ChevRN

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

I agree

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...

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

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...

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...

Does anyone work at a facility that allows you to wear shorts in the summer? The nursing home I worked at would let you wear shorts May thru Sept. This seems to be commonplace in my area in the Detroit area, particularly at facilities without air c...

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...

We use that term where I work. Of course not an official code, but even if it was it would not have to be called, as the smell usually does the job.

Sometimes giving multiple crushed meds per peg/pej can be unpleasant. I don't like the situation in which I am giving the meds through the thin pej tube with water, get some resistance, then splash!, I get hit in the face with water and bits of crus...

Yes Somtimes work can get stressful, but I think there is stress in any job. Nursing school (BSN) was quite a task, that was the most stressful part of my career. I have been a staff nurse (floor nurse) in the same hospital on the same unit for ove...

Is this an epileipsy monitoring unit? I used to work on one. Patients who are candidates for resection surgery (usually temporal area) are in either phase 1 or phase 2 monitoring. In phase 1, the electrodes are glued outside the scalp. In phase 2...

I always knew that the salary of a dental hygenist was comparable to that of an RN, but never really looked into it. If I had become a dental hygenist I would have to hide the fact that I drink 2 liters of soda (not sugar free) a day. ChevRN

Worse: eating chocolate pudding out of a bedpan (albeit one that has never been used), total gross out. Yup popping zits can be fun and gross. I like squeezing blackheads.

That button is silly, and seems belittling. I would object to wearing it. It reminds me of the button the waitress/waiter at Denny's wears stating something like if I don't suggest juice, it's free. Or Toys R Us if I don't suggest buying batteries...

I am a floor nurse at a major hospital. I have worked the same unit for eight years. Early in my career, I would worry about not completing or forgetting something when I would come home. At that time I worked the afternoon shift (3pm-11pm) which ...

When I tell others I am a nurse, they look up to me and respect my profession. They look at my job as one that is professional and of high responsibility, also well paying. This is my experience from personal friends and acquaintances. In the media...