SaharaOnyxRN

SaharaOnyxRN specializes in Med-Surg.

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1. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

   SaharaOnyxRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   i do have more than a year in experience. and for the 2 years i've been a nurse, i have seen it all because i have worked everywhere. and like i said, if they deserve to get high on an hourly, then i deserve to be frustrated. like i said, all my pati...

2. driving after birth

   SaharaOnyxRN replied to paintedbison's topic in Ob/Gyn

   You are so right. If at all possible, i would recommend that new moms not drive at least a week after giving birth. I know that it can be risky just from personal experience. Once, after having my second child, I got dizzy while driving and starti...

3. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

   SaharaOnyxRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   i didn't say it was you, but if the shoe fits, then wear it. i'm not going to sugar coat it at all. if you had something negative to say in regards to the original poster's comment, then i was talking to you, too. it's quite simple. and the questi...

4. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

   SaharaOnyxRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

5. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

   SaharaOnyxRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not saying that you have to have been "enraged" to be able to relate to the OP. And besides, the "enraged" was an exaggeration on the part of the OP. She or he was exaggerating because it felt good to do so. She was venting here. Nothing wron...

6. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

   SaharaOnyxRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   You're very welcome. We might as well keep it real.

7. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

   SaharaOnyxRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   Hello, TeleRner. Hello, there, sweetheart. First, on behalf of all the naysayers, i want to apologize. Because so many are talking about who shouldn't judge and all that, but yet, they are judging you based on one comment. Yes, i do feel where you...

8. Questions: Nurses leaving the Profession

   SaharaOnyxRN replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

   For me, it's not about the cattiness or the doctor's acting a fool. I can deal with them. They bleed red blood just like I do. And I'm pretty sure a bullet will stop anyone. But for me, it's the significant responsibility that is put upon the nurs...

9. Yea!!!! Alabama LPN can do IV pushes.....

   SaharaOnyxRN replied to SaharaOnyxRN's topic in Alabama

   I agree and that's wonderful. It will definitely be a step forward for Alabama nurses and, hopefully, other states that are still restricting. Maybe it will help RNs stay in Alabama as opposed to going to Georgia to work as many do and as I've cons...

10. Is current thinking on pain control creating drug addicts?

    SaharaOnyxRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I wish that it was the exception. I love my new job because I work with renal patients and they are wonderful. We don't get many drug-seekers because we don't get what you would call a "medical" patient. And these patients are truly sick, yet, the...

11. Is current thinking on pain control creating drug addicts?

    SaharaOnyxRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I think that's what it is, too. I think doctors are fearing litigation so much, that they prescribe, prescribe, prescribe. It's sad that it's come to this, and it's not going to get any better, I fear.

12. Is current thinking on pain control creating drug addicts?

    SaharaOnyxRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    You know, this is a very hot topic. And what I am going to say in the next few paragraphs may offend some, and if it does, I apologize, but I must say it: It seems to me that doctors cater entirely too much to drug addicts!!!! At my facility, if yo...

13. Yea!!!! Alabama LPN can do IV pushes.....

    SaharaOnyxRN replied to SaharaOnyxRN's topic in Alabama

    You know, that is one of the down sides to it all. The RN would ultimately still be responsible. And I don't know what exactly constitutes the 1 year of IV therapy. Maybe for those LPNs that are IV certified, they would have to be supervised by a ...

14. Yea!!!! Alabama LPN can do IV pushes.....

    SaharaOnyxRN posted a topic in Alabama

    :yelclap: Hello, my fellow Alabama nurses. Hey, I just got my copy of The Alabama Nurse. I just read the main article talking about new amendments to the Nurse Practice Act that is going to allow LPNs with at least 1 year of IV therapy experience to...

15. anyone else struggle with Anxiety?

    SaharaOnyxRN replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    I used to be so anxious that I have often thought about checking myself into the psychiatric floor at my local hospital. Just the thought of work used to invoke extreme anxiety and fear. I used to be so anxious when I was on my way to work. And I ...