Cheez-It!

Cheez-It! has 7 years experience and specializes in psych.

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1. Carestar Curiosities

   Cheez-It! posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

   I'm curious about CareStar. I've read some other threads about it, but they turn into arguments about stuff I'm not really interested in. I'm curious about as an LPN, how nurses handle things like,...

2. Favorite, Fun, Weird, and Scandalous Symptoms and Diagnosis...

   Cheez-It! replied to doctordefender's topic in Nursing Humor

   We had a new resident admitted with dx of MRDD and jump from 3rd floor window ... what's the ICD9 code for

3. Stupid Nurse Trick... Don't try this at home... or work!

   Cheez-It! replied to TXRN02's topic in Nursing Humor

   i had posted this elsewhere: I had a resident that had BenGay PRN. She was requesting it so I smeared it on her back and a shoulder. I ripped my gloves off to help her back into bed. She said...

4. phone calls no outsider would believe

   Cheez-It! replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

   Yeah, kinda like when the administrator thought it was real funny when i let one of the residents sing on the intercom one afternoon too. She was singing the eygyptian themed song about the people in...

5. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

   Cheez-It! replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

   or my favorite, I'm not really a nuse, or i've never done this before, but i did sleep in a holiday inn last night. I've got some residents the hold fingers out as soon as they see me coming, I just...

6. phone calls no outsider would believe

   Cheez-It! replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

   I work psych ....i worked nightshift, we had telemarketers calling BAD at ALL hours it seemed. I answered to a woman with a bad accent wanting to speak to one of our residents, who was slightly...

7. Do You Have Any Favorite OB Myths?

   Cheez-It! replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hrmmm ... I concieved my current 19 week pregnancy after a Lynyrd Skynyrd/3 Doors Down concert ... How's that for rhythm?

8. generation gap among nurses

   Cheez-It! replied to angelcharm's topic in General Nursing

   you know, I'm 25. I worked with a male 50's y.o. nurse. Not only did he "obey" and conform to authority, he thought all of the younger nurses below him should bow to him. Which considering he has more...

9. Approximate Narc. count?

   Cheez-It! replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

   If it's like the bottles we have at work, the drug itself is clear. We had a hospice pt that had it ordered, and the hospice nurse actually put a drop of food coloring in it so we could count it...

10. Medication Aides

    Cheez-It! replied to feisty_lpn's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Reading the little bit that I have, they'll still need LPN's. They can't do meds through any sort of tube, g/ng/etc, no inhalers, they can't split pills, no injections, they can not start a new order,...

11. I felt very uncomfortable today as an LPN with less than 2 months of experience. I wo

    Cheez-It! replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    You need to check your state laws. Here in Ohio, as an LPN, I'm not allowed to so much as think about touching a central line. I'm not sure about being IV certified, since I'm not. But, one thing I...

12. False allegation repercussions?

    Cheez-It! replied to Cheez-It!'s topic in General Nursing

    Exaclty, I'm pregnant, and i feel stuck is the only reason i'm not leaving. I don't have enough time to build vacation time to take maternity leave anywhere else. I am the main source of income to my...

13. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Cheez-It! replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Something that just happened to me here recent ... I got in report a couple of residents had temps. The nightshift nurse had given them tylenol. I went to assess the two, and one had a temp of 101...

14. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Cheez-It! replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Myself, LMAO ... total dumb@$$ attack here. I worked nightshift. I had one resident that had some PRN Ben-Gay. Per her request, I smeared the nasty crap all over her back and shoulders. She was...

15. False allegation repercussions?

    Cheez-It! replied to Cheez-It!'s topic in General Nursing

    Any little bit of advice helps. Thank you. I just wish/wondered if there are any laws to help prevent this. The facts to all these stories would make it huge post, so i left almost all out. But, all...