laurasc

laurasc

Gen Surg, Peds, family med, geriatrics

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  1. Need advice and encouragement

    laurasc replied to DougRN's topic in General Nursing

    Doug, I agree with everyone else that said it...start with Med/Surg. I worked 3 or 4 years in a general surgery floor then moved on to med/surg ICU and am now in Peds. To this day, I still use the...

  2. All Nurses Read This

    laurasc replied to buck227's topic in General Nursing

    1)RN 2)16 years this June 3)Area: Ontario, Canada 4) satisfied with pay? NO! 5)with your benefits? What benefits? 6)your hours? YES! Monday to Friday, 9AM to 1PM 7)supervisor competent?...

  3. Casualization of the Canadian RN workplace

    laurasc replied to JMP's topic in General Nursing

    What do you think of the CNO's (for those who don't know, College of Nurses of Ontario, our licencing board)new rule that starting in 2005 you have to graduate with a minimum of a bachelor's degree to...

  4. What Freaks You Out?

    laurasc replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I think all she got was a 30 minute shower and a scrub suit to wear that day. By the time I left the floor, she was still known as the bile nurse. We would all scatter when she would...

  5. What Freaks You Out?

    laurasc replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    What about when the NG cannister explodes? Happened on my floor way back when...thankfully on a day when I wasn't on but my friend was. The hospital I worked at used some ancient (circa 1950's, I'm...

  6. I'm such a sap!

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Thanks! I feel better. It's just that sometimes my heart breaks for these parents and I feel really helpless.

  7. I'm such a sap!

    laurasc posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Bear with me, this is just a vent. I was talking to a young mom today, her baby is handicapped with multiple problems and her husband is just getting over CA. She has to work full time and take baby...

  8. how do some of you handle being WAY behind schedule?

    laurasc replied to JulieW's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    My doc does that too. Sometimes he takes up to an hour with a 15 minute appointment. I used to go crazy, but don't anymore. And like your doc, mine also likes to take his time with his patients....

  9. Needles

    laurasc replied to Dennis13's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN!!!

  10. Needles

    laurasc replied to Dennis13's topic in General Nursing

    I'm known by a lot of my little patients at the office as the "Shot Lady." I hate giving needles and I hate getting them. (You should have heard me whimper when I got my flu shot.) But I got used...

  11. Tell us about your computer system

    laurasc replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a pediatrician's office and we run a medical records program called "MacMedical." There's the actual patient charts, which is called MacMedical Records, or MMR. We do all of our charting...

  12. Charting Bloopers

    laurasc replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    This happened years ago when I worked on a general surgery floor. A med student had to do an admission physical on a rather voloptuous young woman. On the assessment sheet under "breasts" he wrote...

  13. Advice needed...repost from General Nursing board

    laurasc replied to Ben Thair RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Thank you very much! You've given me some very good ideas, not just to help this mom but to help other parents as well. There are resources available in the community, but it's not always easy to...

  14. A Crying Shame

    laurasc posted a topic in General Nursing

    This article is in this month's Chatelaine magazine, which is a Canadian women's magazine. It talks about an atrocity that happened a few years ago in a Winnipeg, Manitoba hospital and how the...

  15. Help! Need some advice!!

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Mustangsheba for your reply. Is there something going on in her family? I really don't know, but I have met her husband and they strike me as an average young couple. (Maybe in their...

  16. Help! Need some advice!!

    laurasc posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a pediatrician's office and am not sure how to handle one of the moms. Her daughter is about 2 years old, very healthy and I've known her since birth. Mom was very nervous at first so I...

  17. How does your office handle walk-in's

    laurasc replied to slawson's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    With a growl. Just kidding of course... Actually it all really depends on whether or not the doctor is in the office yet or if he's with a patient. Our office has one doctor, two receptionists...

  18. Advice needed...repost from General Nursing board

    laurasc replied to Ben Thair RN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I posted this in the General nursing board but figured I would post it here too. I am in need of some real good advice. I work in a pediatrician's office and am not sure how to handle one of the...

  19. Help! Need some advice!!

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    THANK YOU!! No, she's not a single mom and from what I understand she has a lot of family around her and she's a SAHM. She comes across as being a smart woman, but I don't think she has a lot of...

  20. Alternative meds? you'll never believe this one!!

    laurasc replied to darla80's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    WHAT??? She greases her joints? Does she think she's the Tin man or something? LOL! That's hysterical! Did you manage to keep a straight face??? My funniest moment was a couple of years ago when...

  21. A Crying Shame

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your replies. But I still wonder just how widespread this problem is elsewhere? Are nurses being heard where you work? Are the nurses involved in the overall care of the patient and...

  22. Nurses who love their job.

    laurasc replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    I also love my job. I work in a pediatrician's office, Monday to Friday from 9AM to 1PM. My boss is a really nice man and very easy to work with. What's really great is that he allows me to...

  23. Let's play I Remember When.....

    laurasc replied to RNSue's topic in General Nursing

    Oh gee...this is great! I graduated in 1985. I remember soap suds enemas till clear for our poor pre-op patients....litres and litres of it. I also remember glass syringes and how in some of them...

  24. Is it just me or all nurses??

    laurasc posted a topic in General Nursing

    I really want to know if this is just me going into what I've dubbed "stupid mode" or if all nurses do this. When my eldest son was born in distress I should have known, it was obvious, but I was...

  25. Is it just me or all nurses??

    laurasc replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! When I was in labour with my first, they never bothered to tell me what was going to happen and what I was going to feel when they gave me my epidural. Because of that, I jumped a foot up and...