Rhi007

Rhi007

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  1. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    Rhi007 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

  2. Where should I volunteer?

    Rhi007 replied to christwendt's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Look at all your options before committing to anything as a volunteer. If in the future you want to work in LTC then volunteer there, same goes for acute but if you want to be in the OR ask about work...

  3. Seriously?!?!

    Rhi007 replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    You can't cure stupid but you can sedate

  4. duty to inform spouse?

    Rhi007 replied to its_meee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Also try google scholar, the information is mostly either journals, peer reviewed articles or abstracts on case studies try this and see if it brings up anything relevant 'sexually transmitted...

  5. I don't know how you nurses deal with death

    Rhi007 replied to Poochiewoochie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is the reason I don't work in areas where you see a patient on a daily basis. I've also learnt how to detach myself without seeming cold or heartless. It makes doing the job much easier. I provide...

  6. Preparing for ED

    Rhi007 replied to jrsRN07's topic in Emergency

    When I knew where I wanted to end up I volunteered, I eat sleep and breath my job, I love it......I would marry it but the state won't allow me, the roar of sirens, beating of medivac rotors gets me...

  7. 3 or 4 siderails?

    Rhi007 replied to MessyMomma's topic in General Nursing

    We only have 2 rails on our beds so for any pt that has a history of escaping at night we put a posey on

  8. Patients who can do ADLs but want nurses to

    Rhi007 replied to destova's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can be too blunt sometimes but I have said to a pt with a sore eye 'what did your last slave die of?? Overworked and underpaid!!?? Let me make it perfectly clear, this is a hospital not the Hilton,...

  9. SCAPEGOAT NURSE SUSPENDED UNFAIRLY new job offer HELP!!!!

    Rhi007 replied to LotusFlowerBomb's topic in General Nursing

    I think the thing going on here is that AS well as the infant, they had 5 other patients to monitor as well whereas the other 3 nurses only had 2 patients and the CN had none so why didn't the CN take...

  10. Pulse rate issues

    Rhi007 replied to Hopestobe's topic in General Students

    Try closing your eyes!!!! I have the same problem so I will find the pulse, wait til the sec hand is at 12,3,6 or 9 and close my eyes. I take the full minute to be 100% sure and I normally open my...

  11. getting so frustrated!

    Rhi007 replied to freckles23's topic in General Students

    If you're a visual learner then I recommend getting a copy of 'anatomy for beginners' by dr. Gunther von Hagen it goes through all the systems : endo, circ, Resp, digest, etc also another 2 are 'life...

  12. getting so frustrated!

    Rhi007 replied to freckles23's topic in General Students

    Flash cards!!!!! I cannot put a big enough emphasis on them, make them up with a question like 'is a long muscle?' Or something that will help otherwise anatomical models/ posters work really well!...

  13. High & Low

    Rhi007 replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Nursing

    High: having a doctor listen to me about a pt's condition: chest pain that was passed over for Indigestion as ECG was normal, quickly turned into a STEMI Bad: peds kid

  14. Nurse Illness

    Rhi007 replied to germsjackson's topic in Emergency

    When you've been in emergency for a while your body becomes use to the micro organisms and spores so you build an immunity. As long as you use standard precautions you should be fine. Now working in...

  15. Ever heard or dealt with this?

    Rhi007 replied to D_Vader's topic in General Nursing

    This is from mosbys medical,surgical and allied health iPhone

  16. Doctor texting order turned into a nightmare

    Rhi007 replied to Scotthudson1966's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt it's even a legal way to go about things anyway...what if the pt croaked and the family sued, receiving txt messages for orders wouldn't hold up in

  17. What should I know about a left ventricle assistant device (LVAD)?

    Rhi007 replied to loubeav's topic in General Nursing

    That would be a question to bring up with either the treating cardiologist or CT surgeon that put the device in and also your CN. They would be the best people to ask advice as they will

  18. Why do doctors ask the nurse?

    Rhi007 replied to NotMyProblem MSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Apparently we went to both med school and nursing school and have to solve first world problems as

  19. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    Rhi007 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    When you run to answer the phone and answer 'area A nurse

  20. Oops! I always go home with...

    Rhi007 replied to shescoolie's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I empty my pickpocket it's normally got 2-3 sleeves of panadol, empty unused syringes, saline flushes, micropore, penlight neuro torch, 5-6pairs of gloves on any given

  21. Why do doctors ask the nurse?

    Rhi007 replied to NotMyProblem MSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We have a doctor that covers all floors when on nightshift he basically sees the new admits up on the ward for himself and rings the on call specialist (they really don't like being woken

  22. Tattoo question

    Rhi007 replied to SmYle4PeDs's topic in General Nursing

    Both of them were done prior to me getting the

  23. Tattoo question

    Rhi007 replied to SmYle4PeDs's topic in General Nursing

    I had no trouble but I was we'll known and they loved my people skills and work ethic so they didn't

  24. question: can you chart on a pt. being rude?

    Rhi007 replied to aligar89's topic in General Nursing

    It's classed as discrimination and verbally abusive so the patient or patients family must pay the fine on the spot, a record of it goes in the patients file so other doctors know. I'm at a...

  25. question: can you chart on a pt. being rude?

    Rhi007 replied to aligar89's topic in General Nursing

    Haha at my ED we can fine people!!! One of the nursing staff, when he first started didn't speak great English and was told by a patient 'go back to where you came from' so he fined the patient