SwansonRN

SwansonRN

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SwansonRN has 2 years experience.


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  1. Are You Nurse Jackie or Nurse Zoey?

    I adore this show. My mom always calls me nurse Zoey, but I like to think of myself as later years Zoey when she's charge nurse!
  2. How does it feel to have a Foley insertion?

    Jeez, I catheterize wide awake/non medicated people daily and we don't use urojects at my institution. Feeling pretty evil! It's a rarity that patients complain about it in my experience.
  3. News Flash Everybody Farts!

    Nope that's the greatest beauty of ICU nursing I was in charge one day and a coworker called me because her patient was scheduled to get electively intubated but she was "dropping a deuce" and would be a while. Best phone call ever! Life's faaaaa...
  4. Highest temp

    ICU nurse here, sorry! I forget the exact number in Celsius, but it was in the 109 range. I was getting temps around 104 orally/axillary so a charge nurse suggested putting in a rectal probe to monitor continuously (this was amongst hanging pressor...
  5. I've certainly seen this myself and have somewhat fallen for it in the past. I also know some doctor-nurse relationships that are healthy. It's good to be cautious, but I don't believe that it's fair to say doctors in general see nurses as disposab...
  6. I've never been married, but my current serious boyfriend is a doctor I met at work. It's certainly possible to find romance in the hospital setting, but it's risky business. I've had it succeed (current beau) and I've had it blow up in my face. J...
  7. How was your first code blue? What role did you have?

    I honestly don't remember the circumstances of the patient. I remember some details, but I was so green I don't think I understood the big picture (new grad in ICU orientation). I remember my preceptor was ready to go to lunch and I was just finish...
  8. Nurses thrown under the bus

    Look up the policy and procedure next time you have a patient with something you're not familiar with! I would be upset if this were my family as well. Over a week and no change/no assessment under the dressing? Yikes. Nursing is certainly respon...
  9. Well, it does feel kind of weird to call out someone of your own (soon to be) kind, but you're a mom and you did what you had to in a reasonable way. Nurses get busy, occasionally take shortcuts and even get sloppy, they're not perfect. Just use it...
  10. 12 hr shift makeup routine

    Preach, girlfriend! I personally only wear face makeup (other than blush) on special occasions. I believe this is due to struggling with acne growing up. I also can't stand matte foundations, however I always recommend l'oreal infallible for those ...
  11. How often did YOU see the school nurse?

    I guess I went a lot compared to everyone else it seems! Lost teeth, nose bleeds, ticks from recess, cuts...I want to say I went maybe once a month in elementary school. Once in middle school for starting my period and a few times in high school fo...
  12. I don't have a strong opinion either way because I tend to just clean it up myself without a second thought. However, I can say that it's a bit degrading and it has nothing to do with title or education. Me on my hands and knees with a towel or was...
  13. Hitler, an ICU charge nurse, receiving morning report

    I love it!!
  14. Sharpie on Tegaderm

    Actually, really fun fact! There was a study that compared sharpies and sterile surgical makers. Both were colonized with 4 types of bacteria after use, however, the sharpie after being capped for 24 hour was no longer found to be contaminated wher...
  15. Did you marry a doctor?

    I've dated a few doctors. I met them at work, including my current boyfriend. I'm not saying I condone it, but there's a lot of...fraternizing where I work. Not every place is like the TV shows, mine just happens to be.