ChevRN

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1. Sick call?

   ChevRN replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

   I think all of us, or most of us, have taken a "mental health" day at one time or another. This doesn't only apply to nursing. At my facility we have a bank of sick/vacation time. Also per our policy, as I am sure anywhere else, if we exceed a giv...

2. Do you like day or night shift better and why?

   ChevRN replied to CrystalClear75's topic in General Nursing

   I prefer nights. I have been working nights for eleven years now. I like the night shift, as it is more easy going than afternoons or days, and you get paid an off shift differential at my facility for working nights or afternoons. My work week in...

3. OK I have had it with coworkers behavior

   ChevRN replied to nighteyes719's topic in General Nursing

   Ask her if she needs some phenergan and an emesis basin. Actually, just keep the emesis basin handy or offer it to her the next time she belches.

4. Leaving before finishing

   ChevRN replied to xptp29a's topic in General Nursing

   When I was going to school before becoming a nurse, I worked in the dietary department of a nursing home. My duties mainly consisted of the tray line, getting the residents' meal trays together in assembly line fashion. Toward the end of the shift,...

5. If You Could What Halloween Costume Would You Wear?

   ChevRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   Let's see: A vampire, as I work nights, and often take blood from patients, or a patient, with a gown, diaper and condom cath with leg bag, and ted hose. No I really wouldn't wear the latter as that would be offensive. I could make up a quick disgu...

6. Help: hospital wants to run a Credit Check

   ChevRN replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

   It seems that our society is too carried away with our credit rating. Some people get into debt and have deliquencies on their credit report. However, this should not be assumption that the individual would be a bad employee.

7. Anyone here drink a can of soda a day?

   ChevRN replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

   Can of soda a day? lol, I drink a super Big Gulp of Mountain Dew a day! Sometimes more. It's the caffeine, I work nights. I have taken 600mg of caffeine in energy pills once too, just made me a little jittery. I have a very high tolerance. I dran...

8. Which is better, handwashing or hand sanitizer?

   ChevRN replied to queenjean's topic in General Nursing

   To my knowledge, handwashing is the best, with antimicrobial soap, which hospitals provide. We also have the sanitizer gel in our patient rooms. They say to use hand sanitizer between patients, but wash your hands if they are visibly soiled.

9. Candystripers

   ChevRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Do hospitals still use candystripers, ie youth volunteers. I don't see them at my facility. It seems that having volunteers of this kind helps with patient satisfacton. Better yet, if they had "paid" candystripers, who were not volunteers, and no...

10. Use of Prisoners in Drug Trials

    ChevRN replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    I agree

11. Death Penalty Anesthesia

    ChevRN replied to MmacFN's topic in CRNA

    Reading through this thread is quite interesting. In Michigan, where I live, we don't have capital punishment. I don't like to think of executing people, nor do I think I would be comfortable helping facilitate an execution. The issue of 'cruel an...

12. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    ChevRN replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    I know someone who refers to his wife's vagina as her "teddy bear"!

13. Skirts in the OR

    ChevRN replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in Operating Room

    I don't see any problem with women wearing dresses in the OR providing they are wearing pantyhose. They make culottes and walking shorts which go just above the knee, which could be worn with hose, and there would be none of these concerns about 'pe...

14. Any cool protests coming up?

    ChevRN replied to grouchy's topic in Activism

    Well, have you ever been to Ann Arbor, Michigan? That's a good place for left-wing events, particularly around University of Michigan's campus. I know it is quite a ways from Connecticut. Personally most of my viewpoints lean to the right, but I a...

15. Dress code...Shorts in summer

    ChevRN replied to ChevRN's topic in General Nursing

    It seems that at least here, nursing homes are leanient with the dress code in the summer, whether with or without air conditioning. Nurses and CNAs, along with laundry, housekeeping, and dietary are allowed to wear shorts, providing they are of app...