ValerieB

ValerieB

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  1. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    ValerieB replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have children either and recently someone asked me to work Christmas for them ( several times). I worked it last year. She has a small child and she was telling me that he's all upset. My mom...

  2. Would you do anything about this situation with an employer?

    ValerieB replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, in my hospital we have a "no fault" absentee policy. It doesn't matter why you called in sick, it's the fact that you weren't working your scheduled shift. As my mother the nurse...

  3. What's your job and what do you like about it?

    ValerieB replied to kimtab's topic in General Nursing

    I work full time in the float pool(PRN staff)on the med surg units. I love it because I don't get involved in all the little politics of the staff. It's nice because if you've had a bad day one day,...

  4. Futile Care Theory

    ValerieB replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    How priceless is it when someone has lost most of themselves, is hooked up to a feeding tube, is incontinent, is unaware of what's going on around them, is contracted, moans all the time in pain? I...

  5. If you could no longer be a nurse?...

    ValerieB replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    If I had to give up bedside nursing due to my MS, I think that I would like to run a support group for others afflicted with this

  6. Family Witnessing Code Activities

    ValerieB replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I would not want to witness a resusitation on someone that I loved. It's usually messy, stressful, and crowded with staff. If my loved one was elderly and had numerous medical problems,...

  7. I'm the nosy lady in walmart. Woopsie.

    ValerieB replied to Indy's topic in General Nursing

    I swear I think that people go to Wal Mart/Kmart to actually beat their kids! I hate both of those stores and avoid them like the plague. Kudos to the one who spoke to the idiot physically abusing her...

  8. No call/show doing OT.

    ValerieB replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Give me a break! I can't believe he still has a job. That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of and then they find him asleep? Yeah, I'd sure want my loved ones in that LTC

  9. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    ValerieB replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that! Spoken like a "real nurse". OMG, it's amazing that we nurses actually are "real people".

  10. Precepting

    ValerieB replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Hey hon, I have my BSN and all that means is that I chose to get my 4 year degree at the same time I went to nursing school. Here are a few of my "required classes" to get my BSN: "statistics","...

  11. Help! My grandma is in LTC, advice needed!

    ValerieB replied to L&Dnurse2Be's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I used to be a QA director/infection control nurse in a LTC facility. Taking the foley out was a good thing and most LTC facilities don't like them unless there is a medical reason for them e.g. stage...

  12. Does your hospital use agency nurses?

    ValerieB replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    We also have a float pool. We have two of them and I am a float pool nurse. It's not enough sometimes. I know the hospital's goal is to eliminate agency totally, but I don't think that's ever going to...

  13. Does your hospital use agency nurses?

    ValerieB replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    We use agency nurses at my hospital, but we are using them less and less. There are some agency nurses that are absolutely wonderful and we try and recruit them to work on staff permanently. We also...

  14. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    ValerieB replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You have got to be kidding me with the towel and wanting his clothes cleaned? At our hospital we have to attend mandatory customer service meetings annually. They are two hours long and if we don't...

  15. IV Phenergan and Toradol "Push"

    ValerieB replied to CrohnieToo's topic in Emergency

    I have given IV phenergan many times. We are "supposed " to dilute the dose with 9 cc's of NSS and push it slow. Our IV pumps are designed to allow us to piggy back the syringe as you would a mini bag...

  16. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    ValerieB replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    My mom is a nurse ( she just retired 2 years ago) and I just sort of followed in her footsteps I guess. I found an old picture of me when I was about 4 years old wearing my mothers nursing cap. I...

  17. Illness and career

    ValerieB replied to Jnaviles's topic in General Nursing

    Hey JNaviles, There are other roles in nursing and I have to keep reminding myself about that aspect too. I actually did leave the bedside for a few years when I was first diagnosed. I was a QA...

  18. Illness and career

    ValerieB replied to Jnaviles's topic in General Nursing

    I was diagnosed 5 1/2 years ago. I have been an RN for 21 years. I work 12 hour shifts. Some of my co-workers know that I have MS and even my boss knows. I am so lucky because I haven't had any real...

  19. Illness and career

    ValerieB replied to Jnaviles's topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I have multiple sclerosis and am still working full time at the bedside. I just recently had a bad exacerbation but it was the first really bad one that caused me to be out sick for 10 weeks....

  20. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    ValerieB replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    I am still laughing at the above comments. I am a med-surg nurse and can relate to some of these. I took my husband to our ER for kidney stone pain recently at 12 midnight. There was a couple sitting...

  21. What do patients say that irks you?

    ValerieB replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think allot of us are just venting because some of the stuff our patients say is humorous. I think people need to lighten

  22. Ever had a family overdramatic with dying patient?

    ValerieB replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    I think some people just can't accept that people do die and it's part of life. Some people in families are dramatic as you describe because maybe there's some guilt over things that have happened...

  23. Tom Cruise on Postpartum depression

    ValerieB replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I find it interesting that the only time you hear of a celebrity giving an interview is when they are promoting their movies. It will be a tragedy if a woman does not seek treatment because of Mr....

  24. This is why I rarely go in for physicals...

    ValerieB replied to jkaee's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: This is so hilarious! I just can't believe how unprofessional this NP was. I am over weight myself and when I'm ready to tackle this issue, I will, but sometimes that's not the hot...

  25. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    ValerieB replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Hey, I had one of my family member's go to the ER for constipation. No abdominal pain, no nausea or vomitting just constipated. I told him to take some mag citrate and call it a day. His doctor told...