RunninOnCoffee

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  1. My momma pants!

    RunninOnCoffee posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ever find yourself wanting to give your patients a serious Momma talking to and just ask them what the heck were they thinking!?! Recently had a grown man pt that drove his mom's car into a tree at a...

  2. Hourly Rounding

    RunninOnCoffee replied to arbldj1234's topic in General Nursing

    A floor I use to work on had the trackers and they were helpful when you needed to find someone before we got the phones. We also used to have the rounding sheets in the patient rooms and some staff...

  3. Where do you get childcare?

    RunninOnCoffee replied to hbshearer, rn's topic in General Nursing

    Not currently now, but my husband was active military for several years. Is there any of the other wives in the unit/squadron that watch kids? I know that is what several of the other wives did at...

  4. Stethoscopes?

    RunninOnCoffee replied to julz68's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Each person seems to have a personal preference. I personally just got a Master Cardiology that I really like. However it is more on the pricey side. Go into one of the uniform stores with a friend...

  5. Ending my five year job search - any advice about a job?

    RunninOnCoffee replied to nicenurse07's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    After my husband was in the military he worked for Progressive Insurance for a brief period of time. There was a position there that handled the medical claims and worked with injury attorneys. With...

  6. Worst orientation luck ever!

    RunninOnCoffee posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I am week 5 I think of orientation at my new hospital. So far 2 weeks ago I took a fall, twisted an ankle and had to stay home the next day. The very next week I get miserably horribly sick and...

  7. Question for any DOD GS salaried nurses

    RunninOnCoffee posted a topic in Government, Military

    There is an opening on the Air Force base here in town that I am interested in applying for. Just wondering how you guys are being affected by this budget fiasco. Are you even going to get paid until...

  8. New program, but still seeking accreditation?

    RunninOnCoffee posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    The local community college where I live just expanded their programs to offer a RN to BSN transition. My question is since this is a new program it has not received accreditation yet. If I get a BSN...

  9. CVA causes drowsiness?

    RunninOnCoffee replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    Some one can correct me if I am wrong but from my own personal experience it comes afterwards. My CVA patients that had drowsiness usually seem to sleep mostly for 2-3 days then seem to start coming...

  10. Thank Goodness for doctors with a sense of humor :)

    RunninOnCoffee posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Has anyone else completely lost all sense of professionalism before? It had been a long emotional day. Took my very young pt for a brain flow study that had very poor results. Assisted the neurologist...

  11. Patients who can do ADLs but want nurses to

    RunninOnCoffee replied to destova's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I remember when I worked on a Med surg/ tele floor we had a mid 40's walkie talkie come in. He would soil the bed and then call for his nurse to be cleaned up. He would moan and complain when we asked...

  12. Phone, cell, beeper and texting.

    RunninOnCoffee replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    I leave a msg with only my name, unit, hospital and call back # on it. No pt details, however I just realized when the answering services page I guess they send them the pt name and details though....

  13. Patient dilema

    RunninOnCoffee replied to Anggelica's topic in General Nursing

    If you can truly say you think she was objecting consider an ethics committee referral and maybe speaking with case mgmt. maybe even as far as a hospice

  14. New program, but still seeking accreditation?

    RunninOnCoffee replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Thanks everyone! Is there anyone that knows how long the process takes? I want to say the program has been going for two or 3 semesters now. Their ADN program has been in existence for years and...

  15. What standing protocols/ bundles do you have?

    RunninOnCoffee posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I just changed jobs because our family moved. I come from a level 1 trauma hospital that had a protocol for just about everything. Sepsis Bundles, standing vent orders, weaning parameters, stroke...

  16. Walk or stay and try to help "fix" the unit?

    RunninOnCoffee posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our family just moved due to my husband's job. I have just spent a year working in a great ICU down south and then I walk into the doors of the ICU at my new hospital. This place is an utter train...

  17. Walk or stay and try to help "fix" the unit?

    RunninOnCoffee replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in General Nursing

    I have actually started working on getting some of those. I have already sent an email to one of the companies that we used about some supplies I think would be very useful and have a few articles on...

  18. Floating but not hire-able

    RunninOnCoffee replied to Morainey's topic in General Nursing

    I work ICU and we have on occasion had to have a float nurse from CVSD or a PCU unit. That nurse was always given floor level patients that were basically just pending a room assignment. Only other...

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

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

    Our NIH policy is to do a handoff NIH with the on/off going nurse doing it together. THe NIH assessments had been Q4. The first NIH I did I charted the NIH scale. The next day I am in line to pick up...

  20. Child care hour friendly nursing jobs??

    RunninOnCoffee posted a topic in Nursing Career

    So my experience as a nurse is not very long. I worked for a year in med/surg before we moved to our current location and when we moved I happen to get lucky that my hospital had just expanded their...

  21. Seasonal/Travel jobs in Florida

    RunninOnCoffee replied to nursebettie99's topic in Florida Nursing

    I don't think they took traveler's when I worked for them but Bay Medical Center in panama city was a pretty nice place to work. Pretty good size hospital with a high tech department. I believe they...

  22. Child care hour friendly nursing jobs??

    RunninOnCoffee replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in Nursing Career

    Already checked, no current openings in my county or the neighboring ones. I guess those jobs go pretty

  23. New Grad Leaving Hospital for Office Job

    RunninOnCoffee replied to IcySageNurse's topic in Nursing Career

    My advice would be to actually move more towards the critical care area. HOWEVER there are no techs and you would be doing more hands on there but the experience especially in the assessment area...

  24. Number of silly questions about PICC lines

    RunninOnCoffee replied to seks's topic in General Nursing

    Most PICC's I see are in the upper arms. Never really seen one in the AC before. We use a lot of central lines in our ICU that are very similar to PICC's that I have seen placed in the IJ, EJ, Femoral...

  25. Question about becoming a nurse

    RunninOnCoffee replied to ksuheather's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oops that is supposed to say University of Maryland..... so