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  1. oxygen and vaseline

    tencat replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    Pooh. I've never heard of it happening that when one uses vaseline and oxygen a fire ensued. Now if they were SMOKING, using vaseline and oxygen......Yup, heard of that ONE! Results in pretty good...

  2. got shouted at yesterday night

    tencat replied to melz34's topic in General Nursing

    With a 15 year-old I'd probably have said something like "If you yell at me, something strange happens. I actually get SLOWER.....it happens with old age.....you'll have to watch out for it as YOU...

  3. Who should get a transplant?

    tencat replied to diane227's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree that if you trash your liver with alcohol and/or drug use, it is very sad, but in NO way should an organ go to such a person. The reason why I think this is because the organs are so...

  4. I'm afraid for my pt. and afraid to go to work.

    tencat replied to Peggy4's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe the little boy needs you, but YOU need to be safe. Your safety is the most important thing. If dad gets out of control and hurts you, how can you be there to help ANYONE? I'd get my happy...

  5. Things you would love to tell your management and get away with

    tencat replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Your lack of planning for when staff take vacations or leave (ie: No extra nurses available to cover) is YOUR problem, not MINE, especially when I've given you FOUR MONTHS' notice that I need leave to...

  6. If you breastpumped at work, were your coworkers supportive?

    tencat replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

    Take your breaks.....can't blame anyone else for taking theirs. Just because YOU don't choose to take what is your right doesn't mean others should have to do the same. Ok, that being said. Does it...

  7. I'm I wrong? Honest answers please!

    tencat replied to redraven_y2k's topic in General Students

    It sounds like you were in the wrong program for you. I would have gone nuts with a bunch of high school students as peers, myself. Find a community college program that is more in tune with adults....

  8. "Fired for NO Reason"

    tencat replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Ruby sounds like a very knowledgeable and competent preceptor who 'gets' it herself. I would want her to be MY preceptor if I were doing ICU. She knows her stuff (sorry not sounding so eloquent...

  9. My clinical instructor threw me out of clinical!

    tencat replied to Nightbloom's topic in General Students

    :yeahthat: Yes, there probably is more to the story, there usually

  10. My clinical instructor threw me out of clinical!

    tencat replied to Nightbloom's topic in General Students

    I agree that OP should be organized, and prioritize better, but why kick her out of clinicals? That's a bit harsh, and CI's answer of "What didn't you do wrong" is certainly NOT helpful at all. Yes,...

  11. Define critical thinking.

    tencat replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    It's a process. For example, to quote another thread about coumadin and an INR of 9, if the nurse just goes ahead and gives the coumadin anyway because it's ordered at 2000, then he/she is NOT...

  12. "Fired for NO Reason"

    tencat replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have seen a lot of relatively new nurses who cannot critically think their way out of a paper sack. It is scary. In an area such as ICU a nurse HAS to be able to think critically, not just follow...

  13. RNs caught lying

    tencat replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

    Ummm...I think it's a bit harsh to say 'nurses caught lying'. Lying implies willful intent to cover up a truth. It sounds more like 'nurses caught automatically checking off checklists'. Or 'nurses...

  14. Keep my patients out of the hospital!

    tencat replied to christine_chapel's topic in Home Health

    It's a fine line between home health appropriate and hospice appropriate. If they are going more often to the hospital, it might be time for hospice as the disease process appears to be getting...

  15. Any ex-teachers?

    tencat replied to T123G123's topic in General Nursing

    I was a secondary teacher for 12 years. I got out of it because I was tired of being responsible for things I had no control over in the classroom ie: kids not doing their homework or classwork then...

  16. my kid wants a sibling, I want to start nursing school

    tencat replied to la mama 310's topic in General Students

    I would wait for another one. Your child will not suffer great harm waiting for a brother or sister. And you are still young enough to have another one when YOU want to have it. YOU are the one who...

  17. Was this really a HIPAA violation

    tencat replied to rainbowsfolly's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    You need a lawyer. If a medical release authorizes you to have access to the records, then I wouldn't think it was a violation. But again, you really need to consult a lawyer. The fact that your...

  18. Disruptive families in acute care settings

    tencat replied to 1Tulip's topic in General Nursing

    These kind of people feel entitled to act however they want to act, period. Once you have explained rationales for treatment, and they continue to be difficult, they need to be dealt with using very...

  19. I hate nurses, what should I do?

    tencat replied to brentster_us's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There is a reason hospitals often have a hard time hiring enough nurses.....and some of it probably has to do with nurses having to deal with other nurses. There are a lot of CRAZY (NOT in a good...

  20. Medical school vs Nursing School

    tencat replied to faraday68's topic in General Students

    Do you have kids still at home? I have a 5 year old and one on the way, and med school is out for me because my priority is my family. Jetting around the world sounds exciting....if that's what you...

  21. Is Health Care Rationing Needed in the USA?

    tencat replied to Neveranurseagain's topic in General Nursing

    For some reason, so many families, and even patients themselves, think they will live forever....and in my experience the attitude seems especially prevalent among the Boomers that are now getting...

  22. Nursing and Traffic Violations?!? SERIOUSLY

    tencat replied to Spoiled627's topic in General Nursing

    Ohhhh....DO NOT call EMTs 'ambulance drivers"...... It does seem rather silly to have to fill out a report about a speeding ticket....even if it is in a school zone. Sheesh. Unless you were going 100...

  23. he just wants to die...

    tencat replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that a psych/social work eval is warrented. But, if after that he still wants to stay the course, hospice would be helpful to provide him with the support and/or medications he may need. And...

  24. cutbacks at work due to economy

    tencat replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, but that would make TOO much sense. How many of our CEOs are taking cuts themselves? They should be if they're asking us

  25. Any projections for nursing employment in the current and near future economy?

    tencat replied to Saifudin's topic in General Nursing

    Getting tough here, as well. My company is asking us to cut our hours to avoid