RiverNurse

RiverNurse

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  1. Music with the dying patient?

    RiverNurse replied to zacsmimi's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I believe the term you might be looking for is "music thanatology". This area of care focuses on providing (in some cases) live music at the end of life. If interested, here is a very good link:...

  2. Another burnout thread

    RiverNurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been out of orientation for two weeks now - on a 42 bed unit tele/med-surg unit with many of the patients being total care. Since the end of my orientation, I have been taking six patients. I...

  3. Is this all there is?

    RiverNurse replied to nurseby07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know exactly how you feel. You are not alone. PM me if you like. I am working on creating a circle of nurse friends for phone support when needed! Hang in there!

  4. Two steps forward.....

    RiverNurse replied to Virgo_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Really... I've been on my own for a month now. Since that time I've taken six patients, at the insistence of my preceptor and nurse manager - BUT - the night charge nurse has been assigning me 7 and...

  5. needlestick

    RiverNurse replied to emsgirl24's topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I've encountered a similar situation within the last week. Pt jerked his arm and I was stuck. The patient is HIV (-) but I just found out Friday that he is Hep C (+). I, too, was told to go to...

  6. 7 Patients Feels like Too Many

    RiverNurse replied to luv2yoga's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't get me started! LOL... I am a new nurse as well - three weeks out of orientation. I, too, work on a busy tele/med-surg unit. I've been assigned 6 patient at my own insistence and sometimes 7 -...

  7. Top Five Tips for Night Shift? For a new nurse?

    RiverNurse replied to TuckerBug's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been at this for four months now and still struggle... amazingly busy floor even at night - mainly total care pts. I still don't have time to read charts as I'd like (guess it's b/c I'm still...

  8. Help! This nurse is trying to eat me!

    RiverNurse replied to maestrotee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi Tim, I wanted to thank you for your response. I, too, get discouraged - I'm a new nursing grad myself, recently out of orientation and feel at times burned out, "consumed" by other nurses, not to...

  9. Help! This nurse is trying to eat me!

    RiverNurse replied to maestrotee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You know, my manager and I were talking about 'satanic influences' today - must be a theme... :-D I could address 'Satan's' attitude, but instead, I think I would like to look at yours instead. You...

  10. Doctors Yelling

    RiverNurse replied to potatomasher's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had a doctor lose it with me once - I asked him if he wanted that written as an order or if I should include it in the nursing/progress notes. He stopped. Take good care,

  11. Another burnout thread

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well... I have been feeling (for a while) that I should orient on days - even for a short time - to get "the bigger picture" of patient care. I am planning on orienting for one day (that would be...

  12. THE WORST Experience/night of my life!

    RiverNurse replied to emmie08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hang in there - I assure you - there will be other "worst" experiences... LOL... I am trying to be funny here... I, too, am feeling a similar frustration - so know that this isn't uncommon. If you...

  13. Obtaining consent

    RiverNurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hypothetical situation: Patient is scheduled to have a permacath placed in the morning. Nursey Nurse is told to fill out the consent form, have the patient sign it and send it with patient to surgery...

  14. Obtaining consent

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, I am sure that I should have been taught the concepts of consent in orientation - but alas - that was two months ago and many, many night shifts ago... LOL LOL... Perhaps I should see if...

  15. Yoga is a good way for rest and exercise.

    RiverNurse replied to a-rose's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Bikram Yoga fanatic here. I live close to a studio. I had severe rotator cuff pain before going - now it's nearly gone - but flares up if I don't go for a week or two. Demanding, challenging, painful...

  16. ? Incompetent Nurse..(part vent)..long

    RiverNurse replied to Schatzi RN CEN's topic in General Nursing

    ** Disclaimer: My two cent's worth. ** I hope for her sake (not to mention everyone else's) someone brings this to the forefront - without knowing all the particulars and having my biases, I wonder...

  17. LONG - Incompetent, me? Nah - just inept

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, I had that happen once, too, during my orientation. A more experienced nurse (one young enough to be my daughter) gave me attitude. I was feeling physically awful (found out later my blood sugar...

  18. I cried for the first time while on my shift today.

    RiverNurse replied to sxyrn2b08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I cried on the floor one evening. My preceptor jumped my case ONE MORE TIME... b/c I'd forgotten something she'd said or I wasn't "thinking clearly". When I finally became "leaky" in front of her, I...

  19. Did anyone hate nursing school?

    RiverNurse replied to FNPhopeful's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There were days that I thought I hated nursing school and days I thought I loved it. Either way, I survived the accelerated program (no prior experience in healthcare AT ALL) and graduated - passed...

  20. My new grad stress is showing - and I am being called on it - Yikes!

    RiverNurse replied to Suninmyheart's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ditto! I am glad to hear that I am not the only one that appears "stern" when contemplating or under stress. As for me, I've heard it all about me "being mad" when I am simply thinking about something...

  21. Clueless

    RiverNurse replied to luv2shopp85's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am SO glad for these forums! I can certainly relate to your experience. I graduated in August, 2007, NCLEX in Oct, 2007 - began working on Tele/Med-Surg right after. Last week I was going to do a...

  22. Discernment (LONG post)

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks all - for all your advice... and one last word from our sponsors about I&Os... and blood sugar... Letting go of the I&Os from 1500 to 1900 was my initial response - until my preceptor...

  23. Discernment (LONG post)

    RiverNurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello all, I am a new nurse, 43 yo, career changer in mid-life. I am writing b/c I am trying to analyze my experience as a new nurse - things I've seen and what seems to be dichotomies with "real...

  24. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

    RiverNurse replied to nursingstudent424's topic in First Year After Licensure

    For my entire life, I was petrified by the sound, smell and sight of emesis. I would physically run away when anyone was barfing. Eww... I ended up in nursing school - my choice... I had a woman with...

  25. Any Nurses With Anxiety Disorders?

    RiverNurse replied to Susanna23's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    YES! And it has had an impact on me during my tenure at nursing school. If you would like to correspond to me privately, I would be willing to discuss this with you. I am glad for this forum. Take...