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1. Is it appropriate to "show off" that you are a Nurse on social media?

   misha replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

   I personally find it annoying but I don’t exactly see what could be considered “inappropriate” about it as long as they are respecting patient privacy. It’s just human nature to show off sometimes, not really a big deal imo. I doubt that it’s the mai...

2. New job, so discouraged and sad

   misha replied to misha's topic in Stress 101

   Hi, things have been a little better. Thank you so much for your reply. This is something a professor of mine told me to, stop focusing so much on others and just focus on yourself and giving good care to the patients. Sounds obvious but surprisingly...

3. New job, so discouraged and sad

   misha replied to misha's topic in Stress 101

   It was really comforting to me to read that I'm not the only one in a situation like this (although I'm sorry you don't have as supportive of a team as you used to!) Thanks for your encouragement. Thank you ?

4. New job, so discouraged and sad

   misha replied to misha's topic in Stress 101

   Thank you so much.

5. New job, so discouraged and sad

   misha replied to misha's topic in Stress 101

   Hello, Thank you everyone for your advice and words of encouragement ? I really needed it and it meant a lot. I am still having a lot anxiety at work and my days off, but my last shift was better and my coworkers do seem more friendly and encouragi...

6. New job, so discouraged and sad

   misha posted a topic in Stress 101

   I recently moved to my second nursing job and I am very discouraged. My orientation was extended two more shifts. I think I made a mistake coming here. I could really use some words of encouragement right now from nurses specifically. I have been st...

7. Considering ICU.... among several other options

   misha replied to Name9335's topic in General Nursing

   You're right she's not a new grad, but she's had less than a year experience in both of her acute care jobs. I'd say it's pretty normal for her to be struggling with a lot of the same issues a new grad does. And at the time of her first job where she...

8. Considering ICU.... among several other options

   misha replied to Name9335's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a new grad too, 5 months experience in step-down. To me it doesn't sound like you aren't cut out for bedside, rather you haven't had a solid base of experience with good support. Are their any details you left out? Is their some incident that hap...

9. Difficult questions

   misha posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was hoping to get some advice on what to say in the following situations and how to answer some difficult questions. I don't always have the best communication skills and kind of stumble through my replies to these types of questions and statements...

10. What should I have done differently? Did I endanger my patient?

    misha replied to misha's topic in General Nursing

    This is good to hear because I probably call the charge nurse at least 2 times a shift...sometimes over really small things. I sometimes feel like i'm supposed to be more independent by now. I wish I had called them this time though ?.

11. What should I have done differently? Did I endanger my patient?

    misha replied to misha's topic in General Nursing

    Yes the house officer is the in-house hospitalist.

12. What should I have done differently? Did I endanger my patient?

    misha replied to misha's topic in General Nursing

    You're right maybe I should say interesting instead of strange! And confusing to me because I don't always know the reasons determining one pt treatment from another. I don't really like giving IV hydralazine, I once gave it to a patient as ordered a...

13. What should I have done differently? Did I endanger my patient?

    misha replied to misha's topic in General Nursing

    That's really good to know! It's strange because sometimes patients will have standing orders to give a PRN for a BP as low as 150/something. Then other times they've waited until the systolic was in the 200s before ordering something. Last time I ha...

14. What should I have done differently? Did I endanger my patient?

    misha replied to misha's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I wish he would have stepped out of the room before mentioning that too ? what made me kind of upset is that other nurses on night shift gossip about this nurse a lot and nitpick at his charting etc. and it always gets on my nerves and I try to ...

15. What should I have done differently? Did I endanger my patient?

    misha replied to misha's topic in General Nursing

    I asked for hydralazine, but lately I've noticed docs are less likely to order it, not sure why. Anyway he said he'd prefer to adjust his clonidine in the morning over giving a PRN. Wow we don't usually notify a physician for a BP of 160/100 at my ho...