grace90

grace90 LPN, LVN

ortho/neuro/general surgery

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  1. Please help me with this because I think it is a bit hinky

    grace90 replied to nytelytespn's topic in General Nursing

    ITA!!! My hospital has one unit clerk to float all the floors except ER on 3rd shift (ER always has at least 1 of their own), so many times we end up putting in our own orders on the computer system,...

  2. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    grace90 replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Here's a cute one... "There's my empty water glass and (points to his urinal on the window sill) there's some used

  3. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    here's one I just learned today...from my own 4 year old daughter. No matter how well you think you keep your oldest son's Risperdal out of reach, your 4 year old daughter will still eat the entire...

  4. How do you give next shift report?

    grace90 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    We do taped report, all 3 shifts do. I think it works fairly well as long as the previous taper gives all the pertinent info. At times I have had to give verbal when things got messy at the last...

  5. Should nurses' license to practice depend on modeling responsible health conduct...

    grace90 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I

  6. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    grace90 replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    I can relate to A LOT of this, since I work on nights in med-surg. *Mandatory* inservices and educational classes are *never* offered on our shift- usually they are scheduled right after our shift-...

  7. Last names on ID badges and retaliation by patients

    grace90 replied to ICRN2008's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our hospital does not require last names on the badges. In fact, it's discouraged for staff who work in patient care areas. I don't feel that makes us any less professional. I don't think patients...

  8. Dangerous lessons learned in your first year of nursing

    grace90 replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've been an RN since June of '04 and I've learned a few lessons... -DO NOT talk on the cordless while getting a med ready, particularly an IV push. It makes for dangerous distraction. I was getting...

  9. What's your job and what do you like about it?

    grace90 replied to kimtab's topic in General Nursing

    I work on an ortho/neuro/general surgery unit. I love the little old pleasantly confused hip fracture patients. I love the challenge of the bariatric Gastric Bypass Ru-N-Y patients. I love seeing a...

  10. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    grace90 replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was going through RN school, I worked as an LPN in a long term care facility. One orientation night I was passing 5 pm meds with my preceptor, which included giving protein shakes out of...

  11. What is your least favorite kind of med-surg patient?

    grace90 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I don't like chest tube patients because I am constantly checking the chest tube to make sure the patient isn't lying on it or something else isn't going wrong with it. I don't like GI bleed patients...

  12. What do you think you're DOING???

    grace90 replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work 11-7 5 days a week on a ortho/neuro/general surg floor. Typically we have 2-4 LPN covers and 5-7 primaries. I get more stressed out when I have a lot going on with my patients. :uhoh21: Some...

  13. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    grace90 replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    The only one I can think of is when an lpn was reporting off to the rn at the end of a particularly busy, hair-pulling night shift. They were discussing a patient's lung sounds and the lpn...

  14. When did you take off for maternity leave?

    grace90 replied to MSMCnurse2004's topic in General Nursing

    With my oldest, I stopped working as an aide at 35 weeks. It was at a nursing home and there was a LOT of heavy lifting which really did a number on my back. By the 33rd week or so a lot of the aides...

  15. Anyone Working the 3rd SHift with Young Children at Home

    grace90 replied to cdietrich404's topic in General Nursing

    :) I have 3 young children: 4- girl, 5- girl, 7- boy, and I work 40 hrs/wk night shift. My dh is self-employed, so he can work his hours around my sleep. Once or twice a week, I split my sleep up or...

  16. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    here's a couple more (I think I'm addicted to this website!) ...sitting in a recliner for a week straight and drinking a fifth+ of vodka everyday without moving will result in alcohol-induced...

  17. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grace90 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    do not pull your pre-teen son on a skateboard from a rope attached to the back of your car never lean against a loose, rusty, broken deck railing 15 feet above the ground; especially when you are 5...

  18. You know its going to be a bad shift when...

    grace90 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in Nursing Humor

    you're a half hour into your shift, and you can't find your cordless phone- then you discover that the reason you can't find it is because you're talking on it... (happened Friday night to me!

  19. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    grace90 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I've read through about 30 of these stories. My grossest one so far (I've been a nurse for about a year and a half) actually happened when I was a nurse's aide in a very sorry nursing home that is...

  20. You know its going to be a bad shift when...

    grace90 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in Nursing Humor

    ...you walk into the breakroom and hear a nurse giving taped report about a patient elevated troponins and low H/H and the internal medicine doctor who hates nurses and loves to write pages of...

  21. What Is Your Biggest Weakness?

    grace90 replied to RN2B07's topic in General Nursing

    You know what? This *is* another weakness of mine. I do find pt. families to be a tad intimidating at times. They do make me quite nervous when they get in my face. :uhoh21: Oh, yeah, and another...

  22. What Is Your Biggest Weakness?

    grace90 replied to RN2B07's topic in General Nursing

    My weakness would have to be intestinal fistulas and GI bleeds! :barf01: Second after that, sputum! On a professional level, my weaknesses are standing up to docs who are being poops- although I...

  23. How many Pt do you take care of?

    grace90 replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds terrific to me! Especially if all 3 work well together as a team. I would love that! :chuckle :)

  24. How many Pt do you take care of?

    grace90 replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in West Michigan and I'd rather not state my hospital. I work 11-7 on a med-surg floor. We usually 6-7 primaries, occasionally 8 plus we have to cover 2-4 patients for the lpns. Plus we only have...

  25. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    grace90 replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing