Vinniesguy

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  1. Question about working full time and part time as a nurse?

    Vinniesguy replied to grantchatt's topic in General Nursing

    You could always go casual so you can pick and choose your

  2. Being called "ignorant" by your boss- am I over-reacting?

    Vinniesguy replied to Cat_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Save your tears. You have a witness to the incident - make a complaint - she's a bully. No-one likes a

  3. Air in IV lines/syringes

    Vinniesguy replied to kcochrane's topic in General Nursing

    I've always been told that it should be as little air as possible should be getting in but that 20mls is about the limit. Pts do freak out when the air-in-line alarm comes up - they think that 2cm bit...

  4. Nursing and sexual abuse history

    Vinniesguy replied to leekaye's topic in General Nursing

    I have no idea which area of nursing these STNA's are working in if there are dirty old men wanting them to play with theire memberes so often they've lost count. In my 24 years of nursing I have...

  5. Are nurses blue or white collar workers?

    Vinniesguy replied to digitiminimi's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Just don't call me a pink collar worker - that's far worse than either of the other two! It seems it doesn't matter what you class yourself as. I have my bachelors degree, I've almost finished my...

  6. Soooo, I quit

    Vinniesguy replied to TX911's topic in General Nursing

    Employers and unit managers will continue with unsafe practices like this until people start standing against it. Walking out with no notice might be the wake-up call they need. And in my experience -...

  7. Unable to answer family questions about DVT.

    Vinniesguy replied to arallenrn11's topic in General Nursing

    By the time patients reach our unit a battery of tests will have been done and the doctors are sually pretty good at telling family what tests are being done and what they are looking for - and quite...

  8. What do you pick for breakfast?

    Vinniesguy replied to smily11's topic in General Nursing

    Only just started eating breakast after years of not bothering. Low fat cheese on hot toast - it's great! Could never face food in the morning but it does make a difference - usually not flagging by...

  9. When to check the blood sugar

    Vinniesguy replied to Mark Jones's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I get so annoyed when I give insulin and then the buggers won't

  10. Did I help or hurt him???? :(

    Vinniesguy replied to Misslady113's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think you did a great job. Think you might benefit from some counseling though - it sounds like a tremendous thing to go through. I just hope that if I'm ever in a similar situation I'd be able to...

  11. Do nurses make the worst patients?

    Vinniesguy replied to Esme12's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Nurses as patients have been fine on the whole - its relatives who are nurses or doctors that tend to be the problem. We had a pt recently who was a retired gp who was lovely. His daughter who was...

  12. Is it possible for a RN to work five 12 hr days?

    Vinniesguy replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in General Nursing

    Did it when I was younger - too old that now. I felt dreadful by the time my days off came though! Took two days to

  13. Prioritizing in LTC, what is normal?

    Vinniesguy replied to brendacg's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    They don't use sharp bins? That's a massive issue you should address straight

  14. Neb treatments

    Vinniesguy replied to makes needs known's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Never heard of having to stay with a pt who's having a neb tx. That's mad! Who has time for that carry on? As for Dilantin an mo shouldn't really be charting extended release for a g-tube pt should...

  15. VRE Rectal Swab/Colostomy

    Vinniesguy replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If the pt has a colostomy then the swab for vre should be from there. That's what I was told by our path lab when I asked them about the same

  16. How long was you orientation traing when you started in LTC?

    Vinniesguy replied to Mrsearly2009's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow! I didn't get any at all - I went by the pictures in the charts and tried to give out as many before breakfast as possible as they were still in their

  17. New nurse still on orientation and first med error?

    Vinniesguy replied to sleepdeprived1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Aus nurse here also - I'm gobsmacked you need an order! We're deemed competent enough to initiate such a treatment, evaluate its effectiveness etc. I'd get laughed at at if I called a doctor over

  18. Particular Patient Populations - Do You Struggle?

    Vinniesguy replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I did emergency psych it was serial self-harmers. It's not because they annoyed me like they do other nurses but you do your best for them and when they turn up in ED a few days later with a...

  19. I'm hoping for advice or ideas concerning a coworker who has body odor

    Vinniesguy replied to TX.RN.Shannon's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We had the same problem where I used to work - we took it to the manager. She just took the girl aside and told her very matter-of-factly that some of the other staff had made comments about her body...

  20. Did or do you work as a CNA in a hospital

    Vinniesguy replied to toddmeyer11's topic in Men in Nursing

    I was a CNA in England working for an agency so I got sent all over the place - mostly hospitals becuase that's what I asked for. Edned up in all sorts from cardiac to surgical ortho to general...

  21. Very brief survey for my pre-nursing class--Please help!

    Vinniesguy replied to wonderboyd's topic in Men in Nursing

    Might be too late but I did it

  22. Funny things our patients say

    Vinniesguy replied to Isitpossible's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I was doing my training I ahd a placement in a palliative care unit. There were three sex bedded bays and the rest were single rooms. We were having a bad run one Saturday and three people died...

  23. What exactly is so bad about LTC??

    Vinniesguy replied to MaybeaNurse7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I enjoyed LTC when I worked in it but it was hard work. 33 elderly residents with challenging behaiour/dual diagnosis. Med rounds were a nightare especially the early morning one - an earlier poster...

  24. Suggestion to prevent damage to lips when vomiting?

    Vinniesguy replied to Jackoswald's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm with Gem - Vaseline should work. But the fact she has such a problem with digestion is a worry! What's been done about

  25. At what age do you plan on retiring from nursing?

    Vinniesguy replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    I work with a nurse who's in her 70's and as yet has no plans to retire - she works 3-4 evenings a week. I will probably drop my hours at 65 and do a couple of days a week - depends where I'm at when...