epsilonprodigy

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1. Switching to transport, but with a dark past...

   epsilonprodigy replied to epsilonprodigy's topic in General Nursing

   Actually I am going on to med school, just finishing a few pre-req's and working to save some cash in the meantime. I will be starting med school in 2010. A transport person is a pre-hospital nurse. They can intubate, do art-sticks and so on. Requ...

2. Switching to transport, but with a dark past...

   epsilonprodigy posted a topic in General Nursing

   hey guys, it's been awhile. I am a "2.5 year old" nurse, who started out in PICU but after 1.5 years, was "made to transfer", although according to the powers that be, not fired. I had a lot of issues with the culture and feeling like others were tal...

3. about to become a fearless leader...

   epsilonprodigy posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi guys, I'm a "two-year old" grad, with 1.5 yrs in PICU and now about 9 months in peds ED. I'm about to become a preceptor(!!!!) to a student nurse doing her leadership rotation (i.e. she's about to graduate.) I feel like I'm still getting my own s...

4. Things you'd like to say to your co-workers, but never would ....

   epsilonprodigy replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

   Can't believe anyone didn't bring this one up: Mr. Really Cute Resident: Every time I see you, I just wanna cuddle up to you! (How inappropriate, I know.) Idiot know-it-all: Shut your pie hole this minute, if I tell you my kid is trying to die, neith...

5. You won't believe this.....HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!

   epsilonprodigy replied to epsilonprodigy's topic in General Nursing

   Obviously, you guys are right. I know I should have wrote them up right then and there, but I am always afraid of being one of those tattle-tales who would sell their mom down the river to get ahead! Clearly this situation is different though. The fr...

6. You won't believe this.....HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!

   epsilonprodigy posted a topic in General Nursing

   As far as nurses, and in this case, techs, eating their young, I think I have now seen it all. Yesterday I was unfortunate enough to lac my hand. I went ahead and called the ER I work at and asked if they could hook me up with some sutures. The cha...

7. What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

   epsilonprodigy replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

   I find it really aggressive and offensive when (usually NON-URGENT) patients' family members stand in the doorways of their rooms and glare at you, or stand at the nurses' station and do the same while you are clearly busy. I work in an inner city ho...

8. First job in ER, new grad

   epsilonprodigy replied to emtstudentnurse's topic in Emergency

   I know lots of new grads who started in the ER and did great. In fact, the vast majority of them loved it and are still there. It takes awhile to come into your own in nursing and find out your strenghts, professional temperament, pet peeves, etc... ...

9. How do you get through YOUR day?

   epsilonprodigy posted a topic in General Nursing

   What are some tips and tricks everyone uses to muddle through their issues each shift? For me, I work in an ER where the staff is great, but we are inner-city nonprofit... I would only ever work for a nonprofit organization and love working with the ...

10. scared and fed up- thinking of quitting!!!

    epsilonprodigy replied to epsilonprodigy's topic in Career Support

    Sorry guys, I was just reading my post and should clarify: I think I made it sound like I gave the phenytoin based on an incorrect weight. This wasn't the case. They were upset because I'd put a big kid who was a fall risk on the baby scale. Everyti...

11. scared and fed up- thinking of quitting!!!

    epsilonprodigy posted a topic in Career Support

    Hi guys, I have been lurking for a bit and find this site sooooo helpful! I have reached the conclusion that in nursing, we all have our horror stories of maltreatment, hard lessons and shattered confidence from being one of the "eaten young." That ...