calivianya BSN, RN

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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    You should totally say, "But did they die?" I will say as an ICU RN myself that the anal retentive ones who grill you in report just need to take a pill and shut up. I don't particularly care what...
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I'm very comfortable giving large doses of pain medications when I'm not the first one to do it. If I am the first person to medicate the patient, you better believe I am paranoid if it's a large...
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    Nursing in the Carolinas and GA

    calivianya replied to H51205's topic in General Nursing

    We get more than 3 weeks of vacation where I am. I get 8 hours every two weeks now (about 210 hours per year), but it's based on hours worked so I've been earning more than that with overtime. The...
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    If you never challenge yourself you never learn; if you don't ask when you're struggling you might not figure something out. I always tell people what's going on with my patients and ask about theirs....
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you're feeling better! :) I learned people definitely see me as a resource. I had five different nurses coming up and asking me questions about what I thought they should do about things last...
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    Are you jealous of other nurses jobs/abilities?

    calivianya replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    I get jealous of other nurses sometimes... but it usually has more to do with their life successes than anything. I started off in my dream specialty because I was willing to relocate 400 miles for...
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    Don't go to co-workers' parties where drinking is occurring

    calivianya replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That made me laugh! I would actually love to socialize more with my coworkers... none of my people throw any wild parties. Just about everybody is married with small children, or married with grown...
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    Independent by day, dependent at NOC

    calivianya replied to fangirl's topic in General Nursing

    What time does family visit? I have seen very anxious or attention-seeking patients suddenly become helpless when their family members leave. Day shift reports patient is doing great all day, low...
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    ABSN vs BSN: How Much Cost to GPA?

    calivianya replied to Heizenberg's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I completed a traditional BSN degree after my first bachelor's because I thought the extra time would benefit me, and it certainly did - I graduated with a 3.89. You also need to consider how you're...
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    4/16 What I learned this week: POD2 and I want my button back

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I work ICU - our ratio is 1:2, technically, but we haven't been staffed to have 1:2 ratios for a long time. Especially when the 1:1s roll in - we've had lots of those lately, so everyone who doesn't...
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    4/16 What I learned this week: POD2 and I want my button back

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    That just made me laugh. I am going to do that for real if I'm ever in the hospital. Tylenol doesn't do a thing for me. I honestly even feel guilty when I give one to my patients for pain, because I...
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    A Newly Defined Type of Constipation: Opioid Induced Constipation

    calivianya replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    I just really want to know who skips work for constipation. The article clearly says increased constipation = increased employee absenteeism. I am wondering if that part of the article was...
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    Life, death, and dying.

    calivianya replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, what TheCommuter said. I am personally of the opinion that even if everything related to the person ends at death, it's still better to go into that great nothingness than being slowly tortured...
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    Where do you get your cont Ed?

    calivianya replied to Iheartnursing's topic in General Nursing

    My job crams so much down my throat I don't have to worry about getting any hours elsewhere. However, I do subscribe to my specialty's journal, and they have a ton of CEs I could use for credit if I...
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    Would love some input in rolling out bedside report

    calivianya replied to kms6417's topic in General Nursing

    When we bothered to pretend we were doing bedside report, some of us would find empty rooms to hide in so that management wouldn't see us at the desk, but we wouldn't be interrupting our patients'...
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    Is Handover Still Necessary?

    calivianya replied to willegan's topic in General Nursing

    It's 100% necessary. Just digging through the chart doesn't tell me everything. Neuro status is a great example of something that's hard to quantify just by charting alone. If all that's charted is...
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    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    calivianya replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    You have to get coffee for the family members yourself? At least we have a small food room with a vending machine and a coffee pot off of the waiting room where visitors can help themselves. I would...
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    work and school at the same time...

    calivianya replied to froggy8's topic in General Nursing

    I am full time nights and full time school. I don't know how you could work day shift and go to school. I certainly couldn't - classes for me are M-F, starting at either 0930 or 1000 depending on the...
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    Inappropriate Facebook postings by family and friends of the patient

    calivianya replied to morman's topic in General Nursing

    Your instincts are good here, it's just that you don't have any LEGAL right/obligation to do anything about it, and may actually run into legal hot water if you do. Is it tacky and inappropriate of...
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    Is it OK to go to work the day after having anesthesia

    calivianya replied to guest825264's topic in General Nursing

    I had an EGD done two years ago and I was 100% back to normal within 30 minutes of the procedure ending. I was even annoyed that I had taken a taxi there in the first place instead of driving myself -...
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    Do you use a DVT/PE Risk Assessment Tool?

    calivianya replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    VTE prophylaxis is part of the mandatory admission documentation, so right then we'll be reviewing our orders and see what we have. It's also part of the regular assessment charting as well as what we...
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    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    calivianya replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    I have never seen that before; thanks for bringing it up! What sort of ICU did you have your rotation in? I kept an Excel spreadsheet with columns for hospital name, unit type, residency program...
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    Tardiness

    calivianya replied to Vtachy1's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My school did not tolerate tardiness at all. My job really doesn't either - half an occurrence for every tardy, and five occurrences starts the disciplinary action process, with a "coaching and...
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    What offends you (nursing related)?

    calivianya replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! And, the reverse, the ones who are totally nonchalant and ignoring life-threatening issues if they're not prompted and need to have their hands held to keep them from killing their patients....
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    The Sacrificial Nurse Weekend

    calivianya replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Weekends are LESS chaotic? I want to work wherever the people who think that work... because at my job, there are just as many procedures and tests, but there are ten times the family members than...