nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. Hospital Won't Hire Obese Workers

    nerdtonurse? replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

    If anybody wants to "look" at me or anyone else and use looks alone as a basis for making them their role model, they are an idiot. You should role model who people ARE, not what they look like....

  2. Same patient's over and over again

    nerdtonurse? replied to MattNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. We get the same redneck DKA patients who have no intention of ever changing their behaviors when we can "fix" them every 2-3 weeks. And when we start chopping off their feet, or putting...

  3. Nurses see us coming for clinical and RUN away from us. Irritating!

    nerdtonurse? replied to thawk28's topic in General Students

    It's not a great experience, but I want you to fast forward 2 years: You're working your 4th 12 hour shift in a row because you're running short handed. You've got a fresh MI on a heparin drip, an...

  4. "the future days"

    nerdtonurse? replied to Creamsoda's topic in General Nursing

    30 years from now. The majority of the baby boomers will have passed through the health care system, and just like we had all the refuse of the boomer's passing when I was in elementary school (half...

  5. Visitor policies

    nerdtonurse? replied to FoolsErrand's topic in General Nursing

    Do any of you remember playing "Twister?" That's what it's like for me as I step over clothes, food, laptops, drinks and everything else under the sun trying to look after a patient who's family is...

  6. Nurse as a patient...

    nerdtonurse? replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Having been on the other side of the rails, I felt like I was being taken care of by family -- my mom "outted" me as a nurse when I was at a hospital I didn't work at. I think everybody on the floor...

  7. Hospital Won't Hire Obese Workers

    nerdtonurse? replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

    So, let's see how we can do this. BMI over 30? Fired. A1C over 6? Fired. Smoke? Fired. Creatinine over 1.5? Fired. Can't walk 3 miles in 45 minutes? Fired. Can't pickup 50 pounds? Fired....

  8. Drug seeking residents?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Rach823RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Why is he in pain? If there's a reason -- back issues, arthritis, etc. -- make sure the med he is getting is actually the best pain control for the problem. When I have patients with mets'd bone...

  9. Do you think I could get kicked out?

    nerdtonurse? replied to w.ross1990's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    We would pick up our chart information the night before, do drug cards, etc., look up the diagnosis and do a care plan -- hard for a newbie student to do all that first thing in the morning; however,...

  10. I was yelled at by my nurse yesterday

    nerdtonurse? replied to EllieBean13's topic in General Students

    I only ever yelled at someone once -- a student was disconnecting a Levophed drip so she could change the patient's gown, despite being told the patient was critical and not to touch her -- we gave...

  11. I was yelled at by my nurse yesterday

    nerdtonurse? replied to EllieBean13's topic in General Students

    First -- nobody should ever yell in front of a patient or in public. Unless you're calling for help or announcing a code where you can't reach the button. But....norms change depending on where you...

  12. When the axe falls...

    nerdtonurse? replied to jmqphd's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Don't know about nursing, but in computers, I was outsourced, downsized, right sized and whatever other "phrase du jour" was in use 4 times, sometimes just my department, sometimes the entire IT/IS...

  13. What disorders did you diagnose yourself with in Nursing School?

    nerdtonurse? replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in General Nursing

    Headache was either a brain tumor or a TIA Upset stomach was infarcted mesenteric artery and I was going to have an illeus momentarily Chest pain was a MI (the 3 pots of coffee I was drinking during...

  14. New nurse here. How do I overcome a suspension from work?

    nerdtonurse? replied to BradenRN30's topic in Nursing Career

    I have a friend who's a "supervisor" at a LTC, and all that means is she supervises the LPNS and CNAs -- AND she has to come in and cover shifts if someone calls out or quits, and half the time she's...

  15. Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    nerdtonurse? replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    *mental image of patient garbling "fafh my real teef" as I have my hand in his mouth yanking..." They still talk about one new nurse at a local nursing home. They told her that all her patients must...

  16. How Do You Prime Blood Tubing?

    nerdtonurse? replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Kinda like when I've got a pt on KVO fluids for a med line, and hang a 1000cc bag. It's not that plan on giving the 1000 units, but if that patient goes down the tubes, I may need to bolus, etc. The...

  17. Baffled...

    nerdtonurse? replied to aboucherrn's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on both sides of the rails. Even when I thought one of those things from Aliens was going to come chewing out of my belly button, and had true 10/10 pain (complete with tachycardia, HTN,...

  18. Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    nerdtonurse? replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    What on god's green earth did you use to put in your mom's dentures, super glue? I have got to get these things out before her EGD, and I think I'm going to need a jackhammer and possibly some

  19. Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    nerdtonurse? replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    If your wife has decided to leave you, don't stand in front of her truck. Have you SEEN how big a chest tube is? The more people that come to the bedside, a) the more they've ignored this poor soul...

  20. Another one for my journal

    nerdtonurse? replied to EmergencyNrse's topic in Emergency

    We had a patient who had skin cancer, and one of the newbie nurses was asking how to chart it (rather than "honkin' big ugly black and green mole") and the charge nurse said, "he's got a malignant...

  21. Drug testing a RN while a patient in the er

    nerdtonurse? replied to lori4367's topic in General Nursing

    Clonopin doesn't show up in standard screen, you have to look for it with a specific test -- don't get me started on the night I had a pt who'd OD on clonopin and the doc kept telling me, "the...

  22. Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    nerdtonurse? replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    When someone asks, "how stupid can one person be?" please don't view that as a

  23. Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    nerdtonurse? replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's not that I think you're stupid, but....when the doc tells you your BAC is almost at the level of alcohol poisoning, and you respond, "Good, I can go have a couple of more beers!" .... well, I...

  24. Advice - I'll need a meal tray too

    nerdtonurse? replied to LalaJJB's topic in Emergency

    Yup...you never see them turn two folded blankets into a "pillow" on Grey's Anatomy because housekeeping didn't bring any and you've got two vented patients who've got ten pillows in the bed because...

  25. Advice - I'll need a meal tray too

    nerdtonurse? replied to LalaJJB's topic in Emergency

    They're not fun in ICU, either. If you're there with a dying family member, yes, I'll try to get you coffee or a soda; if you're a diabetic, I'll give you OJ if you start getting that "off" color....