Princess Bubblegum

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  1. College books are the biggest scams ever

    Princess Bubblegum replied to LPNtoRNin2016OH's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My chemistry prof emailed last week to tell us that she teaches from all editions of our textbook and not to bother buying it from the college bookstore (unless we really wanted to) because half.com...

  2. Any good patient prank stories?!

    Princess Bubblegum replied to peterlecompte's topic in General Nursing

    I was thankfully not at work this day, but one of our patients called in a bomb threat to the main nursing station because they were bored. It was sort of a huge deal and the patient discharged with...

  3. Who is so ready for fall semester to be over?!?

    Princess Bubblegum replied to LPNtoRNin2016OH's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not ready for fall term to be over! I'm doing placement testing for winter term tomorrow so I can go back and do my prereqs for nursing after last setting foot in a college classroom 10 years ago....

  4. Compassionate Connected Care (C3)

    Princess Bubblegum replied to calivianya's topic in General Nursing

    During new hire orientation at a hospital I worked at, the VP of nursing talked at us about how we were to make our patients feel like they were at Disneyland. I'm still trying to wrap my head around...

  5. Call bell dilemma

    Princess Bubblegum replied to Dbarnhart's topic in General Nursing

    Most of our patients just lay in bed with their call lights in their hands and yell "NURSE!!!" or send their family members out to harass the monitor tech. I would rather have a call light abuser any...

  6. Daith piercing with stethoscope?

    Princess Bubblegum replied to RNSMC2592's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a hospital with pretty lax policies regarding piercings--mainly, don't become an infection control issue, and don't get any patient complaints. I'd be more concerned with your piercing...

  7. Vibra Hospital

    Princess Bubblegum replied to stepbystep12's topic in Oregon Nursing

    We have a few former Vibra Portland nurses now working in ICU and ER where I work now. My sister worked there several years ago as a ward clerk/monitor tech and had some odd stories about...

  8. current CNA pay 2015

    Princess Bubblegum replied to OnlinePersona's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm a hospital CNA in Oregon and I make a little over $17/hr before differentials. Our hospital's base wage for brand new CNA2s was $12.52/hr when I was first hired in 2009 and I don't think it's gone...

  9. Professionalism....name your irritation here!

    Princess Bubblegum replied to LobotRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    We have a bunch of newly hired CNAs from the same vocational school who rub me the wrong way entirely. I'm pretty lighthearted and have fun while I work but this new culture on our unit is just tacky....

  10. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Princess Bubblegum replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I read this entire thread from start to finish because I love the ER so much. Had a patient brought in to the ER by the police after being arrested, she was claiming she had mad cow disease because...

  11. What thrills you/what terrifies you?

    Princess Bubblegum replied to Philly85's topic in General Nursing

    Thrilling: codes Terrifying:

  12. Is this a big deal?

    Princess Bubblegum replied to wailingtrees's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    On the tele floor where I work, it does need to be brought to the RN's attention if a patient is not voiding. Except in certain cases where low/no output is expected, we report anything less than 240...

  13. Can you work at a hospital with a GED after getting your CNA?

    Princess Bubblegum replied to christinamiller12322's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Some employers might require you to be 18, but the GED is no biggie. My sister got her GED at 16, was a rockstar in college (figuratively) and will be a PA next

  14. 11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    Princess Bubblegum replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that I should have scheduled my OR observation day earlier because I missed out on a huge mediastinal teratoma and I'm fascinated by stuff like

  15. 11/7: what I learned this week: Trey Anastasio wants to weigh your head; Cerner is stupid

    Princess Bubblegum replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I got to participate in a mock code--other than the rare times when my patient just up and dies in front of me (and BLS training every other year but that's pretty weak) I haven't had much code...

  16. Best MD note

    Princess Bubblegum replied to beckster_01's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had a lovely, eccentric hospitalist years ago who would write the most adorable orders. He would add his own modifiers to diet orders such as "yummy mechanical soft" or "yummy diabetic diet." We had a...

  17. CNA=Poop cleaner?!

    Princess Bubblegum replied to BSNMomOf6's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would have a seriously cushy job if literally all I did was wipe butts. "I'll be off taking a nap, call me when the Miralax kicks

  18. now that it was mentioned..

    Princess Bubblegum replied to Momof8CNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm 7 years in as a CNA and I'm not convinced I want to do it forever, but it's been fun. I do want to be a nurse eventually, but I'm happy working as a CNA until I have some money saved up for...

  19. HUC and accessing drug info

    Princess Bubblegum replied to BettyPalen's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work (as a HUC) we don't do anything medication related at all, ever. The pharmacist or the ordering MD takes care of that. I don't even think the RNs can adjust start times without having the...

  20. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

    Princess Bubblegum replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Get your student loans taken care of ASAP. If you have balances on credit cards, pay them off. Take advantage of pre-tax contributions to retirement and health savings accounts, especially if your...

  21. Tips for Being a Good Patient

    Princess Bubblegum replied to keepitsecret's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Leave anything valuable and non-essential at home. Accidents do happen, stuff gets misplaced, thefts have happened, and it breaks our hearts but the hospital can't be responsible for lost/stolen...

  22. cna/pct cardiovascular intermediate unit

    Princess Bubblegum replied to Sanjac20's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    When I worked nights on a cardiac tele/stepdown unit we were expected to do q2hr rounding on our patients, vitals q4hrs, got everyone up for weights at 0600, prepped patients for first case surgeries...

  23. Sitting at work

    Princess Bubblegum replied to nursefortheLord's topic in General Nursing

    I try to sit down with my patients as much as possible to be on their level and facilitate meaningful communication and be present and in the moment and blah blah blah but honestly, it's because MY....

  24. Is being a CNA imperative?

    Princess Bubblegum replied to chloeluvsutoo's topic in General Nursing

    The schools around where I live consider CNA experience "extra points" when choosing program applicants. I think it's a requirement for application at some schools, actually. For me personally, I feel...

  25. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    Princess Bubblegum replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our nurse manager put an end to that pretty quickly and it stopped that same day. I personally like to think that his plan totally backfired and his phone got blown up with a zillion text pages all...