nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. Time Frame for Med Administration

    nerdtonurse? replied to Unknown member's topic in Patient Medications

    We have 1 hr either side. Some meds don't go together, but most of the time, I try to "bundle" my meds -- would you want me in your room every hour all night for non-emergency meds --- here's your...

  2. Uniform Confusion

    nerdtonurse? replied to aanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I go "naked" from the forearms down. Last thing I want to do is bring home something on jewelry, watch or cuffs. It's a little odd when someone asks me what time it is when I'm not at work, because...

  3. I'm tired of it!

    nerdtonurse? replied to sunnyskies9's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The things that I'm tired of: 1) Non-compliant drama queen/kings for patients. Won't take their BP meds, shocked when they have a stroke. Won't take their insulin/watch their diet, shocked when...

  4. Does the BSNs get paid more than ADNs hold true across the board mostly?

    nerdtonurse? replied to mell260's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    We don't have any nurse educators (the OB nurses do lactation training, but it's not a management thing), HIPAA compliance is handled by legal (no forensic nurses), and the infection control nurse...

  5. Does the BSNs get paid more than ADNs hold true across the board mostly?

    nerdtonurse? replied to mell260's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    So...if you work in a hospital and get paid one extra dollar an hour for a BSN, work 40 hrs/wk, 52 weeks a year, you get a whooping 2080.oo -- which wouldn't cover the cost of a single class with...

  6. Gastric Residual...what would you do in this situation?

    nerdtonurse? replied to tnelso15's topic in General Nursing

    One advantage I have in an ICU is that we can get ABGs. What does that have to do with anything? If that person had any kind of a functioning stomach, they were producing stomach acid in overdrive,...

  7. Over the Animosity

    nerdtonurse? replied to nursefina's topic in Emergency

    Crosstrain critical care areas -- let ICU see what it's like when half the county shows up in the ER, and let ER see what it's like when you've got 2 codes going on on different sides of the unit and...

  8. Being Naked Where I Work: A Nurse With Cancer

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

    Naked -- or "nekkid" as we say down here -- is always an odd situation -- I never got naked with co-workers when I was an engineer, even when substantial amounts of tequila were involved, but I've...

  9. anyone noticing a massive increase in angiedema in patients on lisinopril?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Sirapples's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm seeing a lot of "prils" on intake, also, moreso than it used to be. I just thought the Pharma reps had been

  10. MRSA screening of staff....

    nerdtonurse? replied to sauconyrunner's topic in General Nursing

    I'd love for someone to do a study of the people entering a Walmart on a given Saturday morning. I think you'd find there's a lot more MRSA out there than people

  11. Iv site labeling, instant removal for no date

    nerdtonurse? replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    Guys, keep in mind why they are so anal retentive about the dating -- joint commission. They say you increase an infection risk if you leave a line in more than 72 hours -- half our patients, you're...

  12. Can anybody share any first hand experience with being coded, on a vent, sedated, etc

    nerdtonurse? replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

    I ended up in ICU and tubed after I went into anaphylactic shock from some dental surgery when we found out the hard way I was allergic to a med given in post-op. I very, VERY clearly remember trying...

  13. Best Shoes for 12 hrs shift

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

    My suggestion is that you go get your feet professionally sized at one of the specialty shoe stores (the kind where you stand on a machine to measure your arch and they tell you if you pronate or...

  14. Love or hate your IV pumps?

    nerdtonurse? replied to steffimarty's topic in General Nursing

    Sigma Spectrum, and I would love to put them all in the parking lot and drive over them with a tank. While the drug library's nice, the pumps beep all the time for NOTHING. Non-existent upstream...

  15. First code

    nerdtonurse? replied to katsanchezRN's topic in General Nursing

    If she went from pulseless and dead to SROC (spontaneous return of circulation) on just CPR with no epi, no meds, you did a GREAT job! You bought her a chance if what was going on was survivable. In...

  16. Best and worst moments in medicine

    nerdtonurse? replied to mysonsmama's topic in General Nursing

    One of my dad's good friends was in ICU for SOB/CP, rhythm all over the place (great guy, crappy heart -- and allergic to Amiodarone!), and he went into V-tach. I ran into the room, his eyes were...

  17. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    nerdtonurse? replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    You're helping the surgeon do an I and D on a huge abdominal abscess, and all you can think is, "do they have Brunswick stew in the cafeteria

  18. Bedside charting?! Is this the new norm? VENT!

    nerdtonurse? replied to RockinChick66's topic in General Nursing

    All I could think was, "gee, that paranoid schizophrenic in for medical clearance is gonna LOVE

  19. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    nerdtonurse? replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    While at a Revolutionary War re-enactment at Williamsburg, you go to the circa 1770 hospital and find yourself reflexively sorting the surgical tools and turning the handles toward you. At the same...

  20. Same patient's over and over again

    nerdtonurse? replied to MattNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Want to know what our ER looked like last night? 3 chest pains, 2 MVAs, potential miscarriage, kidney stone obstruction, 2 lacerations from using power tools/yard work. All legit reasons to hit the...

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

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

    They sent me an email saying they're mailing my diploma. So, I did it in 5 months -- started 11/1, turned in my last assignment 3/25. So, I'm Nerd, RN,

  22. Is attending a patient's funeral overstepping "the" boundary?

    nerdtonurse? replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    It can depend on a lot of things. I had a patient I became very attached to, who I'll call Paratrooper -- in better days, we'd discovered he was stationed at the same Army base my dad was at, at the...

  23. Can anyone give me some ideas on this case study? thx

    nerdtonurse? replied to kcvo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What I always did in school (and still do) is ask myself: What is going to kill my patient first? There are COPDers who we're tickled pink to get them up to 88%. A crappy ABG is their norm. The...

  24. Great Learning Opportuity Often Missed

    nerdtonurse? replied to bsnanat2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'd love to attend one...especially if I could chose the guest of honor.. *evil smirk* Seriously, I watched on on video, and learned more about A&P than I did in the class. There's something...

  25. "Senior Codes"

    nerdtonurse? replied to GitanoRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I like the pacer one...had this mental image of outside a mall, handicapped spaces, electric car recharge station, pacer check and charge