ChristyRN2009

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1. One Year.... and I am still miserable

   ChristyRN2009 replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

   I feel the same kind of fear. But I try to get through it by thinking of ways that show me I'm a good enough nurse. Like the fact that my patients usually are very pleased with me. And the fact that my supervisors are always complimentary or at le...

2. Ugh! Had a Munchausen pt today

   ChristyRN2009 replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

   Why is it so hard to accept that some people are just evil? Oddly enough that wasn't all that clear to me until I became a nurse and realized that some people are just that way. Does that mean I treat them differently or that they don't deserve tre...

3. Name a situation that is not your responsibilty...

   ChristyRN2009 replied to NurseCallus's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, I love how in nursing school and on boards its drilled into our heads that nurses can only witness consent signature, not inform the patient. Yet when I bring the consent into my real patient for a cardiac cath, they don't know what it means a...

4. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   ChristyRN2009 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   Your loved one has assitis. They were born with it. Its incurable and terminal. They will die a victim of assitis. See the way you get yelled at when you try to help them? And they know you and supposedly love you? Well, its worse when I "Nurse...

5. Lazy coworker

   ChristyRN2009 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Relations

   I know a nurse on our unit who spends so much time on the phone making booty calls I cannot for the life of me understand how he ever sees his patients. Seriously. What sucks is we and mgmt all know it, but no one does anything about it. But let m...

6. I am sad, I am numb, am I burned out?

   ChristyRN2009 replied to gardengal1's topic in General Nursing

   Oh my, so sorry this happened and I can't imagine how I'd feel if one of my coworkers died, especially in this manner. Can you take a mental health day? I dont know what else to say. I doubt you are burned out, sheesh, someone you knew in a person...

7. Academic dishonesty dilemma! Advice needed, plz...

   ChristyRN2009 replied to dean1987's topic in General Nursing

   Don't report it because you don't know if its true or not. It could actually backfire on you- i.e. she says something about you that's untrue and while its false, it may delay or prevent your progress. What you need to do is keep your head down, yo...

8. Troponin of greater than 300! What is the highest you have seen.

   ChristyRN2009 replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

   Whew. Thats a bigun. Well my highest was 98. So what was the outcome of the patient, was it a stemi or nstemi, or what was the course of their treatment. That kind of troponin would freak me out thinking the patient might blow a ventricle. Shees...

9. How often do your pts thank you?

   ChristyRN2009 replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

   In the South here too, and its rare I don't get thanked verbally in my shift. We also get a fair amount of cards, flowers, donuts (thank goodness). But I also work on a unit with high patient satisfaction scores, so maybe that's it too? ETA: I shoul...

10. Oh, you rode your high horse to work today

    ChristyRN2009 replied to fallrisk2008's topic in General Nursing

    I think you missed the point. Someone may have given her a banana at some point in her life, but it wasn't that morning. Plus, seriously, just give her some bicitra wait a bit and its fine (not ideal, but hey, what happens when someone has emergenc...

11. Oh, you rode your high horse to work today

    ChristyRN2009 replied to fallrisk2008's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked both shifts, and at least at my place both shifts complain about each other. The big difference seems to be that while day shift might moan and groan during report, that's the last time they are doing so because you run your tail off the...

12. First pt code... is this normal?

    ChristyRN2009 replied to ONCRN84's topic in General Nursing

    I had a somewhat similar situation as you just recently, and I am doing the same thing. Ultimately, as I replay in my mind I could've done things slightly differently but the outcome would've been the same. Ive been a nurse for two years and it see...

13. Walkie Talkie pt. that tanked.

    ChristyRN2009 replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    Any updates, OP?

14. My Mom just passed.....

    ChristyRN2009 replied to Angel@MyTable's topic in General Nursing

    I'm really sorry to hear about you mom's passing. I can't imagine (and neither can another single person) completely understand your issues and how you feel about this situation. My only concern with what you've posted is that you seem to have this...

15. unbelievable... in today's world

    ChristyRN2009 replied to ilmbg's topic in General Nursing

    I would've had to make a mystery phone call within ear shot of that phlebotomist saying "man, my HIV/Hep C/Swine flu/cholera is acting up..." And laugh while she washed her hands with bleach... But I am evil that way. Any task with blood involved bi...