nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. What has been your worst nightmare about work?

    nerdtonurse? replied to JeneraterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I still remember this one. We had a patient who was not only a gang banger, but apparently had some kind of leadership role in the organization. People were coming and going all hours, and we were...

  2. Need Survival tips for Night Shift!

    nerdtonurse? replied to RedDirtNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Watch for changes in your BP and in your blood sugar. I've had friends who loved working nights, considered themselves night owls, but had to go back to days because their BP went insanely high or...

  3. addressing colleagues

    nerdtonurse? replied to talltale's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I may be guilty of this myself. When I'm flummoxed by something, I tend to say, "girl, did you SEE the BM that came out of that poor little thing, OMG, no wonder she felt bad" or, "girl, how are we...

  4. Need Advice!!! RN or LVN!? Pls read, very complex situation!

    nerdtonurse? replied to claudia1986's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I worked 3 12hr shifts a week (full time) as an LPN and went to RN school full time. You can do it. You just do it on about 4 hours sleep a day, max, for 2 years for an

  5. If I see one more post titled....

    nerdtonurse? replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    But the one you really want to watch out for is Mr. Bojangles. If you sit in a dark bathroom, look into the mirror and say his name 3 times, you break out in chicken supremes and dirty rice. (For...

  6. "If they really cared about their mom, they wouldn't of put her in a nursing home"

    nerdtonurse? replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I guess people fall into groups. The group that had a patient that could be cared for in the home, and had the resources to do it. The group that had a patient that could be cared for in the home, but...

  7. HELP PLEASE !!!!!!!! MICROBIOLOGYw/LAB ONLINE FAST

    nerdtonurse? replied to sdlane's topic in General Students

    I needed micro, and literally couldn't find a single one in my state online that wasn't full with a 6 month waiting list. Edukan worked for me, it's the community college consortium of the state of...

  8. If I see one more post titled....

    nerdtonurse? replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    Only if he's in Blue Oyster Cult!

  9. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    nerdtonurse? replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've found prostate CA when disimpacting elderly males, I've found breast CA while bathing someone who hasn't had one in a while. Skin cancers, and my "spidey sense" told me to badger the doc to...

  10. How would you respond to this??

    nerdtonurse? replied to nurse678's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry that happened, my family's much the same. When I was a LPN, I was told I should've been a RN. Became a RN with an ADN, was told I should've got a BSN. Working on my BSN, told I should have...

  11. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    nerdtonurse? replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No stars, I just snorted my soda out of my nose. Now that song's going in MY

  12. If I see one more post titled....

    nerdtonurse? replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    I know, I'm not a dinosaur, but I figure I could make a buck selling the shirt!

  13. HELP PLEASE !!!!!!!! MICROBIOLOGYw/LAB ONLINE FAST

    nerdtonurse? replied to sdlane's topic in General Students

    Edukan At our local CC, there's a move to science classes using online labs (computer simulations) due to the cost and liability of maintaining a lab. I did it, it was hard, I had to do "virtual"...

  14. "If they really cared about their mom, they wouldn't of put her in a nursing home"

    nerdtonurse? replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've seen family members who decide to DC all of their parent's meds because they're the POA and mom and dad simply aren't dying fast enough, get them put on hospice, and repeatedly ask us to "hurry...

  15. how to study for respiratory/cardiac class?

    nerdtonurse? replied to starrys's topic in General Students

    Get the Saunder's Comprehensive Review; it divides things up by body system, and explains it in a wonderfully clear way. Well worth the

  16. If I see one more post titled....

    nerdtonurse? replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    Because my t-shirt says, "Dinosaur Nurse: I keep doctors and inexperienced nurses from killing you"

  17. If I see one more post titled....

    nerdtonurse? replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    "Gee, I got my BSN, and they told me how I'd be a nurse leader, and nobody's letting me lead. I've been on the job a week, and they haven't let me be charge

  18. "If they really cared about their mom, they wouldn't of put her in a nursing home"

    nerdtonurse? replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm not on the nursing home side of nursing, but I used to get a ton, and I do mean a ton of patients just before holidays --- crazy aunt Jane wasn't going to ruin Christmas this year, we're not...

  19. If I see one more post titled....

    nerdtonurse? replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    "I pee'd hot on a drug screen, I just took one of my resident/patient's/parent's/SO's pain pills, they were asleep and didn't need it, nobody's going to report me to the BON, are they? They're all a...

  20. "If they really cared about their mom, they wouldn't of put her in a nursing home"

    nerdtonurse? replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My grandmother wasn't a nice person, even before she got sick -- she took every "nerve pill" she could get a script for, and she would "forget" that I was outside as a child and lock the door so she...

  21. Happier at work than at home?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Gratefulprn's topic in General Nursing

    There are times when the only time you feel in control is at work -- people listen to you (sometimes), you can DO things -- call a doc on a patient with chest pain that turns out to be a MI, try to...

  22. Family Members

    nerdtonurse? replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Nursing

    It's one of my personal pet peeves when you educate a family, (please call me if Mr. S starts trying to get up, and please try to keep him from pulling out his IV, keep him from falling until I get...

  23. Help! My preceptor is very difficult to deal with

    nerdtonurse? replied to Scarlettanager's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't know about your program and situation, but with us, we find out we're precepting when the preceptee shows up. No warning, We don't get paid extra, we don't get fewer patients; if anything,...

  24. If I see one more post titled....

    nerdtonurse? replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    "Step right up to Super Sam's surplus sperm bank and tire change center! We guarantee that any particular vial has only been accidentally thawed no more than 2 times, and those stories about us using...

  25. Can this put MY license at risk?

    nerdtonurse? replied to missladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't charting you gave a med and not giving it falsification of medical records? Since your clinic manager doesn't seem to care about the patients, I'd make a comment about how that could be...