Oh'Ello BSN, RN

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    My employer keeps trying to get over on me, what should I do?

    Oh'Ello replied to Spikey9001's topic in Home Health

    I'd quit. Don't know if i'd want to involve the law in a "mom and pop-esque" healthcare operation while I was an an employee there. I wouldn't be surprised if this group is using other work...
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    Denied PTO for my marriage

    Oh'Ello replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just find a new job and start it fresh with them knowing you're getting married in July. Prioritizing someone else's seniority so they can go to Myrtle Beach for a week over one of the most...
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    Stethoscope cover for men?

    Oh'Ello replied to Philly85's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    In real life.... you're probably going to have to use the toy disposable stethoscopes for patients on contact precautions 90% of the time anyway. Most of us don't even bring stethoscopes to work...
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    Unfriending Fever

    Oh'Ello replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

    We typically halt the fever above 38C if the patient is symptomatic. We do this, and I emphasize "typically" because the associated symptoms that come along with the fever put our patients at...
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    Sick of floor nursing, what now?

    Oh'Ello replied to r0seRN's topic in Nursing Career

    What about a different kind of floor and not a different level of care. Working on the floor and working med-surg floor are two different beasts. I used to work oncology (Heme maligancies and SCT)...
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    Sick policy vs. reality

    Oh'Ello replied to rquinn0111's topic in General Nursing

    I personally like the accrual system better. So my accruals are based on how many hours I work and not some arbitrary time frame. If I choose to work 4-5 shifts a week why shouldn't I earn more...
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    Sick of floor nursing, what now?

    Oh'Ello replied to r0seRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm confused. You say that you don't know what to do, but you don't want to go to another area. So do you want to go or not? You say you've come up with other options that involve a...
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    Regret becoming a nurse....

    Oh'Ello replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

    You need to learn to tell some of these people to go F*&! themselves. That'll make your days a lot
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    How do you deal with Doctors that insult nurses?

    Oh'Ello replied to relusanmi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I literally walk away from them mid sentence. Nothing aggravates, arrogant people more than not giving them
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    Is it okay for RN to ask recovery patients not to swear?

    Oh'Ello replied to SweetieBeeSandy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a nurse, who myself had surgery requiring anesthesia last week, I am totally shocked that a PACU nurse of all people would have this expectation. Simply shocked. I can barely remember anything...
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    PICC in wrong place

    Oh'Ello replied to mistymae22's topic in General Nursing

    We rarely if ever, verify PICC placement on admission. Unless there is something wrong with it, like has crappy blood return, sluggish flush, looks infected, or has an excessive amount of line coiled...
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    Moving into ICU, but don't intend to stay

    Oh'Ello replied to crckt's topic in Critical Care

    Just say that your long term goal is to advance your education as much as possible. You don't have to get into specifics and if they ask what education its perfectly OK to say that you don't know...
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    Help! New nurse with anxiety about going to work

    Oh'Ello replied to Babynurse1993's topic in General Nursing

    Ok. Step 1. Chill If every nurse had to know everything about medicine and nursing and pharmacology to be competent, this forum would not exist..because there would not be any nurses. Step 2. Get...
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    New Grad to OR or MICU

    Oh'Ello replied to carteree's topic in General Nursing

    Most CRNA programs require Critical Care experience. While you are not totally committed to the CRNA route, if you do choose to go that way, the MICU will provide you with the necessary experience...
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    Dubai

    Oh'Ello replied to Sphinxie's topic in Nurse Registration

    I'm not quite sure what you're talking about but I'd use the one that is closest to correct. Additionally, I'd talk to the agency and tell them that the one that they edited to 4 years is not...
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    Boxes of Gloves

    Oh'Ello replied to Pprwrk's topic in General Nursing

    We really only throw everything away if the patient was on contact precautions. Otherwise the stuff stays in the cart, gloves included. I always found this interesting though. If we're...
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    Charge PCT/PCA

    Oh'Ello replied to charley.whitmire's topic in General Nursing

    At my last job on the floor, we had charge PCT's. Essentially the Charge PCT would handle the Unit Secretary/Coordinator role and be tasked with answering the phone and doing the patient flow...
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    Ah poo....JCAHO

    Oh'Ello replied to Feelgood RN's topic in General Nursing

    Step 1. Clock out Step 2. Get in your car Step 3. Drive Step 4. Never
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    Is there Hope for me after 21 yrs???

    Oh'Ello replied to Momtotjmatt's topic in General Nursing

    You'd probably be a shoe-in to be a surgical instrument tech since you have OR nurse experience. They are the people that prepare the trays, sterilize the equipment for the OR. Where I live its a...
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    PICC in wrong place

    Oh'Ello replied to mistymae22's topic in General Nursing

    Many hospitals place PICCs at the bedside now, with an ultrasound-y contraption. If the patient is low risk and the nurse placing the picc was able to visualize p-waves during the procedure, some...
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    PICC in wrong place

    Oh'Ello replied to mistymae22's topic in General Nursing

    It just depends on what med it is and where the displacement is. For example... if you're pushing chemo through a PICC thats recoiled and is in the mid axilla, you could have a nasty extravasation...
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    Leaving Bedside Nursing

    Oh'Ello replied to Deebuzz's topic in Nursing Career

    Aren't you still going to have to deal with all of those people you despise as a case
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    Do you still have to do dosages math by hand as an RN now?

    Oh'Ello replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    There aren't really any "formulas". Its just
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    Inserting an NG tube post arrest

    Oh'Ello replied to abidingpanda's topic in General Nursing

    I never really "neck tilt" with intubated patients. If I'm having trouble, I elevate the head of the bed (which can be tricky hemodynamically with post-arrests sometimes), and then depress the base...
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    25000 mcg of fentanyl in 5 sec

    Oh'Ello replied to 8-ball's topic in Critical Care

    IT is 100% possible and happened recently at one of our facilities with a bag of heparin. An entire bag of heparin was rapid bloused into a patient....in moments. Difference is Bioengineering was...