Cafelattee

Cafelattee specializes in ER/SICU/House Float.

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1. Inclement weather conditions...mandatory to work?

   Cafelattee replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

   n/m..

2. The Nurses BreakRoom: Going, going ... been gone?

   Cafelattee replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   Do any of you remember when you could smoke in the breakroom:smokin: Then everyone had to go outside to smoke. It usually was out the front door. Then they make everyone smoke by the garbage loading dock. Now hospital are no smoke on campus. We've...

3. Evidence Base Research Shows...

   Cafelattee replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

   Evidence base mean some nurses that know longer wanted to do bedside care needed jobs so nursing research base jobs happened. I have the same conversations happen a lot with new NP that have very little bedside experience but all types of educational...

4. Does anyone really read all this charting?

   Cafelattee replied to gypsierose's topic in General Nursing

   I started nursing with long narrative charting then everyone went to the check off. I never trusted the check off style. I still write out a lot. I've seen way to many depositions. Something to save your but is a narrative charting and keeping yo...

5. ER GN Quitting Smoking - Any tips?

   Cafelattee replied to AlmostERnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I smoked from age 15 to 25. When I smoked it was still acceptable. We smoked at nursing school, at the hospital and all that jazz. I quit cause I had a 2 yo that kept trying to put the smoke-out in my mouth LOL. He worried mommies mouth was on f...

6. What is the grossest thing that's happened to you???

   Cafelattee replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing

   projectile GI bleed both ends he was elderly when I came into the room he was bend over in pain, naked, demented. I got sprayed from the back end, then I back away and come around to his front and he blew vomit, guy was a mess, I was a mess, it was...

7. Ever experience violence at work???

   Cafelattee replied to aoguagha's topic in General Nursing

   Took the survey, my favorite had a doctor throw pt chart at me cause the lab result were not on it I was pulled that unit and had never worked with him. He had the reputation and no one did a dang thing about him I'm sure now days no one would ...

8. My due date is in the middle of my last semester

   Cafelattee replied to Catarina82's topic in General Students

   I had my last child 20 years ago. I was finishing up last semester. I can't remember my load but I know I had my 180 hours of clinical portion. MY child was born a month early but healthy. I had to return to class within a week. He went to my cl...

9. Preceptor burnout

   Cafelattee replied to QuarterLife88's topic in Relations

   well we should be politically correct/incorrect whatever and call of us it cause I do know of a nurse that is transitional sometimes a female and sometimes male. They are undecided or whatever. Seriously who give a crap

10. What makes you say/think "it was a good shift?"

    Cafelattee replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    a good shift is when I actually get to leave the unit for lunch and a couple of breaks. You know like every working person. We are by law suppose to get breaks and lunch -right- I heard that some where LOL I know been waiting for this to happen ...

11. SBAR Report-Nursing as a 2nd career worth it?

    Cafelattee replied to greenjellico's topic in General Nursing

    I remember feeling so dang guilty about my kids. My babies first year book almost all of my writing were mommy guilt stuff and a more or less a journal of my dh stuff, new born stuff. It became my journal. My boy is 20 this year and started r...

12. SBAR Report-Nursing as a 2nd career worth it?

    Cafelattee replied to greenjellico's topic in General Nursing

    Oh wow you are having a tough time. I had a 3 yo and a new born when my dh was diagnosed with cancer. I was 27 and he was 34 at the time. I remember being stressed how I could provide for them. I had my RN but still a lot on someone plate. ...

13. Got fired for a medication error

    Cafelattee replied to Sonyab's topic in Medications

    I work different icu and er and the rule you may give a med for another nurse but you always read the order for your self and draw the medicine for your self. You never take someone's word or administer a medicine you did not draw up or obtain yours...

14. Can you be forced to be charge nurse?

    Cafelattee replied to yourfuturern22's topic in Relations

    ideally a charge nurse has experience and all that LOL but when I started in the hospital they utilized a lot more LPN so if I was the only RN scheduled then you were charge didnt' matter how much experience. I was very dang lucky my very expreince...

15. Increased Workload in Hospitals

    Cafelattee replied to Supernurse17's topic in General Nursing

    hate to tell you this is nothing new. I worked in a hospital back in the 90's. YES we had sick folks many drips intubated multiple chronic illness . We do have more sick ass people today cause folks are lazier and eat more but they were still sic...