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annie.rn

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  1. What's a "difficult pt" to you?

    annie.rn replied to KRVRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Pt.'s w/ placement issues due to lack of insurance or illegal alien status. It's demoralizing for the patients to be stuck in a hospital for months and even upwards of a year. Frustrating for me to...

  2. Giving a voice to creative nurses & nurse innovators

    annie.rn replied to LittleDevices's topic in General Nursing

    So cool! Thank you for this interesting and innovative

  3. Why we do this...

    annie.rn replied to TopsDrop's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for sharing! It is so awesome when you have shifts like

  4. The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

    annie.rn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We were just talking about this at work the other night. Not a patient/visitor of mine but was told about by a coworker. A patient's boyfriend and patient doing the nasty. It really WAS the nasty,...

  5. VA Proficiency

    annie.rn replied to kward6's topic in Government, Military

    & I

  6. RN's what was your occupation while in nursing school?

    annie.rn replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    Ppppo

  7. RN's what was your occupation while in nursing school?

    annie.rn replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    During active schooling I worked at a movie theater and in the dorm dining hall. During summer breaks, I worked as a telephone operator for A.T.T. (before it all became automated), a CNA at a small...

  8. moving with a pet?

    annie.rn replied to amguzman's topic in US Territories, Puerto Rico

    We've moved w/ large and small dogs as well as a geckos and hamsters. We've always driven and made reservations ahead of time at pet friendly hotels. We've had to stay at such hotels during some of...

  9. Nursing in NBA or other Pro Sports

    annie.rn replied to AriMer24's topic in General Nursing

    The closest you might get is working orthopedics/sports medicine in a city that has a pro basketball team. The city I live in has a very famous B-Ball team. I know a nurse who works on an...

  10. Carpuject!?

    annie.rn replied to hendersonar's topic in Patient Medications

    I have never pulled the medication out of the carpuject syringe. I screw a 1 1/2 inch blunt tip needle to the carpuject syringe and then use the cap of the needle as a plunger to push the medication...

  11. Weight loss in Nursing

    annie.rn replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I can totally relate to how you are feeling. I'm in my forties and it seems like I have been aging in dog years starting in mid 30's. Lack of consistently taking care of myself has begun to take its...

  12. Your first experience with a dead person

    annie.rn replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Not my first but the one that has stuck w/ me the most. A baby born full term, 8lbs. He was born via emergency c-section after a poor biophysical profile. Mom had gestational diabetes but otherwise...

  13. Sick of hearing "We don't want mom (or dad) to know"

    annie.rn replied to TXRN44's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I worked hospice for 6 months and in that short a period of time I probably had 6 patients whose families gave strict instructions to not let the patient know that they were receiving care from...

  14. No More ED Report?

    annie.rn replied to FarmerFNP's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We rarely get a verbal report. They send an SBAR which is usually pretty complete. It freaked me out a lot when I started there a year ago but I've gotten used to it. I still don't really like it,...

  15. Do you hear nurses will take over respiratory work?

    annie.rn replied to SeekingNewCareer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I began in nursing we had no RT on the floor except for emergencies. We did all the neb treatments, inhalers, suctioning, trach care, and even chest PT (with our hands, not the fancy vests...it...

  16. How does your facility prevent falls?

    annie.rn replied to GoldiesMom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ha, ha! Love

  17. Speed Shock

    annie.rn replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Students

    Chare, thank you so much for posting that article. Fascinating. I am always careful to push meds slowly but it still doesn't hurt be aware of possible complications of IVP

  18. I felt belittled by a Dr.

    annie.rn replied to telealli's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Love this! I'll definitely have to put "this is a doctor issue" to

  19. So, as a nurse it's my #1 priority to serve your narcs on a platter...

    annie.rn replied to Nola009's topic in Patient Medications

    Bravo, Esme 12! You put into words exactly what I was thinking but you did it much better than I could

  20. Emergency Response for Dummies

    annie.rn replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    EXCELLENT article! Thank you so much! I volunteered two summers in a row as one of two nurses at my church's youth camp w/ upwards of 250 campers. It was one of the most stressful and exhausting...

  21. Would you do that?

    annie.rn replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    Very good point. That was pretty much the attitude of the Public Health folks when I showed up to report my "exposure". If everyone who kissed someone unseemly came in to file a report they'd sure...

  22. Would you do that?

    annie.rn replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    A long time ago I did it in the heat of the moment. Was in the grocery store in uniform (whites so very obviously a nurse) and a man comes running up to me..."Are you a nurse"? "Yes". "A woman needs...

  23. Is this a common attendace policy?

    annie.rn replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    I am speechless. That policy seems overly strict and in the case of your co-worker it was implemented in a horrendously insensitive way. If my job told me to come in two days after my son died in...

  24. Heparin Math.....HELP

    annie.rn replied to mandaf88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    From a fellow math geek...very

  25. Heparin Math.....HELP

    annie.rn replied to mandaf88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sorry for pretty much repeating the post of "JustBeachyNurse. Did not see it prior to posting my