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st4304

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  1. Any FUN nursing Jobs?

    st4304 replied to Bessie's topic in General Nursing

    Bessie, When I began nursing school, I knew I wanted to be an OB nurse. BUT when I did my OB clinicals, I HATED IT! Don't get me wrong, I loved the babies and new parents, but I just didn't "click"...

  2. Any FUN nursing Jobs?

    st4304 replied to Bessie's topic in General Nursing

    Bessie, When I began nursing school, I knew I wanted to be an OB nurse. BUT when I did my OB clinicals, I HATED IT! Don't get me wrong, I loved the babies and new parents, but I just didn't "click"...

  3. codes

    st4304 replied to babynurse7's topic in General Nursing

    Have worked in ICU for many years, now work in a cath lab, so have been involved in many, many codes. My very first code happened when I had been a RN for about 6 months, working a med-surg floor...

  4. Malpractice Insurance

    st4304 replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I just want to add to my last post that what saved both nurses were their very precise and excellent charting skills, using statements from witnesses, quoting the patient and family, actions taken,...

  5. Malpractice Insurance

    st4304 replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I just want to add to my last post that what saved both nurses were their very precise and excellent charting skills, using statements from witnesses, quoting the patient and family, actions taken,...

  6. Malpractice Insurance

    st4304 replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I was told by a malpractice attorney that when he sues a hospital, if anyone involved has malpractice insurance that person will also be sued, otherwise probably not. Also, if for any reason your...

  7. whistle blowers & retaliation...

    st4304 replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    I experienced sexual harrassment by a male PA on a daily basis for about a year. When I finally got the guts to complain to my manager, I was transferred to another location per my request because I...

  8. RN vs LPN assessments

    st4304 replied to st4304's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I sincerely apologize if anyone felt my original post was "bashing" anyone. I was really just curious how other hospitals handled their assessments. I have the highest respect for ALL nurses and...

  9. Professional appearance

    st4304 replied to fergus51's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I tried the fake nails several years ago when I worked on a med-surg unit. I felt I was apologizing all night to the patients for stabbing or scratching them. Then, I helped move a patient up in bed...

  10. distance learning program

    st4304 replied to nsejan's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of this. Could you please explain what it is? Sounds interesting.

  11. What Freaks You Out?

    st4304 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    This happened to a RT friend of mine. He went to a patient's home who was on home O2 and needed percussion. He said the patient would hack and cough up this thick, green, nasty sputum and spit it...

  12. IS THIS YOU?

    st4304 replied to SUBQ's topic in General Nursing

    I have a co-worker who will get an instant HA if around perfume. For Xmas, we had a secret Santa gift exchange. It seemed everybody received hand lotion from Bath & Body Works. These lotions had...

  13. Non-critical pts in ICU

    st4304 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was working ICU yesterday (I floated from the cath lab). In a 16-bed unit, we had 12 pts (8 on vents) and 6 RNs, no care partner or USP. I did not get to the unit until 0930 so the charge RN did...

  14. You can't make this stuff up!

    st4304 replied to Padalyn's topic in Nursing Humor

    We once were getting ready to perform a TEE on a woman. We had removed her dentures and the doc said "If you have no more questions, let's get started!" The woman looked at us and said "When you...

  15. cardiac cath lab RN

    st4304 replied to ml2nm's topic in Cardiac

    I work in a diagnostic-only cath lab. We pre-op our patients one hour before their cath with Valium 5mg, Benadryl 50 mg, and Tagamet 300mg. Once in the lab, if they are still anxious, we usually...

  16. Nurses who love their job.

    st4304 replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a diagnostic cardiac cath lab with a staff of five RNs. My hours are 6:30am to 3:00pm Monday thru Friday. No weekends or holidays. We average three to four caths a day with a few other...

  17. verbal 'scripts'

    st4304 replied to NCRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The hospital I work for introduced "scripts" to us a couple of years ago. Did it help patient satisfaction? All I know is our patient satisfaction scores still go down according to high census (not...