Oceanpacific

Oceanpacific

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  1. What does the red notification box mean?

    Oceanpacific replied to Oceanpacific's topic in General Nursing

    Vanilla Bean gets the good citizen award for actually answering the question and for being my favorite ice cream

  2. What does the red notification box mean?

    Oceanpacific replied to Oceanpacific's topic in General Nursing

    I figured if out! Now my little red box is gone. This now frees me up to ponder more of life's little

  3. What does the red notification box mean?

    Oceanpacific replied to Oceanpacific's topic in General Nursing

    All of you are little stinkers!!! You will never help me out now. Just wait till you have an octagon with the number 33 in it and I will NOT come to your

  4. Nurses turn to pet therapy

    Oceanpacific replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Those pictures are so adorable. Good photography

  5. Nurses turn to pet therapy

    Oceanpacific replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    One of my boys, Sugar Baker Lee. I'm not sure if the photo is

  6. Do you wear a back brace?

    Oceanpacific replied to noelly10's topic in General Nursing

    Get someone with a lot of experience with lifting and transfers to show you how they use body mechanics to take the load off his/her back. Use transfer boards. Get comfortable with using lift...

  7. Venipuncture questions!

    Oceanpacific replied to xiongmao's topic in General Nursing

    I think you may be confusing 2 different procedures. To do phlebotomy (collecting blood samples), the needle doesn't get inserted very far into the vein. To insert an intravenous catheter, it looks...

  8. Are care plans valuable?

    Oceanpacific replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I despair about this. We have a nursing care plan that is developed upon the patient's admission. Some of our nursing home assessments (upon which care plans are based) are really helpful in...

  9. Associates or Bachelors??

    Oceanpacific replied to Xar25's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I say plan on getting your BSN but do it by getting your associates degree first. Why: 1) Life is uncertain, you could have obligations which prevent you from completing a BSN. The associates degree...

  10. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    Oceanpacific replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I am a virtual encyclopedia of the most disgusting things that can be done in homeless shelters, tribal jails, cars, trash cans and a lot of other "low brow" types of places. Gotta tell you that...

  11. NEED ADVICE/INFO

    Oceanpacific replied to rn2015cc's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I would stay out of this one. Facility leadership already stepped in and let her go. She is putting you into a position to take sides. I would tell her that the decision was made by leadership...

  12. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    Oceanpacific replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    We had a health care clinic at a homeless shelter. For reasons I will never understand we had patients who would defecate in the toilet tank-- not the bowl. They called it "doing a double decker"....

  13. Patients wants a back rub

    Oceanpacific replied to Oceanpacific's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That was good! It seems the topic has been a sore spot for some and rubbed some others the wrong

  14. 100k salary?

    Oceanpacific replied to pilot833's topic in General Nursing

    It is definitely do-able and without doing nights, weekends, holidays or OT...... I work federal so the pay is public knowledge. However I'm 33 years into this game and if you work somewhere that...

  15. Patients wants a back rub

    Oceanpacific replied to Oceanpacific's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To OCNRN63, I think I am allowed to make a post without clearing it with you first. It would be as if I were to tell a retired nurse that he/she has no right to post on certain subjects; but that...

  16. Am I overstepping my boundaries? WWYD?

    Oceanpacific replied to Velarey's topic in General Nursing

    If you were going to pay her back you would have done so by now. There is no "planning" that is

  17. Patients wants a back rub

    Oceanpacific replied to Oceanpacific's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think I have said sexual. I did say it has gender connotations. Then someone said it doesn't have gender connotations because they know people who want massage from someone of the opposite...

  18. Stupid looser nurse looking for work!

    Oceanpacific replied to guest825264's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    VA Maine (Augusta)has 2 openings for new grads called Entry to Practice. Let me know if you want more info. 55,000 starting salary, 5 weeks vacation, generous sick

  19. Patients wants a back rub

    Oceanpacific replied to Oceanpacific's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am impressed with those of you that have found meaningful ways to make your patients feel comfort. My ick-factor was with a patient demanding a "back rub" the same way you would tell someone to go...

  20. Patients wants a back rub

    Oceanpacific replied to Oceanpacific's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At the risk of seeming snarky, you've been a nurse for 33 years and you don't know about back rubs? There's nothing lewd or lascivious about them. Actually anytime someone says "you've been a nurse...

  21. The answer to "no skills new grads." Are you ready for the DEU?

    Oceanpacific replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I think that sounds pretty exciting. I imagine that the nurses on the unit would choose to have that educational role so they are getting paid for it. I guess for evenings, nights and...

  22. Jane Doe, RN, AAS, BSN, MSN, CCRN BFD

    Oceanpacific posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay this is a pet peeve of mine. What the heck is going on with all the freakin' initials after the "RN"? I'm trying to find the setting to take away the BSN after my name on this site. Now for the...

  23. Va nurse

    Oceanpacific replied to TNT_RN09's topic in General Nursing

    The pay is generally very good and the 5 weeks of paid annual leave is very generous as are paid holidays and sick leave. For staff nurses and nurse managers pay is currently between 55k and 96k...

  24. Was I right, wrong, or am I going crazy

    Oceanpacific replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I do not understand what you want from this community. Thus far you follow a very specific script in all of your posts: The existing staff are all callous, brainless, negligent nurses...

  25. Is This Behavior Inappropriate?

    Oceanpacific replied to Arizona#1RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have mixed feelings on this one. If you need to leave early get approval through whatever your supervisory chain of command is. Then when Nurse Toxic acts up you can simply TELL her you are leaving...