Cafelattee

Cafelattee

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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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  9. Preceptor burnout

    Cafelattee replied to QuarterLife88's topic in Patient, Colleague 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....

  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...

  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...

  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....

  13. Got fired for a medication error

    Cafelattee replied to Sonyab's topic in Patient 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...

  14. Can you be forced to be charge nurse?

    Cafelattee replied to yourfuturern22's topic in Patient, Colleague 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...

  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...

  16. Registered Nurse's role in physician's office

    Cafelattee replied to Shortcake_BSn's topic in General Nursing

    doctors do not really know nurse or other medical folks scope of practice. Only those nurses that have been at it for a couple of decades will get this but I've trained a lot of new doctors LOL. I...

  17. Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    Cafelattee replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    This is nothing new more like old way of dealing with alcoholics that are medically unstable for detox.. The kitchen of hospitals have a locked coolers with alcohol. I've been house supervisor and...

  18. did any of you share your first job offer on Facebook?

    Cafelattee replied to mixtapern's topic in General Nursing

    nope no internet, no facebook and all my school assignments were on a typewriter and we had to drive to the state capital and sit 2 days in testing for boards and no way in heck would a new grad get...

  19. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    Cafelattee replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    well real crusty old bats trained me I graduated in 92 so narc key, paper chart, 3 color pens, debridement with betadine spray machine at bedside with MRSA patients, 9 months hospital stays why...

  20. Do RNs do a lot of heavy lifting?

    Cafelattee replied to TimTamJimJam's topic in General Nursing

    been a nurse since I was 22, I'm now almost 46 and work ER. I still lift heavy and have no injury or problems. But its because trough out my whole career I've been into weight lifting and exercise....

  21. Pregnant during third semester and deliver in Summer

    Cafelattee replied to WSimsUTC17's topic in General Nursing

    I get not wanting to be on bc long term with your history. This is a educated guess with the bit of information you have provided. I'm old enough to be your mom :) so my advise is from someone that's...

  22. Become a Nurse without Nursing School

    Cafelattee replied to Longa's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't subscribe I just googled nurse apprentice using internet explorer and the article came up. Sorry its now saying it needs a subscription but the article basically says it will take the "best...

  23. Become a Nurse without Nursing School

    Cafelattee replied to Longa's topic in General Nursing

    Government announces apprentice plan to boost nursing careers | News | Nursing Times (the link is not longer working without subscription sorry) I believe this is the national health care system...

  24. I am starting to love wound care - am I nuts?

    Cafelattee replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I use to like to them as a newer nurse cause it felt like "real nursing" kwim. Once upon a time would care was debridement at the bedside with a machine that put air pressure betadine into the...

  25. "Bless Your Heart"

    Cafelattee replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I live in Alabama my whole life (45) and when someone says bless your heart its usually means they feel for you but really don't have anything else to say that would be helpful. We also a blessed day...