nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. Role of nurses in physician-assisted suicide

    nerdtonurse? replied to Trailer's topic in General Nursing

    I think a lot of people are getting the med but not taking it just so they have an "exit' if things get too bad. I would think that the notion of being trapped by your disease -- you have no control,...

  2. Time frame for med passing

    nerdtonurse? replied to sydylo's topic in General Nursing

    What kills me is they beat us up with these windows, but have no problems dropping an admission on you just before the big 2100 med pass. I had a night where I took an admission at 1930, literally I...

  3. Decided to go back to the corporate world....

    nerdtonurse? replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you did volunteer work with hospice or some thing like that, would your state allow you to remain 'active?' I've had days where I think about what my paycheck used to look like, and want to go back...

  4. Would you look at your friend's bottom if they asked you to?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Sash123's topic in General Nursing

    I can just see the nursing tshirt now: "I'm paid to look at your tush, so

  5. When a patient is dying, am I expecting too much?

    nerdtonurse? replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've had people like the daughters....adamant that they want to be there when grandma passes, but swanning out to get sodas, go home and get the cellphone charger (still remember that one), yet...

  6. Who is Responsible for Discussing End-of-Life Treatment Options?

    nerdtonurse? replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot tell you how many times I have seen patients sent home without ever knowing that their cancer's back, it's mets'd; the internal med doc will say it's for the surgeon to tell them, the surgeon...

  7. How far would you go to help someone.

    nerdtonurse? replied to diane227's topic in General Nursing

    Her name was Kitty Genovese, and 38 of her neighbors watcher her get murdered over the course of 30 minutes -- he attacked her 3 separate times, while the neighbors watched and no one called the cops....

  8. Racist Patients

    nerdtonurse? replied to Williss2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When we have that situation, we swap nurses. I had a friend who had a trash talking redneck, using the "n" word (and I don't mean "nurse"), so we swapped patients. When he said he was so glad to...

  9. "Atypical" Nurse? How discouraging...

    nerdtonurse? replied to Darjeeling22's topic in General Nursing

    What I've always noticed, not being able to have kids myself, is the ones that make the stupid comments are the ones that turn around and B**** about their kids and hubby in the next breath. I told...

  10. How far would you go to help someone.

    nerdtonurse? replied to diane227's topic in General Nursing

    While I was still a full time nerd, I did disaster recovery work. People behave in very strange ways when stressed by a disaster. We used to call it the "4 F's." Freeze: People are surprised, and...

  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

    In honor if the PITA pt I had last night. "You are not a human being. You are the spawn of

  12. Do you always state that you are a nurse?

    nerdtonurse? replied to 2BSure's topic in General Nursing

    *Yawn* .... long night.... 2B, I thought I was the only one who did that...One for mom, one for dad (diabetic, MI x1). It beats sitting in the ER trying to decipher "well, I had the brownish egg...

  13. Do you always state that you are a nurse?

    nerdtonurse? replied to 2BSure's topic in General Nursing

    Unless I'm in my role with our parish nursing program, I don't. Except..... My mom has chronic hypertension, and one day she did a REAL good impression of someone having an MI. We were in the ER...

  14. 3 year contract?

    nerdtonurse? replied to RNMariposa's topic in General Nursing

    Let me tell you how this plays out in real life.... Back when I worked in a cubicle farm, we were bought (again). The new "owner" stated that we would get tons of training, lots of opportunities for...

  15. Design and use of medical bed control panels...

    nerdtonurse? replied to RMCS's topic in General Nursing

    Make the "nurse call button" the largest button, put a light behind it, and maybe a certain shape? Something a 90 year old pt could use at 0300 without their glasses. And for pete's sake, put a voice...

  16. Canada's healthcare saved her; Ours won't cover her

    nerdtonurse? replied to blue note's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I know folks like the lady in the story who never give up their Canadian citizenship (and go "home" for x amount of time a year) just so they can keep their Canadian health insurance. I also think...

  17. How to tell you've worked too many shifts in a row

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

    When you are woken up out of a semi-comatose sleep, see the hospital's number on the caller ID, and break into hysterical

  18. Morale in my workplace is just deteriorating

    nerdtonurse? replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    :trout: -- that's what your team leader needs. Plus a good working definition of "team" and "leader" .... Wonder if she's kin to my NM? Why is it that we're always told to "ask for help" and then...

  19. 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

    Things I'd love to tell them: Go HOME. No, you're not sick, you're drunk. If you're serious about getting yourself straight, we will move heaven and earth to help you. If you think saying it will...

  20. Calling in....

    nerdtonurse? replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    You guys were right, Dr. A was a dream....and also very married, with kids x3....*sigh* Swirlygirl's comment reminded me of another boss I had. My grandmother, who had lived with us for 10 years,...

  21. Calling in....

    nerdtonurse? replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    Back when I still worked in a cubicle farm, I had a boss that was that way -- well, why can't you come in, we've got deadlines, we're going to lose a contract, yada yada, if you're throwing up, take...

  22. Diluting IV narcotics = narcotics tampering?

    nerdtonurse? replied to mcknis's topic in Patient Medications

    If they make this a "rule" then I'd set up a bag of NS, put it on KVO, and do a slow push over 2 minutes. It would mix with the NS, diluting it, but you'd still be giving "undiluted" narcotics. And...

  23. Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    nerdtonurse? replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    On the "Dr" front: If I'm in trouble and go down at the grocery store in town, I'd be happier to see my cat's vet than a couple of the docs I work with. I'd be happier still to see some of the LPNs...

  24. Question for Nurses, or more specifically ones that work or have worked in OR

    nerdtonurse? replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, God, don't even suggest that they could get a "Jack and Coke" drip at my hospital, we'd have them crawling in thru the windows to get admitted...

  25. Would you get treated at the hospital where you work?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Goingthere's topic in General Nursing

    Like someone else said, med-surg? No way, chronically short. If I was in a wreck, one thing we all do is tell each other, "if Dr. X isn't on call, FLY ME OUT." We've only got one surgeon I'd let...