BlueEyedRN

BlueEyedRN

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  1. Thank you note to preceptor after orientation?

    BlueEyedRN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    It would be very sweet. Everyone loves to know that they are

  2. shy girl

    BlueEyedRN replied to iluvmynavyman's topic in General Nursing

    Being a nurse is actually one of the best ways to get over being shy. My mom always talks about how she was painfully painfully shy until she became a nurse and it really helped her because it is so...

  3. Can someone make a list of all the things.....

    BlueEyedRN replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    good

  4. No IVs in my Nursing School, opinions please?

    BlueEyedRN replied to julsywulsy's topic in General Students

    We did have the opportunity to start IVs in clinicals, but I only did it two times and I'm still as terrible at it as I was before. It sounded like all the nurses starting at the same time were in...

  5. Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    BlueEyedRN replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just the other night I had a patient that was very insistent that I come and see him right before I left to go home. It had been a very trying day for him and we had put him through a lot and I...

  6. Help...husband discouraging me :(

    BlueEyedRN replied to Faye1's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh, it's so rewarding. The opportunity to meet so many amazing people has been awesome. I had one patient from Jamaica who talked about his life so beautifully and gave me a blessing of...

  7. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    BlueEyedRN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    SCARY! Completely unrelated. . . . When I was a student, a nurse asked me to help her reposition a patient. I found five or six pills in the bed with her under the sheet. I handed them to the RN...

  8. What was your favorite area?

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

    I loved the baby part of OB. Labor and Delivery is ICKY, but holding babies all day would be the best job ever. It was too depressing though. Too many babies going through withdrawals. ICU was my...

  9. Got nightmares?

    BlueEyedRN replied to RITA2007's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I went to check on my patient's foley and found him sitting in a pool of blood. Another nurse had held pressure and applied a pressure dressing to a femoral site and two hours later, it just started...

  10. Nervous about graduating

    BlueEyedRN replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't sleep the night before my first day of work on the unit because I was scared to death. I had heard way too many times how nursing school is nothing and that your real education starts when...

  11. "Honey"

    BlueEyedRN replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like to call my patients honey or sweetie, but sometimes it just pops out, usually when I am comforting them about something or trying to sooth them through a painful or uncomfortable...

  12. Making most of preceptorship

    BlueEyedRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm a new grad and I started with my preceptor recently. I love her. She is very experienced and smart. Patients, doctors, and nurses think she's wonderful. She's really is amazing. My...

  13. Making most of preceptorship

    BlueEyedRN replied to BlueEyedRN's topic in General Nursing

    wow, those are great ideas.

  14. Need info. for end of life care for nurses.

    BlueEyedRN replied to sockov's topic in General Nursing

    Chaplains are a good resource. They're trained to counsel those who care for patients as well as

  15. Do you think the pain scale is accurate?

    BlueEyedRN replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. The pain scale isn't supposed to be accurate. It's just supposed to be a way for the patient to say, "it hurts like hell, please help me." It's subjective and the numbers mean nothing...

  16. Do you think the pain scale is accurate?

    BlueEyedRN replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I don't get what you mean. Reflux, gas, circumcision, shots, blood draws. Isn't this why we have the FLACC

  17. Nurses don't eat their young!

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

    I would like to add my thank yous to those of the OP. Every nurse I've worked with as a student and as a new orientee has taught me in some way. Just the fact that no one shoved me out of the room...

  18. Making most of preceptorship

    BlueEyedRN replied to BlueEyedRN's topic in General Nursing

    You didn't find it too annoying to be asked so many questions? I guess I've heard too many horror stories about preceptors and I don't want to make her regret agreeing to it. I'm such a wimp!...

  19. Too queasy to be a nurse?

    BlueEyedRN replied to harmony00's topic in General Nursing

    I used to feel the same way. I couldn't change any baby's diapers except my own, even just peepee. All body fluids made me gag. But it was so weird because from the first day at the hospital for...

  20. Interview question

    BlueEyedRN replied to ncriverrat's topic in General Nursing

    You take your patient his tray at 8:00, come to check on him at 8:30. He's completely unresponsive, but his vitals signs are normal. What do you do? Also, what do you think you can bring to the...

  21. Sterile field contamination?

    BlueEyedRN replied to MamaT's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh my. I am so glad I found this site. I had no idea nurses were so disgusting and dirty. I feel much more at home now.

  22. Change title of "Nurse"?

    BlueEyedRN replied to AKell388's topic in Men in Nursing

    I so wish there were more men in nursing. Comments like that make my day. I love being a girl, but being around a bunch of women all day long makes you appreciate how refreshing men are. Anyway, it...

  23. Berated and feeling useless

    BlueEyedRN replied to sn07's topic in General Nursing

    Half of my teachers said you had to do med-surg for a year and the other half said forget med-surg and just do what you want. Honestly, don't listen to what everyone else says anyway. They are...

  24. Vinyl Gloves

    BlueEyedRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday in nursing orientation (yay, I'm a new nurse!) during IV therapy, the nurse mentioned that the clear vinyl gloves are not a barrier for blood and you should either get latex or latex free...

  25. What's your favorite pair of nursing shoes?

    BlueEyedRN replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Leather (not suede) etnies. I love