butterflynurse03

butterflynurse03 RN

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  1. Elgin Community College

    butterflynurse03 replied to Mr.N8's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I graduated from ECC. It's a good program. Clinicals are once a week but they are usually 8 hours. Then, before graduation, there is concentrated clinical time (96 hrs) that must be completed in order...

  2. Do they have the right?

    butterflynurse03 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If a person is started on some new medications and during their adjustment period there are some side effects that are....unwanted. If this person is sent home and told (by the occ health md) that...

  3. Nurse makes a bad patient.... arghh

    butterflynurse03 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I just had surgery 3 weeks ago (TAH w/ BSO) and I am finding it extremely hard not to do all the things I tell my patients that they can't or should not do. Anyone here ever had this experience?...

  4. Can I beat your horse?

    butterflynurse03 replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    wow that was powerful..... you are an inspiration to us all. Thank

  5. Nurse makes a bad patient.... arghh

    butterflynurse03 replied to butterflynurse03's topic in General Nursing

    I think I can honestly say that I was a pretty good patient while in the hospital. Shoot, I even managed to get out of bed and walk that first evening. My nurses/co-workers were amazed. My problem...

  6. What drugs are used in a surgical epidural?

    butterflynurse03 replied to Homesick Gypsy's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The ON-Q pain pumps are nice. I have had several patients that have had them with great success. Even a patient with a pulmonary lobectomy. You are not allergic to marcaine are you? Because that...

  7. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    butterflynurse03 replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    here here!!!!! Co-worker told me today that when she went to admit a patient he proceeded to tell her he was busy with a conference call and couldn't answer her questions right now...... Go figure...

  8. How did you find out about allnurses?

    butterflynurse03 replied to cnelle101's topic in General Nursing

    I found it through another nursing site under related

  9. Witholding informatiom the medical record.

    butterflynurse03 replied to Mama Val's topic in General Nursing

    "other information" at some facilities might simply mean that the info was given them by the patient or another facility and therefore they can't pass it on. Many facilities will only give you...

  10. They didn't teach me this in nursing school and I could have killed someone!

    butterflynurse03 replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I sometimes precept nursing students on my floor. One thing I like to always teach them is a very simple thing that no one taught me. Whenever I draw up a medication into a syringe, even if it's...

  11. advice needed off topic

    butterflynurse03 replied to Dray's topic in Nursing Career

    finishing the one year LPN moveing to chicago working at a hospital while im in school for RN?. I see only one problem. I live and work in the northwestern Chicago suburbs. None of the hospitals...

  12. Gimme some suggestions for shoes for my aching feet!

    butterflynurse03 replied to wayover20's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I wear Ryka tennis shoes. They are specifically designed for the female foot. I love them. They are the most comfortable shoes I have ever had. Lady Footlocker sells

  13. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

    butterflynurse03 replied to jadednurse's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Northern McHenry County Here (Woodstock, home of Groundhog Day) but work in Elgin. GO

  14. Crying about my job...

    butterflynurse03 replied to LearningRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Don't ever let a doctor yell at you. He has no right. I have been yelled at by a doctor and made to cry myself. Another doctor asked me what happened and when I told him, that's what he told me. Be...

  15. What drugs are used in a surgical epidural?

    butterflynurse03 replied to Homesick Gypsy's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We also have sufenta in with the bupivicaine. However, due to the problems that can be seen with epidurals, our docs like PCA's better. I just had the same surgery done 3 weeks ago and I had a...

  16. working while on pain meds?

    butterflynurse03 replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Do what you need to do to make your life liveable. Remember that one of the first rules to controlling pain is not letting it get out of hand. I think of pain as a tiger that must be tamed. Once you...

  17. working while on pain meds?

    butterflynurse03 replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    thank

  18. working while on pain meds?

    butterflynurse03 replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Question: Do your pain medications impair you? Are you completely lucid, awake, aware, with no side effects from your medication? I ask because many meds, even non-narcotic meds, can impair a persons...

  19. I love being a nurse because........

    butterflynurse03 replied to stidget99's topic in General Nursing

    I get to write RN after my name.....lol. I just love taking care of people when they need it

  20. Too Many Crabby Nurses!!

    butterflynurse03 replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    Remember this, sometimes it is not a bitchy nurse, just a downright bitchy person who shouldn't be in the profession. Here, Here!!! This is only too true. As a "newer" nurse working with "older"...

  21. Your opinion on HOSPITALISTS.

    butterflynurse03 replied to estrogen's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We just started with hospitalists at our location and have only two. But let me tell you that yes, they are great. They listen to the nurses, they look more closely at the patient precisely because...

  22. inappropriate patient placement

    butterflynurse03 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday when I got to work and received my assignment, I noted that I had a patient that was admitted to the hosp with back pain. This patient came in through the ER and as part of her workup, they...

  23. No She/he Did Not!!!

    butterflynurse03 replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    try putting a foley cath in a patient that had just delivered a baby..... Which hole do you

  24. No She/he Did Not!!!

    butterflynurse03 replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    have to ask, what is that shape on the belly picture? it looks like a

  25. inappropriate patient placement

    butterflynurse03 replied to butterflynurse03's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, however, as far as the patient goes, she was receiving depoprovera injections and so in her mind could not have been pregnant. She stated that she could remember her LMP because she'd been on...