Night__Owl

Night__Owl BSN, RN

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  1. As seen on TV

    Night__Owl replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    In the end of season 2 of Stranger Things. No spoilers, but they have to "sedate" Will for reasons. Will's mother does this by plunging an IM needle ALL THE WAY INTO HIS AC. I'll be surprised if he...

  2. Drowning on the floor...only 2 months in. HELP!

    Night__Owl replied to NewKidOnTheFloor's topic in Nursing Career

    1:10 is a ridiculously unsafe patient ratio. How do you or any of the other nurses on your floor even pass meds consistently on time? How many techs do you have? Is 1:10 your regular ratio, or your...

  3. Best shoes for 12 hours

    Night__Owl replied to Karlie2114's topic in General Nursing

    What do you wear now? Do your feet hurt, if so, what parts hurt? Does your back get sore standing a long time in them? There is no shoe that anyone can recommend trying without any

  4. I hate my current job and want to work in a hospital

    Night__Owl replied to nr92's topic in Nursing Career

    If you want a well paying job, with no diaper changing, that doesn't leave you exhausted, you should do your schooling in a STEM

  5. Let go/resign from new grad 6 months in

    Night__Owl replied to shaza111's topic in General Nursing

    Were any problems with your work brought to your attention prior to being

  6. MORALE

    Night__Owl replied to avg5012's topic in General Nursing

    It's true. Staffing is everything. I would even happily take a pay cut to have more nurses and ancillary staff, and consistent and safe patient ratios. I would deal with the occasional equipment...

  7. Four Year Contract for Free School?

    Night__Owl replied to nursekayla82005's topic in General Nursing

    Does your hospital not offer some standard form of tuition reimbursement? That sounds really sketchy, and much too long of a time period to spend in a dept that you don't want to be

  8. One more week until Nclex, What should I study?

    Night__Owl replied to futurern2019_'s topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Exactly right. You've been studying for 2+ years. Get a few days good rest and give your mind a break so you can actually *think* come test

  9. Commute!

    Night__Owl replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    I've been commuting 65 miles on night shift for two years. My commute takes me the opposite direction of rush traffic, so it is an hour and ten minute drive. I second what Kitiger said, you will find...

  10. Night Shift & Eating

    Night__Owl replied to iheartnursing91's topic in General Nursing

    I eat dinner in the evening, and then have what I call "night lunch" at about 11p-1a. My first day I may be up from 1p until 9a the next morning, so I allow myself a little wiggle room eating, since...

  11. Should I take this job!?

    Night__Owl replied to SICURN1988's topic in General Nursing

    I would take a short job tenure on my resume over a gap in work

  12. CHATTANOOGA: Erlanger vs. CHI Memorial

    Night__Owl replied to ivy865's topic in General Nursing

    Erlanger has a reputation for being the "roughest" in patient population and work environment. I don't know a whole lot about CHI, at least one nurse I know works there and enjoys it. But I have had...

  13. What's the biggest mistake you've ever made as a nurse? What did you learn from it?

    Night__Owl replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen this ordered before. Yes the patient will lose electrolytes, but we can replace those IV, and some surgeons want the stomach to stay mostly empty for a period of time post op. If I saw...

  14. coworkers calling me stupid to and in front of patients

    Night__Owl replied to direw0lf's topic in General Nursing

    This is not normal workplace banter, and it is not OK. You need to be writing down names, dates and times, and verbatim quotes. If this continues I would approach either your manager or HR with...

  15. I need some career advice

    Night__Owl replied to EternalFeather's topic in Nursing Career

    Sounds like you got burned by a horrible hospital. If I walked into my ICU and they tried to assign me four, let alone five ICU patients, I would straight up refuse. If I were you, I would think very...

  16. I just pricked with a used needle

    Night__Owl replied to kf19's topic in General Nursing

    A needlestick is not something you are going to get in trouble for, ESPECIALLY if you were following proper procedures. Needles that require to be recapped such as insulin pens are not the safest...

  17. It's all good except for...

    Night__Owl replied to Estateboy's topic in General Nursing

    There are multiple ways to handle this. In my case, I changed shifts where I would not be working under that charge nurse, at least until I got my feet on the ground and became confident enough to...

  18. Urine/blood splash in eye

    Night__Owl replied to Nrs2355's topic in General Nursing

    Take this as a learning moment. Your chances of contracting anything in this situation is somewhere around 0.0001%, and yet it's stressing you out. Because it was an exposure. I had a very similar...

  19. A Fib in a young person...

    Night__Owl replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    I believe it runs strongly in families. I also have a friend who is early 30s and has had heart rhythm issues. Her mother has A fib also, and iirc one of her grandparents also has A fib. More often...

  20. Iv antibiotic running as primary?

    Night__Owl replied to SquatsNScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I spike all mine as secondary behind a small bag of NS at KVO for the simple fact that I can return in an hour and 15 minutes or so to saline lock it, rather than having to drop what I'm doing because...

  21. Can a nurse work with marijuana?

    Night__Owl replied to CCFCP's topic in General Nursing

    I would assume that as long as you do nothing that would impair you or your ability to pass a drug test, there's nothing legally stopping you from holding both jobs. How that would look on your work...

  22. As a RN, which would you choose?

    Night__Owl replied to GenieToBe's topic in General Nursing

    My husband and my parents know my wishes. As you all know, just about any form of "wishes" including a living will can be overriden by next of kin. So it's more important that they know what my wishes...

  23. New nurse help

    Night__Owl replied to btf4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sure, they're coming out with new models all the time. When I'm doing shift report and I hear an unfamiliar diagnosis either in the admitting diagnosis OR the patient history, I say "refresh my memory...

  24. Teen Pregnancy

    Night__Owl replied to Arenee26's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Parents can often be super resistant to the idea that their teenage children might be having

  25. Forgetting to document one of my every four hour neuro check

    Night__Owl replied to daniela095's topic in General Nursing

    I would go back and make a late entry next time you are with your preceptor. You should be able to. It''s not something to call your preceptor about, unless you had forgotten to chart a change, which...