CodeteamB

CodeteamB

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  1. Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    CodeteamB replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    As a first semester nursing student proudly wheel portable mercury sphygmomanometer into patient's room to complete vital signs. Notice something doesn't look right and bend over to take a closer...

  2. GN to NP in <1yr

    CodeteamB replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

  3. Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    CodeteamB replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Helping a handsome Cop with evidence collection helpfully move the overhead light in the trauma bay and smack Mr Handsome in the head with it. Still get his number. I make fun of you

  4. GN to NP in <1yr

    CodeteamB replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

  5. GN to NP in <1yr

    CodeteamB replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am amazed to hear that there are NP programs that don't require RN experience. Up here (Canada) the programs in my area require a minimum of 3 years full time experience in the area you wish to...

  6. IM injections

    CodeteamB replied to Hotnurse06's topic in General Nursing

    Here is what convinced me. On the other thread I posted I posted a lovely little power point summary of the aspiration debate. Check it out. How long do you aspirate for? When I learned, I was...

  7. NG Tube

    CodeteamB replied to EDNurse13's topic in Emergency

    I have a near perfect track record with NG insertion. I missed my first one as a student and was given this tip by my preceptor. I have not missed an insertion since. It's all in the wrist....

  8. IM injections

    CodeteamB replied to Hotnurse06's topic in General Nursing

    This discussion may interest you.

  9. TNCC Trauma Nursing

    CodeteamB replied to ldietrich's topic in Emergency

    The only thing you need to do to succeed in this course is study the assigned materials (textbook). Get your hands on this ASAP and read through. Focus on the A-I survey and interventions for each...

  10. Resource for triage education

    CodeteamB replied to can826's topic in Emergency

    CAEP has scads of official resources available, including an education binder. They also have an official CTAS course. I would recommend you go to their website and check out the

  11. Don't People Have Bills To Pay?

    CodeteamB replied to Ruby Vee's topic in First Year After Licensure

  12. When patients request NOT to have you as their nurse...

    CodeteamB replied to julz68's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Pt sounds like a giant pita, and I could (and you should) give two rodent poops about his ice cream needs. I actually don't even care what your docket was like, if the concern is a missed ice cream...

  13. Has anyone ever look down on you because you are a nurse

    CodeteamB replied to dulcet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Probably, but I'm too convinced of my own awesomeness to notice But, for real, shrug it off. We are actually very highly regarded by the general

  14. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    CodeteamB replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  15. Abuse Culture in Nursing...How Far Does it Go?

    CodeteamB replied to HoneyBeGood's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I shall sing you my little song. Hem, hem. Uuuuunioniiiiiiiiize! I am entitled to 4 breaks each 12 hour shift, 2 paid, 2 unpaid. I have missed a break once or twice in the last 3 years, and it was...

  16. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    CodeteamB replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, such a good thread! Thanks for the bump! So first, confession time. When I got my first period I asked my mom how I was supposed to pee with a tampon in. She was horrified, as she was very open...

  17. asked to delay child bearing

    CodeteamB replied to KonaDog05's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  18. Mandatory meeting with employee relations?

    CodeteamB replied to 1fastRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would ask my manager what this is in regards to, she should be able to give you a straight

  19. asked to delay child bearing

    CodeteamB replied to KonaDog05's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow, 4 weeks is not enough time to even allow your body to heal, let alone bond with your baby and hit your stride as a parent. We get 6 weeks -medical- leave after childbirth in my province where...

  20. asked to delay child bearing

    CodeteamB replied to KonaDog05's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    12 weeks... Excuse my ignorance but do you only take off 12 weeks after giving birth in the states? If so, holy cow! I am amazed by this. I can't believe that taking 12 weeks off would be enough to...

  21. asked to delay child bearing

    CodeteamB replied to KonaDog05's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That is totally inappropriate, and as others have mentioned, illegal. I remember being extremely nervous to tell my boss that I was pregnant. She took it well, and I admitted to my nerves. She...

  22. The Childish "I Wuv You" Act

    CodeteamB replied to LittleTwinStars's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, I have been thinking about this, and apparently missed quite a bit today. OP, I feel like this is a really good post, it got us talking about something that had bothered me, but I had never gone...

  23. The Childish "I Wuv You" Act

    CodeteamB replied to LittleTwinStars's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  24. I never, ever went to ER when I was a kid

    CodeteamB replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    I never went to the ER, and rarely to the doctor. I was raised in the "dust it off" school of parenting. My dad did take me to the medi-centre with a radial head dislocation once, but I don't...

  25. Patients with sticky fingers!

    CodeteamB replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Our portable phones and thermometers go missing all the time. Really, anything not bolted down is at risk. Once we had a patient steal her own chart. The unwary nurse left her area for a few minutes...