jmll1765 ASN, RN

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    What is your favorite nursing scrub design? Do you have one?

    jmll1765 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Med Couture scrubs are my favorite right now. No need to iron as long as you hang them up right out of the dryer. I also have some Crocs scrubs that I really like. As long as I don't have to iron them...
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    IV Magnesium Sulfate in office???

    jmll1765 replied to Anagray's topic in Patient Medications

    Primary care providers in my area send patients to the ER all the time for a dose of mag or potassium. The ER sends them to med-surg and we administer the mag or whatever and then send them home. They...
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    Fun: Coke or Pepsi Nurses?

    jmll1765 replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    Diet Dr Pepper...occasionally a Diet Mt Dew if I'm really
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    Cursing on the job

    jmll1765 replied to Ciale's topic in Emergency

    I don't normally curse at work except for the occasional :poop: when a code is called but I do use other phrases. One of my favorites is "son of a biscuit"! I blurted out "oh :poop:" one time in...
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    Prevalence of Christians in the field of nursing

    jmll1765 replied to FSUNurse2b's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I work for an Adventist facility and our mission statement is "extending the healing ministry of Christ". That doesn't mean they only hire Christians though. As a matter of fact I don't recall being...
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    Time Management for the Not So New Grad

    jmll1765 replied to stephanie.felder5's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    The pharmacy at my hospital works 7a-7p M-F and they go home at 12p on the weekend. We usually mix our own meds if it's a new order or the patient came in after pharmacy hours. We have a contract with...
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    How Nurses Feel...

    jmll1765 replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    Water breaks....meal breaks...bathroom breaks...what are these things you speak
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    i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

    jmll1765 replied to Jenni811's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We have been given "scripts" too. "Is there anything else I can do for you, I have the time" and "Is there anything I can do for you, it's my pleasure". If I were a patient and every staff member that...
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    Shocked by facial piercings at work

    jmll1765 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My facility doesn't allow facial piercings and you must keep visible tattoos covered at all times. Also, you can't have more than one set of earrings, no acrylic nails or overly long nails. We can...
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    POE

    jmll1765 replied to RainMom's topic in General Nursing

    We also use CPOE at our facility. All of our charting is done on the computer and we can leave "sticky" note in the electronic chart for the MD. It shows up as a yellow sticky note beside the...
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    how do you celebrate birthdays on your unit?

    jmll1765 replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We usually get a cake or cupcakes and have a potluck meal. It's usually just my shift and our director isn't involved. Our nursing supervisor will participate and occasionally we invite ICU and ER (I...
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    Not falling for that old trick

    jmll1765 replied to beeker's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Per the policy at my facility, if you miss one of your scheduled weekend days you have to make it up at the director's discretion. Before this policy was implemented we had issues with people calling...
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    Customer Service? Maybe on your home planet.

    jmll1765 replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It always amuses me when patients set the alarm on their phone to wake them up for their next dose of PRN pain
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    Would you trade a great team for an easier floor?

    jmll1765 replied to RNlmk's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I wouldn't leave my team! It's so hard to find people who work well together and get along. I like knowing that someone has my back if it gets crazy. The people I work with are one of the reasons I...
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    Med Surg Nurses: How many patients do you care for?

    jmll1765 replied to cheez1285's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work as a charge nurse on nights, we usually have 6 patients per nurse. When the other nurses have 6 each and we get more admissions I start taking patients. Occasionally we will have 7 each. Day...
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    What's the BEST nursing shoes?

    jmll1765 replied to BigCSN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I love my Danskos, they do take some getting used to. I wore mine around at home before I actually wore them to work. The first couple of times I wore them at work I took an extra pair of shoes just...
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    Do you tattle on your co-workers when you find something missed?

    jmll1765 replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We have an online reporting system in place at my facility that allows you to report incidents and is supposed to be "blame free". The types of things we report are usually med errors, falls, and the...