Guttercat ASN, RN

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    My Struggle as a nurse

    Guttercat replied to natiagagua25's topic in General Nursing

    I'm really glad after all the marriage events you endured at a young age, that you were able to push on and keep going. Congrats! (Please don't job hop out of this ER gig, no matter how hard it gets....
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    Will the Texas ED RN become a scapegoat in the Ebola patient discharge?

    Guttercat replied to preddish's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yep. This is the issue with computerized charting: Data overload. It is much easier to skip over pertinent info when it is not "in your face" like paper charts, and you are concerned with clicking...
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    October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    Guttercat replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    HA! :) Now I have a hankering to watch Ghostbusters
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    Music to study to

    Guttercat replied to nurselou04's topic in General Students

    OK, student nurses. Try Baroque. It is classical, but it is not intrusive, distracting, or "jarring" as another poster mentioned. This "jarring" classical music is what I call "Angry Russian...
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    Mocked by teacher in post conference.

    Guttercat replied to dmena14's topic in General Students

    I must have been very fortunate. I had a great R.N. school experience. No bullies, supportive classmates, great instructors that were interested in our success and learning. There was some "weeding...
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    Ebola here in Dallas USA

    Guttercat replied to HappyWife77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well said. Apples and oranges,
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    Ebola here in Dallas USA

    Guttercat replied to HappyWife77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I've been listening to one of the major news networks, and they keep mentioning "the nurse that did the intake" in the same sentence with "the information was failed to be communicated throughout the...
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    Ebola here in Dallas USA

    Guttercat replied to HappyWife77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    From what I am gathering (limited info thus far), the nurse reported it on the triage/intake form.However, some of the media spin I am hearing is that "the nurse didn't communicate his travel history...
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    Ebola here in Dallas USA

    Guttercat replied to HappyWife77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    "...He sought medical care on the 26th, but was sent home because the medical team "felt clinically it was a low-grade common viral disease," said Mark Lester, executive vice president of Texas Health...
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    ANA petitions Feds (educ. funding) for 1.1 million more RN's within 8 yrs.

    Guttercat posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    AGAIN??? Sept. 4, 2014 report. Say it it ain't so. Anyone read the ANA Smartbrief this morning?...
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    Toxic flu H1N1 hospitalizes nurse for months -54 days on ECMO

    Guttercat replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Good reminder. Thanks for posting. No flu vac in any given year is 100%, but it does decrease overall chances of contracting a debilitating
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    I'm panicking! Now I can't resign!

    Guttercat replied to perfexion's topic in General Nursing

    I feel very badly for the OP. But I am wondering why it took three weeks for them to figure out that "something's up." If I had not heard from the manager after three to five business days of...
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    My first time on giving side of a Press-Ganey Questionaire

    Guttercat posted a topic in General Nursing

    I gave glowing kudos where kudos were due. All the staff were wonderful-- especially given the craziness of the day in this unit. As a medical professional, I could see where staff were biting their...
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    best i quit or fired story

    Guttercat replied to OnlinePersona's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some cramps can be debilitating, especially for teenagers and young women (or women with gyn disorders). As a teen, there were a couple times I missed school due to cramps that were so severe, the...
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    Guttercat replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm not. It's challenging us to think about social constructs at many levels, and why we feel the way we do one way or the other. For me, it made me think about why women so often carry the brunt of...
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    Critical Care Question about Minute Volume (ventilator)

    Guttercat replied to Nursing2102's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here is a thread with some good observations on AC vs SIMV:
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    Tips?

    Guttercat replied to nursegreene's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Make sure you know the basics of how the dialysis process works, and basics in the pathophys of ESRD. In other words, this will enable you to ask relevant questions during the interview. As to your...
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    Patient's PD Drainage

    Guttercat replied to TEXASWAG's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Just empty the bags and be polite/professional about it. Right or wrong, the patient and family have made up their minds about who caused the peritonitis. Nothing you can do about
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    I Lost All Respect For A Colleague Today

    Guttercat replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I haven't read all the responses, but some have made the observation that of the two, Heidi seems to have taken the brunt of the OP's loss of respect. I find this an interesting observation, because...
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    Is Job Hopping the Norm for Nurses?

    Guttercat replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    We're (dialysis) gonna miss you! As far as job-hopping nurses, I think employers have come to expect it as a real and expected cost of doing business in this current atmosphere over the last 15 or...
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    Newbie CNA shocked "care" given by CNA co-workers!

    Guttercat replied to MidLifeChg2Nursing's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Another good
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    Newbie CNA shocked "care" given by CNA co-workers!

    Guttercat replied to MidLifeChg2Nursing's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Very salient observations. Thanks for posting
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    Disease of the month

    Guttercat replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    When it comes to noticing fallacies, House is probably the worst offender. That medical "team" did everything from inserting the NG tubes to performing the MRI's, to running the lab, to running the...
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    Newbie CNA shocked "care" given by CNA co-workers!

    Guttercat replied to MidLifeChg2Nursing's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If I ever win the Powerball, on my bucket list is to create a nursing home the way a nursing home should be run. Nursing homes should not be where we dump people off to languish until they die. That...
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    What's your Myers-Briggs personality type?

    Guttercat replied to bekahinpink's topic in General Nursing

    No. Not according to the Briggs-Meyers site. It's only moderately introverted. (See above posts regarding "rarest.") That said, it is interesting to me to see that nearly 50% of the respondents thus...