Annie Wilkes RN

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  1. If you had a reset button, would you choose nursing again?

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to amazingme's topic in General Nursing

    I am basically happy with being a nurse; however, often I wish I would have focused on being a veterinarian (of large animals) or

  2. Will leaving my stethoscope in a hot car cause irreversible damage?

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to NotAllThoseWhoWander's topic in General Students

    I carry my stethoscope, several pens, markers, gum, highlighters, chap stick, etc in a gym bag which I keep in my car. I haven't noticed any damage as of yet... been doing this for several years....

  3. What's the most tedious part of your daily job at a Nursing Home?

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to JamieFrank's topic in General Nursing

    Trying to be 5-10 places at once in order to intercept someone before they fell. The paperwork is horrendous. Haven't worked in LTC since March 2015 and will hopefully never go back. Hardest, most...

  4. Taking the NCLEX multiple times

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to cambrose's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think some people just suck at taking written tests...but on the floor, they

  5. declining a pt assignment

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to tinybbynurse's topic in Home Health

    (Just for the record, I can't cook either and would feel very uncomfortable trying to do

  6. suspended for doing the right thing...

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to farmernurse26's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was diagnosed type 1 at age 10 back in 1982. I didn't have a school nurse back then. Just my parents and myself. I was mortified when I was singled out all through school. "Are you allowed to...

  7. Engagement Ring help!

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to a_nurses_bf's topic in General Nursing

    I don't wear any jewelry at work. That's just

  8. It takes a lot to make me angry.

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to ground's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Shame on them. And you are

  9. Proper Documentation

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to Willowjude's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my

  10. Would YOU have reported it?

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to Annie Wilkes RN's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Thank you for the response. The IV fluids are locked in a cabinet. One must be very careful, because there are several different bags of IV fluids in there! It is very confusing if you are in a...

  11. I Love Night Shift

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    I miss working

  12. I'm a nurse and I don't like people.

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to addylpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I love to socialize...with horses. And other animals. I can definately relate to

  13. Calling yourself an RN

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am a Registered Nurse....but I misrepresent myself on my facebook page as a laborer for my parents' business! I have worked there in the past, but not currently. I occasionally help out with their...

  14. Burnt out

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to BellaCat's topic in General Nursing

    I am very burnt out and every time i go to work like this, i feel guilty and just terrible. Patients dont deserve this type of care. Also, i cant even go on lunch on time, and when i do go on lunch,...

  15. But you're a nurse, you could've done this....

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to Madras's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Glad everyone is

  16. Esme Needs Your Prayers

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I hope she is

  17. Non-invasive No-Touch Temporal Thermometers?

    Annie Wilkes RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I used these at my last LTC facility and found them to be very accurate. Actually, I never knew about them UNTIL working for that LTC facility! Very easy to use and quick. Of course, if I got a...

  18. Being bullied

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to tearful_eyes's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't have any advice...just sorry you are going through

  19. Non-invasive No-Touch Temporal Thermometers?

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to Annie Wilkes RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your

  20. Overwhelmed...and NOT a new grad

    Annie Wilkes RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have read many threads on newer nurses struggling at work. But not so much on nurses like myself who are not new grads. I am 43. I just started working in LTACH. Today would have been my first...

  21. The Hunger Games and Nursing

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    "I VOLUNTEER! I volunteer to stay home when the census is too

  22. Overwhelmed...and NOT a new grad

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to Annie Wilkes RN's topic in General Nursing

    LOL Brandon! I know

  23. popping blisters, abcesses, etc

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to lumbarpain's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Tell them to watch the abscess/zit/cyst popping videos on youtube and leave those patients

  24. Sliding scale insulin...give or hold?

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to Annie Wilkes RN's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Not sure...I only had him as a patient today and yesterday. Today all his fingersticks were under 150 mg/dl so we did not have to utilize the sliding

  25. Sliding scale insulin...give or hold?

    Annie Wilkes RN replied to Annie Wilkes RN's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Thank you all for the responses! He is a frail 80 something year old. Very weak. We did his next fingerstick at 1200 and it was 228 mg/dl. We gave the ordered 4 units, as he had eaten the majority...