KAW1962

KAW1962

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  1. Change of job status -- need advise

    KAW1962 replied to NurseEcho's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work I don't believe you can just voluntarily cut back on your hours unless you apply for a part time or casual position. That always gets me how hospitals give you sick time then ding you...

  2. Sick of Doctor's attitudes

    KAW1962 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had an experience tonight, the kind that just makes my blood boil. Last night I admitted a very nice elderly woman with a fractured pelvis. She also has myelodysplatic anemia and has been under...

  3. Oh My God! Serious Advice Pls! Med-surg Or Icu Job???

    KAW1962 replied to Hebrews 13:5's topic in General Nursing

    One more thing to consider. I have seen ICU nurses who have never worked anywhere else get pulled to a general med/surg floor and feel absolutely overwhelmed and drown because they have never had the...

  4. Barcode Meds/Patient

    KAW1962 replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    I don't believe our ER uses the scanners and carts for meds. Everything they give is documented by hand on the ER flow

  5. Barcode Meds/Patient

    KAW1962 replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    We also use barcodes and scanners for meds where I work. There are the obvious problems, like when the meds won't scan, especially when the hospital buys meds from a different company who's barcodes...

  6. Most easy job in Nursing?

    KAW1962 replied to moliuchick's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the same city as you and would also like to go into managed care. I graduated from a diploma program, have 10 years experience in med/surg (respiratory and ortho mainly). What other...

  7. Complications from a CT scan???

    KAW1962 replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    I had a CT with contrast once. A few hours later, when I was in the shower, I noticed that I was beet red from the waist down. This was before I was a nurse, so I called the ER for advice. The...

  8. Oh My God! Serious Advice Pls! Med-surg Or Icu Job???

    KAW1962 replied to Hebrews 13:5's topic in General Nursing

    Your first year of nursing is usually the hardest...that's when you will be putting all those little pieces of the puzzle together and applying them in your patients' care. I would definitely...

  9. holding BP/HR meds

    KAW1962 replied to limabean's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work I know the cardiologists pretty well, and through experience I know when they want it given or held. For instance, most of the docs will want you to give lopressor if the SBP is greater...

  10. Need some advise...Please!!

    KAW1962 replied to 1godlynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. There was a patient on the unit next to mine who managed to pull his foley out. The nurse was unable to find the tip. Needless to say the patient had to undergo an invasive procedure to have...

  11. White Pants Underwear Woes

    KAW1962 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't that the truth. I own only two pair of white scrub bottoms and very rarely wear them. Funny how the white pants also seem to be made of the thinnest material known to mankind. Then you see some...

  12. Lupus

    KAW1962 replied to katheriner's topic in General Nursing

    My husband has ankylosing spondylitis and has been on Enbrel injections for about a year now. He definitely notices the difference...not as stiff when he first wakes up in the morning. He still can't...

  13. Infection Control

    KAW1962 replied to oreocookie's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, but you gotta watch out for the geyser when they cough or

  14. My New Nurse Wake-Up Call; Shocking Behaviors

    KAW1962 replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    One of my coworkers told me about a similar incident that happened to her. One of the docs, well known for his rude, condescending behavior, started yelling at her. She got in his face and told him...

  15. Do you call your patients by first or last name?

    KAW1962 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I have a lot of patients, especially the men, call me Ma'am. I always tell them "You can call me _________." Then I ask how they prefer to be addressed. If they go by a certain nickname, we try to...

  16. nursing school stress

    KAW1962 replied to ostomyrn2b09's topic in General Nursing

    I went to nursing school 10 years ago and at that time there was a glut of nurses in the field. I also live in an area where there are several nursing programs to choose from. Community college seems...

  17. The Coumadin Protocol

    KAW1962 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We also use a coumadin protocol on my ortho unit, although ours sounds a little less complicated. I don't remember it verbatim, but basically our patients get a loading dose of either 5mg or 7.5mg...

  18. what are the happiest and saddest things you've seen?

    KAW1962 replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

    Happiest: My first successful code. Saddest: Had a patient, elderly female in respiratory failure. I could hear the fluid gurgling in her lungs and the sputum rattling in her upper respiratory tract...

  19. Psych Nurse ="not a REAL nurse"?

    KAW1962 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Personally I have to chuckle when I am summoned to the psych unit to start an IV (rare occasion perhaps, but it still happens). I find it difficult dealing with psych patients in the med/surg setting...

  20. leaving job after 5 months

    KAW1962 replied to Goodby5's topic in General Nursing

    The second job I had was on an ortho/rehab unit. The first couple of weeks were great as I was taking care of the post-op patients. But then I was moved to the rehab side and well, let's just say...

  21. Seizure disorder questions

    KAW1962 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is someone able to comment on what constitutes a seizure disorder? Can you be diagnosed with a seizure disorder after having only one seizure? One of my co-workers daughters had a seizure last year....

  22. Question re: lupus and fibromyalgia

    KAW1962 replied to KAW1962's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing your personal experience. I appreciate any insight regarding the potential effects of lupus and fibromyalgia. The last job held by the person in question was working in a...

  23. Question re: lupus and fibromyalgia

    KAW1962 replied to KAW1962's topic in General Nursing

    Gee, I never thought I would create such controversy. In my personal experience as a nurse, I have had one patient with fibromyalgia that had no accompanying psych disorder. I worked with a nurse...

  24. Patient leaving AMA

    KAW1962 replied to veegeern's topic in General Nursing

    Curious to know if you've ever had anyone do that only to come back to the ER in full cardiac

  25. How do you feel about your CNA's?

    KAW1962 replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    I work with some terrific CNA's! The majority of them are motivated by love of helping their patients, are self-directed, proficient and efficient. They are my eyes and ears and alert me when...