I was a travel nurse up and down the coast of Cali for several years and the further north I went the better the rate of pay. Also I did per diem registry in San Diego for several years and I will tell you, you basically have to be available for ever...
mushrooms4 replied to ERjunkie38's topic in Travel
Believe me, this is NOT the behavior you would expect from recruitors. What company are you guys with? I am with AMN and have also travelled with Access and RN Network and I have never been spoken to that way. Even when I am being a dick, they a...
mushrooms4 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Geriatric
The first time I heard a nurse refer to the "SOB" in rom 12, I got a litttle upset.... till I learned it was short of breath. Had to learn new terminology and acronyms when I became a nurse.
I have a recurring nightmare that I have patients in my bedroom and I can't wake up enough to take care of them. Sometimes I wake up from this dream, and I literally search my room trying to find them. I too have the dream of having a pt that I eith...
mushrooms4 replied to enigmaticorange's topic in Humor
:jester:1) Maybe some dig stim would be good 2) When did you last poop? 3) Have you been able to pass gas? 4) Pleasantly confused 5) Just a little prick now, ok? 6) This won't hurt a bit... 7) Oh man, that was the biggest poop I ever saw! 8) no, you ...
I think Bradleau is a little confused- he apparently thinks it is OK to laugh at patients, and that he never makes mistakes so therefore it is OK to be harsh in his judgement of someone who is having the same struggles that we ALL did when new to thi...
Wow! You are very harsh in your judgement there Giga. And, maybe in the 5-7 minutes you spend charting, you may not realize you are missing some critical assessment details. Computer charting hasn't been around very long and these older nurses rem...
mushrooms4 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor
My word! I had the same experience!!! I had a pt that was post op CABG, doing great and was delined, extubated, and planned to TX to tele the next am. Gave him ambien and 45 min later, he was stark raving CRAZY!!!!! He had hold of his chest tubes ...
I had a friend that had received a homeless pt as an admit from the ER. I offered assistance bathing the pt as he was exceedingly odiferous; and, from experience, I knew moral support was required for this particular bath. So, as we are cleansing h...
I would have to agree with the previous comments.... If what you have infusing only works when not stimulating the pt, let the MD know and try to get prn orders to cover the linen changes, suctioning, etc. But, of course, during the moment that the...
Unless your patient cannot tolerate a turn to one side or the other, you need to be turning them side to side. If they are (and I am talking ICU patients) intubated and sedated, and the potential of pooling and pressure is a definite issue, (I am so...
Most ICUs will give you two patients, even with numerous drips. Time management will come to you, it just takes (how ironic) ----TIME. We have all been through this as new grads. Hang in there you will get it.... it becomes easier as TIME goes b...
By the way, I would like to take offense on your behalf on what Seasoned Nurse class of 1977 said (because it came off sounding a bit harsh), but I have to agree with all that she said. Listen to the wisdom of a very experienced RN, and take heart, ...