TeeKay12

TeeKay12

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  1. October 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    TeeKay12 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Told you the emesis basins were too

  2. Please Start!

    TeeKay12 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Please start reading the descriptions of the assessment components. A patient on a telemetry monitor does NOT have "abnormal cardiac" issues! Please start respecting MY time. When I come in for my...

  3. Things you tell newbies

    TeeKay12 replied to JBudd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Accept responsibility for your mistakes. Everyone makes them, at some point. If you learn from them, you're doing better than

  4. Me... Me... Me: A Sense of Entitlement

    TeeKay12 replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    Just last night, had a patient's adult daughter spend the night. She became upset and agitated because I came in every hour to check on her mother (who was just fine with the checks), the alarm on...

  5. The beauty of nursing : midweek camping, hiking, boating, skiing, no crowds!

    TeeKay12 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    @SeattleJess: I'm 47 and became an RN 2 years ago. I've turned down 8-5, M-F jobs (what possessed me to apply to work for the state, I have no idea). I love working my 3 12s a week. I started...

  6. When's the doctor coming in??

    TeeKay12 replied to martymoose's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I get this question every day. I work nights on a surgical unit. We have more than 100 docs with privileges, and since I'm nights I have not clue. I tell all my patients and their family members...

  7. Oh, honey.

    TeeKay12 replied to IrishErin's topic in Emergency

    "Oh, are those really old, healed tracks on my arms right next to the new ones? Yes, I have been stealing and shooting up Phenergan, but only in the last two weeks" (A nurse who had realized she...

  8. I asked for Christmas off and they...

    TeeKay12 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    My mother and a couple of aunts were nurses and now I am. I fully expect to work some or even all of the holidays. This year I'm in a new position with a fair way of handling holidays. There are 3...