dankimal

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1. Poor physical assessment skills

   dankimal replied to stockmanjr's topic in New Nurse

   Heya! i can empathize with you. Accept that for the short term, your eyes are not going to pick up on subtleties an nuances. Therefore, I would do your assessment as near you can, report what you think you seeing, and then ask your preceptor what th...

2. Keeping your head...

   dankimal posted a topic in Emergency

   Hey all, I’m investigating care giver response in the acute phase of high stress situations, specifically, the observed “freeze” response. Imagine, if you will, a nurse walks into the room of a just bedded patient in a busy ER and finds the patie...

3. Anyone ever been on strike?

   dankimal posted a topic in Union

   Hey All! The nurses union that represents my hospital has called for a strike. Without getting into the gory and messy details, I was just wondering what people’s experiences with strikes have been? Thanks in advance!

4. Enuresis Protocols and Fluid Restriction

   dankimal replied to ambi1234RN's topic in General Nursing

   I believe that a fluid restriction of that nature would require a physicians order.

5. Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

   dankimal posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello all: In my practice I have encountered several instances of objectively addicted pts being prescribed massive amounts of narcotic medications. May I make it clear that these are not pts with low pain tolerances, these are confessed addicts wit...

6. Holistic Nursing, as opposed to...

   dankimal replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

   Are you perchance a Humboldt State Grad? HSU represent!

7. Do you ever feel like a licensed drug pusher?

   dankimal replied to whykiki0103's topic in Emergency

   While I don't feel like a licensed drug pusher, I do sometimes feel that all I do is run around throwing rx at people.

8. Contstructive discussion

   dankimal replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

   I must admit, I love the computer throwing emoticon.

9. Contstructive discussion

   dankimal posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello All: I've been flexed off the past few shifts, so I've had a great deal of time to browse the discussion forums on this sight. The discourse has often been heated and I've noticed that so much of the space is taken by posters who are angry, fr...

10. Most Common Patient Diagnoses

    dankimal replied to beauty912's topic in Med-Surg

    In my neck of the woods we get a ton and a half of cocci pneumonia.

11. Night shift and Sleeping

    dankimal replied to jaznia15's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if anyone has seen this, but I read in AJN a few years back (I believe in 2008) that a OH hospital was piloting a system that allowed for RN working nights to sleep in the on call room prn using a similar "buddy system" already mentioned.

12. I'm afraid that I'm a bad nurse.

    dankimal replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    I have though about ICU, and I have seriously considered it. But part of me (perhaps the "grass is greener syndrome") is looking outside of acute care altogether and leaning more towards primary care. My nursing program kinda shortchanged me a bit ...

13. I'm afraid that I'm a bad nurse.

    dankimal replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, everyone. I know it will get better, and relative to my first few months (see my previous posts) I am doing much better on the floor. And I have no regrets regarding the invaluable experience med/surg had given me, and to missladyrn, I have...

14. I'm afraid that I'm a bad nurse.

    dankimal posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello All: I am a relatively new nurse (practicing 8 months). At the time I started my first job, I entered with the excitement and enthusiasm that accompanies most new endeavors. Although nervous and extremely stressed, I persevered through my fir...

15. First medication error & on new graduate orientation :(

    dankimal replied to gardenia09's topic in New Nurse

    I'm a new nurse, 6 months on the job so far and have made two, count 'em two med errors. Both were relatively minor, and I will spare all the grusome details, but what I have learned is this: 1.) Always check your orders 2.) Always check IV rates Wh...