extremebean

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1. ER to ICU?

   extremebean replied to RunnerRN's topic in Emergency

   do your time in the ICU. what's not to lose? with the current trend toward "holding" in the ED..........this is invaluable experience. do it. you'll have a broader knowledge base......... do it!! L.

2. I am a nurse in Japan which likes a cheesecake.

   extremebean replied to Kenshisandesu's topic in International

   Allez Cuisine!!!!!! Iron Chef Morimoto, and Challenger Kenshisandesu-san, the ingredient is.......... CHEESECAKE!

3. Dying by sheer will alone?

   extremebean replied to shoelace's topic in General Nursing

   i haven't seen it since my first job in nursing (though i've heard similar stories- guess it's not all that uncommon). i was a CNA in an LTC and one evening at bedtime one of the ladies was doing her bedtime routine. she started her prayers as usua...

4. fake baking any worse for unborn baby??

   extremebean replied to extremebean's topic in Ob/Gyn

   thanks for your responses! they have been helpful- esp. the links! my best girlfriend just called last night to tell me she is about 10 weeks pregnant. as we were talking she brought up the question, and i had to admit that i didn't know much- but...

5. fake baking any worse for unborn baby??

   extremebean posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   everyone knows tanning beds are a bad idea. that's old news. something i haven't researched yet: what are, if any, the adverse effects to the unborn? appreciate your input!

6. Have mercy on me, I am supposed to be the strong one

   extremebean replied to catrn10's topic in General Nursing

   Oh, God bless you!!! That would be so very traumatic........i can't even imagine....... Being nurses does not make us "un-human" or "superhuman". You cannot expect to be "tough" when it's happening to you. You are not expected to feel less sick or...

7. Patients who refuse to cooperate with medical/nursing treatment....

   extremebean replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

   was just thinking about this on the way home, but from a different angle...........for some reason tonight we had so many kids in the ED who's parents had bought them in: "fix my kid, make them feel better, ect,".............but then they are refusin...

8. New member just saying HI

   extremebean replied to BSNfromMCN's topic in General Students

   welcome to the BB! hope we are a good source of support, info, and relaxation!!! glad you are here!!!!

9. Welcome to ED nursing!!

   extremebean posted a topic in Emergency

   found this on the bathroom wall at work today. found it funny as well as accurate! not sure who wrote it or where it came from, but felt it was worth sharing. enjoy! fever, fever, mvc fever, fever, std chest pain, back pain, hard to breathe bumps ...

10. Maternal death.....

    extremebean replied to deespoohbear's topic in Ob/Gyn

    deepoohbear- sorry i can't shed much light on it either, but i also caught some of the buzz on this case and it really got me thinking, too. thought that didn't happen so often..... sounded like a lot of complications all at once in that OR...........

11. If you left nursing?

    extremebean replied to kjmta57's topic in General Nursing

    the only job that could really get me away from my ED would be stay at home mom!!! i'm serious........or, maybe, if money wasn't an option, go back to radio. that was good times.....another lifetime ago.

12. Christmas Schedule

    extremebean replied to AmAnRN's topic in General Nursing

    in my dept we work every other holiday (those being= new year, memorial day, july 4, labor day, thanksgiving, christmas). it alternates each year (if you worked july 4, 2002 you're off july 4, 2003, ect.) it is an excellent system-IMHO. i was on t...

13. Question about dehydration...

    extremebean replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    glad you continue to get better. rest while you can on this day off!! will be thinking of you.

14. Question about dehydration...

    extremebean replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    by "all OK", maybe he just meant "not too abnormal to be of much concern". our er docs say "normal" to pts all the time when the labs are 'close enough' to being WNL- esp when current tx is bringing resolve. did you actually see your results? i'll...

15. I am so hurt

    extremebean replied to renerian's topic in General Nursing

    i was naive enough to think that in this day and age people had too much to do to have the time to go about making others' lives suck......... so sad. you were so free in offering your support to me when i was just a newbie on this board...............