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    Nurses who smoke - I'm a smoker

    elthia replied to DanaS's topic in General Nursing

    I quit cold turkey, it's been over a year now. I still crave a cigarette now and then, I know someone who quit smoking 10 years ago and still craves a cigarette. It takes a lot of willpower, and you...
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    Tech to Nurse

    elthia replied to jensdandy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I went from being a tech to an RN on a floor I worked on. One week I was unlicensed tech, 2 weeks in clinical ed, then back on the floor as RN. BE VERY CAREFUL. Some of those who worked along side you...
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    What happen to taking Vital Signs???

    elthia replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

    You are definitely the kind of CNA I love to work with. It drives me crazy when I'm given a truly off the wall BP reading on a patient and have to gently ask for a manual BP because it's policy to...
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    Injuries related to contraband in psych

    elthia replied to psychnurse1016's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't work psych, but had a patient transferred from a psych facility to the medical facility I work at ( we recieve a large number of psych patients that aren't medically stable enough to be at the...
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    Failed because of the HESI? Huh?

    elthia replied to jeepgirl's topic in General Nursing

    At my school you took the Hesi your last semester. You had 3 tries, but the third try wasn't until after graduation, so if you failed it twice, you couldn't walk on graduation. After the first try on...
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    "Pardon Me, May I Kiss Your Feet?" Stories of doctors who want to rule the Earth

    elthia replied to goats'r'us's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hmmm. I had a resident who was real difficult to work with. Would order a ua, then call back in less than 5 minutes and wonder why it wasn't sent, "well, we just clamped the foley, and are waiting...
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    Chronic Tardiness

    elthia replied to Tweety's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Hmmm, thanks I might just try that when I go back to
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    Chronic Tardiness

    elthia replied to Tweety's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Right now I'm on medical leave, but I can't stand tardiness in my coworker's, especially the oncoming shift, or when the RN I walk rounds with tries to do a COMPLETE physical assessment on ALL the...
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    Recurrent Muscle Spasms LONG VENT

    elthia posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know that this board isn't for medical advice, but I need to vent. For the past several months I have had recurrent painful muscle spasms in the right side of my neck down to the bottom of my right...
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    Recurrent Muscle Spasms LONG VENT

    elthia replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    update. After much woe, several doctor's, a trip to the ER for "intractable pain". I finally got my MRI. I have a herniated disk at c5-c6, I'll be in cervical traction for 2 weeks. Of course this...
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    It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    elthia replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I feel for you, was written up this week. One of the c/o the patient's wife had against me was that I asked her "give me a sec", while I was on the computer. What I was doing on the computer was...
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    Being falsely accused of neglect/abuse

    elthia posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last night I had a patient who had questions about his vanc piggyback. He was under the impression that the vanc was to run 24 hours. I explained that it didn't work that way, that he was dosed with a...
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    Being falsely accused of neglect/abuse

    elthia replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the super wrote me up, and I wrote her up. My nurse manager (she's new just started, but I worked under her on a different floor as an unlicensed staff, so she's familiar with my work ethic)...
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    Does your VA allow pts to smoke?

    elthia replied to Birdwatcher1's topic in Government, Military

    It's a chronic problem at my VA hospital. On my floor it's now policy that if the patient isn't getting anything IV, and they have a HX of substance abuse, the heplock is pulled. (too many were using...
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    What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    elthia replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    my biggest peeve right now is the grandson in law of a patient that comes up to the desk at 1030 pm ( and yes he was repeatedly told it was past visiting hours) demanding the right to stay in the room...
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    Nurse Not Doing Her Job

    elthia replied to TreetopAngel_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would just like to clarify that I said: "As for reporting to BON, no you report to the NM or DON of your facility first, however one of my instructer's in nursing school used to work for the BON,...
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    Nurse Not Doing Her Job

    elthia replied to TreetopAngel_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ok, but maybe I am thinking of my workplace, and the computerized MAR. You click on insulin, and it shows how much was given, and where, and why. Then one tab over is the lab screen which shows the...
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    Recurrent Muscle Spasms LONG VENT

    elthia replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    Well what's been happening is I work for a few weeks, then I'm out a week, then I work a month, then I'm out a week, and so on. My old NM was great, but he quit and now I'm having difficulty with...
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    Nurse Not Doing Her Job

    elthia replied to TreetopAngel_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Giving sliding scale insulin without having a recent blood glucose level is a MEDICATION ERROR!! Same as not giving sliding scale insulin because you did not check the blood glucose level. In the...
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    Why do nurese sign up with agencies?

    elthia replied to browsing's topic in Agency Nurses

    I work for a VAMC, in the south and we have a union. THE UNION SUCKS. A nurse who has a poor job performance, numerous poor yearly appraisals, numerous formal written complaints against her by staff...
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    Recurrent Muscle Spasms LONG VENT

    elthia replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    so far today has been a good day, but I've only been up for a few hours. If I stay on the valium 24 hours a day, it's bearable for half the day, then I need to start taking vicodin once I start doing...
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    What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    elthia replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    My biggest pet peeve is when there are 4 licensed and 1 CNA for 32 patients on the evening shift. We have at least 8 patients that are total care feeders, and then the nursing supervisor comes up to...
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    Recurrent Muscle Spasms LONG VENT

    elthia replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I was at the point that I could do charge nurse, no direct patient care but I could do assessments, when an old friend came up on the floor. He didn't realize how bad my neck and shoulder were,...
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    Recurrent Muscle Spasms LONG VENT

    elthia replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still trying to work things out with my insurance company about the
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    Recurrent Muscle Spasms LONG VENT

    elthia replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, I'm trying to find out if my insurance will cover a neurologist without a