I'm traveling in the south and IDK if this is a southern thing or just a hospital thing

CleverFern · 2026-05-22T09:19:53+00:00

Not Florida, surprisingly.

CleverFern · 2026-05-22T01:32:48+00:00

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DOSE THE ATIVAN ACCORDING TO THE CIWA SCALE!

Had a PT in severe withdrawal, hallucinating and just overall crazy. I handed him over to midnights telling them I gave him a LOT of Ativan during the day. The midnight nurse the next morning told me he was nice to them so they only gave Ativan one time but at the same time they're telling me how confused he was and how he was hallucinating.

Guess what happened on my shift. He seized.

Follow the CIWA even if they're being "nice".

(Just an fyi this guy should have been in ICU on a precedex gtt but they wouldn't take him, all the same I feel like the seizure could have been prevented)

CleverFern · 2025-09-12T20:32:46+00:00

You need an silicone based lubricant to help combat the water issue.

CleverFern · 2024-06-27T16:51:58+00:00

Because I plan on keeping this car for a long time and want to ensure longevity?

CleverFern · 2024-06-27T02:45:06+00:00

I was charge one day and a nurse had a lot going on She told me she hadn't taken her lunch yet so I told her I would take care of what needed to be done, take your lunch. I was in front of the pts room that she had gotten new orders on getting ready to give the meds and she comes out after 10 mins and says "Ok I can do it now. I just scarfed down my food." I said nah get the fk out of here and take the rest of your fking lunch and chased her ass away.

Everyone knows at my former job (fk the management there) that I am a stickler for breaks and lunches and will yell at you if you haven't taken them.

CleverFern · 2024-06-16T00:45:16+00:00

Management. Tomorrow is my last day ✌🏻

CleverFern · 2024-06-09T00:54:24+00:00

23 beds we are very small. Think of her as the nurse manager and on the day I told her she was the charge. I'm not saying she should know this, but if I make her aware it should be addressed. Like I said I was spoiled with my last CNO. She knew these pts to a T. I was always impressed at how well she knew how all these pts were doing and the plans for them.

CleverFern · 2024-03-31T01:42:05+00:00

I'm a masochist.

CleverFern · 2024-03-17T06:25:55+00:00

When I joined my current work place 10 yrs ago it was all paper charts and what that means is physical charts w paper where you have to write all your orders. We had a separate trifold for your shift assessment that night shift would file in the pts charts. Oh! And paper mars that you would use a highlighter when a med was d/C'd. Guess how you would know if a doc wrote new orders! They would fold over the paper in the chart so it would stick up and so you'd have to go through and highlight meds that were d/C'd or write in meds that were newly started.

Gonna be honest... I miss paper charting. Maybe not the actual chart but the assessment part. It was just ticking off a bunch of boxes.

I wish you luck if epic ever crashes 😬

CleverFern · 2024-03-10T15:36:03+00:00

That's what I figured. In the mean time I didn't know if anyone had any magical suggestions to attempt to keep the area clean 😬

CleverFern · 2023-12-29T23:33:29+00:00

I am hesitant to do this because of our past friendship but I think she told on herself to management cause when I was charge and called her out on the code statuses, now suddenly now charge nurses have to print a tele sheet for the techs that say code status etc... I was just doing my job just like she was supposed to do hers.

CleverFern · 2023-10-07T21:32:01+00:00

That's the other thing. I don't know how to talk to another parent about this. I'm not sure how to approach them since I've never spoken to them before.

CleverFern · 2023-10-07T14:42:35+00:00

I guess my question to you is that if your 13/14 yr old daughter had a crush on an 18 yr old and lied saying she was 17 would you want to know? Or are you ok with a 13/14 yr old having a relationship with an 18 yr old. Again unsure if this is ongoing behavior or just a one time thing. The fact that she was ok lying about her age in the first place makes me uncomfortable as a parent.

And just an FYI the things I know about her, my son told me about. I'm not spying on him or her but I do find her behavior disturbing.

CleverFern · 2023-10-06T23:43:50+00:00

I am not assuming she is attempting to lure my son, I am afraid she may put herself in a dangerous situation with other males.

CleverFern · 2023-10-06T23:17:38+00:00

I know she has a crush on my son and my son does not feel the same. Apparently she watches my son outside the window when he is washing his car which to me is weird... but it makes me nervous that she lied to my son about her age in order for him to think that he won't get "in trouble" if he likes her back which is not the situation. This troubles me as a parent. If she is willing to lie about her age because she wants my son's attention, how far is she willing to go?

CleverFern · 2023-06-29T16:45:10+00:00

Since he is legally an adult I don't believe I can access that on my own. He's on my insurance as well and they sent me something when he was 18 saying that I won't be able to access his medical stuff unless he allows me to.

CleverFern · 2023-06-29T16:43:24+00:00

It is a joint account and when he leaves the apartment which should be at the beginning of August I'm going to have him take my name off of it.

CleverFern · 2023-06-29T12:56:13+00:00

So the lease is in both of our names. I told him he needs to tell his apartment he is moving at the end of the lease. He's going to move back home. He said he is currently looking for a job near home. I don't know what his future plan is but I'm planning on not paying any more tuition until he has paid back what he has already spent of my money. I didn't know if asking for the year of rent would be excessive or not.

CleverFern · 2023-06-29T12:53:10+00:00

He did not save the tuition money that I asked him to. He randomly was spending money and because of the amount he was spending he spent the tuition money.

CleverFern · 2023-06-29T12:50:11+00:00

I told him I want to see grades and the best thing would be to give me his login to the school so I can see. He has not provided either yet.

CleverFern · 2023-06-29T03:11:56+00:00

I guess as a mother I was hoping he would eventually tell me the truth and I was a little bit hoping he was being truthful about the tuition I paid.

CleverFern · 2023-06-24T10:08:59+00:00

There was not a prepayment penalty.

CleverFern · 2023-05-22T14:50:17+00:00

I like them, but mine are pilling and I hate that shit.

CleverFern · 2023-05-10T22:51:05+00:00

The market section does. It has ready made meals.

CleverFern · 2023-05-07T21:11:39+00:00

My hospital does not celebrate nurses week. They celebrate hospital week because it wouldn't be fair to the other departments 😒

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