madwife2002 BSN, RN

RN, BSN, CHDN

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  1. madwife2002

    monitor tech needing some nurse advice

    If the nurses dont want to be informed then that is their problem and their licence I would keep doing what you are doing. I would suggest that if a pt has a run of tachicardia it is probably more...
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    I bet they thought they hushed everything up.

    Please keep on
  3. madwife2002

    b/ps were again?!

    Probably on his thigh. In my dialysis unit we have thigh
  4. madwife2002

    "putting the whole picture together"

    Firstly you need to sit down with your preceptor and ask her what she means, where you can improve and what can she do to help you!!! Then come back and tell us what she said and did because it is...
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    Is it bad to retract your job offer?

    Dont fink I shud offr to be the mod do
  6. madwife2002

    Is it bad to retract your job offer?

    Thank you for your support it made me laugh more than anything, not your support just how I had spelt
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    Is it bad to retract your job offer?

    LOL I didnt even
  8. madwife2002

    Is it bad to retract your job offer?

    Congratulations on your good news. Lots of people have several job opportunities and most people if they could would love the choice. When you get the job you want either phone the HR and let them...
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    Drawing cell count off of PD cath

    I would always drain the patient and to prevent cross contamination I would send whole bag to lab where they could draw own specimen under more clean
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    intravenous drug administration

    Show some troubleshooting, I always think that when things go wrong they never know how to get out of
  11. The commute to work is horrendous and adds to your already busy day, I know this because I have a long commute and I dislike it I am always thinking about my drive home and how long it will take me....
  12. I am sorry to read about the stress you are under. May I respectfully suggest that you may need to look at your day and plan it out ie organise your time management. It will help you be more organised...
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    First Day of Clinicals....Disaster

    What a horrible instucter. You are learning and it is not easy maybe she should have been assisting you and helping you. She will fail you what a lovely learning environment !!!!!!!!!! No pressure...
  14. I would love my husband to come into nursing I think he would make an awesome nurse-I did broach the subject but financially we cant afford it at this time but he is only 38 so we can play around with...
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    Should I tell my manager I applied at another facility?

    Do not bad mouth your current manager to your potential manager it never comes across well. They wont ask you so dont bring it up. Good luck with the
  16. I will never ever drive to work in the conditions I experienced last week and neither should
  17. Last September I moved from Arizona to Ohio. During orientation I asked what happens if I get snowed in and cannot get to work I was told that there had only been '3' snow days the previous winter!!!...
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    So who do nurses marry or have as civil partners???

    My hubby was in the Navy, then he was a Police officer but I did meet him when he was in the military. I was on on vacation where he was based and I only met him because I fell out with my friend i...
  19. I love the thread things you would love to tell your pt and get away with. But to be truthful for me I love the pts and rarely want to be horrid to them. However I do have lots of things I would like...
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    Why hide barrier creams and/or skin preps?

    OM I never thought of the old folk eating barrier cream LOL Mind you some of the food they are given probably tastes
  21. Dear Boss, I would love to have been told we lost our contract before you told the travellers or around the same time would have worked too!!! Dear Boss I understand that JHACO are visiting but I...
  22. I see this is a lot and it irriates me too. I do have kids but we schedule our special days around special days and we are all cool with this. I do feel RN's with kids feel they deserve special...
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    Best Place to be as an RN

    Working!
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    med error and Sick about it

    I used to get these drugs mixed up they sound so alike. How I got my head around it was klonapin has a p in it and I would think about podiatry and restless legs!!! So if I was calling for a bp...
  25. from nrsnic premium member registered user age: 29 received 1 kudos in 1 post join date: jan 2010 posts: 3 jan 14, 2010, 02:04 pm re: verbal, written warnings and termination i graduated...