ljrn135 ASN

ljrn135 has 16 years experience as a ASN and specializes in ER, Trauma, MICU.

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1. Just a Little Venting

   ljrn135 replied to Kbelle's topic in General Nursing

   UGH. I was just thinking about this last night. I had to call for something dumb, but ordered and I started with, "Sorry I had to bother you so late".... WHY? Why am I sorry? they placed the order,...

2. CRRT: My Mistake

   ljrn135 replied to BC1441's topic in Critical Care

   Being a newer ICU nurse I totally get your hesitation; however, accidents happen and this is not that bad of one anyways. You will get past this.... and this ONE incident in no way makes you a bad...

3. How would you handle this?

   ljrn135 replied to KellyMPH's topic in Critical Care

   All facilities will have some kind of reporting system that you should use. The chart needs to have specifics about meds, PPN, lipids ect… but putting in there the condition how the patient was left...

4. Not picking up shifts and feeling guilty

   ljrn135 replied to 3692nurse's topic in Critical Care

   I'm not PRN currently, and I still feel bad when I don't pick up extra shifts. We are naturally givers.... we give our job our everything for our patients... Just know that the days you do pick up...

5. Big bad bullies

   ljrn135 replied to ljrn135's topic in Emergency

   I thank you for your two cents. To hear other nurses two cents is why I started this thread. Do you have any suggestions besides for that it's juvenile I would live to hear

6. Big bad bullies

   ljrn135 replied to ljrn135's topic in Emergency

   Scottaprn, I have done an abundance of research into peer reviewed literature and I was looking for other nurses perspectives as well. Thank you for your

7. Big bad bullies

   ljrn135 replied to ljrn135's topic in Emergency

   Haha psu_213 that is super

8. Big bad bullies

   ljrn135 replied to ljrn135's topic in Emergency

   Thanks nursemarjorie.... I will bring those ideas to my group! Soldiernurse22, I'm not sure what the newbie should be "corrected" for. Not having as much experience? The newbie did not disrespect...

9. Big bad bullies

   ljrn135 posted a topic in Emergency

   I am on a committee to discuss, deal and eradicate nurses eating their young. Hard and impossible task I know; However, something must be done! We recently had a few issues with very experienced...

10. Critical Alarms, who answers?

    ljrn135 replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    We have a monitor station and a medic/monitor tech that is assigned to that station 24/7. It is NEVER left unattended. We also have a computer monitor with each rooms monitor on it at each nursing...

11. how to prevent burnout...

    ljrn135 replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    I have only been a nurse for 4 years so iI would consider myself to be a new nurse in many ways, on top of that I have only been in the ED for 10 months. I did not have any ED experience, and on the...