Angelicpurl

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1. FT on call positions 7on 7off

   Angelicpurl replied to sakasa's topic in Hospice

   I work just Monday through Thursday 5 pm to 8am. I don't do triage except as a rare occurrence. I have another nurse full-time nights with me and 2 nurses that are back up with us. They have caseloads and are rotated out. We have full time weekend cr...

2. If you could speak your mind...

   Angelicpurl replied to GSDlvrRN's topic in Relations

   Reminded me of many years ago, I was new grad. I had a post-hysterectomy patient come back from PACU. She had a wash basin for vomiting. This was before Zofran was used.... Family had piled in so much that the PACU nurse had to have some of them vac...

3. hiring pregnant RN

   Angelicpurl replied to ap2409's topic in General Nursing

   We hired 2 nurses knowing they were pregnant. One was due so soon that she actually had the baby before her background checks came back! The other decided to wait to start orientation until after she delivered. But as a supervisor who conducts a LOT ...

4. Falsely accused of med diversion

   Angelicpurl replied to kindia's topic in General Nursing

   Since that amounted to shift change report, yes. They even paid me to go to get the drug test. I was told at the time it happened that I was the random test of the week. I found out when I came back what the truth was. Glad I had my Union rep when I ...

5. 10 year old died after I performed CPR

   Angelicpurl replied to MjHudd's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with other posts. As a former CPR instructor, I had many people question me when I would give the statistics for CPR survival. They're abysmal in the field, and not that great in the hospital. This wasn't a witnessed event. You don't know how...

6. Falsely accused of med diversion

   Angelicpurl replied to kindia's topic in General Nursing

   I took a box of Morphine PCA, opened the box in front of the patient, flipped off the yellow cap, had a pump that scanned it as Morphine...and because my patient didn't believe I would give them Morphine, they refused to press the button & called...

7. Pet Peeves with Doctors

   Angelicpurl replied to BeenThere2012's topic in Relations

   Anyone who needs a stethoscope gets a yellow "isolation" stethoscope. We have a drawer of them for when different items get more use than others. We throw away BP cuffs that get icky for one reason or another. But we need nothing else out of the kit....

8. Pet Peeves with Doctors

   Angelicpurl replied to BeenThere2012's topic in Relations

   My favorite? Wife is in room, I'm in with roommate. Dr. X comes in, says, tell the nurses to have me called anytime you need me. I'll answer right away. So, wife calls out & she has a legitimate concern. I call Dr. X, he hangs up after screeching...

9. If you could speak your mind...

   Angelicpurl replied to GSDlvrRN's topic in Relations

   I love it when they come into a room behind you after you close the door. I always say, is youreally mom/dad in the next bed (meaning same room)? I've only had a few say no, and at that, someone else in the room has said (usually patient or family), ...

10. How do you deal with Doctors that insult nurses?

    Angelicpurl replied to relusanmi's topic in Relations

    I had one particular Doctor hang up on any of us a lot. He even said before he hung up once, I saw that patient yesterday around 3 and she can't be coding now....I gave him a minute and called him back. He told a colleague a patient's potassium could...

11. If you could speak your mind...

    Angelicpurl replied to GSDlvrRN's topic in Relations

    I got fired from a patient because her ice cream was originally too cold, then it was too soft....I had also put ice in their water pitcher and water in the ice pitcher. So the wife poured a Coke into the water. No labels, I just was handed 2 pitcher...

12. No more rudeness!

    Angelicpurl replied to WheatGerm's topic in Relations

    Did we work together? I precepted a girl like that too. She was a nurse who could NOT figure out (& get it to stick) how to push ANY medications IV. I'm talking about someone working a busy med-surg floor. Lots of post-op patients.... So after ...

13. The rudest thing that's ever been said to you by a patient or family

    Angelicpurl replied to nikkole318's topic in Relations

    Runs along the same as I got told one night when I was about 38 weeks pregnant. We were swamped with patients, but no one on my floor wanted me to lift more than 5 pounds, pull or push more than computer cart.... I went in patient's room. Lady weighe...

14. Hands off my vent!!

    Angelicpurl replied to adventure_rn's topic in Critical

    Yep! I've seen a lot of crazy come from homes. One of my coworkers texted me that they finally got readings from the vent. Family had changed settings. I guess they forgot about that being possible. I think the patient had more issues than we thought...

15. Hands off my vent!!

    Angelicpurl replied to adventure_rn's topic in Critical

    Yes! I'm so glad I found the lock on feeding pumps and IVS. Especially after one mom programmed the feeding pump to NOT go off when it was supposed. She filled bag to the top and set amounting infuse as 999 mL. With continous rate at 40 mL/hour and a...