chevygirl1987

chevygirl1987

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  1. Age-slapped in the face!

    chevygirl1987 replied to hawaiicarl's topic in Nursing Humor

    For me it was when I got up and chastised a group of loud teens in a movie theatre. Oh, lord, I'm THAT old

  2. Nurse in a bar... Should you help?

    chevygirl1987 replied to crc2015's topic in General Students

    I don't think my license would be jeopardized for initiating CPR. I've had some form of CPR certification for nearly 30 years, and have used it more times than I care to think about. I don't ever...

  3. Bedside Reporting

    chevygirl1987 replied to Bluebell.'s topic in Medical-Surgical

    In my facility all the tasks you mention fall in the lap of the oncoming nurse. It backs me up even more in the

  4. Does everybody want to be a NP?

    chevygirl1987 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Health information

  5. finally got my letter

    chevygirl1987 replied to KThurmond's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yay!!

  6. Never Give Up -- My Story

    chevygirl1987 replied to MrMango's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations, Mr. Mango. Hopefully you will put the same effort into learning how to care for your patients appropriately. I would also like to see a limit on the number of times people can test....

  7. Drug seekers

    chevygirl1987 replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but I'm LOLing. I just had this conversation with someone last week. Her pt was getting more confused and the ammonia was increasing but she was holding lactulose for loose stools. Sigh. To...

  8. Drug seekers

    chevygirl1987 replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not even thinking getting anyone in trouble; people need to be educated. I do stepdown nursing so I'm thinking of all the times nurses hold the diuretic in a pt with little LVEF because the SBP...

  9. Drug seekers

    chevygirl1987 replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    Can you contact the unit manager or nursing Ed for that facility? Not only did she delay care, but if he's a chronic user/opioid dependent/addicted she was risking putting him through withdrawal and...

  10. have bach in biology, adn nursing can I go right to FNP?

    chevygirl1987 replied to Joy16Sarah's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My BS is in bio/chem. I have an ASN and have been a nurse for 10 years. I am doing the FNP program at Duke. I know there are others that allow you to skip the BSN step, some may require 1-2 bridge or...

  11. opinions on nurses going on strike

    chevygirl1987 replied to Yerani27's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It could. But like Jensmom said, if it is a big concern don't work at a union hospital. My advice if you do choose a union shop is don't cross the line when your coworkers are out there sacrificing...

  12. opinions on nurses going on strike

    chevygirl1987 replied to Yerani27's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    That's from

  13. I am the worst person ever.

    chevygirl1987 replied to bicuspidball's topic in Nursing Humor

    You might want to think twice before consigning any urine samples

  14. opinions on nurses going on strike

    chevygirl1987 replied to Yerani27's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I was thinking that I'm pretty active with my union, which is national, and things have been pretty quiet

  15. opinions on nurses going on strike

    chevygirl1987 replied to Yerani27's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    What strikes are going on? Whether you worry about it depends on you working in a union

  16. Bedside Reporting

    chevygirl1987 replied to Bluebell.'s topic in Medical-Surgical

    Agreed. But it's the hot button thing right now so they round and ask if we woke the pts so they could be involved in report. In the past we have been able to exercise our professional judgement to...

  17. I am the worst person ever.

    chevygirl1987 replied to bicuspidball's topic in Nursing Humor

    Most GIB will cover any smell any where on my unit. It's a free for

  18. Tattoos in Nursing

    chevygirl1987 replied to chiandre's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    They are one and the same. The banner at the top of this side is yellow and in the break room it's blue, thus the blue

  19. Tattoos in Nursing

    chevygirl1987 replied to chiandre's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Do you need me to get out the sock puppets to help you understand the polysyllabic

  20. Grumpy at change of shift (11-7)

    chevygirl1987 replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    This is not acceptable. I do clock in a 0659, but I just take a quick looks at my pts rhythms on the monitor and I'm ready to go. I even put my lunch away after report. A lot of our night people want...

  21. Grumpy at change of shift (11-7)

    chevygirl1987 replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Do I work with you? I am known for looking a bit scary during report nothing personal, it just takes me a while to wake up and get

  22. Charging with a patient family member

    chevygirl1987 replied to etymed's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I guess the charge nurses at my facility don't function in the way you are thinking. Our charge nurses essentially assign admits, offer help and delegate when appropriate, they don't have an...

  23. Bedside Reporting

    chevygirl1987 replied to Bluebell.'s topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hate it. The quality of report has plummeted since we went to bedside report. Additionally, we are now told that you MUST wake the patient regardless of circumstances. As for the HIPAA issues, we are...

  24. Charging with a patient family member

    chevygirl1987 replied to etymed's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Why should a nurse not be charge just because a family member is on the floor? I don't understand the

  25. When you just don't want to go to work....

    chevygirl1987 replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    I keep repeating while I'm getting ready and driving in "Its going to be a good day today". If that doesn't work, I try "you really like living