Kirsti1181

Kirsti1181 has 5 years experience and specializes in peds, med surg, ER, Home Health.

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1. Just starting recovery

   Kirsti1181 posted a topic in Recovery

   I haven't posted on this site in forever, but since I am in recovery as of last night, I thought this would be a good place to come for support. Thankfully I haven't worked in 18 months since my son was born, so I didn't have the opportunity to diver...

2. Home Health while pregnant

   Kirsti1181 posted a topic in Home Health

   I have been doing home health for a little over a year and I am currently 8 weeks pregnant with my first child. I was just wondering what I'm in for later in the pregnancy. Luckily I haven't had much morning sickness but I'm worried about getting in...

3. Funniest thing a confused pt. has told you...

   Kirsti1181 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

   I had an elderly patient who had one of those cylinder shaped neck pillows, and she looked at me and said "That pillow over there is filled with pieces of s***." On another occasion she told me that her sister was a b**** and had slept with her docto...

4. Silliest thing you ever did after a long shift...

   Kirsti1181 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

   My mom called me once worried because her hands were yellow and she was worried that something was wrong, even though she wasn't jaundiced anywhere else. Turns out she had been using a sample tube of tanning lotion instead of her regular hand lotion....

5. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   Kirsti1181 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   When I worked med-surg, we had an elderly patient whose scrotum was swollen to about the size of a melon. He needed to get on the bedside commode, so his nurse and 2 aides went to help him. They were having trouble getting him on the commode because ...

6. Weekends and Holidays?

   Kirsti1181 replied to mimi1's topic in Home Health

   I really think it depends on the agency you are working for. I have to take call about once a month and we don't have paid holidays, but unless you are on call, you don't have to see patients on the holidays. I know some agencies around here have peo...

7. Keys to the office?

   Kirsti1181 posted a topic in Home Health

   Let me start by saying that I have been doing Home Health for about 6 months and I absolutely love it. However, I am getting very frustrated because management is making it impossible to do my job. I was on call this weekend and I discovered that the...

8. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

   Kirsti1181 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

   I was working med-surg and one of the CNA's came to tell me that a patient's accu-check was 16 and she couldn't find the patient's nurse to tell her. The patient was on tube feeding so there was no way his sugar should have been that low. I found his...

9. rhack

   Kirsti1181 replied to rhack's topic in General Nursing

   Rhak-Welcome! You are definitely not alone. I have had to leave 2 jobs in the last 7 months because of back problems, and I thought it was the end of the worl. But I found a part time job and I start tomorrow and hopefully that will go well. I would ...

10. Anyone with chronic back pain ever get better?

    Kirsti1181 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm not looking for medical advice or anything, just very frustrated and need some support. I have been suffering from chronic back pain for about a year and it is really having a worsening impact on my quality of life. I have some cervical disk prob...

11. Question regarding narcotic addiction

    Kirsti1181 replied to bethin's topic in Pain

    Nurses refusing to give pain meds is a big pet peeve of mine too. I suffer from chronic back pain and have to take narcotics daily to function. Yes, I have built up a tolerance to my meds but I am not addicted. But yet anytime I have to list my meds,...

12. Where were u 9/11/01?

    Kirsti1181 replied to k_cole21's topic in General Nursing

    I was in my first semester of nursing school, but had the day off. My first patho/pharm test was the next day so I had been up late studying. I had just gotten out of bed when my mom called and told me to turn on the TV. I turned it on just in time ...

13. Update

    Kirsti1181 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everybody! I don't know if you all remember, but I posted a few weeks about how I was fired from my job on my first day because they were unwilling to accomodate my chiropractic visits. Well, I am happy to report that I have finally gotten a great...

14. Fired-need advice/opinions

    Kirsti1181 replied to Kirsti1181's topic in Legal

    I just wanted to clarify a few things from my first post...I was interviewed by the doctors that ended up firing me so they were well aware of my issues before I was hired. I probably should have told them in my interview how often I was seeing the c...

15. Fired-need advice/opinions

    Kirsti1181 replied to Kirsti1181's topic in Legal

    Thank you all so much for your support. I definitely realize now that I dont' want to work for these people. I plan on contacting a lawyer to find out exactly what my rights are and I'm back to the job search. I keep telling myself everything happens...