ClaraRedheart BSN, RN

ClaraRedheart has 10 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Ortho, CMSRN.

Latest Activity

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   Nocturnal Muscle Cramps

   ClaraRedheart replied to Danielle BSN's topic in Education

   Several people have mentioned Theraworx, which is a magnesium cream. It works for some and doesn't for others. I guess what works depends on what is causing YOUR muscle cramps. I use magnesium oil after my grandma let me use hers. I was dubious, but ...
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   Ortho - a stepping stone?

   ClaraRedheart replied to Apple-Core's topic in Orthopaedic

   I think each of us have a place and not one is more prestigious when it comes to floor nursing than another. They are all difficult in their own right... except ortho. I did almost 8 years of med-surg and covid wrecked it. We didn't have enough room ...
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   How Does Witnessing and Performing CPR Affect Nurses?

   ClaraRedheart replied to IKnowANurseJaye's topic in General Nursing

   Having one of my 95 yo med-surg patients code right after surgery to remove colon cancer is one of the precipitating factors to my leaving a regular hospital and to an ortho only. It was horrible and I would just start crying randomly for a week or s...
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   Early Medical Leave r/t Med Error

   ClaraRedheart replied to OrthoRN20's topic in General Nursing

   Whutttt? Wowza. I guess I could see why. I don't work in Med-Surg anymore, so it's no longer a necessity, but I used to pull morphine or dilaudid, draw up my portion for the patient in the room, and then waste later ALL the time. I will still put nar...
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   What We Take Home

   ClaraRedheart replied to rthoenwrites's topic in General Nursing

   They do impact us... there are a few wives I remember to pray for around Christmas time, one, I cared for her husband and he passed around Christmas, another is a co-worker who lost her husband at the same time. It makes you grateful for your family ...
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   EPIC-Brain

   ClaraRedheart replied to ThatNerdNurse's topic in General Nursing

   I like the brain view! I never used the side brain view until recently, but a year or two ago, I noticed that the brain view shows blood labs that are due and there is no way to get that to show in list view. I also like all of the little green check...
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   Nurses' Charting: Focused Documentation

   ClaraRedheart replied to TheCommuter's topic in Med-Surg

   My hospital system took things like "foley catheter" and "central lines" out of the flowsheet, meaning you have to open them up separately and document. They call those little things "focused charting". I don't like it and am honestly more likely to ...
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   Best Shoes for Nursing

   ClaraRedheart replied to curlygirl898's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I liked the comment that mentioned going to a store and getting your feet evaluated! Getting the right shoes might save you time lost and surgery if you have foot problems. I loved my Danskos (nearly flat feet here), but was having dryness issues and...
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   Where do you stand on "Nurses don't get paid enough"?

   ClaraRedheart replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

   It really depends on where you're working. I've been on the same med-surg floor for years, but the acuity has gone up to the point where my nerves are constantly jangled the day before and ALL during my working days. I used to save my cries for after...
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    If You Quit Your Job Rather than Get a Vaccine, What is Your Specialty?

    ClaraRedheart replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in COVID

    I have gotten very few and I'm not too surprised, though I thought I'd try. I have a hypothesis from reading the news.. Most of the sad facebook stories of nurses quitting over the vaccine requirement have not been from units that saw a high nu...
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    If You Quit Your Job Rather than Get a Vaccine, What is Your Specialty?

    ClaraRedheart posted a topic in COVID

    If you personally know someone who quit their job rather than get the vaccine I might make a separate poll.
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    Burned Out?

    ClaraRedheart replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I can't even imagine what new nurses are going through now. When I started in med-surg 7.5 years ago, I was already emotionally and physically exhausted from nursing school and was walking into a very supportive environment in which I constantly doub...
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    Has anyone ever failed to meet the expectations for 2 jobs?

    ClaraRedheart replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I've never done a per diem job, but I did do a capacity plan on my med-surg unit on a busy year right before covid. That meant that I would work an overtime shift every other week. Close to the end of it, I was not in a good head space. My resting he...
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    Do you ever wonder...

    ClaraRedheart replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my. Yes. I've long known that my mom has undiagnosed ADD, and that my daughter did from third grade until now. We had to get my daughter a diagnosis and medical help this year because after repeated talk and punishment and taking things away, she ...
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    I'm so nervous.. Shut off at 75 and my application on BON says "approved-retest"

    ClaraRedheart replied to pioneer_MD's topic in NCLEX

    It's been seven years since I've done this. When my mom did it about 22 years ago, she called 16 year old me crying after testing and asked "Are you still going to be proud of me if I fail?? About 15 years later I called her crying asking a similar q...