IdislikeCODEbrowns

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1. The Truth..Bone Marrow Donation Painful? Possible?

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to SexyFloridaGirl's topic in Oncology

   I am a RN who recently donated through Be The Match registry, I have been on the registry for 5yrs and never got a call until this past dec. I was a perfect match for a middle-aged lady suffering...

2. Med-Surg floor sucks, and nursing unions

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to coco42rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

   What? 48$/hr, that's exactly double my pay per hr, man I need to move to your

3. Giving Report

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to Pinky89's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Just try to think of the bigger picture, the patient came to the hospital y? What are we currently doing for him? What's the overall plan for this patient (i.e CHF exacerbation plan to continue IV...

4. which continuous infusion medication should be infused through central ine

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to hanadi's topic in Patient Medications

   Continuous fluids that should go through a central line are TPN, I can think of others that are intermittent only but need to go in centrally such as +20meq of potassium and certain chemos are best...

5. Gastric cancer and NGT

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to tnguy31's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   If the NGT is set to suction and used for decompression then I would assume it would be more for the patient's

6. What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to monkeybug's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I have been on the bone marrow registry for many years now and never got a call until this past dec, I happened to be at work on that day and was excited to share the news that I was a 'potential'...

7. OMG Say it correctly!

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to seanynjboy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   MAC-Donalds instead of

8. Question for Lonestar RN graduates...

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to Boymom3's topic in Texas Nursing

   I graduated from Lonestar Cy-fair in Dec 2011 and already had a job 1mo before graduation at Methodist willowbrook hospital. I already have a bachelor's degree in something else in addition to my

9. Noise level at night

   IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to NoonsRN's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry to offend anyone but my beef w/ this whole issue is that I am seeing more and more pts who pick and choose when they want to be treated like pts and when they want to be 'paying customers who...

10. Noise level at night

    IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to NoonsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe that 'Big Mouth' nurse you were referring to at the nurses station was trying her best to keep herself awake bc she not only works nights but has 2 small children she must 'watch' during the day...

11. Who's ready for a hospital hurricane party!?!

    IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital we are not allowed to bring family members if the hospital goes on lockdown for a hurricane. We get to choose whether or not we are on the 'ride out' team (meaning we stay 24/7 at...

12. Patient Care And Customer Service Are Not The Same!

    IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My hospital is 'sooo' into this customer service BS, they have given us scripts to follow when doing 'bedside report' we are supposed to have things ready for pts when they come up to our floor from...

13. Patient assignments - Are nurses assigned to empty beds

    IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to LearningAboutNursing's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital nurses are assigned empty rooms all the time...I work med-surg and pt. ratio is typically 1-4, our pt. assignment goes by acuity/location (room #) and skills/talents of each nurse. We...

14. Nurses, have you been been spit on, pushed, scratched and verbally or assaulted?

    IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One of our respiratory techs at my hospital was telling me a story the other day about a trach pt. who was AAOx3 and during a suctioning session, the pt. coughed (which is usally to be expected) but...

15. 3 things you wish someone would have told you, that you had to find out on your own..

    IdislikeCODEbrowns replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am still pretty new myself but one thing I learned last night was to be very cautious when holding onto a med (especially a narcotic) when it should be wasted at the time you drew it up and figured...