BlueEyedRN

BlueEyedRN

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  1. Where was your first nursing job?

    BlueEyedRN replied to katie1285's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I started in the ICU. My best friend from school started in L&D. There is really no reason not to go into what you want to do. I did work with some awesome people however, which isn't always the...

  2. What Do I Do With 8 Months Experience?

    BlueEyedRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I started as a new grad in an adult ICU 7 months ago. My husband just got orders to Iraq and I've decided to move home to Phoenix with my parents so my babies and I aren't insanely lonely. I've...

  3. What Do I Do With 8 Months Experience?

    BlueEyedRN replied to BlueEyedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, thanks. I'll get on it. What are you doing up in the middle of the night? I'm at work. Yipes, don't tell my boss. SLOW

  4. What Do I Do With 8 Months Experience?

    BlueEyedRN replied to BlueEyedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm moving out there the last week in April. Is it too soon to apply yet or should I be hunting

  5. Did anyone hate nursing school?

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

    I didn't realize how much I hated it and how stressed out I was until it was over and the totally smothered feeling suddenly stopped. Seriously, I felt like I was floating on clouds for a month after...

  6. Sodium Bicarb Compatability

    BlueEyedRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    The past couple of days I had a patient who had sodium bicarb in her IV fluid. Yesterday during report, the night nurse told me that she decided not to write me up this time, but I had hung zosyn...

  7. vents and sedation?

    BlueEyedRN replied to emmycRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    We've had quite a few patients who weren't sedated for several reasons. Sometimes their BP couldn't tolerate it and we had to just try other ways to make them comfortable as possible. Sometimes,...

  8. .. First Night Floating... First Med Error

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

    I had a nurse tell me the same thing one morning. I had worked four nights in a row (I'm a day shifter) and I was sluggishly trying to get everything done. I asked her how much trouble I would be in...

  9. Preceptor gift?

    BlueEyedRN replied to cardiacRN2006's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I got my preceptor this little nurse doll that wound up and played a song from the San Fransisco Music Box Company. It was way cute and I wanted to keep it for myself. :) A girl that started with...

  10. ICU VS. the ER?

    BlueEyedRN replied to Anna5M's topic in Emergency

    Our Cardiac Care Unit is called the CCU. Everybody's got different names for things. Do your local hosptals offer any externships? It's a thought for getting experience in the area you are...

  11. ICU VS. the ER?

    BlueEyedRN replied to Anna5M's topic in Emergency

    Whatever, you know we're the cool kids and everyone wants to be worthy of hanging out with us. But, yeah, it is really weird the way they run things here. I don't know if it is because the ED is...

  12. ICU VS. the ER?

    BlueEyedRN replied to Anna5M's topic in Emergency

    You know, it totally depends on the hopsital. In ours, the ICU nurses do everything. We get called down the ED for trauma codes all the time (Level 2 trauma). If is is really critical, the ED...

  13. Is this normal?

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

    I felt the same way during my first 2/3 of orientation. I was having nightmares and would wake my husband up in the middle of the night with them (I thought he was bleeding to death) and every night...

  14. How are you judgemental?

    BlueEyedRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I'm judgmental of people who are judgmental of spelling errors. :) Somedays I can't even spell my own name right. I'm always embarrassed when I look back over my charting and realize that my grammar...

  15. New Grads - Rotten Shifts?

    BlueEyedRN replied to MililaniMom's topic in General Nursing

    My first two weeks off orientation were scheduled to be night shift so I could orient to nights if I needed to do it. I was scheduled for four nights in a row and I was completely dreading it and all...

  16. What kind of pill crushers are you using?

    BlueEyedRN replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient tell me the nurse crushed his pill with the back of the room's flashlight, added water, then stirred it up with her pen. Okay not helpful, it just made me

  17. How are you judgemental?

    BlueEyedRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I actually get way more judgemental with my patient's families than with my patients. I think a big part of it is that I'm new and so I don't know how to be firm but diplomatic with families. I also...

  18. Trauma RN's - A question.......

    BlueEyedRN replied to JourneyCC's topic in Emergency

    I've floated to the ED a couple of times which totally does not make me an expert, but I do think it would beneficial to have experience in the ICU first. It is a completely different world, but...

  19. Neuro ICU - "how to test for pain response in comatose individuals

    BlueEyedRN replied to janwebsa's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I had a neurologist tell me that the best noxious stimulus that isn't painful is to tickle the inside of a nostril with a q-tip. You have to be gentle and careful, but it doesn't cause any

  20. Mormon Undergarment

    BlueEyedRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Please do not do a google search of the temple ordinances or garments. The sites you will find are disrespectful and inappropriate. If you want to find out more about temples, go to LDS.org. These...

  21. Mormon Undergarment

    BlueEyedRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    It is okay to cut them off. An emergency is an emergency. Just make sure you keep them to give to the family or back to the patient later. Don't throw them

  22. Mormon Undergarment

    BlueEyedRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    LDS is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Garments are worn by many members of the church and are sacred. They do have a top and bottom for both men and women. We wear them all the...

  23. The evil reign of PowerPoint Lectures

    BlueEyedRN replied to agoodusername's topic in General Students

    Oh my gosh, I hated PowerPoint. I remember when teachers first started using it when I was a freshman in college and I wanted to strangle Microsoft for it back then. Teachers have gotten so lazy! A...

  24. Extubated my patient

    BlueEyedRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Worst day of my life. My patient's family decided that they didn't want to leave her on life support so they decided to extubate her and let her pass. She has only been on the vent since the night...

  25. Extubated my patient

    BlueEyedRN replied to BlueEyedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Logically, I know that I didn't really kill her. But it just feels like I did. I mean, it would have been the same if we had just stopped the drips and let her blood pressure go, but that wouldn't...