OlivetheRN ADN, BSN, RN

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    Is it okay for RN to ask recovery patients not to swear?

    OlivetheRN replied to SweetieBeeSandy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I usually will only say something if they're being really loud about it or if it's being directed at me. If there's a kid in the next bay I MAY remind them that they are not the only patient in there...
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    New Grad in OR who wants to quit in less than 6 mo

    OlivetheRN replied to CaliNurseLouisiana's topic in Operating Room

    I think it's unfair to say that across the board no new grad ever should go into a specialty area. I went straight into the ER as a new grad. I worked on a med surg floor as a CNA floor all through...
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    So I kind of messed up

    OlivetheRN replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

    Please update us after the meeting and let us know how things turned
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    Phase 1 PACU used as pre-op

    OlivetheRN replied to chickhatz's topic in PACU

    The vast majority of ours come out without tubes. If they come out with a tube and the plan is NOT to extubate them, they go straight to ICU. If the plan is to try and extubate them but they were...
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    Phase 1 PACU used as pre-op

    OlivetheRN replied to chickhatz's topic in PACU

    I'm in the United
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    Phase 1 PACU used as pre-op

    OlivetheRN replied to chickhatz's topic in PACU

    We're not a large PACU either. 12 bays to 10 ORs. Yes, we have call bells but they are rarely used. Honestly, I think the only times they're used is for the rare times we have pre-op holds that are...
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    Phase 1 PACU used as pre-op

    OlivetheRN replied to chickhatz's topic in PACU

    Like Rose Queen, our pre-op patients will go to PACU after 1630 due to staffing. We have a pretty small PACU so we will typically pull the curtains and give them the call bell if they are alert and...
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    How often does the CNO address nurses? Why? How?

    OlivetheRN replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oddly, I hear from and see our President much more than I see our VP of Nursing (essentially our CNO in the grand scheme of things in the hospital system hierarchy). I also find him to be much more...
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    3 Big Issues?

    OlivetheRN replied to MattRN95's topic in General Nursing

    Smells like
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    So I kind of messed up

    OlivetheRN replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

    Weird. I tried viewing their profile earlier and got an error message and now I can. Ah well. I repel technology sometimes, and unluckily for me we're doing an EMR conversion this week. Yaaaaaaay!...
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    So I kind of messed up

    OlivetheRN replied to oopsmybad's topic in General Nursing

    It seems the OP has deleted their
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    Is using illegal drugs on the uptick?

    OlivetheRN replied to Extra Pickles's topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering the same thing, what with all the recent posts on here about "Oops....I made a
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    Day 2: 2016 Nurses Week Fill In The Blank Contest

    OlivetheRN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    A trail of liquid stool leading from the side of the bed all around the room over to the toilet and then a massive explosion of it all over the toilet and surrounding floor and halfway up the wall. On...
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    Advice for a psych nurse wanting to transition to the OR

    OlivetheRN replied to lyttlemomma's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks! Same to you! I'll have more call with the OR than with PACU but luckily my commute is only 5 minutes and it's not really that much more call...my PACU call was once every 13 weeks and since I...
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    Advice for a psych nurse wanting to transition to the OR

    OlivetheRN replied to lyttlemomma's topic in Operating Room

    I couldn't see myself there long term. Prior to applying to PACU I was waffling for several weeks between applying to PACU or OR and I knew several nurses in PACU and same day from the ER and they...
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    Advice for a psych nurse wanting to transition to the OR

    OlivetheRN replied to lyttlemomma's topic in Operating Room

    I've only done a week in the OR. My transfer was delayed because one of the other PACU nurses was out due to a rather emergent surgery on her neck. After only a week, I'm liking it so far lol I was...
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    How much detail do you give when calling in sick?

    OlivetheRN replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    They can press all they want and I still them I'm sick and won't be there. It's really none of their business. Where I work it really depends on who answers the phone as to how pushy they get. Some of...
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    NEW GRAD BURN OUT

    OlivetheRN replied to Divameetsnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes it's just about finding your niche in the nursing world. Floor nursing is not everyone's cup of tea. It wasn't mine, I knew that it wouldn't be from working as a CNA on a medsurg floor for...
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    Vacation?

    OlivetheRN replied to Nurse131382's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how pregnant you were in this scenario but in my head you're hugely pregnant and waddling to the elevators and shaking the request book over your head as you say "Do what you want, I'm...
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    OlivetheRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Dude, yes! I'll take a patient to the floor from PACU and I know how much of what meds I've given them but occasionally there will be a nurse who wants to know what time they last got something for...
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    Caring

    OlivetheRN replied to ajw49886's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh. ICARE. I loathe it. Here's the thing. I'm one of those people who will naturally walk down the hall and smile and say good morning. Most of the people at my hospital do. We're a smaller,...
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    What path would be easier to get a job in with no experience?

    OlivetheRN replied to Eeramsey's topic in Nursing Career

    If I may ask, why didn't you just initially do a BSN program to start with, instead of an ADN program, if you didn't plan on working as an RN while completing your
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    Meaning of your username?

    OlivetheRN replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    Olive is a nickname of mine among a few of my nurse friends. Given how many variations of Olive and RN I had to put in to get one to stick I figured it was safe enough to use to remain
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    OlivetheRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I can't even imagine waking up to an unplanned suprapubic cath. Talk about a
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    What path would be easier to get a job in with no experience?

    OlivetheRN replied to Eeramsey's topic in Nursing Career

    So are you currently in an ADN program? Are you going to be looking for a job after finishing your current