chipper_RN

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1. Doctors Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

   chipper_RN replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

   I had a patient who was having right sided facial droop, right sided weakness, and decreased alertness. I called the doctor to get a CT scan and other orders for a potential stroke. The doctor says, "Hmm, let's just watch it for a while and see if ...

2. Share Your Favorite Motivational Quote - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

   chipper_RN replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

   "Nevertheless, she persisted."

3. Best Tips for Nurses - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

   chipper_RN replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

   Only pick up overtime you WANT to work. Giving into the pressure to work excess amounts of overtime is a a recipe for burnout. Taking care of yourself is important for your own mental health and allows you to give better care to your patients.

4. Create a Meme - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

   chipper_RN replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

   That moment when your patient's family member tells you all about their "healthcare experience"

5. Patients Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

   chipper_RN replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital overlooks a fairly busy highway, and one night we had an elderly, confused female patient. When we went into her room, she was flashing an imaginary man down by the highway. When we asked what she was doing, she said, "Well he flashed ...

6. Cartoon Caption Contest WIN $250! Nurses Week 2018

   chipper_RN replied to Brian S.'s topic in Announcements

   When nurse Jane said she needed a new hair product, this was not what she meant!

7. Nurses Week Giveaways - WIN Up To $4,000! Nurses Week 2018

   chipper_RN replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

   ...the confused patient lying upside-down with their head hanging off the bed and blood streaming down their face...and all over the floor...and under the bedside table. Seriously, it looked like a scene out of Psycho and the Exorcist put together!

8. Using PTO to work part time

   chipper_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   A few of my coworkers and I were discussing the idea of using our built up PTO to take a day of PTO each week and effectively work part time. Have any of you considered doing or actually done this? I'm not sure that I would actually do this, but it...

9. Critical thinking development

   chipper_RN replied to chipper_RN's topic in New Nurse

   Sorry, I did not realize I had a few more responses to the post. After having some time to think and reflect, I do think there were a number of factors at play in that situation. Yes, critical thinking development was probably the main one, but lik...

10. Critical thinking development

    chipper_RN replied to chipper_RN's topic in New Nurse

    Thank you all for your responses and encouragement. I am so very grateful for my team, who is nothing but supportive and I have learned so much from them! I just get a bit nervous because I work on a fairly high turnover floor and right now the mos...

11. Critical thinking development

    chipper_RN posted a topic in New Nurse

    I've been a nurse for about 9 months now and I had a situation a few weeks back that made me question how well my critical thinking skills are developing. My patient had a nephrostomy tube 2ish days postop that had been draining urine beautifully al...