babynurselsa RN

ER, NICU, NSY and some other stuff

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    Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    babynurselsa replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Recently I was at one of my hospice patients homes. He had become constipated to the point of having an impaction. I was in the process of removing the impaction, a procedure that was causing him...
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    Mat Leave

    babynurselsa replied to Chicklet2's topic in General Nursing

    Beats the heck out of the whopping 4 1/2 weeks I could afford of with my last one who was born last
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    Solu-Sets, and Pain Scales

    babynurselsa replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    If you open the clamp to the secondary line and put it below the level of the main bag IVF will back up this line and remove the air. The FACES scale can be used as an Objective tool, it is made also...
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    working vs school, not seeing kids

    babynurselsa replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    (((((((((((((Hugs)))))))))))))))) I know your pain. Just remeber that this too shall pass. School will not last forever and I am sure that those kiddos are the main reason that you would like to...
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    Yeast infection during pregnancy, HELP PLEASE!

    babynurselsa replied to Anonymous2013's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Another thought.... If you are suffering from recurrent yeast infections there is one cause often overlooked, your partner. He may need a course of meds also. It is very common to be reinfected...
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    First year nurse having problems with the new "know it all"

    babynurselsa replied to RNAnna's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As soon as they start simply say "If you could please just let me give report then if you have any questions or comments when I finish I will be happy to address them then." If that does not work...
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    Signing things you didn't do

    babynurselsa replied to dinkymouse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    MMMMMM ....... Can you say falsification of documentation? And the other thought that I have would be. I know if it ain't charted it ain't done. I would rather do it and forget to chart knowing that...
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    ER T-shirts

    babynurselsa replied to blufoxtrot's topic in Emergency

    Not a t-shirt but a bumper sticker I once saw. I am an ER nurse pass me now see me later :chuckle Would love one of those may have been an ENA item. Saw it years ago before I worked
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    Why do nurese sign up with agencies?

    babynurselsa replied to browsing's topic in Agency Nurses

    Why work agency. At least why do I work agency. I make more than my former overtime rate at my last job. I ,not they, I schedule my availabilty to work. No longer does anyone tell me I have to...
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    First Contract, please help!!!!

    babynurselsa replied to SansanRN's topic in Travel

    Yes definitely go to Delphi. Sounds like the agency will eb making a fortune off of anyone they can get to take that assignment. I think there are still some states you musr be married to let them...
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    Itinerant worker- no tax home- anyone done this?

    babynurselsa replied to chey's topic in Travel

    As far as travel nursing goes if you lose your tax base home you lose the travel benefits. THat is you get the tax free stipend for meals and incedentals that you get as a traveler. It will also...
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    Be Careful What You Say...

    babynurselsa replied to CseMgr1's topic in General Nursing

    THis is one reason many companies use temp agencies. If they are unhappy with your performance for any reason you are gone. They do not have to councel you you are not actually their
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    Real 911 calls.....

    babynurselsa replied to RosesrReder's topic in Nursing Humor

    MY husband works at the EMS side of the call center in our town. Some of the calls I have heard visiting him at work..... MY air conditioner broke.....uuuuhhh do you need an ambulance? Call from a...
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    Advice on which hospital should I go for in martinez, concord area in CA

    babynurselsa replied to benildaicu's topic in California Nursing

    Concord and Walnut Creek are nice areas. Martinez if I remeber correctly is a county hospital. I was a patient ther when I was 10 when I broke my
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    Denver $23 an hour?

    babynurselsa replied to djsrn's topic in Travel

    AMH usually pays lower than most other agencies then wants you to share housing. I did a contract in a facility that the AMH nurses made less than me and then had to share with a roomate. Pushy...
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    Tulsa Area

    babynurselsa replied to andreamae's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Jamie go to http://www.ou.edu. Ou is a high quality school on all
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    First Ventilator Pt. Tonight...what to do?

    babynurselsa replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    This is a recipe for disaster. A reputable agency should NEVER send you on an assignment that you have no competency documented in. In a home setting you had better be able to troubleshoot, and be...
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    anybody know.....

    babynurselsa replied to browneyedgirl73's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Don't really know anything good or bad about them. You could check the OBN website and see what their pass rate is http://www.ok.gov/nursing. The newsletter that just came out had this in it but I...
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    discipline and gossip

    babynurselsa replied to Cute_CNA's topic in General Nursing

    you can call the corporate compliance officer and report this and then it will be up to them to determine whether any rules regulations or laws were broken. Use the 1-800 number and it creates a...
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    Hospice and Dialysis

    babynurselsa replied to Mazzi's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Yes. With the example that you give they sure can. The Hospice benefit is paid on the ca dx. The dialysis is another dx altogether. We recently had a pt for brain ca and they were on home...
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    What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    babynurselsa replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    I only had 2 beers......... They can only get my IV using a baby needle...... I have been here for 6 hours.....( checked in 25 minutes ago) Is Dr soandso here (medical director,CMO,etc) we are close...
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    best advice for new ER nurse

    babynurselsa replied to srknurse's topic in Emergency

    Never stand directly in front of or beside the person you just fed charcoal to.....
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    Pregnant Inmates

    babynurselsa replied to crjnursewarrior's topic in Correctional

    I checked the other Tulsa websites. The story was identical. No more info on
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    Are Nurses Paid in Cash ?

    babynurselsa replied to earthlovers123's topic in General Nursing

    A couple of the agencies that I work for do daily pay. I love
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    HORRIBLY painful bowel movements-help

    babynurselsa replied to nursejoey05's topic in General Nursing

    at the very least he should be on some docusate/senna. he could have 1-4 BID if that is ineffective you might want to consider some lactulose. The rock hard sttols are very common in pts on lots of...