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xtxrn ASN, RN

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  1. Would you call?

    xtxrn replied to aellisrn's topic in General Nursing

    Call Monday

  2. Your ER policy on giving rides home

    xtxrn replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    Nothing wrong with that if it works. :) I'm a big advocate of using the least CNS-depressing meds possible. Picture this- someone at home for several days with intense pain, and history of chronic...

  3. Your ER policy on giving rides home

    xtxrn replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    But the patient DOES get billed for it- repeatedly. BTDT

  4. bad feeling

    xtxrn replied to birdie22's topic in General Nursing

    When people asked me if I cared what they thought of me, I'd ask them if they signed my check, or lived with me--- NO to both, for everybody who asked :).....SO, not an issue. Sure, people want to be...

  5. Nurses

    xtxrn replied to JosefVernon Hodgkins's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah-- that's been covered

  6. bad feeling

    xtxrn replied to birdie22's topic in General Nursing

    Lesson learned- patient ok- DONE !!! You care, noticed the problem (someone else didn't run up the hall with the bag dangling from their hand, screaming your name ). You learned something. That's...

  7. What are your favorite types of patients??

    xtxrn replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I admitted a little old lady (used to be LOL before that meant laughing ) who had been bit by a rattlesnake- old rancher lady, tough. She'd waited several days while her leg got worse, before coming...

  8. Nurses

    xtxrn replied to JosefVernon Hodgkins's topic in General Nursing

    During the first few days I was posting here, I felt a lot of negativity- and voiced it via a thread- and got blasted- LOL..... :chair: Some kind nurses PMd me and showed me different ways to look at...

  9. Would like input

    xtxrn replied to eyeball's topic in General Nursing

    Something else that used to help me was to remember I could quit at any time- I didn't have to stay- I kept an emotional "out", to help me hang

  10. Nervous about HIPAA

    xtxrn replied to Katie.Lee's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    That example is uncommon enough within a city to not talk about....Not many escapee patients roam the streets at any given time- and you never know who knows who, or whose neighbor's vet's...

  11. Would like input

    xtxrn replied to eyeball's topic in General Nursing

    I feel for you- seriously :heartbeat But that sounds pretty standard for a busy medical floor....there are always days when it just feels like it's not worth it- and maybe it's not ....There are...

  12. LTAC vs Hospital - what's the diff?

    xtxrn replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    LTAC patients are too involved for LTC- a LOT of complex medical issues; many take vents and dialysis patients, as well as complicated decubs/wounds, rehab patients with extensive medical issues,...

  13. Do you wear rings at work?

    xtxrn replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    Also, some stones (emerald and opals in particular) are not supposed to be cleaned with ultrasonic cleaners because of the treatments on these stones (totally accepted treatments by the gem/jewelry...

  14. What are your favorite types of patients??

    xtxrn replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i'm torn.... when i worked neuro and coma stim, i loved the "flip, flop, fold, feed, and fluff" club..... :sstrs::dzed: i also liked the drug/alcohol patients who wanted to get well- and there were...

  15. Why do Doctors think they are................God!!

    xtxrn replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    :chair:

  16. what's it like working at a LTC facility ?

    xtxrn replied to lvloverRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah- I've had 30 as well- it got a bit better in one facility, but in another (1985) I had 60 on 3-11....I did not stay there long, just because of the safety issue. I could crank out the meds and...

  17. Why do Doctors think they are................God!!

    xtxrn replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    There was a neurosurgeon (good- his patients did well) who was just ornery (he'd been an RN....). A lot of our patients got Decadron, which can cause hiccups......EVERY other doc would order low-dose...

  18. Is there a board for MDs?

    xtxrn replied to DroogieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Each state has a board for MDs.

  19. what's it like working at a LTC facility ?

    xtxrn replied to lvloverRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If something unexpected happens

  20. Brand new Nurse in charge of Veteran CNAs

    xtxrn replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I went from being the AGENCY CNA at the same facility I ended up in charge of....literally within a week's time. The CNAs were really good, which helped a LOT, and one in particular would politely...

  21. To use or not to use vaccine consent forms

    xtxrn replied to mickylynn969's topic in General Nursing

    Not to worry- you'll get the hang of it..... I'm relatively new- and still getting hung up in threads that have been resurrected from the dead as if they're

  22. Why do Doctors think they are................God!!

    xtxrn replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

  23. Why do Doctors think they are................God!!

    xtxrn replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    huh???

  24. what's it like working at a LTC facility ?

    xtxrn replied to lvloverRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Different facilities have different sorts of patients- not all have Medicare, not all have locked Alzheimers units....BUT, you will likely have 12-20 residents to give meds to, do treatments on, chart...

  25. Why do Doctors think they are................God!!

    xtxrn replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    There are probably the same percentage of yutz doctors as there are yutz people in the general population :) An idea- ask the doc about the fluid rate- (or whatever) -some will be glad to teach you...