beachbum3

beachbum3 specializes in Telemetry.

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1. Agency earning opportunities

   beachbum3 replied to vhern246's topic in Agency

   I am a full time agency nurse. I started a little over a year ago, did it to pick up some extra shifts as I needed to supplement my staff position. A year later, I quit my staff job and have been full time for about 2 months. It took quite awhile (cl...

2. How can I assist a nurse under stress?

   beachbum3 replied to 4theBetterGetter's topic in Stress 101

   Offer help, praise, credit where credit is due. And mostly lots and lots of humor.

3. How much free water/fluid do you count 1/2 cup applesauce as?

   beachbum3 replied to yogastudentRN's topic in General Nursing

   I wouldn't count it as a liquid at all... its not something that would be included even in a full liquid diet... you'd see it as a component of a pureed diet or possibly mechanical soft.

4. Things you learned the hard way? (funny)

   beachbum3 replied to tryingtohaveitall's topic in General Nursing

   Try to keep your irate confused tube feeding patient calm when doing anything (flushing, giving meds etc) with the gtube. The pt screaming obscenities = stomach contents everywhere.

5. starting to do agency..scared

   beachbum3 replied to zacarias's topic in Agency

   I have been an agency nurse for about 6 months and I LOVE it. When I first started I was scared too, only 1 year experience as a RN, so I'd never worked anywhere else besides the hospital I started in, on the floor I started on. I decided I'd just do...

6. Big issues with the charge RN.. what to do?

   beachbum3 replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

   Also wanted to add.. shes basically like the workplace bully. I may be a new nurse, but I'm not new to working and in all of my years of working, I've NEVER encountered anything anywhere close to what she is like. Its absolutely unacceptable. She has...

7. Big issues with the charge RN.. what to do?

   beachbum3 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So last night was the very last straw for me. I am a new RN, been working for 5 months now. I get along great with everyone, except for this one particular charge nurse. Everyone I've talked to holds the same opinion of her as me. She is known for be...

8. Things you learned the hard way? (funny)

   beachbum3 replied to tryingtohaveitall's topic in General Nursing

   sternal rub looks like vtach on the monitor. (pt was going bad and team leader was in the room with the pt as well as several other nurses so I stayed in the nurses station to watch the monitors- they were all the way down the hall at the end, and n...

9. I HATE nursing! (long)

   beachbum3 replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

   I frequently fantasize about going back to my nice quiet office job in the city, and I'll tell you what, if I was as miserable as you sound I wouldn't waste a minute feeling bad about going back to it, 4 year degree down the toilet or not. While I r...

10. shouldnt precepting be teaching , not working?

    beachbum3 replied to Venetian's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know. I think you ought to try to talk to your preceptor and let her/him know you need more direction. I personally was taking patients on my own with my preceptor checking charting etc after a couple of weeks. I tend to ask alot of question...

11. Uniform Guidlines where you work

    beachbum3 replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I don't even know if there are any real guidelines as far as uniform where I work. I'm sure there are the typical no visible facial piercings, no nail polish/acrylic nails, etc. but as far as the actual uniform goes I've seen alot of differ...

12. Telling it how it is.

    beachbum3 replied to twistedpupchaser's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds me of a pt I had last week...just a mean and nasty guy... nothing was good enough, everything was a bother, but yet he wouldn't allow us to do anything to try to alleviate what ever his issue was .. ie.. complained his bed was wet, but refuse...

13. Heparin drips

    beachbum3 replied to moffist's topic in General Nursing

    We'd just stop the heparin, flush and draw the labs. Never heard anything about labs being skewed as long as you waste the first 10mLs

14. feeling bad... pt died

    beachbum3 replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    I'm hoping day shift was able to get him something more to keep him comfortable. Next time I see the nurse who had him I'm going to find out.

15. feeling bad... pt died

    beachbum3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I last worked the other night. Had a pt who was having severe chest pain. 93 yr old DNR. At the beginning of the shift, his vitals were ok, EKG was ok, lungs clear etc. Pt was totally freaking out, full of anxiety. Nothing we did relieved his pain...