nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. In honor of 9/11.... what was it like as a nurse?

    nerdtonurse? replied to A&OxNone's topic in General Nursing

    For the children in elementary school and younger, 9/11 for them is like Pearl Harbor, JFK, to me -- just something in the history books, not something you have personal memories

  2. In honor of 9/11.... what was it like as a nurse?

    nerdtonurse? replied to A&OxNone's topic in General Nursing

    At the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, they play different kinds of music. However, after September 11, they played this. Makes me tear up every time I see

  3. Facebook Violations

    nerdtonurse? replied to CottonPuffCat's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I may get on facebook and say I'm tired or my feet hurt, or man the moon must be full, but that's it. From what I write on FB, you couldn't tell if I worked in a hospital, what state or at a military...

  4. In honor of 9/11.... what was it like as a nurse?

    nerdtonurse? replied to A&OxNone's topic in General Nursing

    My BIL's brother was supposed to be in the Pentagon actually in the section that was hit for a meeting (computer vendor), but he had to stop on the way in and get a piece of equipment he wanted to...

  5. Patients dying

    nerdtonurse? replied to nesje30's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How about the guy that was the meanest SOB in town -- cheated on his wife, beat his kids, stole money from his business AND his church...just a horrible fella. He had a major MI, was taken by EMS to...

  6. How fast is too fast to transfuse blood?

    nerdtonurse? replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    I've had someone bleeding out from a GI bleed where I had one bag of PRBCs squeezing the life out of it and someone else had another bag in the other arm doing the same thing because our pumps...

  7. No Names....I'm just Saying That .....

    nerdtonurse? replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    I'd just be happy if the next shift showed up on

  8. Slow nurse response time is a danger to pt health

    nerdtonurse? replied to SoCalCrafter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If her only issue was vomiting, check her out and take her home with a script for phergan, but the elderly rarely have just one problem. She's throwing up -- why? DKA? Bowel obstruction? Flu?...

  9. Advice for student nurse regarding staff RN problem

    nerdtonurse? replied to RADIATION_RN's topic in General Nursing

    The OP has one of the traits of a successful student and successful nurse -- they asked for feedback and evaluated in light of it. That's how you learn in the time after school! Unfortunately, I...

  10. Nepotism, anyone?

    nerdtonurse? replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Go out on maternity leave and once you're gone AND the medical bills have been paid, tell them you've decided to be a stay at home, since watching them work together as a family has made you realize...

  11. "Should I Report This?" Yet Another Bullying Thread

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

    I'm all for giving people what they like or are good at. I've worked with nurses who are in recovery and they are awesome with a pt in with addiction or suicide attempt due to addiction. I don't...

  12. There but for the grace of....

    nerdtonurse? replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    One that got me at the time and still bothers me when I hear a kid scream "Dad!" at a park was a guy, 40ish. Went to a potluck after church, had heart burn, progressed to chest pain, came to the ER...

  13. "Should I Report This?" Yet Another Bullying Thread

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

    How about this one. The day before I left for my dad's lung cancer surgery, what they'd find and how he'd do still very much up in the air, would he even be alive due to cardiac issues, etc., the...

  14. Things You'd Love to Say to Student Nurses...

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

    "Uh...how can your instructor be supervising your clinical if she's in the

  15. "Should I Report This?" Yet Another Bullying Thread

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

    I like to eat my young with a little ketchup and relish...oh, wait, did I say that out

  16. Advice for student nurse regarding staff RN problem

    nerdtonurse? replied to RADIATION_RN's topic in General Nursing

    You were seeing real world, not school. I've never given a med that wasn't ordered, but I see nurses routinely pull off the fingertip of a glove to better palpate for an IV start -- I don't, but I'm...

  17. How to know you need to take a day off....

    nerdtonurse? posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    You find yourself looking a ball of cat pee in scoopable litter and thinking, "okay, I've got to weigh and chart that." You wake up from a dead sleep and find yourself bolting out of the bedroom...

  18. "Should I Report This?" Yet Another Bullying Thread

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

    What is bullying: Bullying is inappropriate behavior which leads to the perception of suffering in the bully-ee. I'm not talking about getting after someone for not doing their job, I'm talking...

  19. Patients dying

    nerdtonurse? replied to nesje30's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In the ICU where I used to work, it was a "U" shaped unit. One patient on the end of one of the arms of the U suddenly sat up and started screaming "That dark man! Stop him, he's going to hurt that...

  20. Bullying

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

    When I was a manager in computers, if you were a bully, you were gone. I didn't have the time or resources to deal with the constant stream of garbage. If you thought you could audition for "Mom's...

  21. CNA and report

    nerdtonurse? replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    If it's any help, when I worked on the floor, the CNAs did CNA to CNA report, the nurses did nurse to nurse, and then I got with the CNA for my patients to make sure nothing had been left out -- NPO...

  22. Theme music

    nerdtonurse? replied to LegzRN's topic in General Nursing

    For our friends and comrades in the path of the storm...Rock you like a hurricane

  23. Hospital Counselors

    nerdtonurse? replied to pishoncna's topic in General Nursing

    At our shop, they're under mental health, which is a county wide entity, not hospital based. A large hospital may be

  24. Theme music

    nerdtonurse? replied to LegzRN's topic in General Nursing

    Easy....when a doc at my old facility was on for the night, we knew it was gonna be "Another one bites the dust" by Queen When the 'bangers come to the ER..."Beat It" by MJ...

  25. First day of Nursing school..What should I expect?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Valery0725's topic in General Students

    If I'd known then what I know now....study all the psych you can get your hands on. You'd be surprised how many people are absolutely, positively crazy -- and I'm talking about the families, too, not...