BlueEyedRN

BlueEyedRN specializes in ICU.

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1. Would you use a sub-clavian heading towards the head?

   BlueEyedRN replied to ukstudent's topic in MICU

   I came onto a shift once where a lady had an IJ infusing propofol and fluids. The nurse said the doctor okayed it. Her neck was swollen, she was out of control, and increasing the propofol did nothing. I was suspicious and asked the intensivist to...

2. CDiff Smell?

   BlueEyedRN replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

   If you can tell from outside the room that you are going to gag, wear a mask, spray something in it or use mentholatum, and breathe through your mouth. I've gagged in front of patients before, but it was pretty bad and honestly, they knew it and wer...

3. Pain Management

   BlueEyedRN replied to moosicle's topic in MICU

   It really depends on the patient. I had a verbal patient with a huge stage 4 sacral decub the other day who didn't feel a thing when I changed the dressing. I've also had the same type of decub on a patient who screamed and hollered even after gett...

4. She tried to give me orders!

   BlueEyedRN replied to babydoll99_99's topic in General Nursing

   I had an assistant call me with orders. I told her I didn't think I could take them from her, and she immediately handed the phone to the doc who was apparently standing right there. Why couldn't he have just given them in the first place? My impr...

5. Nurses, have you been told that you need to improve your time management skills?

   BlueEyedRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   Not since I was brand new, but it was expected I wouldn't be that good at time-management then. I have been told I need to give more organized reports. Okay miss only-work-one-8-hour-shift-a-week, lets see how organized your brain is at the end of ...

6. What I don't like about my job-Interview

   BlueEyedRN replied to certma's topic in General Nursing

   I would say I don't like that I don't always have enough hours on the shift to spend as much time talking to my patients and doing those extra little things like relaxation techniques and back rubs. Ooh, don't I sound like a good little nurse? And ...

7. Religious believes expressed in nursing theories. For or against

   BlueEyedRN replied to justagirl81's topic in General Nursing

   I don't think that any of the nursing theories do include giving religious advice, but rather that the spiritual needs of the patient are being met, including religious needs. We always ask patients if they would like us to contact a spiritual or re...

8. How do I stand out above the crowd?

   BlueEyedRN replied to JettaDP's topic in MICU

   If possible, try to find an externship in an ICU. Actual experience, even as a student is very helpful.

9. AMAZED at what some students get away with!!!

   BlueEyedRN replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Oh my, students got me steamed this morning. The nurse I was giving report to was running late and both of my patients were getting 2 students each. I don't function well past 7 am and was getting antsy. The nurse finally gets there, we go over to...

10. newer grad feeling inept at rounds

    BlueEyedRN replied to jam2007's topic in General Nursing

    I hated rounds my first year because our intensivists loved making everything a learning experiences and would ask these complicated questions that I couldn't possibly know that answer to. I eventually learned to say sweetly, "I have no idea." And ...

11. Creaking Fingers

    BlueEyedRN replied to Bumashes's topic in General Nursing

    Hold very very still. :) I have the same problem and found that if I hold the endpiece between my 2nd and third fingers, I am able to limit movement in my hand.

12. I was slapped by a doctor!

    BlueEyedRN replied to cluelessRN81's topic in General Nursing

    Yay! What an awesome outcome. Congrats on the raise.

13. Feedback or what would you do?

    BlueEyedRN replied to SFRN's topic in MICU

    I don't know anything about goodpasture's so I don't know if anything is contraindication or whatever, but when you have a patient that is difficult to sedate, you have to try about everything. Ativan drips or prn pushes, Versed, Haldol, dialudid.

14. Opinion on Nursing Field

    BlueEyedRN replied to jcozart's topic in New Nurse

    There are so many different areas of nursing that you can totally find a place where you feel comfortable. Operating room nursing is a specialty and there are a lot of other options. I thought I wanted to be a labor and delivery nurse, but then I t...

15. I do like being an RN

    BlueEyedRN replied to labrador4122's topic in New Nurse

    There is a big emphasis on leadership in BSN programs. Not necessarily going into management, but getting the skills to be a charge nurse, or team leader and mentor, learning how to work with other people, how to give advice, etc. So you could say ...