Nurse Hatchett

Where I work, you can clock in 5 min before shift, and you have the 5 min after your sched shift to clock out. If you clock out before or after that five min, then it is a clocking violation. i.e. for 7-3 you can clock in at 6:55-6:59, 7 us consi...

Regardless if you have to work or if you will be home with your family, whether it includes children or not...........................I wish everyone a Merry Christmas!!!!

At my facility, the DNR's to not expire. In fact, if a res signs their own LTP for I.V. fluids, tubes or whatever, then it can not be changed, even if another family member has POA. If the POA is who initially signed, then they can change it, or if...

O.K. guys, I need some advice. A friend of mine just delivered a 20 week baby, he did not survive. She has had a previous miscarriage, and difficulty with this one as well. She had an incomplete cervix this time. Does anyone know of any good webs...

Thanks to everyone who has replied. Yes, I meant incompetent cervix. Sorrry, I was going on no sleep when I typed that. I will look into some of those books for her

I took my test yesterday, and I passed. I did not buy the book to study and I didn't study for it at all. I wasn't sure what it would be like and didn't know what to study. I had a lot of ratio's and changing percentages on my math. Also had some...

I'm not sure how it is scored, but I take mine tomorrow. The lady I spoke to told me that we get our results as soon as we take it. Has anyone else done this? I haven't studied for the test. Hopefully I will do allright. I know my school uses th...

If you have read the whole board, Marie did tell this other nurse. This board is for us to ask question, learn from one another and vent if that is what we need to do. Nursing is such a stressful profession and it is nice to have someplace to vent ...

I do have children and very much wish I could spend every holiday home with them, but I chose to be a nurse and not have a 9-5 M-F job. Therefore I have to make some sacrifices. At my place of employment, on Christmas Day, everyone works 4 hrs. I ...

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Just a quick question. I had my TSH level drawn and it came back 373. Has anyone ever seen one this high?? Thanks in advance for any input

I have one not work related either. When I was little my mom had a baby born and she only lived for 2 hrs. Well I would see her outside on my swing set and beg my mom to let her come in and play with me. I described the dress she was buried in and...

I've actually been taking Synthroid for some time now. Currently 150 mcg. About 3 yrs ago I was dx with hyperthyroidism, they used the radioactive pills, hence I now have hypothyroidism. Ever since then they have been adjusting my medication to tr...

O.k. I went to the endo today and all he said was to cont. to take my current dose of Synthroid and recheck by TSH and free T4 in 6 weeks. I expected him to adjust my dose to at least help get me back to normal.......I was rather frustrated with t...

Yes going to see the endo. on Wed. I was just shocked when Dr. showed me and it was that high, as I have not seen one this high before. I asked her if there was a decimal point somewhere in there, and there wasn't. LOL Explains why I feel so tire...

I used FMLA as I needed to when my dgtr was born. I didn't always know when she was going to be sick, sometimes we would go to a sched Md appt. and have to hight tail it down to Riley Hospital with in the hour. It also covered me for all the times ...

any type of sputum..........uggggghhhhh, my own included!! I can't stand it!! I am shuddering just typing this. And feet. I hate feet period, can't even stand for my husband to touch me with his nasty feet. What is really weird, it tx to feet don...

The falling asleep on the couch or in his recliner sure sounds familar!!!! My husband will do the same thing. He has fell asleep driving before also. Very scary to think about. I too find it hard to believe when he says I didnt mean to go to slee...

I don't have any suggestions, but understand. My dh is going through the same thing. He just had his sleep study done and we are waiting for his results. He can't stay asleep. He will go to sleep about 11 pm on avg, but is up at 1a, and usually i...

I also suffer from migraines. My MD prescribed Depakote nightly to prevent and Relpax if I have one. I don't take the depakote, but do take the Relpax if I have a migraine. You can take it even if it is a full blown migraine and it works wonderful...

We currently give verbal report. How long it takes depends on what nurse you are following. I can't stand when the nurse giving report rambles on about things that are personal, yet on the other hand I can't stand getting a report where "nothing ha...

I don't think it's the low rise scrub pants that is the problem, it is the wearer who is trying to pretend he/she is going out for a night on the town. I personally like the low rise, flare leg pant because they are more comfortable for me. I also ...

My daughter was in kindergarten and vomited X3 in front of her classmates, her teacher then sent her to the office, where they did nothing for her, just sent her back to class where she proceded to vomit again in fromt of all her classmates. Her tea...

I also agree about calling 911 for non emergency care, we have a transporter ambulance as well, but when they are on call and out of town sometimes it will take 2-3 hours for them to get back in town. It isn't always the nurses who are unwilling to ...

When I was in nursing school, I had a guy in my class who had been a paramedic for years. I asked him this very same question and his response was that they thought we didn't do anything except pass pills and sit at a desk all day, and thought we se...