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  1. Nursing accessories for ER/ED?

    Cat365 replied to HalfBoiled's topic in Emergency

    I carry trauma shears, a pen, stethoscope, and a white board marker. Whats a fig? Other than dried

  2. Complaint from preceptor

    Cat365 replied to almostaccunurse's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Phones are a huge no no at clinicals. We weren't even permitted to bring them to clinicals. Move on. Will you have this preceptor in the future? If not move on. If you will have them again apologize...

  3. Bored, Trying to figure out what to do.

    Cat365 replied to deej394's topic in General Nursing

    Are you bored because you don't feel busy enough or because you don't feel like you are learning? A different type of patients might help. Maybe a step down unit or the ER. Your rarely not moving in...

  4. Working nights w/ barking/needy dogs that probably wouldn't let me sleep during the day

    Cat365 replied to lmb93's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a room or garage where you could put in a dog door so they could let themselves in and out? I don't like giving dogs a completely free access to the house from a dog door because I don't...

  5. What's the shortest time you stayed at a job and why did you leave?

    Cat365 replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    2.5 days. It was a job at one of the most well known fast food restaurants. Midway through my third shift I took off my headset, shoved it at my manager, and told him to serve the order. There were...

  6. Healthy Fit Nurse navigating potlucks.

    Cat365 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    It was a family joke at my old job (non-nursing) that my coworkers would eat anything. Two of them actually convinced me to bring in homemade dog biscuits because I told them I made dog cookies over...

  7. Is this what I have to look forward to being a male nurse....

    Cat365 replied to zoetic87's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Maybe I'm not media savvy but I've never considered it an issue. I would do most of the same things that a female nurse does. Explain what you are going to do before you do it. Especially if it is a...

  8. New Grad hired in the ER, question.

    Cat365 replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on the nurse and on the ER. If the ER has a strong support from experienced nurses. Then it's fine. I started in the ER and so far I haven't killed anyone (that's only half...

  9. Why do you believe you would be a good fit for a nurse?

    Cat365 replied to Macey Chi's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in another healthcare capacity, but it was a very narrow field. Nursing is a fairly wide field with many specialties. Also, now I don't have to wake up at 6:30 am or work 5 days a week. I can...

  10. How to deal with colleague

    Cat365 replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't know the whole situation, but I would return to work and behave professionally. I would not go out of my way to interact but I wouldn't ignore him either. That generally just makes you look...

  11. Nurse preceptor - incentive pay?

    Cat365 replied to katiern46's topic in General Nursing

    For a nursing student we don't. Precepting a new nurse to the unit we get an extra 1-2 dollars an

  12. Bored on weekdays!

    Cat365 replied to cblue152's topic in General Nursing

    I have a dog and I work on training or veg on the couch in "snuggle time" with her. I read a lot. Mostly fiction. In the summer I garden. I've done a lot of cross stitching while listening to audio...

  13. Sometimes the five rights make us look dumb

    Cat365 replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    As some of the above posters stated. I do on a case by case basis. I always do (at least if they are not a code/trauma/ otherwise unable to answer) if they don't have a wristband or if I wasn't there...

  14. therapeutic communication

    Cat365 replied to ANNA starling's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Therapeutic communication doesn't change depending on who the participants are. The rules don't change magically once you are licensed. The only difference might be in how the other person regards...

  15. Fairness

    Cat365 replied to Hink12's topic in General Nursing

    I suppose it depends on what the original agreement with her schedule was. If it was made clear at hiring and they agreed shame on them. The facilities short staffing is not her problem. If she was...

  16. New CNA

    Cat365 replied to pickupontuesday's topic in General Nursing

    There are stethoscopes made for people that are hearing impaired. However, I'm sure they are expensive so if you don't think you'll stick with it, it's likely not worth the investment. Some people...

  17. Decisions???

    Cat365 replied to Taaffe's topic in General Nursing

    What do you want to do? How old is your child? Will you be in the same school with the same hours? Is there a pay difference? Would that be offset by paying less for

  18. Relationship problems

    Cat365 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Glad other people are like me. I dumped a guy one time because he didn't like my dog. I was telling someone about it once and they said "Well you had the dog first." I told her that actually the guy...

  19. Nursing craziness

    Cat365 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    If the teacher allows record lectures and use them to study. Generally if it's covered in lecture, especially if it is stated more than once (as the above poster pointed out), it's on the test. I...

  20. Should I write a memoir?

    Cat365 replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    By the way, when I first saw this post title, my first thought was "if this is RubyVee asking, then YES 100% write your crazy nursing stories down in a book." Scary. I had exactly the same thought....

  21. Question about priming tubing

    Cat365 replied to aship's topic in General Nursing

    Check your hospitals policy. We have to run antibiotics on a secondary line. The primary has to be used to prime and flush the line to avoid the patient not getting the full dose per policy. We can...

  22. My Body Is Not My Resume: Exploring Nursing Dress Codes

    Cat365 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    I have multi-colored hair. However, I have long hair and when I had it done I stated I wanted to look professional at work and not like a clown. I always wear a bun at work, so my hair now has...

  23. To call out sick I need to call 3 different people

    Cat365 replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. That's ridiculous. I pointed out at a previous job (non nursing) that I shouldn't have to make 5 phone calls to call in sick. There you had to contact HR, unfortunately I came in before HR, and...

  24. Beyond Bedside? Advanced Practice? Really?

    Cat365 replied to EGspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Would you rather we change the terminology from Advanced practice to expanded practice? That's probably more correct, but doesn't sound as good. NP do have advanced degrees, so they are referred to...

  25. Is a level of behavioral health nursing missing?

    Cat365 replied to Tommyd2's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not entirely certain that any treatment works well for borderline or whatever psychopathy is currently called. They are personality disorders and while I'm not a psych nurse, the main issue with...