KATRN78

KATRN78

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  1. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    KATRN78 replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    In the USA it is not legal to name a child or change your name to a curse word or use a number. You can use the name "Ten or Seven" but not "10 or

  2. Night shift dinner time

    KATRN78 replied to kantuta's topic in General Nursing

    A banana, cheese stick, crackers and..... well... Swedish

  3. Funniest or worst PDN notes.

    KATRN78 replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    Might have been the same person that charted "pt an ma r watching

  4. Funniest or worst PDN notes.

    KATRN78 replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    "patient's dipper fell off in bed" ..... for weeks I wondered what a dipper was. One night as I was about to dose off it hit me.

  5. Funniest or worst PDN notes.

    KATRN78 replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    intact skin: Healthy skin in which there are no breaks, scrapes, cuts, or abnormal openings that allow pathogens to enter. A G-Tube stoma is considered an abnormal

  6. Funniest or worst PDN notes.

    KATRN78 replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    My agency says that the only thing that should go into nursing notes are things that can be billed to insurance companies. In both school and in training (by my employer) we were urged to not document...

  7. Funniest or worst PDN notes.

    KATRN78 replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    What would be a more professional way to chart "the child is

  8. Credit checks and employment

    KATRN78 replied to loveishope's topic in General Nursing

    My uncle works in nuclear power plants. He said you have to have perfect credit, its checked often. He told me that the reason is because people with poor credit are more likely to commit crimes and...

  9. How does working night shift impact your FAMILY?

    KATRN78 replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    I only do overnights every other weekend. My husband says he can't sleep well when I am not there. My dogs wont get in the bed, they sleep by the front door waiting for me. Poor guys. However... I...

  10. A question about home health nursing

    KATRN78 replied to kje22's topic in Private Duty

    I am sorry that this has happened to you. It is likely that Mom blamed the last nurse on duty because she does not want to take responsibility for losing the G-Tube. Mom should NOT have stopped to...

  11. Poop in nursing

    KATRN78 replied to KATRN78's topic in General Students

    Nope. She is a princess.

  12. Poop in nursing

    KATRN78 replied to KATRN78's topic in General Students

    Dealing with poop is not THAT bad. It pays the

  13. Poop in nursing

    KATRN78 replied to KATRN78's topic in General Students

    I am an RN who cleans poop everyday that I work. Usually more than twice a day. I have met some nurses who think they are above that and that it's cna work. Poop cleaning is within the scope of our...

  14. Poop in nursing

    KATRN78 replied to KATRN78's topic in General Students

    Yup. I bet she isn't alone

  15. New Grad Mistake!

    KATRN78 replied to CaligirlRN75's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I did some googling and apparently benadryl IM is common practice for acute dystonia/drug induced dystonic reaction. Then followed by benadryl po

  16. It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    KATRN78 replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    It's seems more medical schools are offering post bachelor programs that are perfect for Bsn to pursue an

  17. Your Starting Salary?

    KATRN78 replied to x_factor's topic in First Year After Licensure

    South Jersey, pediatric homecare - $26.00/hr and last-minute shifts pay

  18. New Grad Mistake!

    KATRN78 replied to CaligirlRN75's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If the patient was unable to move tongue, could she swallow? Did doctor mean to say give it im now and po

  19. Working Weekends

    KATRN78 replied to luvtwilight's topic in Private Duty

    I work private duty for an agency. I work Monday, Wednesday,Thursday,Friday 2pm - 9pm. Every Saturday 9am - 4pm and every other Saturday night 9pm -

  20. Sleeping Nurse = No Agency?

    KATRN78 replied to HisTreasure's topic in Private Duty

    Sleeping night nurses must be an epidemic. I have some friends in my agency that admit to me that they sleep on their night shifts. "Oh I took a 2 hour nap while little John Doe was sleeping." One of...

  21. New Private Duty Nurse PLZ HELP!

    KATRN78 replied to MsHope6307's topic in Private Duty

    Well one thing you can do is, as you're doing direct care you can asked the client how they like it to be done. They wont know you are inexperienced if you appear

  22. Do you "friend" your pts on Facebook???

    KATRN78 replied to CrazyGoonRN's topic in Private Duty

    I wouldn't do it. Professional-KatRN78 is a totally different person/personality from Off-duty-KatRN78 and neither of us have Facebook anyway. (Facebook was not enriching my life in anyway... so had...

  23. IVs/blood draws

    KATRN78 replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Pediatric

    Try Buzzy pediatric pain control. Its a neat little gadget that doesnt need a doctors order. just google "buzzy pediatric pain

  24. I saw a huge cockroach at my patient's house

    KATRN78 replied to 50kn's topic in Private Duty

    I saw a roach in a clean looking house of a rich family's home. I was not expecting that. I once went to a home that was so filthy, feces on toilet seat, trash on floor, animal feces on floor, stench...

  25. First case - infant with g-tube

    KATRN78 replied to notyetnurse's topic in Private Duty

    excellent. i would do the