Spritenurse1210 BSN, RN

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    Can you be fired after giving notice??

    Spritenurse1210 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    At my last job, My supervisor had it in for me and would have done ANYTHING to make sure I was never eligible for rehire. My solution? I made three copies of my letter of resignation and gave one to...
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    "if you weren't so obese, you probably wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do"

    Spritenurse1210 replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    sounds like she's got one foot in the grave and the other one on a banana
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    "if you weren't so obese, you probably wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do"

    Spritenurse1210 replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you. You can be professional, but not belittling. Well
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    "if you weren't so obese, you probably wouldn't have 1/2 the illnesses you do"

    Spritenurse1210 replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely refuse to be harsh or rude to obese patients. I've struggled with my weight since 14 years old, and I identify with a lot of them. When I educate my patients about nutrition and blood...
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    what would be the"perfect med pass"?

    Spritenurse1210 replied to princess007's topic in General Nursing

    You will never have a "perfect" med pass. Some days you will have to do the best you can to make sure all of your residents have their medications before the end of your
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    Is this unusual?

    Spritenurse1210 posted a topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital the following changes have been made: Nurses are to do report on patients at the bedside, and use "key words" such as "Thank you for letting me take care of you, We want to make sure...
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    Nurses: which job would you take if you were desperate new grad?

    Spritenurse1210 replied to chiuli's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Any RN experience is better than no RN experience. I personally would take the nursing home job and get my
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    morning sickness but not pregnant

    Spritenurse1210 replied to ICU_RN_BSN's topic in General Nursing

    OMG I thought I was the only one who did this!!!! I get really pale, nauseated, and shaky whenever I switch from night shift to day shift. My whole body feels like it's tingling, my chest hurts and...
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    IV Phenergan

    Spritenurse1210 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I really hate this stuff. Anyone else with
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    IV Phenergan

    Spritenurse1210 replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    We give it in 50ml normal saline if we give it at all. I haven't seen any ill effects since we have been administering Phenergan IV this way. I just happened to read some of the effects of the drug...
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    PEG Tube to suction..

    Spritenurse1210 replied to RN2114's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen a Peg tube attached to low wall intermittent suction before. The patient had something perfed, and bowell contents were just pouring out of his wounds. The peg to suction was a last-ditch...
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    The worn out topic of staffing.

    Spritenurse1210 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is my vent: My floor is going through a transition phase at the moment. We got a new nurse manager roughly 6 months ago who has been making changes. Some good, Some not so good. A lot of the...
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    "size of the paycheck"

    Spritenurse1210 replied to agnesj23's topic in General Nursing

    Tell her you respect her experience, but you worked equally as hard if not harder to obtain your license. Picture someone dumping a huge bucket of manure over her head and
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    How do you stay sexy in nursing school

    Spritenurse1210 replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in General Students

    I don't know. Then again I live in the deep south, where the women here don't leave the house unless they have perfect makeup and hair. I just figure they have better time management than I
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    nurses attacking nurses

    Spritenurse1210 replied to bethgrace's topic in General Nursing

    I really despise this. In my career I only had one supervisor that didn't feed into this bull. If I ever become management, I will be just like
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    Does your nose run only at work?

    Spritenurse1210 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    My does that too at times. At the last place I worked it was a whole lot worse. I would sneeze uncontrollably at times, however I started taking Zyrtec OTC and it helped. During cold and flu season...
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    How do you stay sexy in nursing school

    Spritenurse1210 replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in General Students

    Where I work EVERYONE wears makeup. I'm just unusual
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    How do you stay sexy in nursing school

    Spritenurse1210 replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in General Students

    There is nothing sexy about wiping butts, cleaning up vomit, coding a patient , or anything else we do as nurses. I find that sort of stuff (make up, elaborate hair ect) can be distracting. Most of...
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    I am so glad I work night shift

    Spritenurse1210 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I will be the first to admit, I couldn't do day shift at my hospital. The pace is way to fast and I couldn't stand to have my nurse manager in my face for that long. At least at night, I can do my...
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    Hi everyone!

    Spritenurse1210 posted a topic in General Nursing

    How do you help another nurse who seems to be struggling? I work with a nurse who is very good to her patients, but not so great at time management. I want to help her, but don't really know how....
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    I'm in a jam - need some insight

    Spritenurse1210 replied to bounceybounce's topic in General Nursing

    Try waiting for a little while. I met my current fiance online, he lived 3 hours away from me. As he was in college, I was the one who had to move. We were together for almost a year before I...
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    brittle diabetic pt

    Spritenurse1210 replied to mtam_01's topic in General Nursing

    The right regimen can be tricky to find for certain diabetics. You followed the MD's orders and I don't see a thing wrong with what you did. Maybe a review of his diet by the RD as well as a review...
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    SPIT AT....AGAIN!

    Spritenurse1210 replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

    I HATE being spit at. Usually when someone holds them down I put a surgical mask on them. This way, when they spit, it's going to get on them and NOT me! Then (if ordered of course) I give them...
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    Field Start IV policy

    Spritenurse1210 replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen IVs that were started in the field and left in for 4 days or more, because no one else could get an IV on the person. I havent seen any infections as a result of a field start IV and often...
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    I'm allergic to.....(laundry list)!

    Spritenurse1210 replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    I understand true allergies. I just hate it when people say they are "allergic" to medications that they just don't want. My personal favorite, being allergic to tyelenol because it makes them "throw...