AvaRose

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   Sign on room when pt dies for no more svcs. in room/ courtesy sign - do you have one?

   AvaRose replied to deweydecimal13501's topic in General Nursing

   The hospital I did clinicals at had a beautiful picture of a tree with sunlight streaming through the branches that they used on L&D when a baby passed away. It also said Do Not Disturb at the bottom. I didn't see any special signs for adult pati...
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   Good Charge Nurses Can Make All Of The Difference

   AvaRose replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

   Yes it was the medication not the actual IV itself. It was Potassium that was running which is why I never want to administer IV Potassium again (if they can swallow they are getting the capsules if I can at all help it). I'm pretty much to the point...
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   Good Charge Nurses Can Make All Of The Difference

   AvaRose replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

   HA..the charge nurses 99% of the time are desk nurses. They whine and cry if they ever have to have a patient or even help with a patient. Half the time I can't even get them to answer a question, like today when I asked how to fix a patient's IV and...
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   How do YOU deal with criticism outside of work?

   AvaRose replied to misskayy's topic in General Nursing

   I walk away from both. Critiquing someone is RARELY constructive especially when you never give tips for improvement or any kind of positive reinforcement of things done well. And people who insult me don't need to know me or ever talk to me again. I...
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   Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

   AvaRose replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   OH god flashbacks of the chest tube video. They must have said sont-i-meter at least 50 times while explaining how to set up and use the chest tube. And I've been forced to watch that video about 5 times.
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   What is your Nursing Super Power?

   AvaRose replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

   Legal 2000. It's the Nevada legal hold designation (due to the fact that the law was passed in 2000). Even more fun is once they are medically cleared the RN has to go with the patient to their tele-psych hearing with the judge to see if they need pl...
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   What is your Nursing Super Power?

   AvaRose replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

   Is it a superpower to somehow always get all the L2K patients on the floor on any given shift? If I don't end up crazy myself one of these days then maybe I should just consider a move to Psych nursing...on second thought if I can get Nursery or NICU...
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   Why are nurses disrespected so much?

   AvaRose replied to fitfabfunnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

   Very true. I just about hit the year mark (I had a bit of time between my first nursing job and this one). At my hospital I even made friends with the Doctor who seemed to hate everyone and especially women. He stops and chats with me if I come to ch...
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   DNR/DNI: What Age Would You Choose to No Longer Be Full Code?

   AvaRose replied to LollaPaupRN's topic in General Nursing

   I am an organ donor so I don't believe that I can be a DNR/DNI as they would need to intubate me to keep perfusion long enough to procure any viable organs, but that is the only circumstance that would be acceptable. Even at my age (38) I don't want ...
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    YOUR Childhood School Nurse memories

    AvaRose replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I remember the giant vat of Iodine the nurse in elementary school used for cuts and abrasions (of which I had probably thousands during elementary school). It smelled, it burned when she applied it and then it itched like crazy. I always went home an...
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    Advice please

    AvaRose replied to AvaRose's topic in General Nursing

    I have 6 patients of various acuity. I believe today there were three 3's and three 4's (5 is where we draw the line and refuse to take a patient). I had 2 that were pain management though one only asked for pain meds twice. The reason one patient fi...
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    Advice please

    AvaRose posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know most new nurses ask questions similar to this so I apologize in advance. I tried talking to my Charge Nurse but she didn't want to talk to me any of my last 3 shifts and I have no idea how to dig myself out of this rut. PROBLEM: -I seem to be ...
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    I Should Be in Jail

    AvaRose replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    My entire clinical group felt this way during one of our last L&D clinicals. We were waiting outside the unit to get assignment since there was low census even in postpartum that day when we noticed a women being brought directly to the floor by ...
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    Confessions of an Introvert

    AvaRose replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so much of an introvert that I am now debating how soon to put in my notice at work. As soon as I quit (and I may be the one who puts in a notice and then uses my PTO to cover it...I can't stand the thought of going back to work again) then I'll ...
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    doea nursing cause health problems?

    AvaRose replied to Jay1900's topic in General Nursing

    I have idiopathic HTN now. No abnormal lab findings leading the doctor to believe that it was stress induced. Although after 5 months on medication now I have a fairly normal (120-130) systolic BP but my diastolic is barely keeping above 60 (which do...