Stargazer

Stargazer

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  1. Nurses, do you routinely do beds and baths?

    Stargazer replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked ICU, we had nurse techs who assisted with bed baths, but all nurses bathed their own pts. Since most of the pts were sedated/comatose/immobile, it took 2 people to do a bath, turn the pt...

  2. sleeping staff

    Stargazer replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    ~sigh~ Apparently this needs to be stated yet again. I don't care what you do on an official break, whether that is a 15-minute break, a lunch break, or all your breaks for the shift combined into...

  3. Does normal saline "expire"?

    Stargazer replied to MPHkatie's topic in General Nursing

    I understand the impulse though. We can return SOME expired supplies for credit, but a lot of items can't be returned and we just eat the cost. It kills me to throw away perfectly good IV solution and...

  4. Does normal saline "expire"?

    Stargazer replied to MPHkatie's topic in General Nursing

    I know that Doctors Without Borders won't take expired medical supplies as donations, so I suspect there are legitimate reasons for the product

  5. Does normal saline "expire"?

    Stargazer replied to MPHkatie's topic in General Nursing

    I know that our expired endotracheal tubes have to be replaced, even though they're just inactive latex or similar. When I asked our supplier (a trusted colleague for 13 years, not a sleazy company...

  6. why do some nurses forget that they were once students?

    Stargazer replied to geleesa's topic in General Students

    Listen to Lausana, for she is as wise as she is

  7. Bump On Penis

    Stargazer replied to JessyKC27's topic in General Nursing

    Don't feel bad, Tracy. The more posts there are on this thread, the more it's making me laugh. Why yes, I am going to hell, thanks for

  8. Faking It

    Stargazer replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

    W. T. F.????? The doc's never heard of stool

  9. Faking It

    Stargazer replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

  10. Nurses rat on nurses

    Stargazer replied to rscarlatti's topic in General Nursing

    As far as firefighters and cops never reporting each other, that's just not true either. My brother, a paramedic, once had to report a colleague when they discovered, cleaning the rig after a call,...

  11. Nursing and Religion

    Stargazer replied to Rootbear76's topic in General Nursing

    Good point, Deb. Many religions try to make sense of, or take comfort in death by speculating that there is some form of afterlife, whether you call it Nirvana or Heaven or something else. For those...

  12. Nursing and Religion

    Stargazer replied to Rootbear76's topic in General Nursing

    After working with approximately 100 different nurses over a 12-year period dealing with life-and death situations daily in critical care units, I can honestly say the subject of religion came up...

  13. how do you keep a nursing cap on?

    Stargazer replied to PowerPuffGirl's topic in General Nursing

  14. The most pee ever.....

    Stargazer replied to KC CHICK's topic in General Nursing

    6800 cc's? I'm impressed. And having sympathy pains. Oy. My biggest "yield" was 3800 cc's--from a guy who hadn't peed in 5 days. He was so distended, I couldn't pass a cath for love nor money, and...

  15. Patients who refuse to cooperate with medical/nursing treatment....

    Stargazer replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, that made me laugh out loud, but I actually think the opposite. Life must be relatively easy when you're too damn dumb to even know how dumb you are. And ERNurse, the complete version of that...

  16. Question about gtt titration

    Stargazer replied to New CCU RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    LOVE neo. We used to use it a lot more than

  17. Question about gtt titration

    Stargazer replied to New CCU RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    A doc I worked with used to order the Levo be mixed with a small amount of Regitine--claimed it was capillary-sparing. It seemed to make the Levo a little less ugly,

  18. Quit nursing school due to head games.

    Stargazer replied to BioRN's topic in General Students

    Bio, some nursing programs, and some instructors, just suck. I don't know why, I just know that they do. After 5 quarters of pre-reqs and just 1 hideous quarter of actual nursing school with a psycho...

  19. RN floating as a CNA

    Stargazer replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    The problem with posting without reading anyone else's replies is that you end up giving your kneejerk reaction to the thread title or the initial post, without seeing how the thread evolved as other...

  20. sleeping staff

    Stargazer replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    For petty crap, I agree with you. But I don't consider this petty. Just because some docs are unethical and cover for each other's unprofessional behavior, we should too? Sorry, I don't find that a...

  21. sleeping staff

    Stargazer replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I must admit I have never understood this philosophy. It has never once occurred to me that it was okay to sleep while being paid to work. Maybe I've always worked very busy places, but I honestly...

  22. Pinning ceremony

    Stargazer replied to Marlo2bRN's topic in General Students

    Our pinning ceremony was held a few hours before the university graduation ceremony. It was in the campus chapel, but I don't believe there was any religious service involved. We all wore white...

  23. Patient demands, "I want a different nurse"

    Stargazer replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Pain in the

  24. Patient demands, "I want a different nurse"

    Stargazer replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    I had this happen twice when I worked ICU, both times because I was trying to be realistic and honest with the family, which was not what they wanted to hear. The first time it happened, the family...

  25. I Got The Nicu Job!!!

    Stargazer replied to fergus51's topic in General Nursing

    Woot! Congrats, fergus!