Gooselady BSN, RN

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    Calling a transgender patient an "it"

    Gooselady replied to Angeljho's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can understand where Emergent is coming from (counsel him, don't fire him) and I believe any kind of abuse of the patient is grounds for immediate termination. Yes, this was patient abuse, if the...
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    I must vent...

    Gooselady replied to Lola7211's topic in General Nursing

    Dang Definitely, vent. This really sucks, it was totally unfair, and darn it, this crap happens to nurses a lot. It's really one of those super-duper-jaw-droppingly ARRGHHH things that we all...
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    Can we just agree, being honest is not akin to being "rude"?

    Gooselady replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    Disagree. Vehemently (maybe it's just my mood ) Rudeness is an objective 'thing' that is easily recognized by most averagely intelligent and aware people most of the time. This particular idea that...
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    Reusing suction catheters

    Gooselady replied to Gooselady's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks! We do have in-line suction catheters to use with the cough assist, which none of us have been using LOL due to the slightly insane way it hooks up to the trach adaptor. I'm going to...
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    Burnt out

    Gooselady replied to BellaCat's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it's possible for anyone to walk out of a shift at an LTC feeling like they gave good quality care to 35 or more patients Have you considered private duty? There seem to be a lot of...
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    Charge nurse/ years of experience

    Gooselady replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Nurse Management

    1 - 2 years. Lack of experience is an issue, but if the rest of you are on the floor, she can use any experienced charge as a resource. My last hospital job had everyone with enough experience...
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    Being bullied

    Gooselady replied to tearful_eyes's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    RUN You don't deserve this, and it's really not your problem . . . nor should you 'make it' your problem by gritting your teeth and enduring in hopes it will magically somehow get better. If it is...
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    How would you handle this situation?

    Gooselady replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    You said: I'm not clear on what you mean by 'the hospital is making it a struggle' for you. It sure is strange that they would consider you 'inexperienced', in spite of your 5 years of employment...
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    silly mistake at work

    Gooselady replied to socalnursetob01's topic in General Nursing

    You are wayyyy over-worrying it :) Think over the actual process of how an infectious organism is transmitted, specifically something like MRSA. It's not magical nor does it defy any known laws of...
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    Another mistake..new grad.

    Gooselady replied to regerterb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In the great scheme of things, this is barely a mistake at all. It slipped the mind of the night nurse to dc the foley, and you, as a brand new nurse, haven't been working on the unit long enough to...
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    Mic-key Buttons

    Gooselady replied to Elle23's topic in Private Duty

    I'm sure you are right about what to put in the balloon. Duh. His stoma, as far as I can tell, has been like this as long as he's had nursing care in the home, but I'll talk to his mom about it and...
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    Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

    Gooselady replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I used to gag at the thought of suctioning, but now that I do it all the time, it is just as satisfying as disempacting someone. It's the same feeling you get after delousing someone. There is great...
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    The Fat One

    Gooselady replied to Pink86's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    When my daughter was little (back in the 80's) she announced her best friends in kindergarten were 'a peach girl and a brown girl'. I was pleased to note she didn't consider her own 'white' skin to...
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    Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

    Gooselady replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    One of my long-gone repulsive fears was digitally assisting a constipated person. Naturally, in every patient group I was assigned (while I worked acute care after 17 years in psych and chemical...
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    Mic-key Buttons

    Gooselady replied to Elle23's topic in Private Duty

    My little guy who is developmentally about six weeks old got hold of his button and yanked it out, balloon intact last week. Just to see if I knew how to put it back in, I'm thinking (I did). When I...
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    Mic-key Buttons

    Gooselady replied to Elle23's topic in Private Duty

    I was gonna start a thread about a different Mic-Key issue, but I'll jump in with my related issue. I have two 7 yr old boys as patients, each with the same Mic-Key GTs. The little boy with severe DD...
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    Pt threw a bedpan...

    Gooselady replied to NanikRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Dive to the side! Actually, this exact situation happened, only it was the nurse manager who got hit. The patient, a young, pregnant bipolar girl, didn't throw the bedpan, she just picked up her...
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    Ask for advice (then explain why it's wrong)

    Gooselady replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps it's too embarrassing to just come out and ask "Hey y'all, I just hung an IV on myself, bad hangover! Tell me I didn't deserve to be fired when they caught
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    Communicating with Doctors on 3rd shift

    Gooselady replied to ButterflyBreath's topic in Private Duty

    I've only been working PD since January, and the way orders are handled still has me confused. Mainly I'm 'confused' because I'm just not used to having someone else get my orders for me! It's like...
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    maybe im being paranoid...

    Gooselady replied to eternalbride's topic in General Nursing

    I drank almost a whole bottled iced tea that I mistook for mine one time. I thought it was a little bit 'warm', and I'd just bought it from a refrigerated case down in the cafeteria. Anyway, so I...
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    Why are LPNs allowed to supervise RNs in Long-Term Care?

    Gooselady replied to RNnLTC's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Me too, this has very very little to do with her being and LPN and you being an RN having problems being supervised by an LPN. I hope that made sense . . . Whatever the letters behind her name, she's...
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    "He wants his Ativan? Well I'm not giving it to him"

    Gooselady replied to learnfromthis's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That sucks. You really did get put in the middle, by the nurse. You are learning one of those terribly valuable lessons, I'm afraid, but it will only benefit you in the long run. You did nothing...
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    RN forging doc's signature

    Gooselady replied to Student Mom to Three's topic in General Nursing

    Right off the hip . . . one has to assume, as a nurse, that one's coworker nurses are fully aware that FORGERY is a felony, and that one can them assume that it is very unlikely that a fellow nurse,...
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    Get off the phone

    Gooselady replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    Unless I need the patient's full attention for some reason, I don't care if they choose not to interrupt their phone call if it's time for meds. I don't expect anyone to drop what they are doing and...
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    Gooselady replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    Me too, actually. I see nothing wrong with any questioning the public has regarding brain death. It is the responsibility of the medical professionals to respond to these questions in spite of how...