nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. Do you really remember half the stuff from nursing school?

    nerdtonurse? replied to FRESH_90's topic in General Nursing

    So, if you don't learn all this stuff and you cheat to get your grades, what are you going to do when you've got a patient with an INR > 7 and a dose of coumadin due? What if you see a patient...

  2. WHY does a B.S. + RN not equal BSN

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

    I'm in the same fix you are. However, as a person with prior degrees, you know your BS in Computers did not automatically qualify you to be a speech therapist; a degree in history doesn't make you an...

  3. Does bullying really go on in Nursing?

    nerdtonurse? replied to R_Clemens's topic in General Nursing

    I see a lot of it where I work. And the bullies are usually the worst nurses in terms of clinical skills and patient survivability. I think they work on the assumption that if they're hateful...

  4. At a loss - Need your support and prayers

    nerdtonurse? replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    *Hugs* And remember, everyone reacts to loss in their own way. Some people laugh, some people cry, some people have to talk about it, some people can't bear to. Each grief to each, in their own...

  5. when the day shift arrives

    nerdtonurse? replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in General Nursing

    I usually love "murses" but there are a few where I work that just need the living **** kicked out of them. Actually heard one that's a unit manager of a med/surg unit tell another manager (who'd...

  6. Leaving Interventional Radiology for Children's Psych?

    nerdtonurse? replied to dreamingofbeing's topic in General Nursing

    If you worked in my ICU, you'd know we do psych nursing...just with each other..*grin* Good luck. I knew psych wasn't for me when I was in clinicals -- that door slammed and locked behind me, and I...

  7. Unbelievable family

    nerdtonurse? replied to cnstecky's topic in General Nursing

    It always amazes me what family will do to one another. When my dad was diagnosed with lung ca, he made me swear that he wasn't going to be one of the horror stories I see at work. We had a long...

  8. Post-Mortem care, PLEASE realize it is a human being.

    nerdtonurse? replied to demylenated's topic in General Nursing

    I started off in a hospital that had a lot of bad doctors, so I saw a lot of dead bodies. I'll never forget we had two pass away within 30 minutes -- one a code, one not, but both needed to be...

  9. Oh those poor babies!

    nerdtonurse? replied to handyrn's topic in General Nursing

    We had a woman at church who didn't believe in vaccinations (not a part of our faith, this chick was a wacko on a variety of topics -- not a person who'd make a considered, reasoned response to the...

  10. what would happen if you defibrillated a pt w/ a pacemaker?

    nerdtonurse? replied to JemJ's topic in General Nursing

    We've had to shock them if the pacemaker failed. I admit, I did have a moment where I was worried the thing was gonna blow out of his chest like an alien in "Aliens" but nothing happened. If we know...

  11. Question about MRSA/VRE protocols.

    nerdtonurse? replied to 1southernstudent's topic in General Nursing

    We swab nares of all patients admitted to the ICU. About a 3rd of our ICU population is positive for something at any given time. I have seen over reaction to a lot of things -- patients thought to...

  12. 1/3 of my paycheck goes to tax!

    nerdtonurse? replied to pale_pilsen's topic in General Nursing

    1/3? That's

  13. Nurses,what is the highest BP you've ever seen recorded on a pt.?

    nerdtonurse? replied to nobody067's topic in General Nursing

    SBP in the 280's, DBP in the 140's. Pt was stroking out, didn't make

  14. when the day shift arrives

    nerdtonurse? replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in General Nursing

    My take -- every shift, every floor, every unit thinks they've got it tougher than anyone else. Usually I just let it roll of my back, but they've really gotten on my nerves recently: 1) Dayshift...

  15. Average IQ of a BSN nurse

    nerdtonurse? replied to Weber's topic in General Students

    Doesn't matter how many IQ points you have, it matters how many of them you fire up at any given time. And I say that as a proud member of

  16. The Patient I Failed

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

    Thanks, Elvish. I needed to hear that

  17. What time is PM and HS med pass typically?

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

    In the hospital, BIDs go at 2000, TIDs go at 2100, and QHS is 2200. I'd say check with your charge, or casually ask someone else. You know (unfortunately) if you ask the wrong person, it'll be all...

  18. Article Contest (Jul 1-Sept 30) - allnurses.com 3rd Quarter 2011

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

    I just put one in "Staff Review" for ghost stories. Hope that's the right place. Can't wait for them to start coming

  19. My resident died yesterday. What should I have done differently?

    nerdtonurse? replied to NN2BVE's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's always hard when you lose a patient, but you didn't do anything to cause him to die, get worse, or bleed out. Pelvic centered cancers often erode thru veins and sometimes arteries, and I've lost...

  20. What scares you most as a rn?

    nerdtonurse? replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    1) someone dying because I missed something or did something wrong 2) a psych patient/family member going nuts and hurting a coworker before I could stop it (had that almost happen way too many times)...

  21. Suicidal man at nurses' station

    nerdtonurse? replied to *Posh*'s topic in General Nursing

    One word. RUN. Idiots hire other idiots so they don't feel

  22. 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 come to the hospital and the first thing you do is start telling me what you won't do -- won't wear your monitor, won't take your meds, won't stay in your room/on the floor, won't abide by the...

  23. Racking my brain for this 14 year old patient, can't get her case off my mind, help?

    nerdtonurse? replied to EponaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Pheochromocytoma? I've seen those patients before, and they usually have a very strange affect (flat to manic, sometimes misdiagnosed with anxiety disorders which resolve after surgical...

  24. what percentage of your job involves poop?

    nerdtonurse? replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in General Nursing

    If you get GI bleed, you'll be cleaning it up 3x an hour for most of your shift, and it will be 10 percent stool and 90 percent blood. It spatters, it sticks, and it smells. the smell gets in your...

  25. Noncompliant parents. Do I have any rights to protect my license?

    nerdtonurse? replied to RNC-NIC's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure when you document that you do word for word, in quotation marks. When it's read back at trial, you want their own words read, not your take on it. Also, try to make sure when they're...