mushrooms4

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1. Traveling to CA soon, need advice on where to start

   mushrooms4 replied to Dredredr's topic in Travel

   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...

2. Rude recruiter!!!

   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...

3. You've Gotta Know the Lingo

   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.

4. Funny Nursing Dreams

   mushrooms4 replied to abbaking's topic in Humor

   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...

5. Favorite bumper stickers

   mushrooms4 replied to beachmom's topic in Humor

   Saw this one on an old VW van: O to 60 MPH in 20 min

6. Only a nurse would say......

   mushrooms4 replied to enigmaticorange's topic in Humor

   I don't know if you know what rhubarb smells like, but that's what dopamine smells like....

7. Only a nurse would say......

   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 ...

8. My best orientation mistakes

   mushrooms4 replied to skicoachrn's topic in Humor

   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...

9. Older nurses taking forever to computer chart

   mushrooms4 replied to Giga's topic in General Nursing

   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...

10. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    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 ...

11. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    mushrooms4 replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

    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...

12. Can I bolus this patient? A legal / practice question about sedatives and narcotics

    mushrooms4 replied to simvee's topic in MICU

    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...

13. Is turning to supine considered a turn?

    mushrooms4 replied to sockov's topic in MICU

    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...

14. Any ICUs or critical care settings where the standard ratio is 1:1?

    mushrooms4 replied to edogs334's topic in MICU

    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...

15. New grad in ICU needing advice

    mushrooms4 replied to pinkynbd99's topic in MICU

    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, ...