BloomGirl

BloomGirl specializes in Oncology.

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1. 1 year in and I want out

   BloomGirl posted a topic in General Nursing

   I know there are alot of opportunities in nursing but in my heart I just don't like being a nurse. I have been hoping I would feel differently once I was out of school and on my own but I don't. I am planning on going back to school in the fall and g...

2. Abused by a patient

   BloomGirl replied to BloomGirl's topic in General Nursing

   Reports have been filed by myself and one of the other nurses I was working with. I will have dh take pictures of the bruises tonight and i will have them documented by employee health tommorrow prior to my shift starting. I plan on filing a complain...

3. Abused by a patient

   BloomGirl replied to BloomGirl's topic in General Nursing

   I would like to say that the ones who I feel really let me down is the unit manager and our unit night supervisor. The other nurses and my techs did everything they could do to help me which included on the last night calling the house supervisor and...

4. Abused by a patient

   BloomGirl replied to BloomGirl's topic in General Nursing

   Pt was A&Ox3, never showed signs of confusion in my care however as soon as I took over so did the aggression. Everyone said how wonderful he was during the day although angry with terminal diagnosis. The house doctor did end up giving him 1 mg o...

5. Abused by a patient

   BloomGirl posted a topic in General Nursing

   So this all starts on my first night where I get a patient who is very verbally abusive to me and to my tech. I go to the floor supervisor and explain that I refuse to be verbally assaulted so she went in to the room and talked with the patient. Afte...

6. Need Help with Blood Administration

   BloomGirl replied to peds4now's topic in General Nursing

   On our unit we use the Y tubing also. I was taught to prime the entire length of the tubing first with NS, clamp off the NS then run in the blood.

7. Bad experience last night

   BloomGirl posted a topic in General Nursing

   I got pulled to a different floor last night and one of my patients had D5 with 3 amps of sodium bicarb for their IV fluids. Being from an Oncology floor didn't think much about it as it is not a rare occurance to have a patient with this as their fl...

8. Another one bites the dust......Nurse Kevorkian strikes again!

   BloomGirl replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

   I work on an Oncology floor, I got off orientation 8 months ago, I have had a total of 10 patient deaths my most recent was the night before last. I have had more deaths than some of the more experienced nurses. Sadly the most current one died alone ...