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  1. Code Red/Code Blue/Code whatever....what do you have/what are they for?

    bethin replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised that hospitals still use Code Blue for a cardiac arrest. I was told that since the public knows what that means it can cause chaos. Imagine a bunch of nosy people showing up at a room...

  2. Migraine Poll for Nurses

    bethin replied to NewEnglandRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've had migraines since I was in second grade. I had one bad enough that I was standing in line at school, waiting for the teacher to take us to the busses and I passed out. I think I was sick for...

  3. Do you see a problem with this?

    bethin replied to DallasRN's topic in General Nursing

    I see a problem. Last weekend at work a nurse was told to float to a floor where she had never been. Didn't even know how to get there. Didn't know patients (it's a LTC facility attached to our...

  4. Honestly, Am I too old to become a nurse?

    bethin replied to Natbail's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a nurse but I am a CNA. I feel that you are never too old to do anything. When you're 85 and in a nursing home do you want to look back on this with regret, wishing you had gone for it? Be...

  5. Question re: lupus and fibromyalgia

    bethin replied to KAW1962's topic in General Nursing

    Know plenty of people with fibromyalgia. None of them have psych problems. Your experience is just that: limited. Saying people with fibromyalgia often times have psych issues is stereotyping. If...

  6. Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

    bethin replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in General Nursing

    What in God's name was this woman thinking? How did she know what rate to put it at? How did she know how to program it? Did you tell the daughter what could have happened? I would have been so...

  7. Nightmares!!!!

    bethin replied to AMARTIN1's topic in General Nursing

    I have similar nightmares and I'm only a CNA. I had a nightmare once that it was me and a nurse for the whole floor. A patient coded and I was forced to push meds because someone had to do the...

  8. How did you hear about allnurses.com?

    bethin replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I stumbled in by accident. I did a search because I couldn't remember the name of the place where I order my scrubs from. When I did the search this site popped up and I thought it might be...

  9. Im very sad, I made my patient fall

    bethin replied to ava'smomRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree what you're saying about not being told about patients fall risks. I'm a CNA and when we get a pt. from ER I'm told NOTHING. I have to practically beat it out of the nurses to find out dx,...

  10. Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

    bethin replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in General Nursing

    How I hate when they play with the darn things. Had a patient recently who kept hitting the silence button on her pump. I'd hear it right away and halfway to her room the beeping would stop. I'd...

  11. Soap Suds Enema in L&D - do you still use?

    bethin replied to StatRNNJ97's topic in Ob/Gyn

    All I can say is that some orfices were meant as exit

  12. Assisting in abortions

    bethin replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I was thinking. It was past the point of no return. The fetus is already dead, so why not try to save the woman's life? Plus, if the fetus is dead there's no way you can explain...

  13. You are probably a med-surg nurse if.....

    bethin replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    This made me think of the time I was in ICU with nurse (I'm an aide) waiting for a post op abd surgery. Critical condition. It's just me and her, no other patients in ICU. The OR nurse calls with...

  14. Judge Judy disses nursing

    bethin replied to DaFreak71's topic in General Nursing

    That is exactly the reason I stopped watching her a year ago. It stopped being entertaining. I found myself getting so mad I would get a headache. I believe in tough love, but it seems that's all...

  15. How do you count an apical hr in infants?

    bethin posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My question isn't as stupid as my title sounds. I work on a med/surg floor as a CNA that treats infants to geriatric pts. My question is, how do you count an apical hr in an infant? Sure, I can...

  16. News of Mother's Death Left on Answering Machine

    bethin replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    What?!?! You don't need a license to pick up the phone and dial 911. Did you say anything to the Meals on Wheels

  17. Patients who "really" are allergic to NSAID's A story

    bethin replied to GeriatricSunshine's topic in Emergency

    I am so angry about what happened to you. :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire I sincerely hope you are planning to talk to the CEO of that hospital and maybe even a lawyer. Also, I would be writing...

  18. I'm Addicted

    bethin replied to Nutmeg5575's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, you're not off your rocker. I love Dr. G but I hate it when they blur out the good stuff. I love watching the surgery shows. I'm like "doc, get out of my way so I can get a better view."...

  19. News of Mother's Death Left on Answering Machine

    bethin replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    OMG!! That is truly horrible! If it's 5am odds are the family is sleeping. Did she call more than once? Could anyone go to the house? I had to do that once. I had to wake the family up to tell...

  20. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    bethin replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think computer charting can be better in some cases. At the hospital where I work now, nurses chart everything on the computer but one MD refuses to use the computer so that means no MD uses the...

  21. Tips for someone who has never studied before

    bethin posted a topic in General Nursing

    I did a search before I started this thread, and I did find some useful info. The thing is I do not know how to study. Honestly, I never cracked a book in high school or college. Never. Now that...

  22. Artificial nails?

    bethin replied to rkst's topic in General Nursing

    Technically, in my hospital they are not allowed. It's in the handbook. But people still wear them and nothing is said to them. I think it's a huge infection control issue. I have what look like...

  23. PEDS in Adult ICU

    bethin replied to PHOEBE RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Sounds very dangerous. I know if I was a CABG pt. and I knew my nurse was taking care of an RSV pt. I would not be happy. I don't blame you, but administration for putting you in this position. Also,...

  24. Excuse me, I wasn't talking to you!!

    bethin replied to thumperRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, my uzi is in the shop. I know exactly how you feel. I just want to tell those kind of people to shut the **** up! Some people don't get it that if you are looking at someone that you expect...

  25. Feeling Guilty (calling in sick)

    bethin replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: :yeahthat: As to the OP's question, I wouldn't feel guilty. I don't have kids but when my nieces were sick and my brother and SIL were sick even more, I jumped in...