"nursy"

"nursy" RN

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  1. I Was Fired...for Being Abrasive and Having Attitude

    "nursy" replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Agree with all of the above. Several things stand out to me. One is the need to "explain" yourself while others "brown nose." The other is your description of how great your performance was....

  2. Should I or shouldn’t I have given Ativan?

    "nursy" replied to Nurse Pure-Spring's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think you are way overthinking it. The order was there. The PCP said it was fine. Patients need sleep or their confusion will get that much worse. I agree with FolksBeTrippin, there may be a...

  3. Calling MD for possible Antibiotic Rash

    "nursy" replied to mrbobfisher's topic in Patient Medications

    You did not do anything wrong. But there were a few things you could possibly have considered, before subjecting yourself to the wrath of a midnight phone call. First, was the patient due for...

  4. Friends who aren’t in the medical profession

    "nursy" replied to Idahoscrapper's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm sorry that you are in a position where you are "struggling to cope." I don't know you or your life situation, but I know when I was in a position where I was "struggling to cope," it took a...

  5. Friends who aren’t in the medical profession

    "nursy" replied to Idahoscrapper's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I am married to a retired banker, and we would argue about him not "getting" it about the challenges of nursing, He would tell me about banking challenges and I would scoff because there is no life...

  6. Awkward conversation tips! HELP!

    "nursy" replied to Csn2016's topic in School

    In my school we try to approach it as a team. We invite the parents in for a meeting, which includes the teacher(s), principal, a counselor and anybody else who has observed the behavior. I think...

  7. Documentation

    "nursy" replied to LovingLife123's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, that you had to go through that. But honestly, no one should have to work like that. It's why nurses are burning out at unprecedented rates. It's why so many nurses are going to NP/PA...

  8. I HATE nursing school. Now what?

    "nursy" replied to namaB's topic in General Students

    I hated nursing school as well, and I was in a wonderful program with excellent teachers. Then I found out that pretty much EVERYBODY hated nursing school, and I felt better. Most nursing...

  9. Clinical

    "nursy" replied to nursingstudent501235's topic in General Students

    I don't know if this is possible for you, but maybe be a little proactive, go back to the hospital and familiarize yourself with the environment. Maybe do it in the evening when things are a little...

  10. Possibly quitting nursing school to instead be a PCT/LVN

    "nursy" replied to Fernanda27's topic in General Students

    It's hard enough to get through nursing school when you really really want to. I can't imagine getting through it when you have all these doubts. No one can answer this question for you. You have to...

  11. Drowning

    "nursy" replied to MrsNurseJay's topic in School

    Every new job involves the learning curve, so hang in there, you'll get

  12. Help! Parents don’t submit paperwork!!

    "nursy" replied to NurseDew's topic in School

    I have pretty good luck contacting the providers directly for updated asthma orders, if they have current ones, they will fax them to me. Of course I let the parents know I'm doing this, and of course...

  13. When Should I Retire? My Struggle

    "nursy" replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I've always had admiration for the people you read about "so and so is 87 years old and still goes to work everyday as a nuclear physicist doing ground breaking research in saving the world, etc....

  14. Drug Seeking Patients

    "nursy" replied to Quinnbee's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with the previous posting, and many nurses do exactly that and pretty successfully. I would add though, that ultimately you may want to decide is this med surg floor where you want to...

  15. Tips for Reducing Student Anxiety?

    "nursy" replied to vmacula's topic in School

    I have several family members that have anxiety disorder. One of the things that is very helpful is breathing exercises. When people are anxious they tend to hyperventilate which just exacerbates...

  16. Medication Consent

    "nursy" replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School

    Agree with above posters re contacting the provider. Usually if the student has a current order, the provider has no problem signing one of our forms that I fax over, they fax it back, badda bing...

  17. Freaking out

    "nursy" replied to Nursemomo3816's topic in School

    Are there other nurses in the county that you can talk to? Your supervisor? A job description? Somebody has to know something about the job....if you talk to your supervisor and let them know how...

  18. Afraid of applying to Nursing Schools

    "nursy" replied to FBacallo's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry that you are feeling so anxious and depressed. I know that making life decisions is hard. However, I do think that your problem is your anxiety and depression, and not necessarily nursing...

  19. Freaking out

    "nursy" replied to Nursemomo3816's topic in School

    It sounds kind of crazy...but, take a deep breath. I'm assuming SOMETHING was in place before you got there...the HAs must have some kind of routine, so you need to make them your best friends. You...

  20. Feeling like I'm not making a difference

    "nursy" replied to Wrestler133's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is getting harder and harder with less and less support for nurses. Human nature is such that something good stays with us for a flicker, something bad has us obsessing and losing sleep...

  21. Feeling like I'm not making a difference

    "nursy" replied to Wrestler133's topic in General Nursing

    I do not think that looking to make a difference is unrealistic. When I worked in ICU, I get very frustrated and burned out. However, I have worked other nursing jobs where I truly felt valued and...

  22. rant Bulletin Board...ugh!

    "nursy" replied to Nurse2Kids's topic in School

    I was "just sayin" that I guess I feel pretty lucky that as a school nurse I don't have the really difficult issues that I had when I worked in ICU. Sorry, didn't mean to be offensive or

  23. rant Bulletin Board...ugh!

    "nursy" replied to Nurse2Kids's topic in School

    I think it's pretty funny that hospital nurses complain about things like high staffing ratios, exhaustion from no breaks on a 12 hour shift and still not being able to get out on time, etc. etc....

  24. Feeling terrible about mistake

    "nursy" replied to Forever a New Nurse's topic in Critical Care

    Here's one for you...working nights at a teaching hospital, with interns and residents all learning by doing, meaning every line had multiple attempts before success. This night a resident was...

  25. New Grads in the ICU

    "nursy" replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Critical Care

    I've been a nurse for 40 years, and started in ICU. Yes we felt we were the best of the best. But truth be told, many times I felt that after setting up enough art lines, assisting at enough Swan...