As a nurse, and I guess a germaphobe at times, and just generally weird.....I have picked up on a few of my own rediculous behaviors that I guess I have managed to obtain through the years. 1. If drinking from a large open glass on the nurses unit. I...
One night in the icu, I needed help to turn a patient who was on a vent, and sedated with a versed drip. I had asked a nurse to come into the room, and she followed. We went to both sides of the patient and proceeded to grab the lift sheet when she ...
Does anyone know of any good health insurance companies out there that cover a lot of states? I would have to cover myself, husband, and 2 children. Is it any cheaper to go this route, and not fool with what the company you work for offers? I just...
I am interested in travel nursing in a couple months and I am checking out 3 companies. I will most likely go to california. american traveler nurses in partership on assignment If anybody has some advice on what to ask the recruiters, or if you have...
Hi everybody. I am going to venture out nov. 1st to california for travel nursing. My first assignment................ :yelclap: Any day now I am going to be getting a couple calls from 2 prospective hospitals in Thousand Oaks, and San Jose. On th...
cre8tivRN replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism
I would not wear the button either! Our institute.........I can just see the button thing happening here...it would be just my luck! At our facility, the 8 year old daughter of the infection control nurse made up a poster of 8 hands with hole punches...
When you hear your IV pump ringing just as you come on shift, and you go into the room, only to find it sucking air. When you go to put a new bag up, it still thought there was at least 200+cc left in the old bag. Why do they do it? It doesnt take...
Okay, I thought of another... I often keep running tabs of I/O's of myself and the kids quietly to myself in my head. OOOOOOHHHHHHH, I need to take a vacation! :chuckle
As a new nurse in a tele unit years ago, I thought that I would be helpful in watering the nice plants that we had on a shelf above the tele monitors and computers. Well, little did I know that evening shift had done the same, and the gallon of water...
When you are shopping in Walmart or the grocery store and you hear the "beep...beep" before an over head announcement that sounds exactly like your code blue alarm bell at the hospital, and you stop your cart or tilt your head to listen for the "code...
cre8tivRN replied to bulldawggirl's topic in General Nursing
Somehow the public forgets about us "night-shifters", I think the especially the family just thinks little fairys come in at night to take care of their loved one. As evidenced by...... numerous cards that only list the day shift people, candy boxes ...
cre8tivRN replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn
I had PIH with both of my pregnancies. And I can guarantee that both babies are from the same father- my husband. I had asked the doctor and NP about PIH and what causes it. Her exact answer......"That's the million dollar question, If we knew why ...
My last hospital had those locator badges. We were all issued one. It kept track of everywhere you went and how long you were there. It kept the log for years. Believe me your "big brother" is watching. But you have to wear it, in order for it to do...
I thought of another time.... We had a nurse with a bad back and some sciatic pain. And when it got too bad, she would go and lay on the floor in the break room for a while to see if it would help. Well one night, the respiratory therapist went into...
i learned about it at work as a link on our hospitals "intranet". then a fellow nurse told me about it last week..............and i've been hooked ever since!!!!!!!!!!! help me i'm drowning in information! :)
cre8tivRN replied to cdietrich404's topic in General Nursing
Ok, I work 4 eight hour shifts a week. 11pm to 7am What has worked out the best for me and my family is this.....I have a 15 month old and a 2 1/2 year old at home with hubby during working hours. We dont use daycare (too many untrusting souls taking...
cre8tivRN replied to kea6783's topic in Disabilities
Hello, I started teaching myself sign language from 4th grade until 12th grade, and then took some private lessons in the community in the summer time at the local recreation place. I taught myself by just buying the books, and going over and over it...
cre8tivRN replied to MSMCnurse2004's topic in General Nursing
My first baby.....I was a little nervous and as soon as braxton hicks came on good and strong, I ended up taking off of work 2 weeks prior to the birth, and then took the 3 months off of work afterwards as allowed by family medical leave act. The sec...
I am going to start out on travel nursing in a couple months or so. Any advice on what to absolutely bring? We are going probably in an rv and I dont want to forget anything. Plus, once you get to your assignment, is there any "must-do items", like ...
We are looking to travel nurse in a couple months, and are going to get an rv or trailer to pull with our truck. We have a 15 month old, and a 2 1/2 year old. Any seasoned family's out there who can offer tips for easy travel? Any good/bad/ugly inf...