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  1. update on steppping on senior nurses toes

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

    I don't really see where she is trying to set you up. Yes the alarms were set to go off at 100 but maybe because she was giving cardizem she didn't want the heart rate to go below 100 without...

  2. Blood in the IV

    burn out replied to sunshineonleith's topic in Emergency

    To the op I have never seen blood back up that far unless the bag has been lowered. Are you sure that maybe the patient hadn't received blood and the line was being flushed? Just a

  3. How challenging would it be for me to find work?

    burn out replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    There shouldn't be a challenge at all. I have never had a problem finding a job anywhere as a staff nurse. Since you are just starting out I would recommend a teaching/university hospital. They are...

  4. A Different Approach to the ADN vs. BSN Debate

    burn out replied to Sheri257's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Let's try an analogy. Let's say I go into the grocery store to buy a pack of gum. I can stand in the long line behind all the filled shopping carts and pay $1.00 or I can go to the express line and...

  5. Deciding whether to drop out CRNA school?

    burn out replied to micugirl's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have been in your shoes and the best advise I can give is to go with your gut feeling. When I applied to crna school they provided you with a stipend and a contract when you finished, two years...

  6. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    burn out replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    1. Get out of the way so I can clock in. 2. I don't want to hear about each day of school your kindergarter has had 3. I don't want to hear about how wonderful/not wonderful your husband is. 4. You...

  7. need help--husband died at home

    burn out replied to pyseymo's topic in Cardiac

    Believe me I feel your pain. The same kind of thing happened just last Sept. to my mother. The worst thing is knowing what to do and not having equipment available to help you. I am sure you did...

  8. Pt dies on BSC today

    burn out replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    When I was new nurse I had an elderly DNR gentleman not doing very well. The doctor had ordered a foley cath since he had no urinary output...the problem was he had a penile implant that had a valve...

  9. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    burn out replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    1. A patient said to me "I don't want to leave ICU you won't be there to take care of me." 2. patient told doctor "She is the best nurse you have here." right after the doctor yelled at me because...

  10. Ummmm..are they ALLOWED to do that?

    burn out replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    Been there and done that...not that much difference.. teaching hospitals just have fancier equipment. I worked trauma icu in a teaching hospital for 4 years and sicu unit for 8 and have been quite...

  11. Documenting pain and pain medications

    burn out replied to fetch33's topic in General Nursing

    Our new policy is to chart pain assessments q4h on everyone whether they are having pain or not. In between the four hours if you give them pain meds you have to go back to the pain assessment graph...

  12. attracted to one of your patients?

    burn out replied to pisces_girl18's topic in General Nursing

    AAHH I can only

  13. A Different Approach to the ADN vs. BSN Debate

    burn out replied to Sheri257's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    So what again is the different approach? I don't see it. By making BSN entry level we are in fact limiting our own job possibilites and making our working conditions worse? Please give me facts to...

  14. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    burn out replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    If it's too hot it's time to get out of the kitchen. Perhaps you went into nursing thinking it was something that it is not. Yes they teach us in nursing school to empty bedpans , clean dentures etc....

  15. Less than tactful know-it-all coworker with extreme need to be right

    burn out replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    good luck and patience. I had a co worker like this and we tried everything to get along, we even agreed to disagree finally though the only way we could work together is if she worked one end of the...

  16. attracted to one of your patients?

    burn out replied to pisces_girl18's topic in General Nursing

    one time in my younger days we had a patient that was a cowboy that had gotten gored by a bull...he was beautiful. Somehow I got assigned to him, we got to talking and found out that we both...

  17. Ummmm..are they ALLOWED to do that?

    burn out replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Emergency

    I work ICU at a dinkly little nonteaching hospital and sometimes I feellike ICU nurses are the only ones who know how to take care of patients. We have 6 ICU beds and alot of times run 9-12 patients....

  18. Is this practicing without a license??

    burn out replied to rnkalee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Applying the duoderm is within your scope but you can't just put the duoderm on and nothing more, it will have to be added to the plan of care with a new diagnosis that may allow for more frequent...

  19. Suicide and its effects, it sucks!!!

    burn out replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    The guilt it leaves the survivors with is enormous. What did i do or not do to cause this, what did I miss, why didn't I pick up on something. If I just hadn't done this or that. There is no peace...

  20. Newborn Kidnapped from TX hospital, be on the lookout!

    burn out replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    How much risk is the baby at for not being under the Bili

  21. "The last place I worked, we did things differently!" (and correctly)

    burn out replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    In the words of my dear old mother, "There is more than one way to skin a cat." That doesn't mean one way is wrong and the other is right, there is just more than one way to get the same

  22. where do old nurses go?

    burn out replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

    how about valium salt blocks we can all gum on. You can have Sven, I'll take the Rocky type to carry me and tuck me into

  23. VIP Triage

    burn out replied to mannurse65's topic in Emergency

    I am getting really confused now. I thought that it was only Medicaid patients that abused the ER. Was this a true emergency for the Senator why didn't he just go to his own private doctor. I know...

  24. I Never Remember....

    burn out replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh no I forgot what I never can remember...oh yeah.. I never can remember the date ..it keeps changing and I have to ask my patients. I only hope they are more oriented than I

  25. where do old nurses go?

    burn out replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

    Please no callights..We might have flash