workingforskies

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1. What about my pain!?

   workingforskies replied to chicagobsn's topic in Emergency

   Of course you are right. Let's also ignore the personal responsibility the patient chose to eschew by apparently not taking Tylenol and/or Motrin to manage her pain. Let's also ignore that she had 2 weeks of ear pain. I wonder if she went to a cli...

2. Pediatrics Question

   workingforskies replied to Lily C.'s topic in Pediatric

   I have been a pediatric nurse for almost 10 years now, mostly in ER’s. Some pediatric IV start tips. -Gather all your equipment and have everything set up on a tray BEFORE you enter the room. Setting up in the room only increases the anxiety ...

3. Pediatric IV's?

   workingforskies replied to Jen2002's topic in Pediatric

   A 20 on an 8 year old is fine. I have, on occasion, used 20g's on dehydrated infants that I knew were going to be admitted for a while when they had the veins for it. An FYI. When starting IV's on babies, if you are right handed, the left, medial...

4. booted from er job while on general medical leave

   workingforskies replied to beaujacques's topic in Activism

   You mentioned the 3 magic letters. "HCA". Trust me, you will be better off in the long run.

5. Nursing and Spirituality

   workingforskies replied to vlmusicalsound's topic in General Nursing

   I hope it is just your memory because that is an astonishingly one sided definition. I am an unabashed atheists. That statement implies that my lack of spirituality means that my life has no meaning or purpose. I can assure you that I am FAR from ...

6. Every other weekend- what century are we in?

   workingforskies replied to lizva101's topic in General Nursing

   If this were a male dominated profession, we would be getting paid at least twice as much as we get now, there would be pool tables in every break room, and the free turkey we get every Christmas would have a fat bundle of stock options stuffed in it...

7. do not rehire?

   workingforskies replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

   Absolutely it would not be inappropriate. You did them a favor by expressing an interest and taking the time of applying to work there. Asking for an honest explanation as to why you were not hired is certainly not unreasonable. Besides, what are ...

8. Doctors and Nurses need to band together against out of touch regulatory overkill

   workingforskies replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   There is a regulatory body in my state, (and I have no idea which one), which has stated in writing that the next 'drink in a unit area' violation at the hospital where I work at will result in a $10,000 fine.

9. Doctors and Nurses need to band together against out of touch regulatory overkill

   workingforskies replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   One of my biggest complaints: Drink at the nurses station = $10,000 fine. 7 ER patients for one nurse = nothing.

10. Need Positive "Cheerleader" Phrases for 1st job

    workingforskies replied to in2ICU's topic in General Nursing

    Empathy, understanding, a smile, a positive attitude, taking a few moments to listen. Things like that are far more effective than a few worthless catch phrases. Also, be VERY careful about blithely saying, "you are going to get better" or things ...

11. How do I deal with a liar?

    workingforskies replied to learning2Bnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Get over it. The drama, the drama....

12. Would like to know what you think about Sustainable English

    workingforskies replied to *new*'s topic in General Nursing

    I was going to reply until I noticed this at the very bottom. " Last edited by SteveRN21 : Today at 11:47 AM. Reason: removed link to business website per site TOS" This is a nursing related discussion board. Please spam somewhere else.

13. Going over grid...........

    workingforskies replied to saphyre's topic in General Nursing

14. Interview advice: What would you ask?

    workingforskies replied to joy09's topic in Emergency

    Onyx77 hit it on the head with questions you can be asked during a typical peer interview. Some questions I have learned to ask during an interview for an ER position. -What is the FTE to patient ratio on that unit? (A Full Time Equivalent or ...

15. This is a drug allergy question....who will it stump?

    workingforskies replied to justme1972's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just a guess mind you... Most deaths from allergic reactions come from decreased O2 exchange from increased airway inflammation. As fetuses get their oxygen from the mother's blood instead of through direct exchange of air, I would not think the eff...