Mystery5

Mystery5

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  1. When they call you in to work extra shifts...

    Mystery5 replied to purseOnalityRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe these stories! How awful. Well, I've never had this trouble. I just say thanks but no thanks. I work in a civilised hospital

  2. Alcohol Withdrawl

    Mystery5 replied to zambezi's topic in General Nursing

    We have a high, med, and low dose protocol. It uses ativan and haldol. It's nice 'cause it's easy to tweak the numbers if you really feel they need ativan, but they aren't quite making the grade. One...

  3. PCA BY proxy

    Mystery5 replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Sarah, Thanks for posting that. We addressed this at my hospital and were told that PCA meds were ONLY to be given BY THE PT! This avoids overmedication of an already sedated pt. The settings on...

  4. Nurses wearing white

    Mystery5 replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

    At least us night shift people aren't a bunch of rigid, brownnosing uber-nurses whose last job was prison matron at Attica State Penitentary... Yeah, right, how 'uncharitable' of

  5. Nurses wearing white

    Mystery5 replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

    Shhhhh, you don't want them in on our little

  6. I don't like charting.

    Mystery5 replied to lisamc1RN's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to the

  7. When they call you in to work extra shifts...

    Mystery5 replied to purseOnalityRN's topic in General Nursing

    I either say "no" or I'll say, "you can put me on call if you can't find anyone else", which is the secret code for saying that I'll do it for time and a half and nothing less. I only call back if I...

  8. 66 YO Woman Gives Birth

    Mystery5 replied to Nurse Somebody's topic in General Nursing

    I think that there ought to be criteria set, just as there are for organ transplants, for extreme infertility treatments such as this. It's not a responsible use of technology to be using it on a high...

  9. Embarassing Q's that I don't want to ask my instructors...

    Mystery5 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't agree with this more. You HAVE to get over embarrassment over asking questions, because you will still be asking questions throughout your nursing career. I get nervous around new grads or...

  10. 66 YO Woman Gives Birth

    Mystery5 replied to Nurse Somebody's topic in General Nursing

    Dear cheerful, That's nice that you are so unjudgemental, except of people who have a different opinion than your's, then you blast them into outerspace with your fingerwagging chastisements. I guess...

  11. Embarassing Q's that I don't want to ask my instructors...

    Mystery5 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Just remember, with PICC's and Central lines to always use a 10CC syringe to flush, because they exert less pressure on the lines. Also, with any central line you must be very careful not to get any...

  12. Embarassing Q's that I don't want to ask my instructors...

    Mystery5 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    PICC stands for periphially inserted central catheter. It is a central line inserted in the

  13. Any tips for starting IVs?

    Mystery5 replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Approach the vein at a shallow angle. Don't let the catheter tip slide over the needle. Don't forget to take off the tournaquet! Take time to look carefully for a good vein. Try and anchor the vein...

  14. 66 YO Woman Gives Birth

    Mystery5 replied to Nurse Somebody's topic in General Nursing

    That woman is probably rich. She's obviously very self absorbed, so what else is new? This child won't be any worse off than a lot of kids in the world. I'm personally against this type of...

  15. Nurses wearing white

    Mystery5 replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

    He was just having a little fun. I didn't take it seriously. It makes a nice break from all the serious stuff on that forum. Some of those folks take religion to a real extreme. One lustful thought...

  16. Nurses wearing white

    Mystery5 replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

    I posted a poll on a conservative Catholic forum on Nursing attire. The folks on this forum tend to be religiously and politically conservative, but it looks like white attire is not important to...

  17. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    Mystery5 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    The OP said that there was plenty of room at the school. There's no reason to have it in a

  18. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    Mystery5 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    If you are Catholic, which I suspect, I doubt if a Catholic Church would allow a nursing ceremony to take place there. I think there are strict rules about

  19. Nurses wearing white

    Mystery5 replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

    I like the idea of a uniform, but why white? If a uniform were required, I wouldn't mind at all. But, why white??? Where I work we wear whatever we want, so I have a lot of pretty scrub tops. Some pts...

  20. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    Mystery5 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    I certainly hope

  21. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    Mystery5 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    Quite a woman, Florence

  22. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    Mystery5 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    Class of 1903, Marquette

  23. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    Mystery5 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    Nora Spencer Hamner, born in 1890 in Albemarle County, Virginia was a honor graduate of MCV School of Nursing in 1914. Shortly thereafter, she became a public health nurse in Darlington, South...

  24. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    Mystery5 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    Here're some graduates from the late 1800's

  25. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    Mystery5 replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

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