el_peon

el_peon has 16 years experience and specializes in BHU, ICU, ER, Med / Surg, OHN.

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1. trying to relax.... but should i really?

   el_peon replied to semarj911's topic in NCLEX

   Nobody can tell you to study yourself silly or dont study anymore and relax. It depends on how you process things. I didnt study, because the more i study, the more confused i get when it comes down to taking the test. I took it back in the 90's when...

2. ONLINE entirely? Starting from scratch?

   el_peon replied to OzarksMama's topic in Online Learning

   There arent any that i know of that are CNA to LPN. CNAs just dont have the clinical background to skip into a nursing degree.

3. When you find someone who is unresponsive...

   el_peon replied to litchi's topic in General Nursing

   A recently dead guy laying on the ground would still be warm for quite some time (unless of course, its cold outside). Because he was laying face down, would partially explain the coloring, because once the heart stops, the blood stops where it is, t...

4. Did everyone love telemetry???

   el_peon replied to ashemson's topic in Cardiac

   I went from behavioral health to ICU. Talk about baptism by fire. I didnt get it at first, but once you take ACLS, the whole picture really starts to come together. I also got a rhythm interpretation book that had The Far Side cartoons in it to help ...

5. got in report... pt in with confusion. Reality. post op hip. What to do?

   el_peon replied to Sirapples's topic in General Nursing

   I think "taking the direct approach" will be taken more as confrontation. After years of experience, I never take what i get in report as the gospel truth. I always make a round as soon as report is over and find out the real scoop directly from the ...

6. To Throw in the Towel or Not?- Opinions Please!

   el_peon replied to dreamingRN's topic in General Nursing

   Well, I am currently a 16 year LPN (which is actually a nurse and not a precursor to being a nurse...common mistake of new grad RN's who actually think there is a difference other than pay scale). I never wanted to be a nurse at all, and was sure i w...

7. to leave or not to leave

   el_peon replied to noellepage2000's topic in General Nursing

   I worked ICU for a long time and we had the reputation of "eating our young". You have to have thicker skin and a stronger backbone. Its a high stress area, and people deal with stress differently. It makes some a know it all and others just come acr...

8. Racism at clinical site...what to do?

   el_peon replied to ybstressed's topic in Relations

   Anonymous notes usually get the file 13, because they cant be backed up or checked into. If youre going to be gutsy enough to write a letter, be gutsy enough to sign your name to it.

9. Too scared to go back to MedSurg

   el_peon replied to KourtneiNurse's topic in Career Support

   My experience was a bit different. I worked about 6 months med / surg when i first graduated. Then the hospital did a bit of re-organization and the last hired were the first to have to find somewhere else to go. I had a choice between mother / baby ...

10. What to do when you've had it!

    el_peon replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in General Nursing

    The ICU i worked in had open visitation, so we had a constant revolving door of visitors. Yet again, administration wanted to make everyone happy. Doesnt matter that its not whats BEST for the patient, or prevents the nurses from doing their job beca...

11. What to do when you've had it!

    el_peon replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in General Nursing

    I once worked in a facility that had trackers on your badges. I was once asked why i had spent so much time in the bathroom one night (it was something like a total of 13.4 minutes). I had to explain to my manager that i had diarrhea that night. That...

12. What is the scariest thing that has happened to you while working as a nurse?

    el_peon replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    In the ICU that i worked in, you could see all of the beds from the station except one. That one had a camera in it with a monitor at the desk. The assistants had been giving the little guy a bath and pushed the camera to the ceiling to preserve his ...

13. What is the scariest thing that has happened to you while working as a nurse?

    el_peon replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    I had just arrived for my shift in ICU, and was given the first patient. I got report from Endo, who told me "she has esophageal varicies" So, i'm thinking " and that makes her an ICU patient because.........why? Later on in the report somewhere betw...

14. NEED HELP WITH WIFE

    el_peon replied to milan18400's topic in Male Students

    That's hillarious !!! And right on target. Unfortunately, you cant fix her. Theres nothing you can tell her that will make her feel better, because i'm sure she feels that you are just telling her that you feel nothing and arent attracted to the wome...

15. I need a nurses advice! - I have a problem (medical)

    el_peon replied to RetroReactive's topic in General Nursing

    Why would you go to a doctor you dont trust? After all, you are trusting them with you LIFE. Ask around and get some recommendations if you dont know of someone else you'd like to see.