datalore

datalore specializes in Cardiac/Tele.

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1. April 2017 Caption Contest - Select $100 Winner!

   datalore replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   "Am I going to have to chart this as patient elopement...?"

2. Can I be a nurse with an anxiety disorder?

   datalore replied to Elizabeth Lewis's topic in Stress 101

   I've had an anxiety disorder basically from the moment I popped out the womb! I had to wait til I got mine under control enough to finally follow my passion. Sounds like you're working hard. My only additional advice would be that different care sett...

3. Going out with your co-workers (Mixing Business with pleasure)

   datalore replied to Plumrose15153's topic in Relations

   I think it's appropriate on a group-by-group basis; my current work team does it well, but I've seen it crash and burn with other worksites. I go out for dinners when it's a large, all-people-were-invited work gathering and no problems in 2 years (ye...

4. Not just seen on TV!

   datalore posted a topic in Humor

   Among other things, we've all joked before about how doctors only ambulate patients on Grey's Anatomy. We have a surly, nurse-frightening, House-esque doc that not only regularly ambulates our elderly patients, but I also caught this doc helping my p...

5. Interview as New RN Grad for Tele position Tomorrow

   datalore replied to MoroccoRN's topic in General Nursing

   Most of the questions I got asked (I work tele) were about patient safety, willingness to accept feedback, how you'd handle an emergency, handling difficult patient situations etc, and way less about tele-related stuff. Basically "are you going to be...

6. I can't get "poop" taste out of my mouth?

   datalore replied to Philly85's topic in General Nursing

   You're going to see many a coworker do things in a way that you don't prefer and/or that gets bodily stuff on you. It's not always carelessness or being incorrect. I've seen everything on that spectrum, like someone focused so much on the patient tha...

7. Don't wake that patient!!

   datalore replied to lovingnurse1967's topic in General Nursing

   I work in cardiac intermediate care (stepdown) and I'm only "ordered" to do q2-4 vitals and assessments - sick enough that they are moderately septic, bipap-requiring, titrating cardiac drips, unstable angina... etc. (Of course I do as often as clini...

8. Question from a Pre-Nursing Student

   datalore replied to Apple-Core's topic in General Nursing

   For me it was undeniable interest in an area long before nursing school. Significant family history of strokes and heart failure makes me think that hearts, lungs, and kidneys are cool... so for me the cardiopulmonary unit in my hospital was my only ...

9. Devastated about my recent preceptorship placement in med surg

   datalore replied to SF BSN2b's topic in NICU

   In the grand scheme of things, a NICU preceptorship is not likely to be the resume line-item that gets you directly into a NICU after graduation. So, although it's a serious disappointment as you likely would've loved the hands-on experience NOW, it'...

10. Orientation day + first weeks+ smoking cessation meltdown

    datalore replied to Username invalid's topic in Student Assist

    Good on you for quitting! Watching my hubs do the same and you about-to-be-former-smokers are warriors I swear. Kudos. Hang in there.

11. Hypoglycemia on night shift -- advise please

    datalore replied to WestCoastSunRN's topic in General Nursing

    I keep a ziplock baggie in one pocket of my scrub pants, one that is covered by my top anyway, but I hide a granola bar or something in there for when I'm on hold on the phone for a minute or charting furiously and I don't want to run all the way to ...

12. Relationship of Magnesium & Potassium

    datalore replied to RLD47's topic in Student Assist

    For the heart muscle portion of this... Hypokalemia (and/or hypomagnesemia) prolongs the QTc -- in less wonky terms, it increases the absolute rest period of the heart muscles; the time during which they cannot contract again. In hypokalemia and/or h...

13. How much do YOU think nurses are worth?

    datalore replied to mystory's topic in General Nursing

    Wage/salary-wise, I can't give a number because the cost of living is so vastly different all over the US. I make peanuts compared to what other states pay their RNs, but I feel like I have a ton of monetary cushion because I live in a cheap area and...

14. Is 35 too old to start from Scratch?

    datalore replied to BellaGrl's topic in Pre-Nursing

    You're going to age anyway, might as well be a nurse when you get there.

15. Should Obama care be repealed?

    datalore replied to luv2's topic in General Nursing

    As long as HCAHPS is GONE!... I'm open to options. But not "no" option.