AceOfHearts<3

AceOfHearts<3

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  1. Hobbies off duty as a Nurse?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Carolinapooh-my birth state is one of the ones you haven't been to! I was born a Michigander (haven't lived there in close to 20 years). I highly recommend a visit in the summer or fall. I have the...

  2. Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    The flumist is a live attenuated virus whereas the flu shot is an inactivated virus, so that could be the reason you react differently. Apparently the flumist won't be available this year though as...

  3. Hobbies off duty as a Nurse?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE to read! I'm guilty of reading trashy romance novels just as much as worthier literature. I'm currently working my way through The Light Between Oceans. I don't watch a ton of tv. I follow a...

  4. Breakroom refrigerator theft

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think I could ever intentionally make something that will make someone sick. On the other hand I would have no problems making something so disgusting they'll never want to steal from me...

  5. Nicotine free policies

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to SororAKS's topic in General Nursing

    My facility is nicotine free. New hires are tested for nicotine during the prescreening. I don't know how it works with people that were working there before the policy took effect. I've never been...

  6. Homeless patient with pneumonia

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to tori-alba's topic in General Nursing

    I thought it was homework as well. When vague questions are posted like that, especially when the poster has just joined or only has a couple of posts, it tends to be students. We have no problem...

  7. Breakroom refrigerator theft

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, it's not my job to feed hospital personnel. It's also not the hospitals job to feed me. I bring in plenty of stuff to share and it is very clear that it is to be shared. Theft of things...

  8. Question about manual blood pressure monitoring

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to ilovebirds's topic in General Students

  9. Question about manual blood pressure monitoring

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to ilovebirds's topic in General Students

    Are you having this issue with all BPs or is it just certain ones? It could be you need more practice taking a manual or it could be that the manual is not picking up an accurate reading, which can...

  10. Breakroom refrigerator theft

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I've had labeled food stolen before, made me so hopping mad. I ended up spending 3x as much buying a substandard meal from one of the cafes. Now if I don't eat my frozen meal that day I take it home...

  11. I&D...sterile procedure?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to deefizzle's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient who came in for something unrelated (forget what) and upon doing a skin check we found a wound where the ICD (that the patient was 100% dependent on) had migrated and eroded through...

  12. Voice Recorder?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Idiosyncratic's topic in General Students

    Read through the comments on this thread as this has already been asked many times if you don't get any responses

  13. If you are lucky enough to have them on your unit

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    I keep a spare stethoscope in my locked locker, but my good one is on me while at work and comes home with me at night. My good one was a gift upon graduating and cost several hundred dollars (it also...

  14. Need help with math calculations

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to lola8penny's topic in General Students

    Please show us your work so we can help figure out your thoughts/where you are going wrong. Take a picture and post that if you have to. We will be happy to help you, but we won't just give you the...

  15. Community health clinical objectives

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to World_Traveler's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Are you already a RN (in an RN-BSN program)? If not you can't have RN in your username as it's against (as well as a legally protected

  16. I&D...sterile procedure?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to deefizzle's topic in General Nursing

    If somebody had a UTI and needed to be cathed, it does not mean that inserting the catheter is now magically not a sterile procedure. That's what I would equate this to. No need to introduce new/more...

  17. What should one do in this case?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Nursein2017's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Let him read the story of this little girl who had a blood sugar >1000 and see what he says. The girl ended up dying from complications related to her high blood sugar. 5-year-old girl thought to...

  18. Do you get paid to stay late and chart?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    OT pay is 1.5 times my base rate, so if I work enough hours to be over 40 hours for the week then I make a good bit more than I normally do. So if the base rate is $30/hr, the OT pay is $45/hr. This...

  19. Beginning a career in nursing

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to nurse2bmartine12's topic in General Nursing

    FYI you'll have to change your username as it is against TOS to have nurse in it if you are not one. You can ask the admins to help you with that. As for how to become a nurse, I would recommend...

  20. Do you get paid to stay late and chart?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    I get paid until I clock out. If I stay 30-60 minutes late to help with pt care and/or finish up charting I get paid for that. I don't get OT pay until I've worked >40 hrs in a week. If I stay late...

  21. ECG require MD order?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to alle0400's topic in General Nursing

    We don't need an order at my hospital from the provider, or at least on my unit. We put it in as a nursing referral or per protocol. I'm on a tele unit, so many patients have conditional EKG orders...

  22. Aqua K pads

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    We use them, didn't realize that was the name until I googled it. If a patient has back or neck pain I'll frequently ask for an order for one. Once the order is put in the storeroom brings it up to my...

  23. Care plan books..yes or no?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to LaBellaVita's topic in General Students

    The book that I was told to get was a lifesaver. I used some of the "premade" careplans, but I also used them to give me ideas for ones I created specifically for my patients. There were some books I...

  24. WILTW 8/5/16

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to wannabeny's topic in General Nursing

    1) I'd be asking that person if she was going to pay to get my nails redone. I'd be royally peeved to take nailpolish off just to prove it's not gel if I had paid for a manicure (which I do a couple...

  25. med errors

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to nurse16love's topic in Patient Medications

    That must be why the RTs all administer Spiriva in my facility! I've administered all sorts of other inhalers- advair, dulera, combivent, asmanex, etc.- but never Spiriva. I work on a pulmonary unit,...