weekend warrior BSN, RN

weekend warrior is a BSN, RN and specializes in ICU.

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1. Computer charting..Uhggg!

   weekend warrior replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   I hated it at first, and there was resistance to it when it first came, like anything else but I love it now. We're on the CIMS system and it's pretty easy to find things. When I get consults writing their notes in the paper chart ( because they don'...

2. Feeling beat up in the ER

   weekend warrior replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

   Hey, you are not alone. The ER in my opinion is one of the most challenging places to work in terms of conflict and confrontation. I worked there for 6 yrs, and yes like another poster said, the sense of entitlement is there. Yes, I realize the wait...

3. Midwives and muellerian anomalies?

   weekend warrior posted a topic in CNM

   hello I was diagnosed recently after having 2 m/c and an ectopic with a unicornuate uterus. I went on to have another ectopic in the rudimentary horn and had that side taken out . I am ttcing no 2, (I already have a healthy 2 yr old son ) who went t...

4. Patient modesty concerns pertaining to surgery

   weekend warrior replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

   I recently was a pt when I had to have emergency abdominal surgery. I can tell you the things that went RIGHT in which being exposed was not a concern of mine. I was given a gown and blanket to keep warm while waiting to be taken into the operating r...

5. What's your holiday bonus?

   weekend warrior replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   We don't get a bonus. Sometimes they give you a christmas meal if you happen to be working on christmas.

6. How to deal with death of toddler death on picu..

   weekend warrior replied to nd deb's topic in PICU

   OMG, I am so sorry for you loss nd deb.. My heart breaks for you. I wish you strength to get you through this. After the loss of a child at work, it certainly is difficult. Especially I find, if the pt is close in age to my own son. Many times, my ...

7. Never understood nursing

   weekend warrior replied to PACPhD's topic in General Nursing

   I too think that working in 10 different ERs and having the same terrible experience with nursing in general is too much of a coincidence. Sure there are crotchety nurses out there at least one really bad one in every unit. But on a whole? Not likel...

8. Drawing blood through a Saline Lock??

   weekend warrior replied to thumperRN's topic in General Nursing

   No, not a great idea to do this, but yes it can be done. But most of the time I find it doesn't work. If the s/l is fairly new and hasn't had anything running in it , sometimes you will get blood return back using a tourniquet. But if there is diffi...

9. How are filipino nurses treated in a foreign country?

   weekend warrior replied to paxcristi's topic in General Nursing

   I am in Toronto and I don't see any racial discrimination and have many filipino coworkers. In the countries that do not have the same employee/human rights as we do in North America , you may want to do some research. I know that my friend has work...

10. New PICU RN

    weekend warrior replied to RNNPICU's topic in PICU

    That is an excellent reference for PICU nursing! Good Luck !!!!!

11. Why are emergency nurses not considered critical care nurses?

    weekend warrior replied to JessicRN's topic in Emergency

    I wholeheartedly agree! I worked in the ER for 6 yrs and am now in the ICU. I know that in the ER you get critically ill pts, of course you do as well as everything else the cat dragged in. But it is not an ICU, It is not meant to care for critical c...

12. Infant Botulism

    weekend warrior replied to photorn's topic in PICU

    I'm sorry about your neice's son, I'm glad he is recovering! That does seem strange, I've been in peds for over 13 yrs and I've only seen 2 cases myself. Granted both very severe cases needing to be in the ICU for months while on the vent until the p...

13. Rules for the ER (long)

    weekend warrior replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    These are all so freaking funny! LMAO here! I worked in a pediatric ER for over 6 yrs and I had to leave eventually because it got to the point where all this stuff would happen in one shift on a regular basis! Funny to read but not funny to go throu...

14. kids and being Nurse

    weekend warrior replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    There is no way that I would be able to work fulltime that's for sure. So I work part time, do every other weekend and the nights that I do work throughout the week , my husband can stay home in the morning while I sleep for a few hours . Sometimes h...

15. Methotrexate for Ectopics

    weekend warrior posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hope someone can shed some light on this. I was given a shot of meth for an ectopic pregnancy, my OB suggested 6 months, but all the literature I've read says 3 months to wait to try to get pregnant again. What are your patients being told and why? c...