Zee_RN

Zee_RN BSN, RN

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  1. If an MD shoved you...

    Zee_RN replied to TracyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't seen or heard of any physicians at my hospital shoving anyone but we do have a couple of docs who throw temper tantrums. I love this way of handling it,

  2. Oh, my aching feet!

    Zee_RN replied to Rileycat's topic in General Nursing

    I also like Dansko's. But the shoes aren't everything...wear good socks! My feet felt much better after switching to nicely padded socks. I like support socks too but they fall down on me so I'm...

  3. Clinical Disaster!

    Zee_RN replied to miaka's topic in General Nursing

    I remember the thing that worried me the most in nursing school was the thought of having to insert a foley catheter. To this day I don't know why that was my biggest hangup but it was! When it...

  4. American Sign Language

    Zee_RN replied to eventsnyc's topic in General Nursing

    I have used ASL twice in 6 years. I love ASL but probably Spanish would be a better choice. But if you're very industrious, you could probably learn both at same time. After all, ASL is in English...

  5. What Freaks You Out?

    Zee_RN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    We were talking about this at work the other day (in ICU). I hate trach secretions too. Somehow, it's worse thru a trach than thru our closed suctioning endotracheal tubes. But what would really...

  6. note to nurse dude, will they never learn!

    Zee_RN replied to bunky's topic in General Nursing

    My community hospital in the Pittsburgh area is so hard-up for nurses that the HR Dept. is telephoning RNs who have quit within the last couple years and offering them their jobs back (no doubt at...

  7. IS THIS YOU?

    Zee_RN replied to SUBQ's topic in General Nursing

    Mustangsheba: Our hospital changed dispenser soaps about a year ago. Many people in my unit (ICU) developed symptoms such as yours. (Oddly enough, no other unit had complaints.) They complained and...

  8. Ulcerative colitis

    Zee_RN replied to fergus51's topic in General Nursing

    What do they do? Well, my brother-in-law smokes about a pack a day because he cannot face the time-off from work and the bloody BMs day-in and day-out. Even the prednisone didn't work last...

  9. post-op endarterectomy care

    Zee_RN replied to snickers's topic in MICU, SICU

    Ok, just thinking out loud here...our care plan on CEAs are being updated now too..we've been using the same one that is used for neuro patients. Neuro vitals, BP monitoring and the possible use of...

  10. Ulcerative colitis

    Zee_RN replied to fergus51's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting little note for ya...I have confirmed this with two different gastroenterologists at the hospital and from my husband and brother-in-low who have colitis: quitting smoking EXACERBATES...

  11. V TACH CARE PLAN HELP

    Zee_RN replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    How about assessing his medications? Omitting meds, overmedicating, etc., may lead to dyrhythmias. Check lab values (drug levels, lytes, cardiac enzymes). Assess for medication toxicities (digoxin...

  12. IS THIS YOU?

    Zee_RN replied to SUBQ's topic in General Nursing

    Bless you all. I thought I was the only one. People look at me like I'm psychotic when I say perfume and other scents should be forbidden in a hospital. I had a patient who ended up going for a...

  13. Demerol, YUCK!

    Zee_RN replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I hate demerol too. We use it ALL the time for post-op pain. And if we do get the occasional MSO4 order, it is 2 mg! Yeesh. Personally, I'm listing Demerol as an ALLERGY and telling everyone my...

  14. Demerol, YUCK!

    Zee_RN replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I hate demerol too. We use it ALL the time for post-op pain. And if we do get the occasional MSO4 order, it is 2 mg! Yeesh. Personally, I'm listing Demerol as an ALLERGY and telling everyone my...

  15. You can't make this stuff up!

    Zee_RN replied to Padalyn's topic in Nursing Humor

    yeah, well, I chuckled every time I read it .

  16. Did you worry in nursing school?

    Zee_RN replied to Tim-GNP's topic in General Nursing

    I had MS in nursing school. And a TIA. My daughter had Hodgkins disease (I felt large nodes in her cervical lymph nodes late one night and cried all night but managed not to call the pediatrician...

  17. Non-critical pts in ICU

    Zee_RN replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my word. This happens ALL the time in my ICU unit. We get a lot of inappropriate transfers and many of the docs come right out and say it's because they know the patient will have someone keeping...

  18. Swans?

    Zee_RN replied to Born 2 B In OB's topic in General Nursing

    Ummm...I have no idea what "swan training" may be...The only kind of "swan" i know in nursing is a Swan-Ganz catheter for hemodynamic monitoring in ICU. Sorry, I cannot be of any help. I will watch...

  19. Who is responsible for error?

    Zee_RN replied to crnasomeday's topic in General Nursing

    In this case, I'd have to imagine if the nurse did not have access to the proper lab values and was following doctor's orders, she would not be liable. If she did, in fact, have access to the girl's...

  20. Surgical Recoveries in ICU?

    Zee_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our community hospital has recently instituted a new policy requiring ICU to do all recoveries for patients that are either already in ICU or will be coming to ICU as a post-op patient....

  21. 13 hour shifts

    Zee_RN replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I work three 12-hr shifts/week (actually it's 12.5 hrs). I recently tried working two 8-hrs and two 12-hr shifts/week and hated it. When doing daily assignments,we try to assign patients so as to...

  22. ICU panic button

    Zee_RN replied to lorrie's topic in General Nursing

    The fact that you felt overwhelmed and clueless is actually a GOOD sign. The new nurses who do the best in ICU are those who realize they have a lot to learn not those who walk in the door thinking...

  23. just a little pet peeve...

    Zee_RN replied to janine3&5's topic in General Nursing

    You gotta add the corollary to this to though...Patients assume female doctors are nurses, especially the young female residents. I frequently have to remind patients that the "nurse" who was just in...

  24. Patient Confidentiality

    Zee_RN replied to Nottanurse1's topic in General Nursing

    It's blatantly wrong and she should know it. Entirely a personal decision as to what you want to do...legal action is gonna wreak havoc among the family, esp. if children are involved. If you...

  25. What shift do you work? Why?

    Zee_RN replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm required to work rotating shifts but my shift of choice (and the one I work the most) is 7A-7P. I happen to like the frenzy of daylight and most of our bedbaths (in ICU) are done on the night...