SillyInScrubs

SillyInScrubs specializes in Cardiology.

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1. Road Trip Essentials

   SillyInScrubs replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Critical

   What is in your emergency med box? We don't have those where I work. What I bring usually just depends on my patient and what's most likely to happen based on their condition. If they're too unstable to travel, but for whatever reason the team insis...

2. Do you have a "Work You" vs. a "Home You"?

   SillyInScrubs posted a topic in General Nursing

   Confession: At work, I sometimes spend a good portion of my shift making phone calls to doctors, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, lab technicians, patients' family members, etc. Occasionally, some of these people might yell at me or even hang up ...

3. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   SillyInScrubs replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   People treating me like I'm incompetent because I look young, and constantly commenting on it. "You look like you're 12... how old are you? Really?? Are you sure you're not a student?" You look like you're rude. And people always assuming I'm "just s...

4. Telemetry nurse duties

   SillyInScrubs replied to finallyRN7's topic in Cardiac

   Oh no no! The rapid response team would only be called if you assess your patient and suspect that they may be becoming more critical or just have a "bad feeling" and need quick intervention to prevent a code situation or ICU admission. Family member...

5. Telemetry nurse duties

   SillyInScrubs replied to finallyRN7's topic in Cardiac

   I'm a new grad working in tele, and I am not ACLS certified nor am I required to be. I talked to my manager about my interest in becoming certified and she actually recommended that I wait a couple years until I have more experience so that it will ...

6. new RN - income questions

   SillyInScrubs replied to sheryl1304's topic in New Nurse

   I'm in CT and starting at 28.50 on orientation and 29.50 off. Another hospital I interviewed at in CT started at 31.43. But as others have mentioned, cost of living is a factor here.

7. Am I admirably persistent or just delusional?

   SillyInScrubs replied to SillyInScrubs's topic in General Nursing

   UPDATE! I applied to two other hospitals, both with excellent reputations and both about 50 minutes away from me. I spoke with a classmate I graduated with about one of them to ask her what she thought about working there, because she had worked the...

8. Simple things new nurses or experiece nurses are not doing?

   SillyInScrubs replied to RN28MD's topic in Med-Surg

   Please excuse my ignorance here, but I'm new and was just wondering about whether or not doing these things is outside of the scope of practice for a registered nurse? Could you somehow get into trouble for ordering tests, EKGs, and labs and giving ...

9. White Toe Syndrome

   SillyInScrubs replied to NurseHotFlash's topic in Med-Surg

   I have the same problem! Just wondering, are your feet doing better after seeing the doctor? :)

10. Query on Lovenox Administration

    SillyInScrubs replied to TammyWilson808's topic in Med-Surg

    I was told that the reason for keeping the air bubble was because when you push out the air, some of the medication gets on the tip of the needle and gets into contact with all tissues on the way in. So if you're giving an IM the med makes contact w...

11. Vitamin K used incorrectly.....INR 1.8

    SillyInScrubs replied to GoNightingale's topic in Med-Surg

12. Resume - should I leave off my lousy work history?

    SillyInScrubs replied to Irock's topic in General Nursing

    When I was forming my resume, my nursing instructor (who is an extremely intelligent woman and who I trust very much) advised me to remove my unrelated work history and add more of my nursing projects, organizations, conferences, and activities that ...

13. A little direction??

    SillyInScrubs replied to greenfiremajick's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like a gift to me that you can be a sensitive person and still be seen as a leader to people around you! I am also a sensitive person, but it shows so much that I wonder if makes me seem "too soft". You sound like you have a good personal...

14. Am I admirably persistent or just delusional?

    SillyInScrubs replied to SillyInScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much to everyone for your responses! I woke up this morning and before my feet even hit the floor I immediately grabbed my laptop and got to work on updating and fine tuning my resume and researching other opportunities. I think I had a...

15. Am I admirably persistent or just delusional?

    SillyInScrubs posted a topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in May with my BSN and am currently licensed and ready to work. I immediately applied at Dream Hospital upon graduation. I have had several very positive clinical experiences at this hospital, and many of my friends work there and rave a...