DookieMeisterRN

DookieMeisterRN

Cardiac, PCU, Surg/Onc, LTC, Peds

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  1. I-Pad Use By Nurses

    DookieMeisterRN replied to Penguin67's topic in General Nursing

    I soooo wish we could use IPads for our charting, communicating w pts, looking up meds etc. My feet get so painful having to stand at our bedside unmoveable, terminals without seating. Due to room...

  2. Just curious, What do they teach in Nursing School these days?

    DookieMeisterRN replied to AMN74's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing schools focus more on keeping pass rates up than theory and practice. How is it acceptable that the nursing programs can say, 'oh you'll get on the job training, don't worry about practicing...

  3. Realize I'm lucky, but still struggling with 12 hr day shift

    DookieMeisterRN replied to MissIt's topic in General Nursing

    I never work more than 2 shifts in a row and get up at 0400 and watch a show from the DVR. It de-stresses me 1st thing by watching Criminal Minds or CSI instead of thinking of the job. I also set 3...

  4. Paramedic to RN online: will i get a job?

    DookieMeisterRN replied to hornersp's topic in General Nursing

    Go to a conventional college! You'll never be able to get licensed or get one transferred in California if you go through Excelsior. It's hard enough to find a job, don't limit yourself even

  5. when patients go off the floor...

    DookieMeisterRN replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's an awesome idea! Unfortunately hard to enforce here since everyone just walks out to the sidewalk in front of the hospital to smoke.I'm a former smoker (I quit when it changed to a non-smoking...

  6. when patients go off the floor...

    DookieMeisterRN replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Haha nice. There was a pt on out floor who had gotten a pass signed by the MD to leave the hospital. Don't know WHAT reason for leaving he told the MD. He left wearing baggy clothes and came back with...

  7. when patients go off the floor...

    DookieMeisterRN replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    The only reason our pts want to go off the floor is to smoke. They try and get sneaky by saying "I need to get some fresh air", " I want to go down to the gift shop", "I want to go down to visit with...

  8. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    DookieMeisterRN replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I find how the OP putting the vet tech's resume online in very poor taste and unprofessional. I would never work for a company who posted and ridiculed resumes online. I wonder if the OP's manager...

  9. Chest tube, flush and aspirate?

    DookieMeisterRN replied to tojal1989's topic in General Nursing

    Please, please, please tell me you've never injected TPN into a chest tube.I'm hoping this was a typo

  10. Manipulative patients always get the best of me....

    DookieMeisterRN replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    These types of pts are like toddlers. Always follow through with limits you've set or they know they can get you to do anything and monopolize your time. Be firm and professional but don't let them...

  11. Written up for false documentation...

    DookieMeisterRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It sounds like you had a lot of problems surrounding your career and possibly personal life? It seems that you've had many issues in your previous jobs also. I think it would be in your best interest...

  12. Split Medical-Surgical?

    DookieMeisterRN replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We have a variety of separate surgical units, ortho, neuro, colorectal/gen abd, colorectal/GI, gyne/uro, cardiac. The thoracic surgeries come to my unit-pulmonary, we have medical pts of course but...

  13. Socializing after work in your scrubs

    DookieMeisterRN replied to klone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Okay health class is one thing but hygiene class? Is this for real? I must have missed that day in school because I would have remembered something so amazingly funny as "hygiene

  14. Thoroughness of your 1st assessment of the day

    DookieMeisterRN replied to Cuddleswithpuddles's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I won't see their behind if i cant turn them by myself but I always see their backside within the 1st 2 hours. I don't think your employer would be very empathetic if a pt had a serious...

  15. PICC line dressing change: am I in trouble?

    DookieMeisterRN replied to Wheretogo's topic in Home Health

    First of all tegaderm isn't waterproof and second of all the statlock does not need to be covered. You would need to instruct the client to also cover with some sort of waterproof. Some people use...

  16. How would you feel?

    DookieMeisterRN replied to stashiaj's topic in General Nursing

    If you have been working a "position" to help the unit out but you don't really have an official "position" I tend to think you're getting jacked around because you're being too nice. I would suggest...

  17. Socializing after work in your scrubs

    DookieMeisterRN replied to klone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That was a joke right? Hygiene

  18. Happy certified nurses day!!

    DookieMeisterRN replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Woo-Hoo!What do I get today? Oh yay I got to go to work. Nursing Administration had a "tea" for us certified nurses today. But those who were working were

  19. Shouldn't Nurses Have the Power to Isolate Patients?

    DookieMeisterRN replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We have many protocols that let us place patients in isolation. Common sense people, common sense. Send a spec for C-diff? Iso til it comes back negative. Send a swab for influenza? Yep, the nurse...

  20. Socializing after work in your scrubs

    DookieMeisterRN replied to klone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Fomites schmomites. I would have to say a day care center is probably every bit as germy as the hospital. The scary thing is you can't exactly tell who is a child care attendant :/ Children are very...

  21. Frustrated with SN

    DookieMeisterRN replied to DookieMeisterRN's topic in General Nursing

    You know I really like working with students. I don't try and put any undue stress on them but I won't sugarcoat anything either. We got along great and had lots in common but just disappointed. I had...

  22. Frustrated with SN

    DookieMeisterRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So this past week I precepted a 2 year ADN student nurse in her last 2 days of clinical before her internship. So I ask "what are your expectations today" as I had not worked with this SN before. So...

  23. Does anybody use sterile technique anymore?

    DookieMeisterRN replied to bookwormom's topic in General Nursing

    I found this in the above link: "A review of the literature revealed no specific scientific research studies to support the use of either “clean” or “sterile” technique in any given patient...

  24. Does anybody use sterile technique anymore?

    DookieMeisterRN replied to bookwormom's topic in General Nursing

    I had a surgeon pop his head out of a pt room to tell me oh so seriously one morning, "I need some help in here" in a VRE isolation room. I barely had time to get my gown/gloves on when he pulled up...

  25. Does anybody use sterile technique anymore?

    DookieMeisterRN replied to bookwormom's topic in General Nursing

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