BlueEyedRN

BlueEyedRN

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  1. AMAZED at what some students get away with!!!

    BlueEyedRN replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a student, most of the other students in the clinical were sitting around on their butts or pretending to read the chart after they did what they were assigned for the day. Try to...

  2. have you used chemical restraint?

    BlueEyedRN replied to diamondmeadows's topic in General Nursing

    So is using physical

  3. have you used chemical restraint?

    BlueEyedRN replied to diamondmeadows's topic in General Nursing

    We use sedation and other meds all the time in the ICU, but I don't know if I consider them chemical restraints. We use propofol to allow the vent to do its work, Ativan to calm anxiety, Fentanyl and...

  4. Neonatal Brain Death

    BlueEyedRN replied to BlueEyedRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I must have just misunderstood what was going on and I really don't know what steps were taken, except that she was coded. Maybe they decided it was futile or maybe the family made the baby a DNR....

  5. Why I wouldn't swap jobs with my wife

    BlueEyedRN replied to nursebedlam's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOVE it. This scenario has happened to my husband lots of times since I started working night shift.

  6. Nurse and Starting a Family

    BlueEyedRN replied to lmekuria's topic in General Nursing

    My oldest was 2 when I started nursing school and I had a baby smack dab in the middle of my 2nd-to-last semester (not exactly planned that way). It's hard and you can't pamper yourself the way you...

  7. HIPAA violations

    BlueEyedRN replied to Dakota28's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Jeez, if I couldn't come home and talk to my husband about the horrible things that happened at work, I wouldn't last a week. We work in an extremely high pressure, high stress profession where lives...

  8. Maybe I shouldn't be an ICU nurse - long

    BlueEyedRN replied to bethem's topic in MICU, SICU

    We try to avoid triples, but it isn't at all unheard of to have three vents. I don't think I've ever seen a 1:1. I'm jealous. Worst triple I had was two vents and an alcohol withdrawal, all three...

  9. "Yelling"

    BlueEyedRN replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've had lots and lots of patients yell at me with lovely colorful language, but those don't really

  10. Judging Nurses or Is It Just Me?

    BlueEyedRN replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    It's funny. It seems like "outsiders" think nurses are either heroes or monsters. However, I've only met two monsters and lots and lots of heroes.

  11. "Yelling"

    BlueEyedRN replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I got yelled at literally the other morning, but the doctor I called had just woke up after two hours of sleep on a crazy weekend. We've had a couple of family members get into shouting matches with...

  12. "My Mom Can't Sleep!"

    BlueEyedRN replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I look young. It drives me crazy. I've got two kids and two bachelor's degrees, but I'm often mistaken for a teenager. Grr. I'll love it in ten more years though when I get mistaken for a 28 year...

  13. "My Mom Can't Sleep!"

    BlueEyedRN replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I had a young guy on the vent the other night who needed lots of sedation. His family was very panicky and he wouldn't get agitated with them weeping over his every move. He started biting down on...

  14. Night shift nursing

    BlueEyedRN replied to namaste_71's topic in General Nursing

    Night shift ICU. More codes/traumas and you get to be more involved in everything because there are less people. Codes during the day have 50 people show up. At night we have maybe 6. You get...

  15. "If you want to be a doctor, go to medical school"

    BlueEyedRN replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    I love that. I had a neuro patient who was exhibiting changes and increasing difficulty keeping his airway open. I came out of the room, told the secretary to page the RT and neurosurgeon and...

  16. I need support

    BlueEyedRN replied to Skits's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There were a lot of nights my first year when I would come home and cry to my husband for two hours. It's insanely overwhelming and very frustrating dealing with other people who are very stressed...

  17. Best shift for moms w/toddlers?

    BlueEyedRN replied to haitianrn's topic in General Nursing

    I work 7p-7a, but only two days a week: every Tuesday and every other saturday/sunday. The night shift differential covers a little bit of the gap working part-time vs. full time, and not paying for...

  18. Things that gross me out....

    BlueEyedRN replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient the other night who had obviously not taken a bath in a long, long time. When we gave him a bath, chunks of dirt and skin were coming off on the washcloths. His feet had barnacles on...

  19. Telemetry question for a VERY new grad

    BlueEyedRN replied to k8dubcoran's topic in First Year After Licensure

    They are ordering a 12-lead ecg which gives a much more detailed picture of the rhythm than the standard 5-lead tele. There may be problems or changes in an area of the heart that is not covered by...

  20. Peeves at work

    BlueEyedRN replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    I hate it when other "more experienced" nurses come into your room when something is going on and try to take over, even when they have absolutely no idea what is going on and just make my life more...

  21. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    BlueEyedRN replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Okay, my first two were not funny, but really sad. The daughter jumped off the parking garage and died. The car surfer was declared brain dead the next

  22. Nurses Smoking

    BlueEyedRN replied to JENNLEE's topic in General Nursing

    I just find it irritating when those who smoke take long breaks (because the butt hut isn't very close to the doors) and several of them a night. What really steams me is when I've watched someone's...

  23. male nurses with beards

    BlueEyedRN replied to nrsman1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Beards are smokin

  24. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    BlueEyedRN replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Do not drop your daughter who is threatening suicide off in the parking lot next to the ER and tell her to check herself in, especially not when there is a very tall parking garage next door. Never...

  25. You Know the patient is going bad when...

    BlueEyedRN replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    Whenever my patients suddenly get concerned about my religion, I get worried. I had one lady lecture me for about 45 minutes about the importance of knowing God, no matter what you believed. She...