WoosahRN MSN, RN

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    Funny things your patients have said

    WoosahRN replied to LaterAlligator's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Pediatric patient told me to "go step on a Lego".
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    Unsupportive spouse?

    WoosahRN replied to spierre's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    On my first day of nursing school they told us that 50% of people in relationships will either be divorced or in counseling by the time we were done. They also said "your kids will see the pizza...
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    New Nurse, New Job in Postpartum...Worse Than I Could Have Imagined

    WoosahRN replied to Holdsteady11's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You only got 4 weeks of orientation as a new grad?!? That's insane and doesn't speak highly of the facility. They aren't setting you up for success. And I hate that the manager seems to not be...
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    Night shift is killing me-Help!

    WoosahRN replied to pedsnurse22's topic in Nursing Career

    Others might have mentioned it but you MUST guard your sleep. No lunch time dates with friends or family. No appts. Set your sleep time and stick to it firm. Family living in your home need to...
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    Do You Ever Ignore Your Employer's VM When They Try to Call You In?

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

    Our facility just went to the text notifications which I like. Also the charge doesn't have to worry too much about sending out requests early or late. And you can Opt Out if you want too (which I did...
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    Do You Ever Ignore Your Employer's VM When They Try to Call You In?

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

    Oh do NOT feel guilty. And you don't have to justify to us (or them) why you don't want to work. You could want to sit on your butt watching the entire contents of your DVR (which is a night everyone...
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    Writing a book about your nursing career...?

    WoosahRN replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is a topic i've been curious about too. I've always wondered how nurses and docs can write books and blogs without it coming back on them (especially those that are published with their names and...
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    Had to code my best friends husband

    WoosahRN replied to wannabeagreatRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I am so very sorry for your experience. I think it's honestly all of our worst case scenarios rolled up into one. A code, someone you know, in the field, and an ultimate death. And then, of course,...
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    ER nurses not calling report anymore...

    WoosahRN replied to plinytheRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I believe the person you are responding to (an ER nurse) is being sarcastic in response to the turn this thread has taken of floor nurses vs ER
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    How is it working in Peds when you have young children?

    WoosahRN replied to adpiRN's topic in Pediatric

    Most of my coworkers in PICU have kids both before they worked there and many who have worked pregnant and have babies and young kids. And whether or not you have kids or not, you still have patients...
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    No More ED Report?

    WoosahRN replied to FarmerFNP's topic in Medical-Surgical

    At one point they tried to change stuff in my hospital. It was when I was on general floor vs ICU, so I'm not sure how they handled the ICU report at the time. But the new rule was that ER would fax...
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    How Do You Explain to People Why You Chose Hospice?

    WoosahRN replied to lifelearningrn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am not a hospice nurse. I am in ICU now but I've thought if I ever moved from ICU I would be interested in hospice. My reasoning I've said is that there is an honor in helping someone (and their...
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    Do you "tell" Facebook where you work?

    WoosahRN replied to RN403's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. I don't list my companies. Don't "like" their pages. And a couple years ago I started gutting my friends list to people I actively worked with vs acquaintance coworkers due to some FB drama that...
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    RT vs. RN? Is RT a useless profession?

    WoosahRN replied to AspiringRN27's topic in Nursing Career

    The RTs are mine and my patient's lifeline. I would never want to do their job, even the "lowly" task of doing treatments. And I'm insanely grateful for their presence. They assess, recommend...
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    get kicked off because of med error

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

    There's a lot of "after the fact" advice here. You know you made a mistake, you took responsibility for it, and I'm sure your heart dropped to your toes when you realized what happened. If you find a...
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    Can a Nurse Punch a Patient in Self-Defense?

    WoosahRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I would absolutely defend myself. Or at least i hope I would. I haven't been in the situation but I go through "scenarios" with my husband (LEO) so I can at least have some idea of how to respond. I...
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    2 rn's both bsn, ond nearly NP fin leave bp high

    WoosahRN replied to the nites's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So you were too busy with your patient to help the float staff but you still managed to take notice of orders for the patient and the nurses actions or perceived lack of actions (and you took the time...
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    Am I Being Bullied?

    WoosahRN replied to wendey's topic in General Students

    Maybe she just genuinely does not want to do small talk and chit chat with you and you're not getting the message. Learn to enjoy comfortable silence. This is no where near bullying and hopefully...
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    Recurrent dreams about work.

    WoosahRN replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I have some freaky work dreams. I do ECMO and since I started that (year and a half) I have ECMO dreams. My work dreams are very vivid. And some have a creepy "prediction" vibe to them. Once had a...
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    Stick a fork in me, I'm done

    WoosahRN replied to nursej22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for the
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    Help! Critical lab: morale -2.5

    WoosahRN replied to Cinquefoil's topic in Medical-Surgical

    My major management rule I have for myself is to always chart my first assessments before my next. In ICU that is charting the 2000 stuff by 2130. I've found that if I get that done (which is usually...
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    ECMO Ethics

    WoosahRN replied to Kettek53's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I am an ECMO Specialist in PICU/NICU and I'm a bedside PICU nurse. But my comment is more to nursing ethics in general. If you find that you have a hard time with one area, most likely that's not...
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    Why we do this...

    WoosahRN replied to TopsDrop's topic in General Nursing

    One of the sickest patients I'd ever had brought to me emergently from the floor in the middle of the night. His face, arms and legs were already purple and black from poor perfusion and DIC. He...
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    Do you hear nurses will take over respiratory work?

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

    I am pretty surprised by all the responses. I work in PICU and RT support can make or break a shift. I work with some awesome ones who are a very important part of the team. Kids have special...
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    an oldie but goodie

    WoosahRN replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

    We used chloral hydrate for a longer acting sedative in Peds. They stopped making it a couple years ago. Man I miss that drug. Didn't need to bolus as much or increase drips. This is a great thread. I...