nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. 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, I wouldn't treat my sister this way. I'd ask her what on earth she was thinking when she ordered a pizza into ICU after she'd had a major heart attack and been put on a strict diet, I'd take the...

  2. 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

    To the naked patient doing laps around the ICU, IV's ripped out, blood flying everywhere, leather restraints hanging from his wrists, who shoved the charge nurse into the floor, threw an IV pole at...

  3. Everyday Cheat Sheet??

    nerdtonurse? replied to RoxyChic's topic in General Nursing

    On a 5x8 index card, I put important phone #s (ER, lab, blood bank, radiology, dietary, faxes, and the different extensions in the unit). Doc's pagers. Critical lab values per facility lab (some...

  4. Having trouble with a difficult situation

    nerdtonurse? replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Not quite like your situation, but I've performed terminal extubations of people who were not going to survive (takes a doc to put a tube in, but we can take it out with a MD's order). There's family...

  5. RN teacher failing students to "weed" them out?

    nerdtonurse? replied to xmissxscarlet09's topic in General Nursing

    Hate to tell you, but this happened to our class. We were losing a clinical instructor for the following semester, they could NOT find anyone willing to relocate in the middle of the year. The...

  6. "6 months notice is customary"

    nerdtonurse? replied to PediLove2147's topic in General Nursing

    Watch yourself when you go back...she seems the spiteful kind, who might try to set you up with

  7. Shift work and pets.

    nerdtonurse? replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    *grin* I can just imagine the day when I come in and all the cats are sitting there, my senior kitty sporting an old pair of reading glasses and reading from a note, saying "Ahem....we have formulated...

  8. It shouldn't have happened this way....

    nerdtonurse? replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Hospice, Palliative

    For those waiting for a update... Well, it went boss to boss, and they tried the "oh, we didn't know..." know what? That you should call the family when a patient is about to die, regardless if...

  9. Shift work and pets.

    nerdtonurse? replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    We're a mixed household (cats and 1 dog), and I know when I went from working days to working nights, the cats about had a nervous breakdown. One cat got very territorial, to the point where the...

  10. WGU RN-BSN 10/01/11 start...anyone with me?

    nerdtonurse? replied to RN2MSNasap's topic in Western Governors University

    I'm just bouncing up and down waiting for 11/1 so I can join you

  11. 911-ing a resident out, requires an order?

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

    Go in wearing spike heels with your hair in

  12. Anti-CRNA website= such B.S.!!!!

    nerdtonurse? replied to ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.'s topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    OMG. I went to the site, and what a bunch of garbage. They don't even mention that the CRNA is a RN with a BSN, Master's, and 1 to several years experience in critical care. The "personal stories"...

  13. That is IT; have had it with nursing...I'm going insane!

    nerdtonurse? replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    Um....:hug:? I got to that point in computers, where I was miserable every single day, to the point where I didn't want to get out of bed to go to work, just all the back stabbing, the complaining,...

  14. 2011 3rd Quarter Contest Winners

    nerdtonurse? replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    Thanks for those who voted! And the money's coming in handy, as I just blew the power supply on my main

  15. Anything wrong with this order?

    nerdtonurse? replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Divided doses? Is that q1h, q2h, q3h....? Some of the folks I work with would set up 12 medicine cups and divide one of the packets into the twelve cups and be running in there all night, rather...

  16. Problems with prefilled NS syringes?

    nerdtonurse? replied to LogCabinMom's topic in General Nursing

    I was told in school that some folks could "taste" a flush, and I honestly thought they were wonky. Until I had surgery last winter, and yup, I could taste salt in the back of my throat every time...

  17. A vet tech as a nurse ?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    I know I'd rather have my cat's vet try to take out my appendix rather than all but one of the surgeons at my last hospital. I had a cat that developed cancer from the feline leuk vaccines (VAS), and...

  18. 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 don't care if you think you don't need a bath. You've got at least 2 months of dead skin on those feet, you're a 30 year old walkie talkie who can bathe yourself, there's no medical or cultural...

  19. Do you think nursing is a profession?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Aurora77's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My sister the doctor, (insert eye roll here), is the first to say it's not a profession; she says anyone who gets paid by the hour is a blue collar worker. I, also, agree the the college angle isn't...

  20. A vet tech as a nurse ?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    In my state, an LPN can work as a vet assistant with the addition of one or two classes; I've got a friend who went from LPN to RN who still works 1 day a week at the vet's -- she says she likes the...

  21. It shouldn't have happened this way....

    nerdtonurse? replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The patient was not in ICU, they were on the tele floor, MD's call on that one. And I've had hospice patients in the ICU at this hospital, just to have the 1:2 ratio (those folks usually have money,...

  22. "I just can't help you..."

    nerdtonurse? replied to BrazoriaLVN's topic in General Nursing

    If I had a patient like that, I'd advocate for the review of meds, and at least try a x1 dose of haldol. We had a fella on the telemetry unit that would just scream himself hoorifice -- not a good...

  23. Family complaint? Throw the nurse under the bus!

    nerdtonurse? replied to Jamthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work in computers, and I recognized all of the characters in Office Space...and one of my bosses I swear was just like the manager in the picture, right down to the suspenders... I didn't go...

  24. which stethoscope would fit me best in your opinion?

    nerdtonurse? replied to meghan91's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Do what I did...I went to a nursing supply store, and listened to my own heartbeat through a sweater with a variety of scopes. I bought the one I could hear the best with, which was a Littman II....

  25. It shouldn't have happened this way....

    nerdtonurse? replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks, Viva...it's good to know people are doing the right thing somewhere... When I was in telemetry, and had someone who was close to passing, I'd put telemetry on them just so I'd know when they...