nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. Are you working part time/full time and going to school at the same time?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Faeriewand's topic in LPN to RN

    I work tues/fri/sat nights -- and they told us we can't work while in school. I'm working full time, in school full time, and as long as I make a 90 on the final, I get an "A" for the class. So it's...

  2. Where Do People Dream This Stuff Up?

    nerdtonurse? replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't have lung cancer, I stopped smoking 2 months ago (4 ppd, x30 years).....And yes, they did have lung CA, and yes they

  3. Do you form outside relationships with your patients?

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

    No, no, and absolutely no. And one of my coworkers had a 'stalker' patient who would send flowers to the unit, show up on the floor (we'd hide her in the med room), and leave flowers and notes on her...

  4. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    nerdtonurse? replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    My biggest fear at this point is the "worried well" -- half the people I know are coughing and sneezing from allergies (the pollen has turned everyone's cars yellow/green). I can just see 50 "worried...

  5. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    nerdtonurse? replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    2 new cases in Scotland, and the earthquake in Mexico is a 6.0. There's also a potential outbreak in South Carolina -- students returning from spring

  6. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    nerdtonurse? replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They just announced on CNN that Mexico City has experienced an earthquake (not sure how bad yet). I mean, what's next for these poor folks?

  7. Bedbaths and Bedmaking

    nerdtonurse? replied to Ginger's Mom's topic in General Students

    First, clinicals are NOT like the real world. Saying a clinical prepares you to be a nurse is like saying playing Flight Simulator prepares you to be an air traffic controller (at least for the kind...

  8. Wearing scrubs to nursing school?

    nerdtonurse? replied to jpearl119's topic in General Students

    What I ran into also (and it was one of those "nursing culture" kinds of things, I guess) was that LPNs/RNs don't like students wearing scrubs. One of our local schools changed the school uniform to...

  9. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    nerdtonurse? replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well, and the next question becomes...as nurses, do you go to work or stay home? I've got some "coworkers" (and DANG but I use that word loosely) who suddenly had "family emergencies" during our...

  10. Do alternates get in the nursing program

    nerdtonurse? replied to lunden's topic in General Nursing

    I was an alternate in my RN program because of no available seat. I went from #10 to #7 to #3, and after being told there was no way I was getting in last fall (3 weeks before semester started) got a...

  11. Ativan for Everything?

    nerdtonurse? replied to smilesandstickers's topic in General Nursing

    Midwest -- talk to your doc about diprivan. That's what we use for folks who need extra help during a 'scope. They actually call it "Diprivan rescue" on the

  12. not sure what to name this thread..need advice (bereavement)?

    nerdtonurse? replied to kitti419's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't think this is adequately addressed in nursing school -- the fact that nurses can be the "collateral damage" in patient tragedies. You can be the toughest nurse on the floor, but there's going...

  13. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    nerdtonurse? replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Just as a refresher, the 1918 "Spanish" flu that killed between 20 and 50 million people world wide had 3 stages. The first was a mild outbreak in the spring, then it came back again worse, and then...

  14. Biting my lip.

    nerdtonurse? replied to rnmi2004's topic in General Nursing

    Same here, I chart word for word, so if it ever goes to court, I can read from the chart, "Well, your honor, I told the pt they needed lovenox, and they told me to 'bite me, b****.' Since the pt was...

  15. help needed for my report/assignment

    nerdtonurse? replied to winningguy's topic in General Nursing

    Go read the policy, see who authored the policy (or what their title is) and talk to

  16. Ativan for Everything?

    nerdtonurse? replied to smilesandstickers's topic in General Nursing

    How often do I see it prescribed? Not enough. I mean, we get people who have a 40 year history of psychosis, schizoaffective, etc., and the first thing two of our doctors do is take them off all...

  17. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    nerdtonurse? replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Our hospital is on I85, (one of the big north-south arteries on the East Coast, for you West coasters). No joke, one of our first steps if we do have a serious outbreak is for the sheriff's...

  18. Murphy's Laws of Nursing | Life of a Nurse

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

    I'm not making this up, wish I was.... When your charge nurse says, "you know, I've seen codes on other floors but I've never actually seen one here..." -- RUN. We had back to back codes, and...

  19. C's in nursing school

    nerdtonurse? replied to hTx87's topic in General Students

    Take a deep breath...in...out... Unless you're going for the next step up the academic ladder, when you get to the floor, nobody cares if you were a straight A or straight C student. I'm an LPN on a...

  20. Protective Eyewear + Rx glasses

    nerdtonurse? replied to Mary C's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine who works in the OR takes off her glasses and uses contacts during surgery because she's got what she calls her "blast shield" over her face. I wear glasses instead of my contacts on...

  21. I'm getting written up! (Very long)

    nerdtonurse? replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    That's the first thing I thought -- write up the OB for "fostering a hostile work

  22. Bummed...I think I have MRSA

    nerdtonurse? replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    I know that anytime I get a zit (and I get them along with my monthly "visitor" yipee for me...wrinkles and zits...) the first thing I think is MRSA, regardless of the fact that I get zits on my back...

  23. My preceptor is driving me nuts!!

    nerdtonurse? replied to CABG patch kid's topic in General Nursing

    My preceptor drove me NUTS. I mean, she had me so flustered I was ready to walk. Finally, I'd just had it and told her (*sorta yelled, actually....*) "You are hovering and you are NOT cleared for...

  24. Murphy's Laws of Nursing | Life of a Nurse

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

    My humble additions.... Briefs always fall "butter" side down A foley won't drain...until you take the bag off to inspect for obstruction, at which time it will flood -- all over you, the floor, your...

  25. Wish it was a NANDA diagnosis

    nerdtonurse? posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    At our hospital, we have a canned list of NANDA diagnoses to choose from, which is woefully inadequate. Here's some I think they should add -- what about you guys? Failure to get their crap together...