CeciBean ASN, RN

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

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Colostomies: Types & Care

CeciBean replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in Gastroenterology

I had a temporary colostomy for 4 months after a partial colectomy where the reanastamosis failed. I hated it. Then when they did the reanastamosis I got a temporary ileostomy for another 4 months to...
IV Push Ativan

CeciBean replied to Nurse Nonnie RN's topic in General Nursing

30 years in grade in all kinds of units, mainly critical care/stepdown, and I've pushed Ativan a zillion times. Slow push is recommended. You did the right thing, helped her relax enough to let go. So...
Dear Healthcare Leaders: Self-Care is Not the Answer

CeciBean replied to Nurse Writing Nook's topic in General Nursing

I'm retired now (thank all the gods and goddesses!) but all that toxicity COMES FROM ABOVE and filters down. There is one word you need, and that word is NO. When I worked PRN I used it a LOT,...
Should good health be a requirement for certain positions?

CeciBean replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

Silverbells can do this, but since, as she noted previously, there seems to be some favoritism at play in regards to this nurse, it's possible that things would go badly for her if she did. I would...
Do you recommend a year of med/surg in 2021?

CeciBean replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

No, no, no, and no....unless you absolutely have no idea what you want to do, and most of us do when we graduate. (I made a big mistake and paid dearly for it, but that's another story.) I ended up...
Do most agencies give you a car for visits?

CeciBean replied to guest1143647's topic in Home Health

I worked for an agency that at one time leased a bunch of vehicles and required us all to drive one of them, even take it home at night. The nice thing was that they provided oil changes etc. The bad...
The golden first year?

CeciBean replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

I hated my first job in a big regionally well-known hospital (that I thought I would love) and ended up resigning after 4.5 months. I was so burned by it that I didn't work for 3 months. I then went...
Feeling terrible about a mistake I made in clinical

CeciBean replied to CatieK's topic in PICU, Pediatric

EXACTLY! Seems like someone else fell down on the job...or got busy and just
Fired from my first travel gig after 4 days

CeciBean replied to Birdsofprey's topic in Travel

I got fired from my last travel job on Christmas Eve. It wasn't exactly my fault either. I'd been pulled from the unit I normally worked in--there were 3 travelers and it was not my turn and I said...
Considering Cardiac

CeciBean replied to OneOnOnes's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

It kind of depends on the hospital. I worked in a couple of hospitals on cardiac medical units where the ratio was 4:1. In one of those, the unit was divided into pods where there were 4 rooms. The...
"Mess Up" stories for New Nurse

CeciBean replied to MedSurgRN2020's topic in General Nursing

Absolutely this. When I was new (and being bullied by my preceptor, but that's for another thread), I was trying to hurry because said preceptor was literally on my heels. I had two IV piggybacks of...
Why Can't She Stay Here? Getting Kicked Out of Inpatient Hospice

CeciBean replied to jeastridge's topic in Hospice, Palliative

I worked in home health from 1990-97. When I first started, home health and hospice were together. There was a pretty seamless transition if one of our patients was made a hospice patient; they had...
Is it like this everywhere now?

CeciBean replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

Sounds like a smart move. When I'd been a nurse for 20+ years and had a pretty solid cardiac/tele/ICU profile in my pocket (and was leaving my then-husband) I decided to become a traveler. I never...
Does Hospital Leadership and Policy Promote Working When Sick?

CeciBean replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

Yes, hospitals absolutely ARE abusive employers! The farther away I get from them (now retired 6 years, volunteer work only) the more I see it. At my last job, I had joked with a co-worker about...
Boyfriend wants me to stay away

CeciBean replied to LauRN3367's topic in Disaster Preparation

I understand him wanting the social distancing, however if he is not showing supportiveness in other ways it may be time to re-evaluate your relationship. Is he still calling, e-mailing? sending...
Covid-19 is Quite Unpleasant: A Personal Testimony

CeciBean replied to Guest1142305's topic in Disaster Preparation

I kind of wonder if that's what I had earlier this year. Symptoms were similar but not as severe. It lasted about a week. It was before this "wave"
Does one have an advantage coming from a “top” hospital?

CeciBean replied to wolfgangRN's topic in General Nursing

I put in several years in a Top 100 Heart Hospital. I loved it there. And boy, did I learn stuff! Sadly, because of financial mismanagement, that hospital no longer exists. ? I kind of saw that...
They locked up all the masks in security ?

CeciBean replied to RegisteredNurseReneeRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

So why not just keep them in the stock room, for heaven's sake? Most places I've worked, the stock room is only accessible with a code
How would you improve the nursing profession? (beyond better staffing, higher pay, etc)

CeciBean replied to labordude's topic in General Nursing

Especially when they're your manager. This has actually happened to me! Aside from that, and preparation, let's please get AWAY from the "business model" of nursing. In fact, let's get away from it in...
Thoughts on a new grad RN going straight to ICU?

CeciBean replied to Jace_b7's topic in Critical Care

One hospital I worked at as a traveler had a year-long internship for new grad RNs, which I thought was great. When they got out of that, they were ready for anything that came their way. One was...
The Wrong Dose - A True Story of Medication Error

CeciBean replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in Patient Safety Issues

I made a terrible error when I was a fairly new nurse. It was partly because I misread a doctor's handwriting. He had written an order for 10 mg. of Vistaril to be given to a severely vomiting child,...
Is 63 too old to start traveling?

CeciBean replied to getoutnride's topic in Travel

Heck no! I started traveling about that time, and I found that most travelers are either in that age group or quite young and without strings. Some of the older ones traveled alone, maybe were...
Do male nurses face gender bias in nursing education?

CeciBean replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

I graduated from nursing school in 1986. Out of the 104 students in my class, 5 were male. The only gender bias issue I noticed was that the guys were not allowed in the delivery room, which I thought...
Addressing the Predicted Nursing Shortage

CeciBean replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

I agree pretty much with everything that has been posted. I'm retired now, but the "nursing shortage" was predicted many years ago when I was in school. So was the BSN-only. And my thoughts about...
Refusing to change/toilet pts

CeciBean replied to ShockMe's topic in General Nursing

OK, here's my POV. If, during initial rounds, for instance, I would find a patient lying in poop but otherwise in no distress, and the poop wasn't all over the bed, I might tell that person I'd be...

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