CeciBean ASN, RN

MICU/CCU, SD, home health, neo, travel

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    Is this common?

    CeciBean replied to pepino23's topic in General Nursing

    I traveled for several years and the hospitals I worked in varied greatly. I was used to doing my own IVs but not labs except for lines, and was always used to doing my own admits and discharges. In...
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    That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    CeciBean replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    If it wasn't documented it wasn't done. 3.5 to 5.3 is a decent K+ level. If you live long enough, you will ALL die of
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    Ageism in Nursing: A Pervasive Problem

    CeciBean replied to VickyRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was a second career nurse who went back to school when my youngest started preschool. I never encountered ageism until I moved to where I live now. My previous job was in a large city where I had...
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    It's the 1st of July

    CeciBean replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    Sure it's crazy, but thank God for their seniors, who are mostly really sharp and able to keep them in line! The last teaching hospital I worked at had great senior residents in my unit, and if I had...
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    Hands off my vent!!

    CeciBean replied to adventure_rn's topic in Critical Care

    I can't. Not after the family we had that fed their post-gastric bypass daughter (age 24) a *full* McDonald's Big Mac Combo meal the day after her surgery and blew out the whole thing. And that was...
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    Hands off my vent!!

    CeciBean replied to adventure_rn's topic in Critical Care

    We had an anorexic patient who figured out how to unlock the pump. Every damn time! Sometimes you just cannot outsmart them. We all wanted to handcuff her, but you can't do that. Eventually she...
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    What is the Registered Nurse Patient Ratio at your hospital?

    CeciBean replied to LinenP's topic in General Nursing

    Last place I worked, big city hospital in VA, Progressive Care. When I was hired I was told it would be 1:4 with a tech. Big laugh. On nights it was always 1:5, no tech in sight. It's since been...
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    I Told him she shouldn't be discharged....

    CeciBean replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    THIS^^^^^^ Money is the root of ALL evil! I saw this a lot when I did home health care in a poor rural area. Families were living off of someone's check--not so to say dependent on it, but actually...
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    What was your first Nursing job?

    CeciBean replied to kassiahgp's topic in General Nursing

    First job was on a surg/oncology floor in a regional peds hospital. Loved the kids, hated the parents, and DESPISED my preceptor who constantly belittled me and made things unnecessarily difficult,...
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    Day VS Night shift...help

    CeciBean replied to Joanie49's topic in General Nursing

    I was *born* a night person...you could have asked my mom! School was positively hell for me much of my life until my mother allowed me to drink coffee starting in high school; that made morning...
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    Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    CeciBean replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was also going to suggest IHS. My brother is an MD and went to IHS after his intern year. After 3 years with IHS, he not only got a hella big forgiveness on his loan, but he got a great residency...
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    Meaning of your username?

    CeciBean replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    My initial identity was too close to my real one, so I decided to change it. I'm quite small so tried to think of something denoting that and came up with "Chickpea" which they told me was a "bad...
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    Why do some nurses "hate their jobs"?

    CeciBean replied to iculvr's topic in General Nursing

    Get back to us when you've had that full cup of soda thrown at you for some petty reason. Or been screamed at when you didn't come with somebody's ice cream right away because you were in a
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    Why do some nurses "hate their jobs"?

    CeciBean replied to iculvr's topic in General Nursing

    to NurseNeLz: Sounds like it might be time for you to move on. Have you looked into what's available nearby? Or maybe within an hour's drive? With 10 years "in grade" you've got something to go
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    Why do some nurses "hate their jobs"?

    CeciBean replied to iculvr's topic in General Nursing

    I'm retired now, and looking back, I can say I didn't hate all my jobs. I hated some of them, but the ones I hated, I left. One I loved the most, I had to leave for family reasons--or I might never...
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    Gum in hair?

    CeciBean replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Goop. The waterless hand cleaner. I always had a big can of that when my kids were growing up. I can tell you from experience that it also gets bubble gum out of the