hawaiicarl BSN, RN

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    Sharpie on Tegaderm

    hawaiicarl replied to Mavrick's topic in General Nursing

    I always forget to use the stupid paper that comes with the central line dressing kits, so end up using a sharpie, never have I seen it leave ink on a patient when I remove it.
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    How do you deal with being called a "snitch" by your co-workers?

    hawaiicarl replied to 1Jessie86's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No one likes a rat. I know that is an old quote, but if you are the RN, YOU are responsible for your Aides. Pull them aside, and tell them the longer breaks are unacceptable, and that if the...
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    let go during orientation, needs advice?

    hawaiicarl replied to sheepingarden's topic in General Nursing

    My very first job was in pediatric open hearts at a big teaching hospital. Looking back, I am amazed I never harmed a patient (that I am aware of). About 6 months in I was called in to the manager's...
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    I am the worst person ever.

    hawaiicarl replied to bicuspidball's topic in Nursing Humor

    I used to work with this Filipina, and whenever I went in my vented pt's room it smelled like pewp. So I would get the bathing supplies, and gather up an aide, but whenever I checked there was...
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    Negativity Bias (This is Long)

    hawaiicarl replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    That reminds me of an old joke. There was a drunk scot named McBride crying in his beer at the pub. The bartender asks why he is so sad. The drunk looks up at the barkeep and says "I've built dozens...
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    Forgot to carry out an order? Reportable to the BON?

    hawaiicarl replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    We have a neighboring hospital who has a micromanager like that in their ICU. I love it, scooped up some of her best staff they were so paranoid about getting called into the office. Here's a tip for...
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    Have any of you ever left a tourniquet on a patient after an iv start?

    hawaiicarl replied to Mursechico's topic in General Nursing

    I had a phlebotomist call me from the lab once asking if I had seen her tourniquet .... yup right where you left it on my pt's arm ... ah well pins and needles, a little blue, but it matched their...
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    No injections through a tattoo?

    hawaiicarl replied to cayenne06's topic in Patient Medications

    Holy mackeral can you imagine all the pregnant patients who would suffer due to no epidural through their tramp stamp? The horrors!
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    What warrants a call home?

    hawaiicarl replied to rainbow33's topic in School

    I can almost guarantee that the reason why the daughter was told not to let you look under the bandaid is because she was laughed out of the ER with no stitches and is embarrassed. I can almost...
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    I NEED AN ANSWER!

    hawaiicarl replied to STXGirl2009's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Just finished my nights, the OP yelling caught my attention, all caps hurts my eareyes. Then I stayed for the
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    Nurses who've had LASIK

    hawaiicarl replied to Ruger8mm's topic in General Nursing

    I had Lasik in the 90s, loved it. I am an old man now, so I am wearing trifocals. The trifocals are counterintuitive though, when I look down to read a label that hits the near sighted part of the...
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    What would say to a nurse shadowing you

    hawaiicarl replied to cloa513's topic in General Nursing

    Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy .... ahhhhh, but what is the
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    What would say to a nurse shadowing you

    hawaiicarl replied to cloa513's topic in General Nursing

    Ok here's my best guess ... The post is from an ESL teacher in Japan, trying to prepare a nurse for a trip to Sick Kid's in Toronto. They want to know some common phrases that would be used in a...
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    Interview Question that has me stumped

    hawaiicarl replied to CairnsICU's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Interesting question. I was asked a similar question in a permanent charge interview a couple years ago. What they are asking for is I believe, flexibility. Her follow up question was, "what if the...
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    Really, is this real?!?!

    hawaiicarl replied to FlossyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe pick up a per diem position, at the other hospital that you mentioned was in the area, and test the waters there. I remember one of the first jobs I had as a new grad was an inpatient renal...
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    My rights after pt assault

    hawaiicarl replied to RadioJenn's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital keeps readmitting this patient because he needs medical care .... and they get PAID to do that (read money signs). It may be possible to file a TRO, using the hospital's address, not...
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    The state made a weird request

    hawaiicarl replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work psych or detox, but my heart patients are not allowed caffeine either. We probably go through three pots coffee a night, never heard anything as ridiculous as a surveyor saying such a...
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    Lose your license for administering a PRN med without a pain scale?

    hawaiicarl replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    This was I believe a JCAHO mandate 5-6 years ago, our Drs order sets were altered to specifically include the pain scale... this is not a nursing issue, this is a physician order issue. The normal is...
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    hawaiicarl replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think most of the public would be amazed that private practice docs, are cutting corners by hiring MAs in their office. I remember back in the day when the nurses in the Dr.'s offices were really...
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    Apologies for using the term "NETY"

    hawaiicarl replied to Perisoreus's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hopefully nursing is in the midst of a cultural revolution, where we nurture our youngsters as opposed to eating them (after all more meat on them if you fatten them up first ...har har). That being...
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    Why do nurses eat their young?

    hawaiicarl replied to Perisoreus's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Those who can ... do Those who can't .... teach Those who can't teach .... manage An old nurse taught me that back in the 80s, words to live by.
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    6th Vital Sign

    hawaiicarl replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    Is it time to start mixing Xanax, and Elavil in all the pt's med cups for the HCAPS scores?
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    Pros & Con's of baby making while in nursing school.

    hawaiicarl replied to 1naturalhealer2016's topic in General Students

    My son was born while I was on my OB rotation, went there as a student in the morning, came back in the evening with my wife in active labor. Definitely more challenging, my ex-wife wrote her finals...
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    Weirdest/most difficult thing swallowed by a patient

    hawaiicarl replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    We used to have a patient that we called Pacman, because he ate everything. At one time our surgeon considered putting a zipper on his abdomen so we could just unzip him and pull stuff out. I think...
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    Firearms

    hawaiicarl replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    Yay, so when that punk jacks your car, he is also armed and dangerous ... love the logic.