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yikes. where was this? if there is no mouth piece or ambu bag, good high quality chest compressions are the most important part of CPR anyways, just open the airway. you can though, in a pinch, use...

yeah, that was always a pain in the butt. i remember the first time i tried to do a foley cath, lol. i was all discombobulated. i just stand more towards the foot of the bed now.

not really any difficulties, but when i was learning how to start IV's, i had such a hard time getting a good anchor (bc my hand was in the way) that i learned how to do them right handed also. can't...

i am not sure what type of setting you work in but i absolutely would not take an order from anyone but the doctor themselves (i work in a hospital). i am responsible for transcribing it in the chart...

did the pt code in the bed? if you don't have a board on your crash cart, pull the headboard or footboard off the bed, stick it under the patient, and start compressions.

they're pathways of care for patients with certain admission diagnoses, such as stroke and CHF. for example, if your patient gets admitted with a stroke, they must have a specific set of...

we work short everyday. administration doesn't consider it short. they have a special grid they use, regardless of the acuity on the floor. so many patients=so many nurses and techs. if we don't...

we're not magnet either and we have core measures also. they are helpful in some ways but more hurtful in others. i've been written up by the core measures nurse before. and working nites, try...

if i get a very high reading on the electronic BP, i always recheck it manually. you'd be surprised of the difference in readings sometimes. alot of times the machine will pick up background...

my mom works at another local hospital that is pretty notorious for getting all the snowbirds when they get sick. her and all the other nurses on her unit are dressing up as snowbirds and tourists,...

skype is great! i have been using it to chat with my brother who is away at college. webcam does nothing for me though, i think it adds 10 lbs. i love looney tunes! i was bugs bunny for...

yes we have had his name picked out for a while now but we are keeping it a secret until he's born, too much drama involved as far as family squabbling right now.... so one name is from his family...

yes, i'm actually due in november but because of the PIH they want him out early. so here i sit @ 38 weeks, at 2cm. if i don't go into labor on my own by tuesday i am getting induced. i am...

i'm a night shifter! haven't worked in a month tho, but i have never been able to switch from the night shift schedule to a normal one even when i was working days. can't sleep. anxiety, i think is...

don't smoke anymore, but i used to, and i'm a democrat. not offensive at all!

my hospital has not implemented this policy and i doubt that they will. it is scary the number of visitors some people get who look like they belong in the bed next to them. i have more than once had...

my pulmonologist always gives me the PPD and reads them himself. he said he does not trust anyone else to do it. we also have a neurologist at my hospital who is awesome at starting IV's. i have...

the pharmacist at walgreens gave my boyfriend his seasonsal flu shot. we both are nurses and had no complaints about his technique at all. i believe that someone with a doctorate in pharmacy has more...

i agree with this post. walgreens and CVS also have the masks, i found the duck bill type N95 espirators were more comfortable for me being pregnant. i absolutely would refuse an assignment with an...

when i started the job i am at now on tele, i got 4 weeks--3 on days, 1 on nights. i had been a nurse for almost a year when i got the job but bc it was such a high acuity floor they gave me extra...

no, you did not. they weren't right, and i DO answer other people's call lights all the time. i get so side tracked getting other people's patients water and taking them potty that my patient's...

i think you missed the entire point of my post. not going to argue with you. i concede, i am the worst nurse ever... people like me are the downfall of the profession. please, administration,...

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my gosh that is just awful, i can't believe that no one will pay for her care and the hospital is denying that it is related to work injury. i hope someone gets a good lawyer. i'd be going after that...

sometimes when you are summoned for jury duty you can request a change of date. there should be a place on the form to mark that says you are unavailable on that day (or call the court # on the form)...