nursebearfeet

nursebearfeet

med/surg,ortho trauma,step down,neuro

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About nursebearfeet

nursebearfeet has 10 years experience and specializes in med/surg,ortho trauma,step down,neuro.


mom of 2, born to be a nurse

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  1. Who thinks this stuff up, anyway??

    i think "they" design things so that it will frustrate us. our ed is in the process of being remodeled. it is very pretty and new and wonderful with rounded edges and pretty colors and absolutely no barrier between the waiting room and the patient ...
  2. Question LPNs and IV push meds

    not true. it is legal and often done. in my hospital lpn's can do conscious sedation. yes, they should have iv certs, but hospital based classes will do.
  3. why are so many leaving? well, i love nursing. does that make me crazy, probably. it is hard, long hours, mandatory overtime, mandatory holidays, weekends, call time, stress: you could potentially kill some one, and tell me why we are expected to ...
  4. What do nurses really think of CNAs?

    i totally agree, it's manually much harder than being a nurse, usually. and they dont make enough money!
  5. What do nurses really think of CNAs?

    let me say this, every one has a job to do and in doing their job they make the job for the next line much easier. for example if the housekeeper doesnt clean the room who does? if the cna does not do vitals who does? if the line breaks down every...
  6. Need advice, feeling really bummed :(

    with draw and repeat! it's the smartest thing to do:)
  7. what makes you a good ER nurse?

    add/adhd
  8. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

    my husband and i struggle everyday with sleep deprivation working opposite schedules in order to not have to do daycare for our 3, soon to be 4, kids. this case validated all of our struggles for me. me too sister. i remember being a new er nurse wh...
  9. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    i used to work on the 6th floor. we used the pod system, 6 rooms per nursing station. in pod 2 is room 666, yes, i know. for some reason the patients in that room were always crazy. i'm not sure why they made a 666 the real story is in pod 7, use...
  10. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    here's another one for ya, i received a pt from neuro icu to the stepdown unit with blood infusing............piggy backed on d5ns, wait it gets better with zosyn piggy backed on the d5ns some times i wonder, well you know the rest. same unit i reci...
  11. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    this one was one of the deciding factors to my move to the er. i was charge one night on a med-surg/ stepdown floor. an "experienced" rn had drawn a pt/inr on a pt with a heparin drip. the lab came back critical high. i went to investigate. to m...
  12. What's better: Nurse Extern or LPN???

    choose carefully and find out your facts. lpns at my hospital can start iv's, give push meds, do conscious sedation, dressings, caths, ect. their scope of practice is very close to the rn, and the money is decent. either way, the final stop is th...
  13. what did you do in your former life?

    i was a swim suit and lingerie model, no i am not kidding. i have pictures to prove it. and because i know you will ask why... everyone does! i'll tell you. once upon a very traumatic evening in the company of a crazed lunatic i found myself thin...
  14. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    i work in "the city", we see this all the time. yes the smell is horrid, but on the bright side maggots work really well at debriding. we have actually had to take people in the ambulance bay and hose them off. never a dull moment. :rotfl:
  15. You Know You're a Nurse When...

    i so relate to this one. my son, 5 at the time, came in the house crying. so i said, "stop whining" before seeing the child. he said but mom, it's bleeding. rolled up the leg of his sweats, yep, 7 stitches later i felt like a heel !!!!!!!! bad ...