nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. WGU RN-BSN 11/1/11 start

    nerdtonurse? replied to fallinnstyle's topic in Western Governors University

    Same here, email from the mentor and all future emails are going to my WGU email, talk with her on the first, and then the race is

  2. Is it legal for a nurse to work 24 hours straight?

    nerdtonurse? replied to MrsMwenja_RN's topic in General Nursing

    1) I'd be willing to bet that the next nurse had already called out, that's why he told the OP to stay. 2) There have been volumes of studies that state working more than 11 hours dramatically...

  3. 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

    If you don't sit down, shut up, and quit throwing a fit because you can't drink and smoke while in the ICU on oxygen (despite being offered nicotine patches), I just may let you do both. Please let...

  4. Edukan microbiology Fall 2010

    nerdtonurse? posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Anyone want to start a study group for Microbiology at Edukan? Signed up, got the book, ready to

  5. The pitfalls of a small rural hospital

    nerdtonurse? replied to loveishope's topic in Rural

    Welcome to rural nursing! As a fellow resident of Be - Freakin' - Nowhere, let me give you a few tips. Everyone in a small town is related to everyone else. So the nurse, patient, or visitor you...

  6. Why did you pick your username?

    nerdtonurse? replied to made's topic in General Nursing

    Mine? Was a nerd (still am) who was wondering if I could become a nurse (did). My "handle" on the disaster recovery boards was "disaster magnolia" but that seemed likely to jinx the whole nursing...

  7. WGU RN-BSN 11/1/11 start

    nerdtonurse? replied to fallinnstyle's topic in Western Governors University

    I see Financial Aid, Resources, Admission, Help. Where are you looking from

  8. WGU RN-BSN 11/1/11 start

    nerdtonurse? replied to fallinnstyle's topic in Western Governors University

    Wait for

  9. Mass patient Incidence

    nerdtonurse? replied to Reydel's topic in General Nursing

    Having worked in disaster recovery before I became a nurse, I hate to say it, but people have a very short "disaster memory." For the first hurricane, the first hurricane season after a big one, the...

  10. Ya mighta told me that before!

    nerdtonurse? replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    In the "most embarrassing moments at the church picnic" category: I had a parishioner who I'm good friends with come up after church and say, "hey, i need to ask you something in private." Okay, I...

  11. Dilaudid anyone?

    nerdtonurse? replied to PintheD's topic in General Nursing

    This actually happened to me, but it was a dibold machine. I was pulling out something harmless--protonix PO, I think, I mean, something nobody'd want to divert, yet something we don't use that often...

  12. Mass patient Incidence

    nerdtonurse? replied to Reydel's topic in General Nursing

    The ethical dilemma would come in if you had two patients, both of which had survivable injuries with immediate surgery, but one might take 8 hours and 2 surgeons (16 surgeon hours) vs. one who would...

  13. The Old Problem of Systolic Blood Pressure

    nerdtonurse? replied to hazyblue's topic in General Nursing

    Blood pressures are like apples and oranges. If you use a small cuff on a wrist, you'll get a different BP than for a BP taken on an upper arm or a thigh. Different cuff sizes will change the...

  14. What have your co-workers done to make a shift go more smoothly?

    nerdtonurse? replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, but we work nights in a small southern town. The only thing we could do is go buy a six pack and drink it in the Walmart parking lot. Not a bright idea at 7 am, especially as everyone in town...

  15. Humor: You Might be an ER Nurse

    nerdtonurse? replied to TrafalgarRN's topic in Emergency

    You want to put the following poster up on the wall in triage: No, we don't believe you accidentally fell down while naked on anything, not fruit, not veggies, not any thing that somehow ended up...

  16. Injection questions, Insulin, Lovenox

    nerdtonurse? replied to Epona's topic in Patient Medications

    I had a patient who was hysterical about getting a shot in his belly (lovenox). Wanted the med, but was completely grossed out by the idea of a needle going into his belly. Called the doc and asked...

  17. Humor: You Might be an ER Nurse

    nerdtonurse? replied to TrafalgarRN's topic in Emergency

    You think you could clear out the ER if you put a sign out front saying, "We only give narcotics IM." You abandon a full cart of stuff at Walmart and book for the door after taking a look at the...

  18. What have your co-workers done to make a shift go more smoothly?

    nerdtonurse? replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    Keys to a good night (in my opinion): 1) If someone's in trouble -- patient crashing, got an "easy admit" who's turned into a nightmare, a PITA patient who's ringing the callbell off the wall -- ask...

  19. No breaks (class action lawsuit)

    nerdtonurse? replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    I know there's been times when I jumped up from draining a foley and my head swam because my sugar was low -- no food, no time to pee, barely time to

  20. WGU RN-BSN 11/1/11 start

    nerdtonurse? replied to fallinnstyle's topic in Western Governors University

    I'm going for 1 term. I may lose my mind along the way, but I need to finish

  21. The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

    nerdtonurse? replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    And back to what you don't want to hear at the start of the shift: "Dr. X is on for the unit tonight." Aw, rats, we're gonna code'm

  22. The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

    nerdtonurse? replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    We've got one that will apparently doesn't believe his patients are capable of being dead, since he will stand there and tell a family the pt's getting better (!!!) when I'm watching their HR and they...

  23. Brain herniation and eye movement

    nerdtonurse? replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    Approximately 20 ft fall out of deer stand and crossbow fired into the back of the pt's head. It's been a while, but what I remember now is that the cerebellum took a hit as the bolt transversed the...

  24. Brain herniation and eye movement

    nerdtonurse? replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    I had one of those and charted, "REM noted to L and R sides, continuous, not associated with

  25. The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

    nerdtonurse? replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    The family just revoked Bed 4's DNR, they want everything done (on someone who's endstage everything, agonal breathing, SBP of 78, and having increasingly prolonged periods of