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    Report vent turned mega vent

    WoosahRN replied to loveoutloud's topic in General Nursing

    If I get a terrible or scattered report I usually just sit back, get it over with and look stuff up. I make sure I know the important details of each system but usually it's less painful just to try...
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    Report vent turned mega vent

    WoosahRN replied to loveoutloud's topic in General Nursing

    I have absolutely told specific people that I would go through report and if they had questions they can ask at the end. These are the same people who are trying to organize their colored pens and...
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    advice on peds

    WoosahRN replied to smartassmommy's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Well as far as learning how to deal with pediatric patients, a lot of it is going to be that hands on. The families too you will adjust your care on a case by case evaluation. I've had some legit...
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    Code Black

    WoosahRN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hahaha! "Prepare to intubate!" And always in an elevator, where else would you tube a patient?
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    Irritating spouses/family that don't understand?

    WoosahRN replied to Eleven011's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, this was the first I had heard of it. And they aren't med techs. Shoot, when I got my CNA, it was an 8 week, full time course 5 days a week. And we didn't give meds. My 19 year old cousin had...
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    Irritating spouses/family that don't understand?

    WoosahRN replied to Eleven011's topic in General Nursing

    It took several years before my now husband would wear his cpap. I've never heard such bad apnea. He shook the whole bed when he restarted breathing. He was apneic and choking for 30-45 seconds at a...
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    Irritating spouses/family that don't understand?

    WoosahRN replied to Eleven011's topic in General Nursing

    The very first time I met my husband's family was when we had been dating about a year and were out of state for a cousin's wedding. I walked into the house and got pulled to the side and into a room...
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    Irritating spouses/family that don't understand?

    WoosahRN replied to Eleven011's topic in General Nursing

    We realized husband must have an allergy to celery. Happened a few years ago where he ate some that were a side from wings so we weren't sure what it was. His lips swelled up and he got bumps all over...
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    Irritating spouses/family that don't understand?

    WoosahRN replied to Eleven011's topic in General Nursing

    Had a scary experience when my grandmother was dying and on hospice in a care facility. They were giving her morphine at our request. Didn't seem to be doing much. When they told me the dose, it was...
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    advice on peds

    WoosahRN replied to smartassmommy's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I'm not sure where you are at but I don't know any techs (PCTs or CNAs) that do medication administration or IV starts. Especially in Peds. We had techs in ER who were trained to do lab draws but they...
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    Bedside report - hate it? Like it? Love it?

    WoosahRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I TOTALLY agree! It's awkward as the nurse to be talking about the patient in front of them. I can't imagine what it would be like as a patient. The poor teenagers that are alert and oriented would be...
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    Bedside report - hate it? Like it? Love it?

    WoosahRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Hate it. I work in PICU. Half the report has to do with social issues that you aren't going to discuss in front of the family. Family centered care means the family is a part of the care and report...
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    I don't like pediatric patients, am I normal?

    WoosahRN replied to Wonder RN's topic in General Nursing

    Even within Peds I have preferences. I honestly prefer not to have the Peds oncology patients (give me a new diabetic in DKA any day). I am empathetic to their situation but it's such a different...
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    Code Black

    WoosahRN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    My "favorite" was one episode of Night Shift that I watched. Awful. In one episode: -Cop get shot and is brought to the ER (where all this takes place); cop happens to be a friend of theirs; code...
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    Code Black

    WoosahRN replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I know I'm not commenting on the same show (haven't seen it...probably won't), but can we talk about how the ER on Gray's Anatomy is always staffed by surgeons? They're triaging, treating and there...
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    I don't like pediatric patients, am I normal?

    WoosahRN replied to Wonder RN's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like for a lot of people (not everyone) you are either an "adult" nurse or a "peds" nurse. I'm in PICU and most of my coworkers are horrified at the idea of taking care of adults. And most...
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    Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    WoosahRN replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I love my docs from my last job. My favorite stories aren't dumb, but funny (and I think they would laugh along with me). One of our docs was notoriously difficult to wake up. Once "awake" he...
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    A sobering story-------

    WoosahRN replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's so odd that we still don't have a better way to track licenses and errors from state to state or job to job. This nurse had a solid employee history with no previous errors. While her...
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    A sobering story-------

    WoosahRN replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm certainly hoping it's xx. Otherwise Cindy holds some responsibility at seeing someone who committed three sentinel events in one night come back to work. Those actions are definitely enough to...
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    Daith piercing with stethoscope?

    WoosahRN replied to RNSMC2592's topic in General Nursing

    One note, if it's for school I wouldn't bother. I think there is a one earlobe small post rule. I ended up taking out several piercings and getting them redone after I
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    Daith piercing with stethoscope?

    WoosahRN replied to RNSMC2592's topic in General Nursing

    I have multiple ear piercings including a daith, anti-tragus, bilateral tragus, and a few others I can't remember the names of (upper cartilage). I have had no issues with anything interfering with...
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    Suicide Season

    WoosahRN replied to acim's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I think witnessing a trauma and responding to one can be totally different. While you won't forget it soon, please lift the burden from your shoulders. Separate this from who you are as a nurse. And...
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    A sobering story-------

    WoosahRN replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    That was the first article that mentioned her drawing up the drug. I followed the story when it first happened and there were reports that the order was written incorrectly but also filled by pharmacy...
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    Oh, you quirky night shifter you!

    WoosahRN replied to dannibeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just attempted a rotating schedule at a new job. 8 years of nights but just got married and figured it would be nice on the day shifts to have a "regular" routine with hubby. I hated it. It's a...
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    Kid, you made my day!

    WoosahRN replied to sourapril's topic in General Nursing

    This made my day