EKUGRAD

EKUGRAD BSN, MSN, RN, CNS

Psychiatric / Forensic Nursing

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  1. Injection Gone Wrong: Part 1

    EKUGRAD replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    PLEASE !! Part 2 and any more. We nurses are not used to waiting

  2. Orders from hell...

    EKUGRAD replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    I used to get these orders all the time in Home Health. The patient would go to the Wound Clinic weekly and we would get new orders for Home Health wound care. Almost always these were pre-printed...

  3. Orders from hell...

    EKUGRAD replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Night Psych nurse here. There have been nights I would have killed for that order

  4. Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    EKUGRAD replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    O.K. This is really gross but every word is true. I was working as a tech in a burn unit, tasked with doing hydrotherapy and non-sharp debridement. Our tank was a "Hubbard"- style PT tank that,...

  5. Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    EKUGRAD replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    You were squeezing the wrong lump ! I've had the same event happen to

  6. Don't flame me for this

    EKUGRAD replied to future_RN, CNA's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You are not "off the clock" on breaks. These are paid time to provide workers that don't become fatigued. Each facility has a policy on where and when breaks

  7. Don't do the physicians work!

    EKUGRAD replied to ModernRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In my area of the country (Southeast) there is a very dangerous nocturnal creature: The "Professional Call Physician". So many times I have called a physician about a patient need and reached a...

  8. Questions about travel nursing

    EKUGRAD replied to Annie_1101's topic in Travel

    Sounds like you are considering a career move to the wild and wacky world of travel nursing. I retired from State service a while back and went into traveling with my big, dumb smile and my eyes...

  9. For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    EKUGRAD replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    How about "long road to hoe". It's "long ROW to hoe".,. Come on

  10. For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    EKUGRAD replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    So. What is "NETY"

  11. Don't be an Autobot

    EKUGRAD replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    September 1970. I applied for a job selling encyclopedias door-to-door (Good Lord, I'm Old !). I got the job but on the first day we were to spend 4 hours memorizing the script for sales and...

  12. Psych nursing is easy

    EKUGRAD replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

    And don't feed them after

  13. You Know You're a Psych Nurse When . . . .

    EKUGRAD replied to motor_mouth's topic in Psychiatric

    Night Shift Motto (borrowed from the Trauma Center) - Keep 'Em Alive 'til

  14. You Know You're a Psych Nurse When . . . .

    EKUGRAD replied to motor_mouth's topic in Psychiatric

    The only difference between yourself and the patients: Wristbands

  15. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    EKUGRAD replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Not only is there a sequel, there are action figures: Make Your Own Human Centipede. It was a popular Halloween costume

  16. FNP Program...scam or worthwhile?

    EKUGRAD replied to Valcorie34's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you are going for your doctorate, you will be required to master the English language sometime before draping the hood with your academic

  17. First Angry Call

    EKUGRAD replied to FreckledCoffeeRN's topic in School

    YOU DID O.K.

  18. Unit Dose Woes

    EKUGRAD posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is it just me? Does anyone else out there spend WAY to much time just opening the Unit Dose packs sent by the pharmacy? I understand the need for hospital pharmacies to save money (like all of us)...

  19. Unit Dose Woes

    EKUGRAD replied to EKUGRAD's topic in General Nursing

    I know it doesn't fit safety protocol but I carry the small Swiss Army knife "Executive" at work, deep in my scrubs pocket. Knife blade and little bitty scissors are a

  20. Terminated After Two Months!!

    EKUGRAD replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    One of the best decisions I ever made as a nurse was to join the United States Navy Nurse Corps after 1 year out of school. I worked my year at the V.A. that had been more than helpful with schedules...

  21. power struggles

    EKUGRAD replied to TerpGal02's topic in Psychiatric

    I worked on a forensic adult psych unit with full-time security officers. One of our PD's came out of his room without a shirt. The officer told him to put on a shirt and the patient told him...

  22. Artane (Trihexyphenidyl) vs Cogentin (Benztropine)

    EKUGRAD replied to electricblack's topic in Psychiatric

    We had to quit using Artane. Too many cocaine addicts were using it to ameliorate their withdrawal symptoms between

  23. How do you handle manipulative/demanding patients?

    EKUGRAD replied to kimmyanne02's topic in Psychiatric

    The Curse of The Borderline: When they say something to get you riled up, it contains some element of truth; i.e. "You really look good in pink, for a girl your

  24. Nurse Investigators/Nurse Coroners

    EKUGRAD replied to trenadamm's topic in Forensic

    Somebody help me. I have worked inpatient forensic units, State hospitals with forensic nurses and been doing legal consulting since 1997. However, all I seem to get from the Forensic Nursing world...

  25. Unit Dose Woes

    EKUGRAD replied to EKUGRAD's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, yeah. Another fun day in Psych. How about the Zyprexa Zydis that dissolves while you are trying to get it out of the package.... The L.O.P.'s (Little Old People) get fixated on "my pills" and...