HappyNurse2005

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  1. Are Blake's (JP's) routine after a lap choley?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! I didn't think it was that

  2. Bizarre!!

    HappyNurse2005 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Your staff have to get off an elevator if a patient gets

  3. Nursing Against the Odds -- Who's reading it, or has read it?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Stitchie's topic in General Nursing

    I read it recently. Some of it is nothing like my hospital-having new nurses w/ no orientation, etc I did enjoy it,

  4. Floating to diffrent units in your hospital

    HappyNurse2005 replied to mugwump's topic in General Nursing

    We can only be floated to other cardiology units. There are 5. two medical cardiology floors, cardiac surgery icu, cardiac surgery pcu, and ccu. Each shift, it is determined if there are any "needs"...

  5. Dayshift vs. Nighshift

    HappyNurse2005 replied to pie123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was hired for nights. Did my orientation on days, like everyone does. Went to nights for 1 week. Hated it.Didn't sleep. Changed to day shift, and I love

  6. working as a CNA

    HappyNurse2005 replied to cshelly12's topic in General Nursing

    In my hospital, it could make a difference of how much pay you get as a new grad nurse. Every cna year counts for like 1 RN year. So if you are a CNA for 3 years before becoming a RN, then when you...

  7. Consent forms?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in General Nursing

    Doctor. IN theory, they are supposed to explain the procedure, risks, benefits, alternatives, blah blah blah and they sign it, and the patient signs it. I have had one doc who was going to do a cath...

  8. Needle Stick on myself, Oops

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Did ya feel any effects of hte insulin? Glad it wasn't

  9. My friend is taking Metabolife...tell me about it

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I did a search, and metabolife has only been mentioned once in 2005. Previous posts about this were from back when it had ephedra in it. I hear that it doesn't have ephedra in it now. A friend of...

  10. Rn in charge who has a temper?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to milenko's topic in General Nursing

    Report her

  11. "Foreign" nurse with US education

    HappyNurse2005 replied to 1Tulip's topic in General Nursing

    hOW Did she hammer her nclex, but then you say she can't get a license? "hammering" the nclex would guarantee one a license. You dont have to be a citizen here to be a nurse. I graduated with 2...

  12. bad medical insurance from work

    HappyNurse2005 replied to moliuchick's topic in General Nursing

    Is that your employer sponsored plan? Is that an individual plan, or family plan? I have Anthem insurance thru work-for a family, there are a few options. I do the HMO as opposed to PPO, and I pay...

  13. spinoff:Youngest/oldest CABG pt

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in Cardiac

    Who was your youngest/oldest cabg pt? Had a 39 year old who had a x6 (uncontrolled DM, ESRD-was actually being worked up for kidney transplant, had stress test as part of workup-it was positive). I...

  14. spinoff:Youngest/oldest CABG pt

    HappyNurse2005 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Cardiac

    LOL, yeah. We

  15. How many pt.s do YOU have today?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    None today! Yesterday I started out with 4. 2 discharged, 1 transferred to nursing home, and then 2 admits. All in 8 hours. THough that was my extra shift on a unit thats not mine. ON my unit, last...

  16. Deaf people

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Emery's topic in General Nursing

    Well, i've had one deaf pt. But she was deaf and blind,so i doubt ASL would have worked! She was 81 and got around quite well (oh, this was in nursing school, btw, so i didn't deal w/ all teh...

  17. What was harder? Non-nursing bachelors or ADN?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'd suppose this would also depend on where your personal aptitude is. If you are a more literary type, then a BA would be easier for you than science heavy nursing school. I am more math...

  18. how many hours a week do you work????

    HappyNurse2005 replied to akerdonn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm scheduled 3 12 hour shifts-36 hours. but i go and sign up for one extra 8 hour shift per week on another cardiac unit that is short

  19. Good books to read! Got any?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Nathalie's topic in General Nursing

    THe second book is actually called "Condition Critical" not "intensive care"-that's the first one only. I love those books! I'm in the middle of reading "nursing against the odds" but thats a...

  20. "Pump Head" post OHS

    HappyNurse2005 replied to RN12345656's topic in Cardiac

    I'm in the cardiac surgery stepdown, and honestly, I don't see it that much at all. I can remember once. The guy was combative (not his normal), thought it was 1984 and he was in the basement (???),...

  21. LOS after CABG?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to tvccrn's topic in Cardiac

    Our standard is out of hte ICU on POD#1, with no complications-home on POD#4 or so. I've seen some exceptional patients(walking halls with no difficulty several times on POD#1) go home on POD#3 . On...

  22. Nursing programs with NO WAITLISTS!

    HappyNurse2005 replied to sunnyjohn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yeah, the school I just graduated from was on the list in the original post. Lots of applicants for limited spots. if you don't get in, you reapply year after year. With no guarantee of getting in the...

  23. Letter of Resignation or just Two Weeks Notice

    HappyNurse2005 replied to grinnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i agree with the above poster. BUT, first of all-look up company policy on resigning. Our company has a 30 day notice for RN's to leave or transfer (well, actually, thats for anyone who makes over 11...

  24. Treating residents/patients like idiots

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Mirai Kangofu's topic in General Nursing

    Well, when I have one hard of hearing patient i've been raising my voice at, sometimes I find myself in the next room raising my voice, too, elderly or not, just because i had gotten used to talking...

  25. How bad is this med error?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to bth44's topic in General Nursing

    Was it one of those prefilled saline flushes that clearly say "0.9% sodium chloride" on the side in big letters? We have those. People always leave them in rooms, and no one gets written up for it! Of...