nursejohio

nursejohio ASN, RN

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  1. Mom's in the hospital... (it's a little long)

    nursejohio posted a topic in General Nursing

    ...after having an ortho surgery. I visited her tonight and saw a few things from the nurse I'm a little concerned about. She was supposed to have clear liquid diet. When I got there at 6 she'd been...

  2. Mom's in the hospital... (it's a little long)

    nursejohio replied to nursejohio's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the replys, I came home last night kicking myself for not speaking up then. Tomorrow will be my 1 year anniversary for graduation, so I'm still kinda new. I'm getting much better at...

  3. We lost a mom to HELLP!!!

    nursejohio replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow, I'm so sorry that happened! I just interviewed Monday for a L&D spot, I can't imagine how I'd deal if I was in your

  4. Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

    nursejohio replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't you love that????? Our internal med residents love to write orders like that. Pt is 2nd day post op, NG to LCWS, PICC and PCA. "Pt may go outside to smoke, accompanied by RN" Like I have that...

  5. Pt refused to leave!

    nursejohio replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :yeahthat:

  6. What do you think makes someone good or bad in emergencies?

    nursejohio replied to kstockdaleRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what "it" is, but I'm slowly getting it. I've been on an advanced care floor for almost a year and we get a good number of codes. I've been in the room for nearly every one, I go running...

  7. What do patients say that irks you?

    nursejohio replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Granted, I'm not a L&D nurse yet. My understanding from the context is that it's a lovely thing the really sensitive and compassionate men ask for when the OB is stitching up the episiotomy. The...

  8. Why do I have trouble saying no????

    nursejohio replied to RN-TO-BE's topic in General Nursing

  9. I can taste that

    nursejohio replied to monkeyman1000's topic in MICU, SICU

    My hubby has had several surgeries and outpatient procedures. He swears he can smell the saline flushes, says it's an antiseptic/mediciney kind of smell. I just had a patient who swore she got a taste...

  10. Patients always needing something no matter what.

    nursejohio replied to OliveVinesRN's topic in General Nursing

    You are absolutely right! Nursing is a million things besides passing meds. It's spending 5 hours calling and fighting with lab because my 0600 CBC hasn't been drawn and it's now 11 and the patients...

  11. Question about Common Meds

    nursejohio replied to Templar1961's topic in General Nursing

    Oh wow..That's gonna be a heck of a list Um, almost everyone on my unit gets lovenox and protonix. We do lots of digoxin, lasix, cardizem and lopressor. Predisone and solu-medrol are also really...

  12. Telemetry Monitoring

    nursejohio replied to ccurn1's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I work in a step down unit. We have the statview (aka spawn of satan) pagers. In theory, they only alarm the nurse assigned to that pt for small alarms like spo2 of 87, lead fail, pvcs etc and if the...

  13. Internet Porn at work-need advice

    nursejohio replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    Oh wow. It must be horrible to be in your situation. Hindsight is 20/20, the best probably would have been to leave the email up and get your resource nurse. As it stands now, it's your word against...

  14. Patients always needing something no matter what.

    nursejohio replied to OliveVinesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm...I can't see a single place where she said that they aren't entitled to good nursing care because the taxpayers and not the patient is footing the bill. I work in a large hospital, and I see...

  15. Patients always needing something no matter what.

    nursejohio replied to OliveVinesRN's topic in General Nursing

    The are extremes on both ends. Patients push the call light for 500 things they could very well do themselves. I love the "I just wanted to see if it (the call light) was working?" Then there are the...

  16. Nurses knowing more than doctors

    nursejohio replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still fairly new to the game, and I'd never presume that I knew better than the MDs. With time and more experience, absolutely I will! Mind you, I'm not professing that I'll be an expert at...

  17. Need help about Kaiser...Please!

    nursejohio posted a topic in California Nursing

    I've already searched the travel and Cali threads and Kaisers website. Couldn't find anything about my situation, so I thought I'd post here and see if I can get any input from you nice folks. I'm...

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

    nursejohio replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a coworker at the ECF who was a chronic practical joker. She told us about one of her prize winners from the early days. She got a diaper and put chocolate pudding in it. Walked down the hall...

  19. I have never met anyone like her...

    nursejohio replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

  20. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    nursejohio replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    bump

  21. Traveling to Cali

    nursejohio posted a topic in Travel

    I've made a post in the California forum about this, and I'd love it if anyone could peek at it and give me an opinion. In a nutshell... I'm a new grad in a critical care unit of an 800+ bed, level 1...

  22. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    nursejohio replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    #1 When you are celebrating graduation from nursing school with a well earned road trip and you're dancing on top of a bar far far from home, do not fall onto a beer tap. :beer: #2 If you absolutely...

  23. Sigh......... i took the nclex

    nursejohio replied to Godswill's topic in General Nursing

    I took the NCLEX-RN in April. I had myself all psyched up that I was gonna ace the test and only get 75 questions. When the computer shut off at 75, I would have gladly cut off my left arm for just 10...

  24. I forgot to give report!

    nursejohio posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I took boards in April, and I started on my unit in June. I got off orientation in Sept. I think I'm doing ok for the most part, still really stressed about almost everything though. About a month...

  25. $$$$ to be made!!

    nursejohio replied to canoehead's topic in Nursing Humor

    OMG! Washing and reselling old