Nurse2Doc2008

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1. nurses writing their own orders

   Nurse2Doc2008 replied to elizabethaRN's topic in General Nursing

   So when I was a nurse, I generally didn't do anything w/o a written/verbal order. However, last night on call, I actually had a nurse who ordered a lab under my name on the computer!! I was putting in orders for a new admit, and got stat paged for ...

2. Nurse to Doctor

   Nurse2Doc2008 replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

   I went from nurse to doctor! Nursing didn't really help at all during the first two years, since the volume and depth of information was so much greater than nursing school. It helped somewhat in the third/fourth year because I knew how things work...

3. Nurse or Doctor *Please Help*

   Nurse2Doc2008 replied to chrisciwi's topic in General Nursing

   I am a former nurse turned doctor and just finished my first year of residency. I realized during my nursing career that I was frustrated by not fully understanding the pathophysiology and treatments for my patient's diseases. I think at first, I t...

4. Who reads your charting?

   Nurse2Doc2008 replied to Texas Tornado's topic in General Nursing

   I (resident) read nurses notes 100% of the time, unless I speak at length with the nurse about overnight events! My co-residents, as far as I know, do the same....we are taught to do this in orientation. I feel like when I was nursing, I thought no...

5. Doctors getting angry??

   Nurse2Doc2008 replied to emtj's topic in Relations

   Point taken. Actually, funny you bring up the monitor example.......sometimes i just FORGET to D/C it and was just having that discussion with one of the nurses on the floor a few minutes ago.

6. Doctors getting angry??

   Nurse2Doc2008 replied to emtj's topic in Relations

   I'm pretty sure that the same doctors who scream at nurses are the same ones who belittle residents/med students and even other attendings. Also, as far as the doctors can do whatever they want to nurses and nurses can't do anything back, that may ...

7. Low K level - possibly getting written up...

   Nurse2Doc2008 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

   Oh my, as an admitting intern, I'd rather BE called twice than not at all for something like that. Absolutely, it's in the best interest of the patient, but we're also likely to get in big trouble for not doing something about a level like that, and...

8. I am GETTING out of hospital work! This is BULL!

   Nurse2Doc2008 replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

   haha, believe me, the hospital admin couldn't give a crap about residents. they might have cared if i died because it would be bad press for them, but other than that, they wouldn't care. some programs have "sick leave," but it's really, really fro...

9. I REALLY Need Info About Online Organic Chem Courses

   Nurse2Doc2008 replied to ConfusedPreDoc's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not sure if this has changed at all since I applied, but I was STRONGLY discouraged from taking required pre-med courses even at a community college at my home over the summer. My advisor said this would look bad to admissions committees, as if ...

10. I am GETTING out of hospital work! This is BULL!

    Nurse2Doc2008 replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    About 6 weeks ago, I got a horrible GI bug...I was totally dehydrated, orthostatic, and every few hours, I'd go down to the ER and get a bolus of fluids. I vomited twice on rounds, and kept having to run away to the bathroom throughout the day and n...

11. Are doctors all high and mighty?

    Nurse2Doc2008 replied to trefer84's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting. Perhaps it's instituation dependent? I've been snapped at by more nurses than docs for sure....and I learned pretty quickly that no matter who is doing the yelling/giving the attitude, I'm not well served by being rude back or becoming d...

12. fluid and electrolytes

    Nurse2Doc2008 replied to 918runnr's topic in General Nursing

    Here's what I do. #1. Look at the pH. If it's below 7.4, you have an acidosis. If it's above 7.4, you have an alkalosis. #2. Look at the pCO2. Realize that pCO2 is determined by the patient's ventilation....so, if the patient is hypoventilating...

13. Are doctors all high and mighty?

    Nurse2Doc2008 replied to trefer84's topic in General Nursing

    As an RN turned MD, I want to just echo what TiredMD said above--I think he hit the nail on the head. To the OP: there are people who are jerks every where, and this MD was probably one of them. Or maybe she'd just been up for 30 straight hours an...

14. Doctor title, Nurse title

    Nurse2Doc2008 replied to pegbord's topic in General Nursing

    I usually introduce myself to patients like this: "I'm First name Last name, I'll be one of your doctors while your in the hospital." To everyone else, I just use my first name. The only time this causes trouble is on cross cover because sometimes ...

15. Too respectful to doctors?

    Nurse2Doc2008 replied to nursemike's topic in General Nursing

    Hey all, I was part of the discussion in the prior thread...here's what I said there: That's an interesting question...and interesting choice of adjectives! Too respectful or too friendly....as in those two things were two extremes? Like you can't be...