TeeKay12

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1. When the Nurse Becomes the Patient: What I Learned Sitting on the Other Side of the Triage Desk

   TeeKay12 replied to echmorrill's topic in General Nursing

   I have a slightly different experience: my daughter was severely injured at age 6. For years, we were in and out of EDs, ICUs, and rehabs. I went to nursing school for a 3rd career, after being a...

2. HIPPA violation if the patient isn't in your facility?

   TeeKay12 replied to MoonlightRose's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   By your own admission, your husband is the one who outed you. To his best friend. Is it possible your hubby told the friend, who then told his wife and forgot to say "And they really want it to...

3. Refusing to change/toilet pts

   TeeKay12 replied to ShockMe's topic in General Nursing

   It's my license on the line. It's my job to make sure my patients are cared for to the best of my and my staff's ability - and that includes toileting, cleaning up feces or urine, and bathing if...

4. Pain is a pain

   TeeKay12 replied to ladedah1's topic in General Nursing

   I ask the patient what the worst pain they ever had, and how this pain compares. I started doing this after my nephew was in ED for RUQ pain, and stated his pain was a 4/10 to the question of "1...

5. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

   TeeKay12 replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

   One of the things I hated most about bedside nursing. Scripted performance. I'm very much for keeping the patients informed. I'm opposed to the idea of 'selling' the services of my colleagues -...

6. Fill In The Blank...

   TeeKay12 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   "I was on WebMD

7. Favorite Motivational Quote

   TeeKay12 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   "It all started with a mouse." (meaning, the smallest things can become

8. Graduating soon, feeling unprepared

   TeeKay12 replied to GL191211's topic in General Nursing

   I attended a 4 year university, considered to be one of the best private schools in the state for nursing. I was an "alternate" student - I was 40 when I started! I have a disabled daughter, and...

9. caseload for telephonic case management

   TeeKay12 replied to newnicurn's topic in Case Management

   It will depend on frequency of contact. I currently work in telephonic case management and handle low to medium acuity clients - from infants to elderly. My case load is 350. The majority of my...

10. Funniest thing you've heard in an interview

    TeeKay12 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was on the interview committee for a new manager. We didn't ask any silly questions, but our interim manager, who was interviewing for the position did. She wanted to know if any of us wanted to...

11. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    TeeKay12 replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    Mine is feet. They don't have to be nasty, they just have to be feet. Trachs, ostomies, pressure ulcers, ocular emissions, feces, vomit, all of that doesn't bother me. Make me deal with feet and...

12. African American patients - a cultural question

    TeeKay12 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    First, I agree - I've seen it in every culture I've worked with (first job was a predominately AA area, most co-workers were African or AA, next job was in a lower-income predominately white area,...

13. Nurses: How far is your commute?

    TeeKay12 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    It used to be 60 minutes each way, 3 nights a week, 1900 to 0730. It is now about 25 minutes each way, 5 days a week, M-F 0800-1700. Much

14. Why???? Are?? They?? Failing???

    TeeKay12 replied to Nurseades2b's topic in General Students

    I "failed" one class in my last semester. It was a tough semester for me, personally - I had a parent in ICU for most of the semester, another parent had 2 MIs, a child in ICU for a month (in a...

15. LPN or BSN

    TeeKay12 replied to ahhlexxx3's topic in General Students

    In my area, no-one hires LPNs. No-one. It's hard to find a position if you have an ASN. Experienced LPNs in the hospital network I used to work for were phased out of bed-side care and became Techs...