Audacioustank

Audacioustank has 5 years experience and specializes in Tele.

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1. Night shift new nurses-day shift classes

   Audacioustank replied to DrwngRN's topic in General Nursing

   Unfortunately most hospitals will do this and it sucks! I just completed my new grad program and we had a few instances of having 7 am class one day then 7 pm shifts the next day. Their rationalization was "you have all evening and the whole next day...

2. Difficulty with respiratory issues as a new grad?

   Audacioustank replied to Audacioustank's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for taking the time to explain this!! I didn't know CHF and the fluid buildup would cause wheezing. Of course the pt was getting lasix as well, but it takes some time for them to pee everything out, so my thought process was that a treatmen...

3. Difficulty with respiratory issues as a new grad?

   Audacioustank replied to Audacioustank's topic in General Nursing

   I have a Littman cardiology iv! I hate those isolation stethoscopes, I can never hear anything LOL ? I feel like lung sounds are so much different sounding in real life than they are in videos/ sound clips ?

4. Difficulty with respiratory issues as a new grad?

   Audacioustank replied to Audacioustank's topic in General Nursing

   I like that. The extended version was nice too in a perfect world, but I agree I doubt he'd listen to the whole thing LOL. I was trying to explain to him my thinking and ask questions but he was already out the door.

5. Difficulty with respiratory issues as a new grad?

   Audacioustank replied to Audacioustank's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with you, but one concern is my nursing critical thinking skills, my other concern is that the RT specifically told me both patient's lungs sounded clear when I really heard otherwise- so I'm questioning my simple assessment skills. ☹ In hin...

6. Difficulty with respiratory issues as a new grad?

   Audacioustank replied to Audacioustank's topic in General Nursing

   That's a good idea too!! I didn't think to ask those questions at the time, but I should have! It's a relief that I wasn't just hearing nothing, but now I have to start learning the critical thinking aspect. On that note, I'm so glad I work on a floo...

7. Difficulty with respiratory issues as a new grad?

   Audacioustank replied to Audacioustank's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, I think I will do that from now on before calling RT! I mentioned in my other comment that I had the charge listen to one of them after the fact, and he agreed he heard faint wheezing but not necessarily audible enough to warrant an interventio...

8. Difficulty with respiratory issues as a new grad?

   Audacioustank replied to Audacioustank's topic in General Nursing

   It was my first experience with this RT. After he stormed off on me, I talked to my charge about it and he said "that's how he is." But also told me he handled the situation wrong. I had my charge listen to my pts lungs (the COPD one) and he also hea...

9. Difficulty with respiratory issues as a new grad?

   Audacioustank posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a new grad on a med surg/tele unit. I'm on week 3 on my own and I've noticed I'm having a hard time with lung sounds, and with determining if my SOB pt needs intervention or not. Today I pissed off one of the RTs, because I had a CHF pt who I fel...