TriciaJ RN

Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory

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    What's your favorite nursing task?

    TriciaJ replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, yes I forgot foleys. Because we were a urology floor, we often got called to other units to place a foley someone was having trouble with. It felt good to be able to pop it right in. And rack...
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    What's your favorite nursing task?

    TriciaJ replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    I liked setting up PCA pumps. When patients arrived so painful they could hardly move and then to see them smiling and taking fluids. I also liked repositioning to alleviate gas pain, especially the...
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    These teachers done lost their minds

    TriciaJ replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Would this be a bad time for me to gnash my teeth at the ubiquitous misuse of the word "paranoid"? Does the teacher have delusions that bedbugs are persecuting her? Pedantic rant over. Back to our...
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    Stupid hurts.

    TriciaJ replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Was walking around the house naked, then slipped and fell on it.
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    Stupid hurts.

    TriciaJ replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Wonder whose job it was to write the thank-you note for that
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    I hate fake call outs.

    TriciaJ replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be willing to bet the OP would be a lot more forgiving if a frequent caller-out would acknowledge the inconvenience she created. Wouldn't it be nice if someone said "I'm so sorry I had to call...
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    I hate fake call outs.

    TriciaJ replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Management doesn't like the lazy sacks who won't work past their 40 hours a week? Then why don't they deal with the really lazy sacks who won't even work their 40 hours a
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    hot glue guns

    TriciaJ replied to jess11RN's topic in School

    This is not a nursing story, but it is a hot glue gun story. One year my niece wanted to be Medusa for Hallowe'en. Her mother was hot-gluing rubber snakes onto a wig... Little One ended up being...
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    Does anyone here actually like nursing?

    TriciaJ replied to Sumdaymurse's topic in General Nursing

    I loved nursing. No, I didn't love the short-staffing, the power-tripping managers and a lot of other stressors, big and small. But overall, I can't think of anything I'd rather have done. I look...
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    So I called the police on a patient

    TriciaJ replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    Amen. It's always easier to second-guess when you aren't there and you can always point to something that someone's written. However, only the person in that situation is equipped to make the call...
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    Playing Cards

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    The stupid rule is the having to clock in and out. That's another great idea by management, to make it just a little more onerous to take a break. The bottom line is: they begrudge you having any...
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    Playing Cards

    TriciaJ replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Before I commented on this, I would want to shadow a hospital administrator for a shift. After I got an idea what that person's day is like, I'd have a better idea for what kind of staffing "makes...
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    I should continue with the nursing program or change my degree?

    TriciaJ replied to Joanna369's topic in General Students

    I second the motion to make an appointment with your guidance counselor or academic advisor, or whatever you have available to you. If you're already hating every minute of it, to the point that...
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    So I called the police on a patient

    TriciaJ replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. I've had people strike out indiscriminately and later apologize when they were lucid. Being able to selectively choose a target is a different
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    Med reconciliation

    TriciaJ replied to schoolforever's topic in General Nursing

    I always found med reconciliations to be a complete PIA. Many patients don't even have any idea what they're actually taking ("I don't know; the wife takes care of that"; "I can't remember the name;...
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    So I called the police on a patient

    TriciaJ replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    Someone already said: one size doesn't fit all. I think it's up to every nurse to decide in that situation if that patient had capacity for volition. If he was thrashing and lashing in delirium,...
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    Patients Say the Darnedest Things Nurses Week Contest

    TriciaJ replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    A slightly confused little old lady on our surgical floor asked me to close the blind on her window, because she didn't want anyone looking in on her. I reminded her that we were on the eighth floor....
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    Cry me a river...?

    TriciaJ replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    It's best to duck out somewhere when you realize you aren't going to be able to control it, if you can. I did have the experience once of doing an entire jailhouse med pass with tears running...
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    Doctors Say the Darnedest Things Nurses Week Contest

    TriciaJ replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    "I have a project for you. We're going to start the patient on leech therapy."
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    Patients Say the Darnedest Things Nurses Week Contest

    TriciaJ replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    There was a postop patient on our floor whose doctor wouldn't allow us to feed her until she passed gas. She was getting quite peckish but not having any luck. She made herself a sign to hold up...
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    Caption This Cartoon Nurses Week Contest

    TriciaJ replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    "Be careful drawing his labs. He's squeamish and prone to
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    What state should I move to now the Washington State legislature is trying to force me to work seven days a week? (HB 1155)

    TriciaJ replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    Duplicate
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    What state should I move to now the Washington State legislature is trying to force me to work seven days a week? (HB 1155)

    TriciaJ replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    They're never going to part with their own fish. They're just going to keep "redistributing" your fish to themselves first, then to the people who keep electing them for the free fish. Eventually...
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    What state should I move to now the Washington State legislature is trying to force me to work seven days a week? (HB 1155)

    TriciaJ replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

    No. They need to quit being required to give their fish
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    Make a Meme Nurses Week Contest

    TriciaJ replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    And what do you have to do to get a turkey sandwich around