lifetimern

lifetimern

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About lifetimern

lifetimern has 10 years experience and specializes in trauma, critical care.


I have been a Registered Nurse specializing in trauma and critical care for the last ten years.

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  1. I desperately need advice

    I hate to sound hyperbolic, but your job and, perhaps, your career are in jeopardy! I have seen witch hunts in nursing. The victim of the persecution is often an innocent scape-goat or simply a pawn in some political war they no nothing about. If,...
  2. why is a person so evil?..... venting here

    There is never an excuse to degrade or even criticize another nurse in front of a patient or their family. If the nurse really cannot be reasoned with, you should speak with your manager or Human Resources department. This is more than an annoyance...
  3. Because I am not a female, I will refain from excessive cross-gender fashion advice except to say that, when I have interviewed applicants, the more professional the better. Of course, try to avoid heavy perfumes, long fake nails, and tons of jewelr...
  4. Budget-Cuts my Butt!

    The point that the OP is not a nurse is well taken, but I hear the same sentiments from nurses all the time.
  5. Budget-Cuts my Butt!

    I am always so disheartened to hear nurses say, basically, shut-up and take what your employers dish out because you're lucky to have a job. I agree, those of us who are currently employed are lucky to have jobs in this economy (we are also highly s...
  6. Rookie nurse neds how to advice instructuring a day...

    I am sorry your experience is so lousy! I will assume, since your preceptor is being asked to take her own patients while orienting you, that your facility's leadership does not put a high priority on nurse retention/orientation and you are, basicall...
  7. sats/oxygen guidelines/situation

    I am curious what this patients baseline oxygen saturation is. Unless the patient has some underlying respiratory disease or is a heavy smoker, it is unusual for a wakeful person to have sats in the low 90s. If the patient is a non-smoker with no h...
  8. Out of touch clinical instructor

    I, too, agree that you should determine the boundaries of your student's practice. However, is this experience just another clinical for the student or is this his clinical preceptorship? During regular clinicals, students often function under tigh...
  9. What would you have done? *urinary retention*

    I concur with CABG patch kid. I think your actions were correct and appropriate as long as the patient truly understood the ramifications of his decision. BTW, I would have had another nurse (charge nurse, probably) encourage the patient to allow th...
  10. Take-home pay

    Often, these on-line discussions are populated by people who simply, for whatever reason, need to vent. Therefore, it seems that opinions here tend to shift toward the negative. I will tell you that I make approximately $39.00/hr. not including shif...
  11. How to deal with difficult assignment?

    I hope your experience improves beause your first year as a nurse, in many ways, defines the kind of nurse you will be throughout your career. Honestly, seven patients at night isn't that bad. I have to wonder, however, if your colleagues are taking...
  12. Suspended and Unsure.

    I'm sorry your weekend is ruined! If you have a good relationship with your manager, I would consider calling her and telling her exactly what you've told us. Listen closely to her response and see if you can extract a few more details. Really, I fin...
  13. Detaining impaired pts---Battery ? Kidnap?

    Patients do not relinquish their civil liberties because they are given a narcotic. If I were the patient and a nurse tried to "detain" me, I would call 911 -- or does your facility want you to confiscate their cell phone and deny them access to othe...
  14. Couplet care - how do you handle float pool nurses?

    As you know first hand, Nursing is becoming increasingly specialized. L&D, Postpartum, and NICU are prime examples of areas that require specialized training and experience. It is unsafe for nurses not specifically trained to care for new moms a...
  15. Question about holding meds

    If I held a med. and wanted to notify the physician., I used to flag the chart/progress note section (this was the days of paper charts and post-it notes) notifying the MD. I also passed it on in report. Today, using electronic charting, maybe you c...