Sleepyeyes

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1. I decided to start my career on a Medical-Surgical unit. Looking for advice

   Sleepyeyes replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

   Oh, and feel free to PM me about any other questions you might have. The first year's the hardest, but once you get into this, it's one of the most challenging and awesome areas you can

2. I decided to start my career on a Medical-Surgical unit. Looking for advice

   Sleepyeyes replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

   Agree with the above, but you also might want to consider a Palm Pilot. Wait a little while before you buy, so you'll know which programs will be most helpful to you. In addition: I use a clipboard...

3. What does med/sug. nursing entail?

   Sleepyeyes replied to Kim33's topic in Medical-Surgical

   The criteria for our unit is any patient with cardiac problems or a stroke dx, which may or may not include surgery or a medical dx in addition. and I LOVE

4. Any tips on reading EKG's?

   Sleepyeyes replied to nicoleinphilly's topic in Cardiac

   Excellent website, has learning and games to teach ECG interpretation: http://www.skillstat.com/ECG_Sim_demo.html I'm finally getting the hang of

5. Pneumatic tube systems....

   Sleepyeyes replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

   :uhoh21:

6. Pneumatic tube systems....

   Sleepyeyes replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

   First time I saw the tube system, I thought it was probably useless. Just goes to show ya... :chuckle: Now that I've worked with it, I LOVE it! 'Course, we send our blood specimens (from line draws)...

7. sleeping staff

   Sleepyeyes replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   then there's always this possibility:

8. how can i juggle nursing school, kids and a job without sacrificing either?

   Sleepyeyes replied to geleesa's topic in General Nursing

   I had to work full-time and go to school because it was the only way to get the tuition reimbursement $. Hubs stayed home and took care of all housework, bills, and care of our child (except he hated...

9. Songs that you can relate to nursing.

   Sleepyeyes replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

   At the end of the night, I'll catch myself humming, "Is that all there is?" as i finish my charting and "O Happy Day" when I'm outta there. There're a couple more but I'm half-asleep and i can't...

10. Bump On Penis

    Sleepyeyes replied to JessyKC27's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't overreacting. Your post gave intimate details about "a friend" and you asked what could be wrong. No doc wouldn't attempt to dx without an assessment and nurses even more so. I never...

11. Bump On Penis

    Sleepyeyes replied to JessyKC27's topic in General Nursing

    well, pardon me, it just seemed a bit strange that a guy would have something wrong with his member for over a year and is just now freaking out over it... and of course he needs to be seen by a doc....

12. Bump On Penis

    Sleepyeyes replied to JessyKC27's topic in General Nursing

    Advice: 1. this is not a good first question to ask on this board. 2. If your friend won't go to a doc and hasn't for a year over this "problem," why are you

13. have you ever "written up" yourself in an incident report?

    Sleepyeyes replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I

14. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    Sleepyeyes replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    I agee that the assignment was inappropriate, but for pete's sake, how hard is it to give an SC Heparin shot or change tubing? From what you say, jf, there's really no reason you couldn't have done...

15. Drawing Blood From PICC Lines

    Sleepyeyes replied to rileygrl11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We've been taught that as