nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. responding outside of hospital

    nerdtonurse? replied to pinky22786's topic in General Nursing

    My guidelines are: if you're crying or screaming, you've got a)airway, b)breathing and c)circulation, and if I don't see jets of blood, compound fractures, or avulsion of tissue, I don't get involved...

  2. Call Bell Over Use (Abuse?)

    nerdtonurse? replied to 311ltc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I get a pt like that, it's geri chair to the nurse's station, and I give them a load of towels or washcloths to fold. Works sometimes, and it's kept me from running screaming out of the door...

  3. Ten Things A Nurse Doesn't Want to Hear

    nerdtonurse? replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I just snorted my ice tea out my nose.

  4. CODE question

    nerdtonurse? replied to JMDRN09's topic in General Nursing

    Ewww, I didn't think about the tar. Good

  5. CODE question

    nerdtonurse? replied to JMDRN09's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on what's wrong with the person. A patient with emphysema can have dark or bloody secretions; someone with flash edema has pepto bismol frothy red secretions; someone with an upper GI...

  6. How important is your g.p.a

    nerdtonurse? replied to shynurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    From what I've seen on the floor, a lot of hospitals are pushing nurses who are ADN to become BSN, and BSN to become MSN. That's when the GPA becomes important, because it determines who will let you...

  7. My First Code

    nerdtonurse? replied to ilovechadkrause's topic in General Nursing

    The worst ones are when you have a "walkie-talkie" come in for something innocuous like a lap chole and they throw a PE or stroke out, or a person comes in for something like COPD exacerbation and has...

  8. Bumper stickers you'd like to see...

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

    Cardiac nurses are all heart Telemetry nurse: it's all about the

  9. Swine Flu May Cause 90,000 U.S. Deaths, Report Says

    nerdtonurse? replied to Girl Scout's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yeah, but you can't catch a car accident from a dirty door

  10. Nurses do you use any reference books and if so which one you recommend?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of floor/facility are you at? I love "The ICU Book" -- however, it wouldn't be of much help in a podiatrist's

  11. 11 Things Your Nurse Thinks (But Will Never Tell You)

    nerdtonurse? replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    ROFLMAO! I know I've had pts where I wanted to get on the PA and say, "Dr. Kevorkian to Room XXX, Dr. Jack Kevorkian to Room

  12. Pre-op........what to expect

    nerdtonurse? replied to sugaNspice's topic in General Nursing

    I had surgery at St. Joseph's when I was a teenager (awesome hospital, BTW). However...I'm on the gurney waiting to go into the OR (guess the prior case ran a little behind or something), and person 1...

  13. Before the Vaccine Arrives, It's Up to Citizens to Slow Swine Flu

    nerdtonurse? replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In an epidemic, I'm wearing a N95 or I'm staying home. My health, my safety, MY

  14. My First Code

    nerdtonurse? replied to ilovechadkrause's topic in General Nursing

    And when you're the first one on scene, you're going to have a split second of "oh CRAP." But then, move. Hit the code button, scream for help, get him flat and start compressions. Lock your...

  15. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    nerdtonurse? replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Look, if I do that, his guts are going to hit the bed." -- Said to charge while explaining I wasn't following doc's orders to remove staples which were gapping open every time the pt took a deep...

  16. Disturbing dreams....am I going insane? (not requesting medical advice)

    nerdtonurse? replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    I have nightmares, always have; I think it's part of having sleep apnea. Even with the CPAP, I probably get just hypoxic enough to trigger fear, and therefore nightmares. I had one where a pt that...

  17. Swine Flu May Cause 90,000 U.S. Deaths, Report Says

    nerdtonurse? replied to Girl Scout's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Okay, if 1/2 the population falls ill....that's almost 200 million people getting sick. If only 1 percent of the 2 million die, that's the 20,000 number. That's in keeping with the current fatality...

  18. My "Aww crap" moment of the week: Calling a Dr.

    nerdtonurse? replied to JustEnuff2BDangerous's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My version of SBAR is KISS -- keep it short and simple. For example.... "Dr. Smith, this is Nerd on East 4. I'm calling about Mrs. Jones who's in for a colon resection in the morning d/t...

  19. C-Diff question

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

    And don't overlook the "in the wrong place" issue. You can have e. coli that lives in your Gi tract and all's well and good. If you get it in your urethra, not so good. If you get someone else's...

  20. Bad night last night

    nerdtonurse? replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Turn, a good friend once told me when I had a similar situation.... Real nurses

  21. questions ya wanna know answers to

    nerdtonurse? replied to BethrnGA2CO's topic in General Nursing

    Why does saying "gee, it's quiet tonight" immediately summon the code

  22. Confusion About Morphine - Not Available?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    All it meant at my hospital was that we pulled the 4mg tubes, and had to find someone to do a waste of the extra 2 mg. We could get the big guns, we just couldn't get the prefilled 2mg

  23. questions ya wanna know answers to

    nerdtonurse? replied to BethrnGA2CO's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, old disease, look for an "old" answer. Giccin was the Old English word for "itchy" and "Pox" meant "curse." Therefore, "Chicken pox" means either "cursed with itching" or "itching curse."...

  24. can the family reverse a patient's decision?

    nerdtonurse? replied to DNM-BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Been there, done that, cried all over the tshirt..... To cover yourself, document, document, document. I've seen these same kinda folks threaten to sue everyone in sight when someone dies from the...

  25. FRUSTRATED

    nerdtonurse? replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I put a power bar in my pocket or a breakfast bar -- I've got problems with hypoglycemia, and if my sugar goes low, I get really, REALLY cranky. One night I didn't even realize, until one of my...