HappyNurse2005

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  1. patients who LIE about their symptoms!

    HappyNurse2005 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    does IVDA mean IV drug abuser? I don't know. Don't care. And I did have a social service consult put in on her, I did talk to the case manager about her, and did request the docs to write her 3 day...

  2. Interview tomorrow~~Need HELP!

    HappyNurse2005 replied to BrandNewNurse's topic in General Nursing

    In an interview I had one month ago, I was asked about -creative problem solving -confrontation and how handled -why are you the best candidate for this

  3. anyone use lovenox in odd doses? i.e. 76mg?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, you know what I mean! 100mg prefilled syringes of Lovenox! 100 cc would be an awful big syringe, esp to fill with Lovenox

  4. patients who LIE about their symptoms!

    HappyNurse2005 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    It is on their face sheet, and I find out to see if the pt needs a social services consult. She was a self pay. It is also where we see if the pt has a primary care doc or not (some docs utilize...

  5. anyone use lovenox in odd doses? i.e. 76mg?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I get rid of say, 9cc of lovenox (91cc ordered, 100cc syringe) by pointing the needle down and squirting a little out. That way, teh air bubble is floated back and not being

  6. ON-Call policy

    HappyNurse2005 replied to equijen's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My hospital is a much larger one, 3300 deliveries a year, but on call is required. Require 4 hours per week. Pay $3 an hour to be on call, whether called in or not. If you aren't called in, you get...

  7. Here's a lovely news story about something that happened in a local ED

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Emergency

    http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/breaking/wb/79035 the first paragraph: i dont work at this hospital. This is a small/medium hospital, though, 146 beds. an HCA

  8. Here's a lovely news story about something that happened in a local ED

    HappyNurse2005 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Emergency

    This story in little ol tiny Blacksburg, VA made CNN. Same man shot and killed a police officer this morning. Was captured this

  9. The War with the Floors

    HappyNurse2005 replied to zima60's topic in Emergency

    WE have an admissions unit, for what its worth. Not open on weekends or holidays! They only have 10 beds. Not allowed to take pt's on isolation. It is nice when they do go to admissions unit, b/c...

  10. Healthier Living Support - Part III

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I am quite excited to be getting myself on the healthy living track. I've started a "diet" (or lifestyle change, to be more accurate) of eating 1550 calories a day, keeping track of all food i eat,...

  11. Screw-ups?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to CH080605's topic in General Nursing

    I've shared this story before, but once I had a pt getting blood. Tubing wasn't working for some reason, had to switch tubing. Got new tubing. Turned bag of blood upside down and unspiked the old...

  12. What do you do to calm yourself at work?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to dano's topic in General Nursing

    We are on a high up floor, and our waiting room has huge windows overlooking the city, and i will go out and sit and look out the window. just looking, no talking. sometimes, just quiet helps. its so...

  13. My wife's birthday help!

    HappyNurse2005 replied to slingamabob's topic in General Nursing

    OMG I FOUND HIM OUT!!! LOL, ya'll, that's my husband talking about me. seriously, my birthday was yesterday, the units he is talking about, he ordered a steth for me. and to think,when i just saw...

  14. Mckesson accudose problems anyone??

    HappyNurse2005 replied to janders2003's topic in General Nursing

    is an accudose anything like a pyxis? If so, it'd be pretty dumb to steal out of it when you are signed in under your name! Plus, it'd be pretty difficult to break into the narcotics pockets. and it...

  15. **Alert**Our Right to Privacy as nurses???

    HappyNurse2005 replied to bchboy's topic in General Nursing

    In va, you get license number, nearly full name "Jane X. Doe" title (Rn or LPN or whatever else-all licensed health professions can be searched, adn instead of address it has city and zip code only....

  16. Is there any nursing job that'll make $30,000+/yr for the FIRST job?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Matt000's topic in General Nursing

    I am 15 months out from graduating. When i graduated, i made 17.05 an hour (no exp whatsoever). 17.05 an hourx 36 hour weeks x 52 weeks a year=$31917 a year, before taxes/insurance/403B. I now have...

  17. Funny CT scan results

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Had male pt come in for abd problems. Has a first name that could be male or female name. Such as Leslie, Francis,Chris, Drew, etc. (btw, it was none of those names) Pt had a CT scan. Results stated...

  18. # of deliveries and size of NICU

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    holy crap, 16000 a year? thats about 43 babies a day! where doyou live?? here we have about 300 deliveries a month, and a 55 bed nicu (local referral

  19. job openings

    HappyNurse2005 replied to shellyhappy's topic in General Nursing

    How large is the hospital? My hospital system that has 675 beds, has 70 full time nursing postions open, and its not hte pits at

  20. Drawing blood through a Saline Lock??

    HappyNurse2005 replied to thumperRN's topic in General Nursing

    For non central lines, plain ol heplocks/saline locks, etc I've been told that when you first start the line, and the tourniquet is still in place you can, but after that, no can

  21. How are filipino nurses treated in a foreign country?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to paxcristi's topic in General Nursing

    We have one nurse and one nursing assistant on our unit who are filipino. They are not treated any differently. We also have a Chinese, Pakistani, and South Korean nurses, too. I've yet to see any...

  22. Worried about too much accountability.......

    HappyNurse2005 replied to kstockdaleRN's topic in Cardiac

    8 telemetry patients? that alone is nuts. You may want to "make things better" you say: Yeah, thats a great thought,but you could lose your license from such an unsafe environment. Really. Look for...

  23. Disposable IV Canunulation Sets

    HappyNurse2005 replied to kaletra's topic in General Nursing

    How do you know this??? I always say that i would LOVE to know how much we charge for these things. Are you saying that hte urinal costs the hospital .84, but the pt pays 10 bucks for a urinal? b/c we...

  24. Magnet hospitals and LPNs?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a magnet facility. I do not know about "cutting back" on LPN's, but considering the hospital has its own "school of practical nursing" that it doesn't really advertise very well, and we have...

  25. Disposable IV Canunulation Sets

    HappyNurse2005 replied to kaletra's topic in General Nursing

    We do have the IV kits one pack has tourniquet small roll of tape 1 2x2 tegaderm/opsite (whatever we are calling it these days) chloraprep of course, you separately have to get out the Iv cannula and...