Actually just last night I asked a patient to rate his pain, following open heart surgery, as he was grimacing and thrashing about. He replied "1." I said "Only a 1? You seem like you are having more pain than that." To which he responded, "Yes I am ...
Hey all you expert critical care nurses! I am going to be taking the BKAT 8. I took it once before. Not sure how prepared I am for it again...I have a little bit of experience in CC, but I think I learn best by people quizzing me. Anyone willing to ...
So I'm in the car with my fiance and future in-laws...somehow the topic of shall we say "cleaning patients up" came up. My soon to be mother-in-law looks shocked when I reply that I do this every night at work, as she replies, "You have to clean pat...
I have a feeling that my flu shot was administered SQ instead of IM...I did not get the classic muscle soreness and it didn't hurt at all during administration. Maybe I just got lucky? Any thought?
Wow! While I always knew keeping the TV on was never a great thing, I think this may be causing some of my issues here... I like to watch TV before bed, so now I'm going to use a sleep timer so it turns off within an hour or so. I do have depression ...
Thank you! Unfortunately day shift is not an option for me anytime soon. I'm still a newbie and there are many others ahead of me who are in line for days.
I have been working night shift for about 10months now. When I come home from work I sleep from about 0830-1700 to prepare for my next night of work. When I'm not working, I can sleep for 12hrs like it nothing...and STILL be tired. I just feel like I...
My patient also almost always tell me I'm so good at giving their SQ heparin. "you're good at that, I didn't even feel it!" haha I always toss it up to the needle size but hey, it's nice to hear :)