Zee_RN

Zee_RN BSN, RN

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  1. How is code blue announced at your facility?

    Zee_RN replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Overhead paging system announces "CODE ALERT, ROOM 4006...CODE ALERT, ROOM 4006....CODE ALERT, 4 NORTH" so you got the room number twice and the floor once too. We do distinguish between adult and...

  2. Believe it or NOT...IV stories

    Zee_RN replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Love those, debbyed! Haven't stuck an artery but have had a couple central lines in arteries. Had a new nurse in the unit who couldn't understand why she needed to run all her IV piggybacks via the...

  3. Help on Med Surg from OB dept.

    Zee_RN replied to Ekaye's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work ICU. We frequently feel the same way as you L&D nurses do--we can go to most places in the hospital (NOT L&D!) but no one can come to us...so we can send help out but don't get any...

  4. Funny Names for Nurses

    Zee_RN replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    There's a gastroenterologist at my hospital named Dr. Ayasso (pronounced I-ass-o). And the first time I heard the radiologist paged I thought it was code name : Dr. Ilyas (pronounced ileus). Oh,...

  5. Help I am a new grad and I made a medication error!

    Zee_RN replied to Rosey's topic in General Nursing

    And there was the day I had 18 patients on my med-surg floor and was carrying around IV piggybacks in my pocket. Imagine my extreme dismay and utter mortification when my patient's FAMILY came out to...

  6. What Freaks You Out?

    Zee_RN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    One of the nurse's aides on a med-surg floor I used to work on found $230 in the abdominal folds of an obese patient. Patient said she figured no one would find it there so that's where she hid

  7. Any FUN nursing Jobs?

    Zee_RN replied to Bessie's topic in General Nursing

    I, too, love ICU nursing. It is hard work but I really ENJOY taking care of a critically ill patient who really needs ICU care and makes you use all that knowledge and skill you've accumulated over...

  8. Any FUN nursing Jobs?

    Zee_RN replied to Bessie's topic in General Nursing

    I, too, love ICU nursing. It is hard work but I really ENJOY taking care of a critically ill patient who really needs ICU care and makes you use all that knowledge and skill you've accumulated over...

  9. "Green Ribbon" symbol of Nursing Solidarity

    Zee_RN replied to PeggyOhio's topic in General Nursing

    I like the idea of a ribbon symbolizing nursing solidarity. Green ribbons, at least here in Pittsburgh, are already used by the Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE) for Donor

  10. 2 tube stethoscopes vs. single tubed stethoscopes

    Zee_RN replied to Kimmiesmom94's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with kaknurse. The single-tubed stethoscope is easier to hear with and lighter when hanging around your neck, too. Buy yourself an inexpensive Littman (well, inexpensive at least for...

  11. Exhausted night shifter

    Zee_RN replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    $3.25 differential! Yikes...ours is $0.75. Regardless, tho, I HATE night shift. I avoid it whenever possible but I have to work 5 nights in a 6 week schedule which isn't too bad, really. It's just...

  12. Any takers? Supressed sexual frustrations of husbands of Nurses...

    Zee_RN replied to Chellyse's topic in General Nursing

  13. Any takers? Supressed sexual frustrations of husbands of Nurses...

    Zee_RN replied to Chellyse's topic in General Nursing

    OMG "conceal what I do with my male patients behind closed doors where you (the husband) are forbidden to go..." Yeesh!! I'd just love my husband to see what I do on a daily basis...male or female...

  14. ANA Cost?

    Zee_RN replied to Zee_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am neither for or against ANA membership at this point. Just seeking information. As I said, I had every intention of joining after graduating nursing school but was not able to afford it at the...

  15. ANA Cost?

    Zee_RN replied to Zee_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    ah, interesting thought, Rick...as I am one of those "lesser degree" nurses (ADN). Have always meant to go back and have taken a few courses but... *sigh* [Working full-time and raising triplet...

  16. a nurse's poem-I'm Sorry In Advance

    Zee_RN replied to leesonlpn's topic in General Nursing

    As puzzler said, please consent to being published. I would love to submit this to the Pittsburgh newspapers. I am printing it to take it to work. With your consent, I'll send to Pittsburgh...

  17. What freaks you out?

    Zee_RN replied to psychnurse99's topic in General Nursing

    Heh, yeah, aren't butt-bags wonderful things? Never used 'em in Med-Surg but use 'em all the time in ICU. Our saying: "fecal bags rule!" And..."Protect the fecal bag adherence at all

  18. Nurse using drugs at work - ? violent

    Zee_RN replied to peggy101's topic in General Nursing

    I think the issue here is the quality of work, not her use of Ativan. This opens a big can of worms--what about the nurse who uses Prozac or the many other antidepressants? Should we be concerned...

  19. nursing and religion

    Zee_RN replied to kjmta57's topic in General Nursing

    I work on my holy days. Yes, I'm considered absolved if I make every effort on other days to attend as I should. We have a physician who strictly observes Sabbath and Holy Days and is basically...

  20. What Freaks You Out?

    Zee_RN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    C.Diff is short for Clostridium difficile which is an anaerobic spore-forming microorganism that is found in the bowel. It can become virulent and "take over" the normal intestinal flora,...

  21. We Be Smart

    Zee_RN replied to nursejanedough's topic in General Nursing

    Hehe. My husband is a computer consultant, recently doing work for some hospitals. He has been using me as his technical consultant. One day he yelled up to me from his computer "What's a...

  22. Are Pa nurse still being mandated?

    Zee_RN replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Pennsylvania, as you know, is an employment-at-will state (commonwealth, technically). Yes, we still have mandatory overtime. Our facility does use it and it hits the med-surg floors hard. I work...

  23. 44 days and not one day off.....

    Zee_RN replied to J in MN's topic in General Nursing

    44 days and not one day off...sorry, my sympathy is limited here...she could have said NO. That's just ridiculous. You always have the option of saying NO when they call you at home and ask you to...

  24. I just got a raise....

    Zee_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Like many other hospitals, my hospital is facing a nursing shortage and inadequate staffing. **Retention** is the big word right now. We have a "Retention & Recruitment" committee meeting...

  25. this is one I never heard before

    Zee_RN replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, didn't you know...UPMC can do anything. A couple of physician groups that admitted to my non-UPMC hospital were told either they admitted their patients to UPMC hospitals exclusively or they...