nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. Is there any problem being a pre-med nursing student...?

    nerdtonurse? replied to TJ_vladin's topic in General Nursing

    There are good docs, and bad docs. There are good nurses and bad nurses. Yes, when I've got a patient in the unit, I'm usually working with a medical student, god love'm. If you are willing to...

  2. How do you know if you put an IV in an artery?

    nerdtonurse? replied to crystal777's topic in General Nursing

    Over the years, you're going to hit arteries and bone by mistake. I worry more about someone getting a vein instead of an artery during an ABG...they pull back and the blood looks purple, you're...

  3. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

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

    Sounds like a horrible experience....but you know how nurses are with other nurses. If you'd told her you were a nurse, she probably would have told you to save the wheelchairs for a "patient." I've...

  4. Red flag on new unit?

    nerdtonurse? replied to arnie1234's topic in General Nursing

    At 3 am when you've got a patient circling the drain, you do NOT want the most experienced person on the floor to be someone who graduated 1 semester before you did. There's a reason these people are...

  5. Refusing Patients' Requests: Can it be done?

    nerdtonurse? replied to George4life's topic in General Nursing

    What I do is tell them what I will and won't do, and then follow thru. A lot of people aren't used to being told "no." I spent a lot of my childhood as free farm help, and one thing I learned about...

  6. Anyone cutting sugar while working nights??

    nerdtonurse? replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    Are you actually checking your sugar? I tried a zero carb diet, cut out sugar, etc., to slim down for being in a wedding. I dropped 12 pounds the first week, but I started feeling horrible, to the...

  7. Best Nursing Quotes

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

    "When I wake up in the morning, I want alarm bells to go off in Hell and the Devil to snarl, 'Oh, crap, she's

  8. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    nerdtonurse? replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've done a tele floor and an ICU...in a rural hospital, and I'm smart enough to know what we keep in ICU wouldn't hardly rate a tele bed at someplace like Grady, Cook County, or Emory. I am well...

  9. The Patient I Failed

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

    A DNR is a legal document which allows EMTs, nurses and PCPs to allow natural death when someone either stops breathing or looses a heartbeat. A Living Will (at least as I've seen it used) is often...

  10. A floor nurse's rambling late night rant.

    nerdtonurse? replied to AggieNurse99's topic in General Nursing

    Wait until you've had a CVA pt who is hysterical, you work all shift to get them calmed down with meds and love, and then the family shows up and shoots their BP thru the roof...and then they're mad...

  11. Pronouncing someone with a pacemaker

    nerdtonurse? posted a topic in Cardiac

    Okay, probably an easy question, but we couldn't decide amongst ourselves last night what's going to happen to the pt in question. Pt is mid-90's, vent paced, and she's dying -- massive CVA, but not...

  12. Moral Dilemmas: Two Scenarios - What would you do?

    nerdtonurse? replied to MichelleDawnLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I've had those on the floor that refused everything, even though it was medically necessary. See if you can get the social worker to get a guardian ad litem appointed, and get that person to have...

  13. Was told I don't make a difference in the lives of Alz pts....

    nerdtonurse? replied to NurseBunny13's topic in General Nursing

    There are days as a nurse where you feel like you're just polishing the deck chairs on the Titanic. But every once in a while, you do make an impact, and sometimes you actually get to save a life. I...

  14. Stop! I don't want someone like you touching me!

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

    The pt didn't suffer...she was using her own narcotics brought in by friends, far beyond the pittance ordered, and was in for non-existant "chest pain" brought on when she was about to be arrested for...

  15. Stop! I don't want someone like you touching me!

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

    Unfortunately, we had a member of the local KKK contingent come to our hospital, and dayshift had assigned him the only black nurse on nightshift. I had a black patient who didn't want someone white...

  16. Medical shows...

    nerdtonurse? replied to Jenni811's topic in Nursing Humor

    What gets me is the person is supposed to be coding and they either: Shock asystole Or, The person's in normal sinus, and they are shocking away.... I've heard about actors falling asleep during...

  17. Freaky? or is it just me...

    nerdtonurse? replied to Jenni811's topic in Nursing Humor

    We have a "crisis" phone -- only used if the switchboard/power goes out, etc. Right after I got to work on the unit, it was explained to me that we have a ghost and the phone will ring, and the more...

  18. What happens on a nursing shift? Starting when you first came in.

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

    In ICU -- Before I even get report, I look at everyone's telemetry....who's okay, who's not, who's a DNR, who's BP is bottoming out or "their systolic's WHAT?!" Get a feel for what's going on. Get...

  19. What is a typical RNs schedule?

    nerdtonurse? replied to wnb4's topic in General Nursing

    12 hour shifts x3 days per week, 2 weekends per month, otherwise the days rotate around. I'd rather work weekends, the folks we get tend to be more interesting as opposed to a post-surgical they're...

  20. PHARMACY PROBLEMS?

    nerdtonurse? replied to pharmacistKAREN's topic in Patient Medications

    If I've got a patient that's on dopamine, dobutamine, levophed, obvious BP issues just from the meds ordered, and we're going thru the meds at 100cc/hr on dayshift, we're not going to suddenly...

  21. Do you have to start everyone's IV for them?

    nerdtonurse? replied to jimmy the P's topic in General Nursing

    We've all got our thing. If I've got a chemo, dialysis or burn pt who might...might...have one vein, I'm going to get the best sticker around for the pt's sake. I'm ok at IVs, but not great....

  22. OMG! Why??!!

    nerdtonurse? replied to cna23's topic in General Nursing

    My aunt asked my mom how I liked nights since "everybody's asleep." As far as I can tell, nobody sleeps, and I am lucky if I get to eat or pee. The docs, however, do want to sleep. Get used to...

  23. Amusement Park nursing?

    nerdtonurse? replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I'd love to be the nurse on the space station....except I get motion sickness on an elevator, so possibly not the best

  24. Accepting tranfer of patient not qualified to care for...

    nerdtonurse? replied to jamesk78's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Got a good one, real world, for you to discuss in class. I work in ICU, and as you can imagine, some days we are full and everyone's called in, and some days I get put on call if we're not full....

  25. I give in to drug seeking patients

    nerdtonurse? replied to Raidernurse's topic in General Nursing

    I just had abdominal surgery (TAH, BSO), and was blown away by how willing people were to give me narcotics in large amounts! I got rid of the PCA within 12 hours, was walking the halls the next day...