hearthealer4

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1. Inventions we'd love to see....

   hearthealer4 replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in General Nursing

   For patients and their families! My co-workers and I would like a time clock that would dispence Ativan or Xanax to us when we clock in. But by far the best invention would be the Ativan in a can or Ativan that can be used in something like a vapo...

2. I'm an ER nurse and I love my job because...

   hearthealer4 replied to sowie's topic in Emergency

   I've done ER for a long time........it's always a learning curve; every day is different. Plus it's fun to see stupid people tricks!!!

3. Thoughts on nurse's uniforms

   hearthealer4 replied to mxs84's topic in General Students

   Ugh......don't complain about wearing all white scrubs during clinicals....I know this dates me but I had to wear a pink dress, white hose and funky white shoes! Plus the dress had a sinched waist.......was horrid, esp if you didnt have a waist!! I...

4. what treatment do patients who present with migraines......

   hearthealer4 replied to froghair's topic in Emergency

   Unfortunately, in our ED the "fix" for migraines is dilaudid and either phenergan or zofran. As you can imagine, we have daily "visitors" that are having "the worse migraine ever". We've spoken to the docs on this and the bottom line is that most c...

5. how many (nursing students) are sick?

   hearthealer4 replied to Maisie's topic in General Students

   I'm no longer in school but I think the nursing profession in general is very stressful----long shifts, short staffed, not eating right, sleep deprivation, frequent shift changes, committee work......in addition to having a spouse, kids and trying to...

6. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

   hearthealer4 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   I never wanted to be a nurse!! Several of my family members were in the medical field and I remember hearing all their horrible stories. I graduated with a degree in journalism but couldnt find a job so I started taking more classes. My advisor felt ...