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  1. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    CatLVNRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    :deadhorse

  2. Jobs worked to get through school

    CatLVNRN replied to nursethelma's topic in General Nursing

    With crappy credit, loans were out of the question so I worked full-time from the day I started the LVN program, until I graduated with my ADN. I continued working as a level two computer tech for a...

  3. Why Can't Hospitals Offer Shifts Other Than 12 hr. 7 to 7?

    CatLVNRN replied to neonurse97's topic in General Nursing

    Many hospitals do offer different shifts. We have 8 hour shifts, we have 11-11 shifts, we have the 7-7 shifts, we have 7-3am shifts, etc. I know of hospitals with 10 hour shifts as well as regular...

  4. Oddest things found in a patient!

    CatLVNRN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    :beer: Did we work together?! I had a resident that had similar bowel habits with a similar reaction to them. She'd come wheeling herself out of her room asking WHO LEFT THAT THERE.

  5. Inventions we'd love to see....

    CatLVNRN replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to see non-slippery sterile gloves. Why, you may ask? So when a 35-weeker decides to be born like a torpedo out of the chamber, the med-student catching her doesn't give her her first bungee...

  6. Inventions we'd love to see....

    CatLVNRN replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in General Nursing

    We had jumpsuits like that with velcro fastners in the back, for our stripper residents when I worked with Alzheimer's folks. It was a life saver. If you can't get your clothes off, you can't poop...

  7. How many pregnancies are too many?

    CatLVNRN replied to L&D_2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is such a personal choice, that it can elicit a broad range of responses. I'm the oldest of ten. I have 6 children. My opinion is, if one can provide for their family, is in good health, and...

  8. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    CatLVNRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    In Texas, LPNs (LVNs as they're known down here) can take verbal/telephone orders. And write them out themselves. It's "medcations aides" who can not take verbal/telephone orders. I find that very...

  9. Work While In School?

    CatLVNRN replied to MmacFN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I worked weekends, 32 hours in two days, to keep my insurance etc and get bills paid while I went to nursing school. I did that for 3 years until I got all my pre-requisites and my ADN. The last year...

  10. Diabetic Pet Peeves

    CatLVNRN replied to bjs54321's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I think that was a rhetorical question..

  11. Salary question??

    CatLVNRN replied to joe134's topic in General Nursing

    Wow.. that's an awesome offer! Not only for a new grad, but I have found that working in a magnet hospital offers a nurse more voice in the care of one's patients. IMHO, I'd say go for it! I work for...

  12. Ever had a nurse or doc as a patient?

    CatLVNRN replied to Bipley's topic in General Nursing

    Of all the nurses and doctors Ive taken care of, not one ever gave me a hard time. I just went in, and did my usual thing, and I sort of pride myself that no matter who you are, you all get the same...

  13. Non-viable baby, born alive -parent won't hold him, what do you do?

    CatLVNRN replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think I made my post too general and broad. I wouldn't dream of offending or implying that someone who chose to abort due to reasons such as genetic abnormalities or multiples were lacking in love...

  14. Non-viable baby, born alive -parent won't hold him, what do you do?

    CatLVNRN replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    First of all, if the parents chose to abort, then there wasn't a hope in their hearts for this child in the first place, and there wasn't an attachment, bonding, already developing to this child....

  15. Reglan IV

    CatLVNRN replied to gwrn99's topic in Emergency

    Do you mean Reglan works great for migraines? Ive never heard of Reglan used for that. Im not saying I doubt you, just saying Ive never heard of it and as a migraine sufferer, I just might have to...

  16. If not a nurse...what????

    CatLVNRN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    As a child, I wanted to be a vet. A teacher. But when I discovered that my gramma was a nurse-well, the rest is

  17. Do I do something wrong in this situation?

    CatLVNRN replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    I can relate. It took me several months to leave a position I loved-my very first job as a nurse as a matter of fact-because I could not bring myself to leave patients. But I realized that if I had NO...

  18. Do I do something wrong in this situation?

    CatLVNRN replied to Nurseinthemaking's topic in General Nursing

    That is no reason to stay at this dialysis center. You are putting your license (once you have it) in grave

  19. Reglan IV

    CatLVNRN replied to gwrn99's topic in Emergency

    Why just the other day I had a patient who was recieving Reglan IV-a continuous infusion of I believe 80 mg, in a 240 ml bag of NS, infusing 10 ml an hour. And on top of that, she was recieving 8mg...

  20. Recommended Reading Nursing Books List (joke)

    CatLVNRN replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    Urology For Dummies by Dr. Pisters and Dr. Wizz (actual docs where I work, actual profession of said

  21. Recommended Reading Nursing Books List (joke)

    CatLVNRN replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    I thought that was written by A. Dee

  22. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    CatLVNRN replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So, just because a patient asks whether hands were washed or not, means they WILL be washed before the room is entered? If a person does or does not wash their hands before entering a room, wearing a...

  23. Non-viable baby, born alive -parent won't hold him, what do you do?

    CatLVNRN replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As I read through these posts, tears fill my eyes. I reflect on what it was like to be an expectant mother: you have a vision of your baby deeply etched into your heart and mind's eye. You see your...

  24. Non-viable baby, born alive -parent won't hold him, what do you do?

    CatLVNRN replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thankfully, I haven't had to deal with this (yet). However, I have heard of it, and in some places, I know that the chaplain is called not only for the baby, the mom, but for the nurses as well. It's...

  25. We need a Nursing TV show

    CatLVNRN replied to jbeck817's topic in General Nursing

    Or how about a nurse caring for an AML patient, with neutropenic fever, and a lovely undiagnosed case of VRE, who enters the patient's room in gown, mask and gloves to perform some form of care, and...