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  1. I was in the bathroom at Chicago's Union Station when a woman was found unresponsive in a stall. A quick look under the stall revealed a needle hanging out of her arm and an empty tea light on the TP holder. We got security to pull her out (they t...
  2. Performance Evaluations

    My biggest frustration with the "evaluation" process is that management everywhere seems to now be required to divide their staff up into "high performers" and "low performers," and then each group is treated VERY differently. Sometimes staff are di...
  3. Crying babies

    Like many of the commenters, when I first read your description, I thought this baby was going through drug withdrawals. I know a few years ago I worked at a hospital that had just started to get babies with opiate withdrawals, so they really didn't...
  4. New grads shouldn't work in ICU?

    Many years ago I started out in peds ICU, and I LOVED it and it worked out great. It is, certainly, trial by fire. You have to commit to studying on your off days, and bringing your absolute A-game to every.single.shift. You have to basically bec...
  5. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    Working at a high end day camp years ago there were lots of great names... Siblings Paris and Jet Siblings Porsche and Ferrari Working at the hospital, a girl named her baby Baebie Here's some food for thought on the subject: ...
  6. thank you for preceptor

    I once got a pretty monogrammed name badge holder embroidered with my first initial (along with a very sweet note) that was a great nursing gift. There are a lot of things like this on Etsy for $6-10, though I'm sure you can find them elsewhere as w...
  7. Is there any truth to this?

    Like others on here, I run a low baseline temp- around 96.4-96.8. By the time my temp hits 99, I usually have chills, body aches, burning sensation behind my eyes (I don't know why, but every time I have a fever I feel that) - but I have all of the ...
  8. Vital Information about BSN and MSN online Programs

    University of Wisconsin Green Bay RN to BSN program looked great on paper, but they really don't care about their existing students much at all. They have massive problems securing clinicals for students, and they don't inform students of these prob...
  9. What do you do first, besides "ABC"?

    Yes, I want to clarify as well. I wasn't suggesting you should intentionally delay discharges to avoid getting new patients. That would not be ethical. Like Jessie, I was just talking about prioritization- addressing a potentially higher acuity si...
  10. What do you do first, besides "ABC"?

    I agree, always at least put eyes on the new patient first, just to CYA. After all, how do you know the patient is stable if you haven't even looked at him or her? The triage vitals and assessment that may have been taken two (or more) hours ago ...
  11. How do you handle patient information on security sign in sheets?

    I think what is lost here is that HIPAA exists to protect health information privacy- not any and all information pertaining to the individual. If you pulled up in a van that said ABC home health agency, DEF respiratory supplies, or XYZ DME company,...
  12. The problem with floating ER Nurses

    I have not heard of ER nurses actually floating in either of the hospitals where I have worked. In both of the hospitals where I have worked, the ER nurses have been known to help out the IV therapy team and serve as their back-up when they have t...
  13. What do you consider to be nursing's biggest setback?

    The toxic negative nurses-eat-their-young culture. Basically the way we treat one another (that often stems from the way we have been treated since day 1 as a nurse, or even day 1 in nursing school for some). The way our hospitals will so often blam...
  14. Let's see... -Rectal temps in NICU & neonates (now often avoided because it can cause perforated anus, axillary temps are done unless temp is abnormal or pt has hx of seizures) -daily baths for patients. It is the standard of care at many if not...
  15. Chart Audits -- I Couldn't Make This Up!

    I was a mental health counselor before I became a nurse. They still had us narrative charting, to leave room for all of the great quotes in the documentation. There are also some crazy quotes that I have to document from parents now, when we have c...