Jacqueline.Damm

Jacqueline.Damm

Med/Surg, Onc., Palliative/Hospice, CPU

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  1. Disgusting Icky Stickies: Nurse Protect Yourself

    Jacqueline.Damm posted a topic in General Nursing

    Dear, dear friends. We all hate being "under the man". I get it. But goodness. Let's face it. Protective gear is a rule because it is so very necessary. If you are ever fearing a back spray, please,...

  2. The Hotel Phenomenon

    Jacqueline.Damm posted a topic in General Nursing

    It's 0700 and the night shift is scrambling to give report as us day-shifters struggle in with our coffee breath and slightly askew hair. Part of the way through the patient history of the terrible...

  3. "There's Nothing Else We Can Do": The Tale of a Nurse on the Other Side

    Jacqueline.Damm posted a topic in General Nursing

    In recent weeks I've studied the clock a number of times while watching a family member sleep restlessly in their hospital bed as I wait hopefully for the doctor to come through. Rounds are few and...

  4. Established Adult Nurse to NICU?

    Jacqueline.Damm posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hey everyone, I had a question for you. I recently have been given the opportunity to sit for an interview for a NICU position at my local hospital. I was surprised (it was a bit of a shot in the dark...

  5. From night shift nursing to Fitness Model

    Jacqueline.Damm replied to laurendrainfit's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for this inspiration! You are

  6. Complacency in Healthcare

    Jacqueline.Damm posted a topic in General Nursing

    Webster's Dictionary defines complacency in a way that we, as a people, can all understand. As nurses and caregivers, we know deep down that complacency is taken to an entirely different level within...

  7. Shoes?! Socks?! Tights?! OH MY!

    Jacqueline.Damm posted a topic in General Nursing

    I drove around relentlessly for days, walking in and out of shoe stores trying on every pair of Zapatos (shoes in Spanish...seemed fitting) that I could get my hands on. Yes, I was absolutely being...

  8. Disgusting Icky Stickies: Nurse Protect Yourself

    Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    I love that you said this. It cracks me up because it is so very true! People mistake sarcasm for seriousness, bold texts and exclamations like one is screaming... etc. I like to write very Helen...

  9. Disgusting Icky Stickies: Nurse Protect Yourself

    Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't even think of the glue! Good advice! I still won't wear my shoes in the car (like I said, over active imagination on my part) but leaving them in the car in extreme temps was so not something...

  10. Disgusting Icky Stickies: Nurse Protect Yourself

    Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    I am SOOOO with you there! I was in a respiratory code the other morning with a VERY complicated intubation that was just not working.... You wouldn't believe the spurting things in that room.. All I...

  11. Disgusting Icky Stickies: Nurse Protect Yourself

    Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks SeattleJess! Good luck in school. I'm glad you enjoyed the seriousness and the humor in my article. It was in clinical I learned about the shoes also! Amazing isn't it? ; ) Thank you for the...

  12. Shoes?! Socks?! Tights?! OH MY!

    Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't even heard of Sockwell! Thank you for the input. I hope this article leads people to lend their advice on the issue that so many nurses face! It's a big issue that warrants a decent amount...

  13. The Hotel Phenomenon

    Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    For my earlier post-- Anger from the patients/their families.. Thanks for that-- I was a bit

  14. The Hotel Phenomenon

    Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    Your stories are blowing my mind! I thought I had a pretty good collection, but man! Keep up the comments, I am sitting to read multiple times a day everyone-- Thank you! You are giving me much food...

  15. The Hotel Phenomenon

    Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    I am LOVING these responses! I think the greatest idea that seems to spring forth from the majority of all of your posts have to do with the nurse being expected to handle every situation of which...

  16. Complacency in Healthcare

    Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    You make some very good points banterings, for sure. I have to agree with macawake with the below stated: I think it's important for people to remember that the decisions we make and the things we...

  17. Complacency in Healthcare

    Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    Great replies

  18. Nurses, It's Time: Find a Happy Place Amidst Chaos

    Jacqueline.Damm posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    One of my recent work days at the hospital was truly, inside and out, "one of those days." We were short staffed on my step-down unit and our charge nurse was in a tizzy. Everyone was maxed out with...

  19. Nurses, It's Time: Find a Happy Place Amidst Chaos

    Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Keep up the fight everyone. Loving your replies to my article. If there's anything you need, or want to hear about, please personal message me. I love to write and would thoroughly enjoy writing...

  20. Priorities Can Kill: When Passing the Buck Gets Dangerous

    Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    Hey all! Thanks for the posts above. I see that the biggest discussion is about a code blue versus not calling one. I can tell you that things could have moved MUCH faster if I had pushed the button...

  21. Priorities Can Kill: When Passing the Buck Gets Dangerous

    Jacqueline.Damm posted a topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't breathe. My chest was aching with a fierceness that made me want to pass out. There was a pounding echoing in my ears so loud that I could hear my heart coupled with irregular breathing....

  22. Priorities Can Kill: When Passing the Buck Gets Dangerous

    Jacqueline.Damm replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you annabelle123456 and xoemmyloex! I had a great time writing this article, and to be quite frank, it's an important story to share. I learned so much that day. Brainstormin' -they hang...