YUKONrn

YUKONrn

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  1. What are the stepsin getting ATT for NCLEX

    YUKONrn replied to ScaredRN's topic in Nurse Registration

    They will provide it to you once everything checks out. There is nothing you can do on your end except

  2. Robots perform surgery at some places these days.

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in General Nursing

    Any other thoughts or

  3. Robots perform surgery at some places these days.

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I realize that. But in Japan they are literally using robot nurses. P.S. read the article

  4. Robots perform surgery at some places these days.

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse Robots Are Getting More Advanced - Can We Trust Them? |

  5. Robots perform surgery at some places these days.

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in General Nursing

    Frog in the pot of water

  6. Robots perform surgery at some places these days.

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in General Nursing

    LOL. Last time you bought groceries at Walmart did you check out by human or

  7. Milrinone drip how to declot noncontinuous ports

    YUKONrn replied to Mmonroe1's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago a nurse on the IV team showed me a trick about how to unclog an occluded port without cathflo. I've used it for years and it works like a

  8. The ridiculousness of LTC/SNF

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This response made my day ROFLMAO. Thank you for

  9. The ridiculousness of LTC/SNF

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

  10. The ridiculousness of LTC/SNF

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ROFL!

  11. The ridiculousness of LTC/SNF

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Been there myself so many times. My record for sending somebody back out upon arrival was 45

  12. The ridiculousness of LTC/SNF

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Glad to know it's not just

  13. The ridiculousness of LTC/SNF

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Amen!

  14. The ridiculousness of LTC/SNF

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Because with the amount of skilled residents we have and the high acuity, they would probably still be putting orders in long after I left and they have other facilities they need to make rounds

  15. The ridiculousness of LTC/SNF

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Been there, done that.

  16. Seasoned Nurses VS Newbie Nurses

    YUKONrn replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    I knew they had a formal name, I just didn't know what it was. You learn something new every day. I always called them "antibiotic balls"

  17. Tips for New Grad offered ICU position

    YUKONrn replied to gmsal971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Look up "setting up and calibrating arterial lines", "ET tubes and Mechanical ventilators", "titrating vasopressors and cardiac drips", there is so much more it all depends on what kind of ICU you...

  18. Tips for New Grad offered ICU position

    YUKONrn replied to gmsal971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Good way to start. The nurse to patient ratio is low and you will be surrounded by very seasoned nurses should something come up. You will learn a

  19. Why all the drama with nursing?

    YUKONrn replied to dogmom2016's topic in General Nursing

    I was being used as a doormat. I texted my ADON at 3 am before my 7 am shift and said "I'm self-terminating. F*ckity

  20. Depressed and Disappointed in Myself

    YUKONrn replied to Samx3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OP, I got your PM but it wouldn't let me respond. Yeah most nursing supervisors I've worked with in the past think that their sole job is to sit in the office and deal with bed assignments and...

  21. Depressed and Disappointed in Myself

    YUKONrn replied to Samx3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Like I said I'm a veteran nurse, I became a PCT in 2004 and graduated RN school in 2007, and the same thing has just happened to me after a year at my current job. And being in the nursing field for...

  22. The ridiculousness of LTC/SNF

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Heck all the hospitals do is barely stabilize them because they are only allowed to stay so many days, they turn around and send them to SNF or LTACH directly from ICU after a 3 day stay, they code at...

  23. The ridiculousness of LTC/SNF

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And unfortunately I'm only an ADN, and I live in a big metro area, so you do need a BSN to land a hospital job, even though I worked critical care for 9 years. Hell I worked critical care with...

  24. The ridiculousness of LTC/SNF

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    He'll at least in the ER we could B52 them and tie them to the gurney if need be. The state just made it illegal to use chair alarms and bed alarms. People are falling and cracking their heads open...

  25. The ridiculousness of LTC/SNF

    YUKONrn replied to YUKONrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ROFLMAO if I don't laugh I'll cry. Makes my days of having 2 Balloon pumps and a DKA on an insulin drip with hourly blood sugars seem like ice cream, rainbows, and unicorn