Cat365

Cat365

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  1. Linguistic Pet Peeves

    Cat365 replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    We have a charge nurse that does this. I keep thinking she is asking me a question and I answer it. Then she looks at me like I'm crazy. My younger brother still gets teased about the time when he...

  2. Pay grade: experienced nurse vs new grad

    Cat365 replied to rehric00's topic in General Nursing

    My school didn't allow us to practice IVs on real people. Something about liability, something happened at another school. We practiced and were signed of on using dummies

  3. Leaving Nursing for Another Career

    Cat365 replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

    Someone I attended school with told me I could get a job where she worked. Turned out she was an exotic dancer. I pointed out that I couldn't dance and she said that didn't matter. Lost

  4. Am I too old to change career?

    Cat365 replied to mmaku2020's topic in General Nursing

    We can't know your life. We don't know how much you have saved, both accessible money and money saved for retirement. If your wife could go back to work for awhile. How much the nursing program you...

  5. Giving report (just a little vent)

    Cat365 replied to trauma_lama's topic in General Nursing

    I hate it when you are chatting and checking your phone when I'm ready to give report. Report time is report time. Be here, be ready, and be

  6. Graduating w/ only 1 pair of scrubs

    Cat365 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I bought one set of scrubs for school. The color was what the school determined and I purchased and sewed the patch on. When I started my first job (as a tech) I purchased another set of scrubs in the...

  7. Who Should Clean Up, Offgoing Shift or Oncoming Shift?

    Cat365 replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I am not responsible for messes someone else made and I am not psychic to know when other people make them. I probably would help clean the mess unless you are a dick about finding it. Then you get a...

  8. What's Rude?

    Cat365 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

  9. How to react nicely if a patient asks for your social media acct?

    Cat365 replied to hedzinkwly's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just stick with "Sorry, it's against company

  10. School loans and personal loans

    Cat365 replied to Kaytee12's topic in General Nursing

    I worked through my RN degree, but I already had a bachelors degree so I don't qualify for federal or state grants. You might. First step is to fill out your FASFA. Federal/state grants are based on...

  11. School loans and personal loans

    Cat365 replied to Kaytee12's topic in General Nursing

    I have no idea. Im not looking at any numbers. I don't know if you live w parents, with a roommate, kids, ect. I dont know if you have monthly bills, are a frugal person, plan on working part time,...

  12. Low census--what do you do?

    Cat365 replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital runs pretty much like Snowshoe described. Except I think they keep a list of downstaffed people so that they can rotate them. In fact there is a list where you can request to be...

  13. I really dislike my co-worker

    Cat365 replied to ThatsNotMyName's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As I see it you have 3 basic options dust off your resume, ignore her and do your portion (not good if you have to do your portion) or document things- leaving early from clinicals ect and go as a...

  14. Standards for admission: Should they be more universal?

    Cat365 replied to AutumnApple's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly what I was thinking. In several of the larger hospitals I have been in they had various Med-surg floors that specialized. Would you divide them again by acuity/assistance needed? Where...

  15. "I'm a nurse!"

    Cat365 replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    Something I have wondered. Why do they always say nurse? Why not

  16. "I'm a nurse!"

    Cat365 replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    People lie for all sorts of reasons. I once told a Jehovas witness that I worshiped the devil, but would they like to come in and have some coffee? In my defense it was the third time that they woke...

  17. Critical Thinking

    Cat365 replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I was the only one who found nursing diagnosis absurd. It always makes me feel like a kid that invented his own game because the other kids wouldn't let him play

  18. Confused

    Cat365 replied to misscheerful's topic in General Students

    Clinicals are stressful. Working it depends a lot on the environment and coworkers. Im a natural introvert, but most people who don't know me well would never guess it. If you want to work on those...

  19. why can't i pass this freaking grammar section

    Cat365 replied to jessicarnorot's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    My comment was not meant as a slight. A lot of areas of the country have dialects/ways of phrasing things that are not "correct" English. You are probably ahead of me on naming the parts of a...

  20. why can't i pass this freaking grammar section

    Cat365 replied to jessicarnorot's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    I would suggest reading for fun and possibly picking up a high school English book. I rather suspect that based on your writing you grew up not speaking grammatically correct

  21. Transporting Patients from ER to Floor. Your Process?

    Cat365 replied to melmacrn's topic in Emergency

    The patient is always greeted at the receiving unit. Usually by their tech and nurse, but often of the nurse is going to be tied up for a few minutes the tech will go in and get them settled, hooked...

  22. Transporting Patients from ER to Floor. Your Process?

    Cat365 replied to melmacrn's topic in Emergency

    ER techs transport. If they are busy or short of techs a tech from the receiving unit is sent. The only time I saw an ER nurse bring a patient up all of the techs were tied up and the patient was a...

  23. Decisions decisions! Need advice!

    Cat365 replied to JMayRose's topic in General Nursing

    When do you start nursing school? If it is in January. I would probably take the part time. If it is not until next summer/fall go for the full time and save money. They probably won't let you do...

  24. I Hope You people are never my nurses.

    Cat365 replied to honeyforasalteyfish's topic in General Nursing

    As a side note. I want a nurse robot. Then I can send it into work for me while I stay home and eat chocolate

  25. What's Your Sign Baby?

    Cat365 replied to AutumnApple's topic in General Nursing

    My most memorable, maybe not worst, was before I even thought of becoming a nurse. I was sixteen and waitressing at a family oriented place. We had a regular that would come in every day during a slow...