SheriLynnRN

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  1. Family member sabotaging patient!

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was told that she was actually a professor to one of our surgeons when he was in medical school. He spent a while visiting in the room today, so I believe this is true. She also seems to use medical...

  2. Patients always needing something no matter what.

    SheriLynnRN replied to OliveVinesRN's topic in General Nursing

    I get frustrated with having to get up from charting repeatedly too, but image how you would feel if someone was that rude to you! In my experience, the people who come to the desk believe that they...

  3. How many Pt do you take care of?

    SheriLynnRN replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a surgical unit, at a medium sized community hospital. On an average evening shift 3-11, I have 5 or six pts. Occasionally I will start with only 3 or 4, depending on how far behind the OR...

  4. RN's shoulder patch

    SheriLynnRN replied to cinja's topic in General Nursing

    While I realize that it doesn't apply to all nurses in all situations, I will stick with simply wearing my hospital badge with my title and introducing myself to every pt by saying "I'm Sheri, and...

  5. JCAHO is coming!!!

    SheriLynnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    And it's making me nervous. I am a staff RN on a surgical unit. I've been working at this hospital for about two months. We are expecting the surveyors sometime in the first quarter of this year, but...

  6. CNA performing a newborn screen?

    SheriLynnRN replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm sure I can't be the only one who noticed, but the OP said that the CNA did the DISCHARGE TEACHING! No matter how you slice the cake, that is way out of the scope of practice of any UAP....

  7. Is Your Last Name On Your Badge?

    SheriLynnRN replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    My last name is on my badge. It is state law here, even in mental/behavioral health areas. I think the right solution is to leave that decision to each individual nurse. After all, we are...

  8. Can you pay the bills on your nursing salary?

    SheriLynnRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I voted "other". I could take care of myself relatively comfortably if it were just me. Together, my husband and I do fine. He is active duty Air Force, so our insurance needs are taken care of at no...

  9. Age when you had your first child?

    SheriLynnRN replied to sugabuga's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I actually got to tell him tonight. We're both excited. He is scheduled to be home on my birthday, just before the due date. I hope it works out that

  10. Is your hospital DIRTY ??? Does housekeeping clean the empty room and bath in

    SheriLynnRN replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    The facility I currently work at is the cleanest hospital I've seen so far. I think that main reason for this is that each unit has a housekeeper that is full time on that unit and is responsible for...

  11. Age when you had your first child?

    SheriLynnRN replied to sugabuga's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just found out tonight that I am pregnant. My due date is 11 days after my 23rd birthday. This will be my first child. DH is deployed, and I haven't been able to tell him yet. I hope he can call me...

  12. Stat locks! Yay!

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to admit, I do like them a lot better on the peripherals than the PICCs. I've only changed one picc dressing with a stat lock so far, and it went ok, but the tegaderm does seem to stick to the...

  13. Stat locks! Yay!

    SheriLynnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, you might call them something different. They are these little plastic clamps/holders for IV catheter stabilization, instead of tape. They have adhesive, similar to foam tape, which adheres to the...

  14. Why do unit nurses have bad reps?

    SheriLynnRN posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I will be transferring to ICU from general surg next week. When I told one of my co-workers (whom I respect) that I was going to the unit, she said "Just promise me you won't go up there and turn into...

  15. New Job.....First Day Jitters

    SheriLynnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was recently hired into a staff RN position on a surgical unit. I will be precepted for 4-5 weeks, depending on what I need. Tomorrow morning, I start my orientation on the unit. I am nervous, the...

  16. New Job.....First Day Jitters

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sooo..The first day went alright. Got there a little later than I wanted. Punched in on time, but my preceptor was already waiting for me in the report room. We had six patients to start, on got...

  17. Feeling guilty about poor practice

    SheriLynnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was going to write "bad habits" instead of poor practice in the title line, but I thought better of it. A little backstory. I recently moved from the southeast to the northwest and started a staff...

  18. When circ's go bad...

    SheriLynnRN replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was "lucky enough" to observe a circ in nursing school, and it just struck me as so unnatural. Reading this thread has only strenghtened me in my conviction not to have my son circumsized. My...

  19. Feeling guilty about poor practice

    SheriLynnRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all of the encouraging words. It's good to hear from others who have felt this way before. Tomorrow will be my first day actually orienting on the unit. I'm nervous, I will have to start...

  20. Working on Thanksgiving?

    SheriLynnRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I am thankful for telephones, so that I can keep in touch with my family back home in Maine, and my husband who is in training in Wisconsin, preparing to deploy to Iraq. I am thankful for the nice...

  21. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    SheriLynnRN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    This is so true! My husband always has a thousand "logical" suggestions on how I could have made things easier on myself, or how he would have done it. He just doesn't get it. There's a huge...

  22. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    SheriLynnRN replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    I only recommend nursing to people I would want to work with, people that I would want taking care of me. That excludes nurses who have nothing good to say about their jobs or their patients. In my...

  23. A nurse's ethical responsibility

    SheriLynnRN replied to semiller's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with what the above two posters said on the subject, as long as the patient is not going to find out/overhear the jokes, and it doesn't affect the nurses' ability to treat the patient with...

  24. Blow out at the desk, who was at fault? both share blame I think?

    SheriLynnRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Forgive me if it's already been discussed, but there are a lot of pages to this thread. Anyway, the OP said the the patient was one of their GI doc's receptionist's, and was wondering if she should...

  25. Glucose Monitoring

    SheriLynnRN replied to ebethluther's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I haven't really studied this stuff in a while, and I don't have my textbooks in front of me, but... I would say that fingerstick glucose monitoring is preferable because it is more precise (you...