nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. bruits and hypertension

    nerdtonurse? replied to Amy2005's topic in General Nursing

    I googled and got a a bunch of hits,

  2. Nursing, is it really that horrible of a job?

    nerdtonurse? replied to michelle_d's topic in General Nursing

    What do you see in the newspaper? Plane crashes, mass murder, rape and sudden death. You don't see articles that say, "and once again, Mr. Jones safely made it to work, had an uneventful day, and...

  3. disappointed in myself

    nerdtonurse? replied to treysdaddy08's topic in General Nursing

    I first contacted a nursing program in 1986, but was told that my English degree was "useless" and that I would need 3 years of science classes before they could tell if I could "do the work." Broken...

  4. Sticking with nursing as a career and not becoming homicidal. How?

    nerdtonurse? replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    You can't, unless you're on heavy drugs. You are a human being. You are not a robot. You are not a "Stepford wife" nurse. You've got a lot of sad stuff going on, and guess what -- you're sad. But...

  5. Do nurses have a right to privacy?

    nerdtonurse? replied to mama llama's topic in General Nursing

    Call Equifax and the other big 2 and have them put a "fraud watch" on your

  6. Do people treat you different when they find out you are a nurse?

    nerdtonurse? replied to beachbutterfly's topic in General Nursing

    Do I get treated differently since I'm a nurse? Well, when I was a computer systems analyst, nobody ever said, "Hey, can you look at this rash?"

  7. 1st nursing job, new grad LPN, 1st shift, already a serious error!!

    nerdtonurse? replied to NHCVTturnedLPN's topic in General Nursing

    When I made my first error, still on orientation, and was standing there shaking (I'd hung Aldomet piggybacked with NS, instead of D5W, because I had seen 2 other nurses hang it with NS and had no...

  8. Need advice about DaVita - Is it a good company to work for?

    nerdtonurse? replied to NewGradRN-IL's topic in General Nursing

    Keep in mind, the 3 places in our hospital that have the most codes? ER, ICU, and Dialysis. These people are very, very, very sick, and usually with more than just kidney failure. Get ACLS...

  9. OF mega codes and AED's in LTC...(kinda funny!)

    nerdtonurse? replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    In keeping with the "Code" theme....my uncle Jack told me this one.... Years ago, Uncle Jack was a Duke's ER -- he'd gone to the cardiologist, and had an episode and almost died in the office. He's...

  10. 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

    No, ma'am I will not be giving you an enema at 3 am; You have pooped daily and you had such a large bowel movement at 2200, I can't believe there's anything left to come out. Do you routinely wake up...

  11. 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

    Yeah, have you ever noticed how they'll stop seizing immediately if you tell someone else in the room, "Gee, I can't get the Adivan in with him shaking like

  12. Shift Assignments - Who bugs you the most?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    On my 4th 12 hr night shift in a row, I'm probably the "disgruntled zombie." Comes in, take the assignment, realizes I've got 2 CIWAs and an evolving CVA with q2h neuro checks on one end of the...

  13. I can't handle it when kittens die...how can I be a nurse?

    nerdtonurse? replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

    I wondered how I'd take death in a person, since I am a complete puddle over animals. But it's different; with an animal, unless you're a vet or vet tech, you're helpless -- you can feed and water...

  14. Bullying in nursing

    nerdtonurse? replied to garro's topic in General Nursing

    How to handle a bully? Bring a gun to a knife fight. No, not real weapons, but inside a bully is a desperately insecure person who is looking to make themselves feel better by making everyone else...

  15. filing a police report for missing property

    nerdtonurse? replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Did she make sure nobody had just moved it? We had a hullabaloo one day about a missing radio, and someone on another floor had borrowed it to let a dying patient listen to a CD of their favorite...

  16. Compassion.... why is it so hard to give some?

    nerdtonurse? replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I remember when I was in school, and thought some of the nurses were the most heartless things I'd ever seen. But let me tell you something you need to remember: Patients lie. Patients lie....

  17. 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

    Oh, stop whinning. I've been sicker than you and went to

  18. Support for life support?

    nerdtonurse? replied to ToxicShock's topic in General Nursing

    I feel a lot of compassion for the families, but it's the patient that I advocate for. I've had the horrible experience of being caught up in a situation where a woman had written a very detailed...

  19. Management of violent Patient's in ED ?

    nerdtonurse? replied to fawnsternurse's topic in Emergency

    Best one I ever "saw" was on Trauma in the ER -- patient had busted out of 4 points a couple of times, and kept ripping out the doc's stitches. The doc sewed they guy's ears to the bed, then...

  20. you CANNOT eat me!

    nerdtonurse? replied to lulu rn's topic in Emergency

    ER or not, we're always looking at the newbies. Think about it from our perspective -- we don't know you. We don't know if you're bright or stupid, if you'll step up or fold in a crisis. We're not...

  21. Grammy awards given in triage!

    nerdtonurse? replied to gentle_ben_RN's topic in Emergency

    Oscar to the "chronic pancreatitis" patient who complains of frequent abd. pain, nausea, and vomiting, states she hasn't been able to keep any food or water down in the week since her last admission...

  22. Nursing is not what I thought...hate my job...need ur opinion

    nerdtonurse? replied to dtermineddenise's topic in General Nursing

    If I had a dollar for every time I heard a newhire say, "I didn't know it would be like this / school didn't prepare me for this / nursing isn't what I thought" then I'd be a rich woman. We get...

  23. Blogging

    nerdtonurse? replied to sleeplessinnyc's topic in General Nursing

    HIPAA states it protects medical information. If you right "Ms. Smith from Oasis, Georgia, was just in for a abcess and we found out she had cancer" --- That's a violation if her name is Smith. If...

  24. Struggling to maintain happiness on the night shift

    nerdtonurse? replied to amalbon's topic in General Nursing

    Get evaluated for a sleep disorder -- I found I had sleep apnea after I went to the doc complaining of not being able to sleep more than 3-4 hours, urinary frequency only during sleep, cranky,...

  25. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    nerdtonurse? replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Learning how fragile life is, and how it can be gone in a blink, and then seeing these "demerol and diet soda" q4h drug seekers whining their way thru life about non existant issues, while you've just...