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  1. "Funny Codes"?

    burn out replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    OMG you almost had three codes going on at the same

  2. night shift not calling critical lab values

    burn out replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    I could understand them not calling ..maybe..if they were busy, if there was a code on the unit but most of the time they are sitting talking and "not wanting to bother the patients...let them sleep....

  3. What do you do when CNAs dont work and just take breaks and watch TV?

    burn out replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    Write him and all of them up that won't get up off their cans to do their job..What are you afaid of..that you will have to do it, but you already are. Why not get someone in there that will help you...

  4. Maintaining an Airway

    burn out replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just remember that you are never alone in the hospital. If the pateint isn't breathing when you enter the room call a code and start cpr. If the patient is in distress call Respiratory Therapy...

  5. That woman

    burn out replied to springgarden's topic in General Nursing

    This woman was in my A/P class back in 1983...is she still in school? She went so far as to want to look off my paper on tests. I went to the instructor because I had no clue how to handle this. The...

  6. Question for adult ICU nurses

    burn out replied to SFRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    1. We do not reverse paralytic agents but the times I've seen it done they used neostigmine and robinal. For maintainence on the vent diprovan and or fentanyl usually work best. For intubation we use...

  7. John Edwards Health care proposal.....

    burn out replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sorry but I couldn't get to your web site but that is o.k. I am not much of a John Edwards fan. I don't think he is too big on torte reform another major area that law makers are failing in that...

  8. Shaving heads to support cancer patients

    burn out replied to NicInNC's topic in Oncology

    When my sister had breast cancer and had chemo and radiation she was envious of everyone with hair. She didn't like wigs so she always wore a turban. So all the women in our family and close friends...

  9. What are the first signs of burnout?

    burn out replied to loricatus's topic in General Nursing

    When you get calloused and bitter and feel like you can't make a difference anymore and really don't care. When you start going through the motions and your heart just isn't in it

  10. Protect your profession...

    burn out replied to markdanurse's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Here I go again, it seems I always take the opposite side of the argument on here. However, I believe that if paramedics take over the nurses job in E.R. it is because the E.R. nurse is letting it...

  11. Doctors that think they are god...

    burn out replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    I think that life is precious and the most valuable thing a person has. If death were to come calling right now I would Fight with everything I had to stay alive, I would want everything done to keep...

  12. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    burn out replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

  13. Burnout or what

    burn out replied to sunshines66's topic in General Nursing

    I think alot of the problem is that nursing has always been everything that any one wanted us to be. We try to live up to patient and family expectations, hospitals expectations etc. I don't think...

  14. They're doing away with them

    burn out replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes as nurses when management won't listen to us we have to let them find out things the hard way. Most new management ideas where I work don't work and we end up going back to how we used to...

  15. there's got to be a place for me...?

    burn out replied to BandEmom's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you are not staying anywhere long enough to give them a fair chance. Any new job is tough at first and that first year out of nursing is priceless. Personally I think you need to...

  16. sexual harrassment

    burn out replied to ChristinaV's topic in General Nursing

    Just exactly how were you "chosen" to bring an end to this thing? Did all of you have a vote or something? If you have so much as witnessed the sexual assault/harrassment of another employee you can...

  17. transfusion ??'s and other iv ??'s

    burn out replied to dayshiftnurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Blood goes by itself...never another unit or blood product can go with it. If the pateint were to have a reaction you wouldn't know to which one. Also check with your hospital ..where I work you can...

  18. When we were younger new flegling nurses :D

    burn out replied to Silverdragon102's topic in International Nursing

    I remember wearing all white uniforms and nursing caps(always getting tangled up in the curtains between the beds) I remember chest tubes connected to 3 large vaccum jars. I remember that you didn't...

  19. Doctors that think they are god...

    burn out replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck, I guess in the end you will have to work this out for yourself. Good luck with the doctors but remember the hospital will always back them. We all must make decisions that we can sleep...

  20. How to get to work in a snowstorm?

    burn out replied to AfloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    Today we are snowed in..it is the coldest temps so far this century and all schools are closed and roads are still covered. If I had to work today I would feel

  21. Nurses as day laborers (rant)

    burn out replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I know that this may sound stupid but I really believe that it is the root of the problem as to why nurses are not valued by the hospital, patients and even doctors. When you look at a patients bill...

  22. Doctors that think they are god...

    burn out replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    At what dollar limit do we stop? Is it the same for the medicaid patient (they already get treatedlike crap in the ER) as for the insured patient and should we even try to save the

  23. Doctors that think they are god...

    burn out replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    The part about the Terry Schavo case that really bothered me was not so much stopping the feeding as much as her parents (the people who gave her life) now were not given any consideration to...

  24. Courtesy Assessment

    burn out replied to kdbsmom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Your fellow nurses are setting the facility up for a JACHO violation. The day shift assessment must occur on the 7-3 shift so crossing out 0800 and writing 0530 does not count for day shift. Yes...

  25. The fatting of America.

    burn out replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe so many people over eat because that is the only thing we have total control over anymore. Everything thing else is illegal, immoral, or taxed. Don't let the government get the idea to start...