Guttercat ASN, RN

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    Follow Up To "Co-worker Goes Off On Me Thread"

    Guttercat replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At that point I would've turned slowly toward her, leveled a deadly serious glare iced with a thin smirk, and then walked off without saying a word. She messed with you, because you were an easy...
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    Etiquette in the OR?

    Guttercat replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room

    Must be. Thanks for clarifying the POS reference with a Q because I was all like what the ****? :) (we all know how the acronym POS is usually
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    IV in an artery

    Guttercat replied to jrmarr's topic in General Nursing

    Great
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    "Listening to nurses is key to being a good doctor"

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

    Love it! One of the docs I work closely with, is wonderful. A total hoot, and a collaborator with the nursing team. Willing to teach to help us understand the why behind what he is asking us to do....
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    Etiquette in the OR?

    Guttercat replied to trauma_lama's topic in Operating Room

    There's a reason many OR peeps choose OR. IME, they're more fascinated with the science of poking around on a slab of meat than they are comfortable with the relational and human-side of the equation....
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    ABANDONED

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

    With a quote like, "my son died when my wife and I took him to your ER" I think we get the
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    Does rtpa cause hypertension?

    Guttercat replied to unsaint77's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

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    Senior Nurses Any Insight Into This Patient Case?

    Guttercat replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Multisystem comorbidities. Lots of missing info, such as the cause of his renal insufficiency...there are many, many causes that affect the glomeruli differently in how and what they excrete or...
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    Who is going to wait on me????

    Guttercat replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I like this. Because it's
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    Who is going to wait on me????

    Guttercat replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm amazed at the number of patients that expect us to find them rides. In fact, in my specialty (renal) we are required to assist patients in finding rides. Next time I go to the dentist, I wonder...
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    Who is going to wait on me????

    Guttercat replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Interesting scenario. Patient never worked a day in her >30 but At an early age she chose to start squirting out kidlettes in rapid-fire succession like Al Capone with a Tommy Gun. She...
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    Career Advice Required, New RN, BScN Leaving the Profession

    Guttercat replied to giveface's topic in Men in Nursing

    Good luck! I think you are wise to look elsewhere and find what suits your strengths, with less riding on your "weaknesses" (we all have them). I saw you mentioned "province" in your post. I'm...
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    Who is going to wait on me????

    Guttercat replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Recently had the most twisted patient and family member I've ever dealt with in terms of "satisfaction" and entitlement. You could've given them a golden goose that laid golden eggs and they would...
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    Who is going to wait on me????

    Guttercat replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Recently had one patient that commented to me about the "nurse" who was just in the room giving the other patient instructions. "Well, she has SOME nerve. She's a nurse!" She was actually a physician,...
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    Impossible job expectations

    Guttercat replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to be optomistic, I really would. But there's a growing sense that as health care reform continues to unfold, the economic recovery forecasts are for "slow and dismal with occasional...
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    Impossible job expectations

    Guttercat replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Delivering the actual care, has become so burdened with technology and inefficient processes that what used to take two minutes to do ten years ago, now takes five. The "thinking" is being squeezed...
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    Job offer, no start date?

    Guttercat replied to witc's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Not weird at all. HR is not your friend (for many reasons). Give it five business days in total, then contact both the "recruiter" in HR and the manager of the department you're hired into In this...
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    Working nights, tons of work meetings scheduled during my sleep hours?

    Guttercat replied to Jaimie.RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In my workplace, if you do not attend at least 70% of all monthly meetings, it is grounds for termination on the
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    Working nights, tons of work meetings scheduled during my sleep hours?

    Guttercat replied to Jaimie.RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Nice try but meeting times are set by managers. Need I say
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    patient death from PE

    Guttercat replied to RockingItInTheER's topic in General Nursing

    It's always a PE! :)PA friend of mine recently posted a linked article relating to a man who came into the ED a week or two after some surgery (I forgot what) with......intractable hiccups. Was...
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    what to do when pts aren't nice?

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

    There are people who by their very nature, would find fault with the clerk who dispensed to them the winning 178 million dollar Powerball ticket... "...that clerk didn't smile at me when I
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    Anyone working for FMC annoyed by this?

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

    Friedman, Chicago, and Reagan (still waiting for that trickle) all give me pause.
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    FMC staffing policies

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

    Dialysis as a business is scrapping for reimbursement $$ and scrambling to stay on top of market share and changing health care policy, i.e., the ACA, and even integrating the ACO model. RN's are the...
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    Renal Pathophysiology

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

    Thanks vwde. In actuality any good neph clinician worth his or her salt, could poke numerous holes in my post...i.e., Lupus and Wegener's can't be lumped in under Chronic Renal Insufficiency as they...
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    Ketamine for Depression

    Guttercat replied to wtbcrna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    They're having a h3ll of a time up in Canuckistan with Ketamine abuse/trafficking. Canada now has it listed as a Schedule 1 (same class as cocaine and heroin, even though it is only "psychologically"...