebo replied to momdebo's topic in General Nursing

    Tazzi, you may be right, her remarks kind of make me think maybe she and are aren't from the same team (healthcare) after all. Although the more I think about it I'm not even sure we're from the same...

  23. ICU RN thinking of switching

    momdebo replied to VegasNurse05's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I say try it out! You will never know if you don't go for it. I have moved around a lot, in and out of ICU. I tried hospice, home health, I've worked in a nursing home and in hospital float pools....

  24. Is it just me or is this offensive?

    momdebo replied to momdebo's topic in General Nursing

    Earlier this week this same tech asked if my 20 yr old daughter wanted to get into nursing and I said "no, after watching me at it all these years, she decided it wasn't for her, she wanted to be a...

  25. I must be getting old: A rant

    momdebo replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    if it's not the thong it's the colored undies under the white