JustEnuff2BDangerous BSN, RN

JustEnuff2BDangerous has 2 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Med-Surg/Oncology.

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1. patient death from PE

   JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to RockingItInTheER's topic in General Nursing

   While I was still in preceptorship on my floor, we had a man who was being discharged, all papers signed, IV had been taken out, street clothes on, stood up to get into the wheelchair to be taken out to his car and collapsed, immediately unresponsive...

2. Not a waitress or barista

   JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

   I don't mind fulfilling simple, politely-worded-and-toned requests. Start treating me like I'm paid to take your order (and receive tips while doing it), or start acting like you automatically expect me to do such things for you, and that's where the...

3. Is med/surg really that bad?

   JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to clearblue3's topic in Med-Surg

   You can make a huge mistake anywhere, not just med-surg. The good news is, there are not a whole lot of mistakes you will make that can't be reversed or mitigated - there's not a whole lot of mistakes that are going to outright kill someone. You beco...

4. What is important for opening note?

   JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to mbl91767's topic in Med-Surg

   My "opening note" only consists of "Received report from ______, RN." But if your preceptor wants you to paint a brief picture of the patient, I'd stick with objective things. "Patient awake, alert, resting supine watching TV. No S/S of distress, den...

5. All Med-Surg patients require an IV site

   JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to Bremin5099's topic in Med-Surg

   We require all patients on telemetry to have IV access, saline locked or otherwise. Most of our other patients do have IV access, but if the patient is stable, has no IV medications on their medication profile that they are receiving, does not have c...

6. Shower with IV

   JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Med-Surg

   Only issues here with showering are the IV site getting wet and the potential for the patient to fall (you could be in a world of hurt if the patient on heparin falls and hits their head!). As long as you safeguard against these two things (wrap the ...

7. New Grad RN First Job OR or Med/Surg Oncology

   JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to chadkRN's topic in General Nursing

   Never worked in an OR but I've worked on a Med-Surg/Oncology unit for as long as I've been a nurse (a measly 2 years ), and I feel I have learned more in these 2 years than some of my peers (who went into "specialized" areas) have in 5 years. I have ...

8. for the love of money...

   JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to BABYJADE06's topic in General Nursing

   Eventually, going into ANY profession (especially one as physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding as nursing) solely or mostly for money will only cause you to burnout. There have been many studies done on what motivates a person and what keep...

9. Choking Patient

   JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

   There's absolutely no reason why you can't perform Heimlich on a patient who is choking, after all at that point it's all about clearing the airway so a choking situation doesn't turn into a code situation. Also, in the hospital setting we have the a...

10. Oncology Drug shortage

    JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to plum94's topic in Oncology

    I had a 5-day regimen of inpatient IV chemotherapy delayed by a day because there is apparently a shortage of Taxol as well (patient's Day 1 was Taxol only; Days 2-5 were Ifex and Cisplatin). So it's not only potentially affecting outcomes, it's leng...

11. My hospital is breaking the law...

    JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Nursing

    I typically have 12 patients assigned to me, and an LPN (to give meds to the 12 patients) and sometimes a CNA (to do patient care on the 12 patients). Not only do I trust my LPN -and- my CNA to "watch" my patients for me, I usually depend on them to ...

12. What do I do about nurses who think my job is worthless?

    JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to onlyj's topic in Relations

    These are probably just surly people who need something to be surly about - its nothing against you personally. :) I am always thankful for my sitters, especially if them being there means that my staff will not be pulled to sit, thus making us short...

13. Nursing scrubs are darn expensive

    JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to Katie5's topic in Uniform/Gear

    I complain about this too, but (much to my annoyance), someone in the non-medical field always has some version of a comparison to "regular" work clothes and it really comes out to be about the same (if not cheaper) than every other profession. I us...

14. Does anyone like their job?

    JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to kayty2339's topic in General Nursing

    One of the first posts I ever read here, I remember a quote from it, as plain as day: "Do I love my job? What day is it?" I love nursing. Some days I love my specific job on my specific floor, and some days I don't. Some days things go mostly as plan...

15. Staffing Sucks

    JustEnuff2BDangerous replied to JustEnuff2BDangerous's topic in General Nursing