sweet4dalejr

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1. Women who don't know they're pregnant

   sweet4dalejr replied to StarNurse2006's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Yes, I have to say I have heard of this also. I have the same response that you did until it happened to me with my 2nd child. I went through 32 hrs of labor with my first. I knew what is was like being pregnant and I too had my period every month an...

2. CNA Info

   sweet4dalejr replied to andreamae's topic in General Nursing

   You know I read that your not DISSING CNA's, but to me it sounds like now you are a nurse CNA'S are below you, well the only thing different between you and I myfriend is you give out meds were as I donot. That is it. What I do as a Nurse Tech, has e...

3. CNA Info

   sweet4dalejr replied to andreamae's topic in General Nursing

   You know I read that your not DISSING CNA's, but to me it sounds like now you are a nurse CNA'S are below you, well the only thing different between you and I myfriend is you give out meds were as I donot. That is it. What I do as a Nurse Tech, has e...

4. How many tele techs does your unit use?

   sweet4dalejr replied to AMV's topic in General Nursing

   I have to agree with you, the best thing I could have done was taking the additional training to become a Tech II. The techs on my unit had to know 12 leads. Since getting my training I have been able to help other techs learn the different rhythms. ...

5. Is there such a thing as a "VIP" patient?

   sweet4dalejr replied to ButterflyRN04's topic in Safety

   This is how I see it. ALL PTS ARE VIP'S. I treat everyone the same. I had a similiar incident a few years back. I was working on the Cardiac unit and the CEO's daughter was admitted for a stress test. When we were informed that this person was comi...

6. How many tele techs does your unit use?

   sweet4dalejr replied to AMV's topic in General Nursing

   Well, just to let you know not every place is the same. I have worked in many different hosp and they have what they call "MONITOR TECHS" that all they do is watch the monitors. These particular people are NOT RN's or LPN's. They have had the trainin...

7. HIPPA Question/Need Help

   sweet4dalejr replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, you can put a Contact Isolation sign on the door. It is not like you are saying Mrs.Smith has C-diff put gloves & gown on. If a pt is on any type of isolation it needs to be in plain view for anyone going into the room, not only that there n...

8. How many tele techs does your unit use?

   sweet4dalejr replied to AMV's topic in General Nursing

   I worked on a Cardiopulmonary Unit that had 30 pts. We had 4 techs, unless the censes was low then of course either someone was cancelled or pulled to another unit. Now donot get me wrong we have had to work with 2 -30pts before and it was very busy....

9. Is it like this everywhere?

   sweet4dalejr replied to aprilleverett's topic in Geriatric

   I am just wondering. where the HECK do you live??? Something is not right in that place. RUN,RUN GIRL AS FAST AS YOU CAN!!!!!!!!!