babynurselsa RN

ER, NICU, NSY and some other stuff

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  1. I can take nearly anything. What nearly undoes me though is to walk into the pelvic room in the ER and the pt will be lying on a stretcher. Her friend will be lyying on the pelvic bed and have a bag...
  2. Try your local health Dept. THey usually have some sort of health clinics, especially for children. If you have a Medical school nearby these also operate clinics. We have 2 and each operates...
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    Should I have said something? Sorry kind of long!!

    Anytime that you observe something that concerns you REPORT IT. Yes, definitely let your nurses know about thins like this. It would appear that there are already issues. It would be of benefit to...
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    Pulse Ox

    Look on
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    Dnr

    Nope I wouldn't worry about it. A bracelet is not a legal form and I do not know of a medic anywhere that would not resus a 15 year old because of
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    Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

    Lock Out button is on the back of the
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    Ceramics and Medicine

    Think
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    Failed Abortions

    I have seen it on viable age infants(>24 wks) and to say the least it is quite distressing. have also had the mother change her mind after the fact and want EVERYTHING
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    Hiccups and hospice patients

    Depends on what their dx is. A s/e of renal failure is intractible hiccups. Did not know this until I had a pt with the same problem and had to do a little
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    Soap Suds Enema in L&D - do you still use?

    LOL Super. Notice I prefaced by saying that that was 20 1/2 yrs ago. I was 17 and not a nurse and minimally educated about what to expect and they DID NOT mention that in the prepared childbirth...
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    student nurse who doesn't know the answer

    Call your pediatirician and make an appointment to discuss this.
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    Soap Suds Enema in L&D - do you still use?

    OHHHH Yes I remember when I presented ot the hospital in labor with my first child 20 1/2 years ago. ctx q3 and they gave me that wonderful sse. That was awful sitting on the toilet puking in the...
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    Nurse dates doctor openly at work.

    Yes Tweety you got it right. I think initally none of said anything. We did not discuss it even amongst ourselves. Finally one day I looked at another coworker and sked her "Are you as...
  14. "Just let your legs fall open and relax, your gonna feel a touch now." Inserting a cath or assisting with a
  15. Had a fella come to the reg desk the other night wanting a note from when he had come in over the weekend. Now the problem was that HE HAD NEVER ACTUALLY CHECKED IN. He stated he got drunk fell and...
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    Nurse dates doctor openly at work.

    I worked in a small closed unit where one of the nurses and an RT developed a relationship. How long it went on, don't know, don't care. There came a point when it became glaringy obvious that...
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    NAI descent: Roll Call

    carded 1/8 Choctaw. Actually am 1/4 Osage and some Cherokee (not sure actually how
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    Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

    Use only sex toys with a cord. Once you pass the anal sphincter ring there ain't no coming back unless you got a tether. (Actually gave this recommendation last night to a patient) He appreciated...
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    Doctors comments about not trusting his Nurses

    I would only put objective info into a formal complaint. I WOULD include the statements made by the spouse and her concerns. I would discuss this personally with your manager and at that point...
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    Co-workers shoes/feet

    I had that some coworker once. I finally brought in my own can of Lysol and soaked them buggers
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    Very worried, (very long)

    I personally have no problem ending a phone call to ANYONE who speaks to me like that. I once hung up on a chief of police 3 TIMES because he was verbally abusive and cursing at me. I simply told...
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    SICU RN's floated to nursery

    To many staffing offices anurse is a nurse is a nurse....... You are a warm body filling a shortage in another area they either do not know or care that you may not know WTF you are doing right? And I...
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    Tulsa Area

    Tulsa Regional. Terminally short staffed. Very poor managment. Now managed by Ardent,same as Hillcrest, they are determined to close it since it is not a moneymaker. Now if the Osteopath school...
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    Living and working in Bakersfield

    Did travel contract there a couple of years ago at the County hospital. I also did some local agency shifts at a couple of the other facilities. It is not an exciting or glamourous place but not...
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    My 16-year-old wants a navel piercing

    When I was pregnant the last time I was actually able to purchase a flexible barbell. It was made of maybe silicone or some sort of palstic. My OB told me where to go and buy it.