nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. Wish it was a NANDA diagnosis

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

    Constipation d/t "slipping and falling on the shampoo bottle in the shower" You just can't make this stuff

  2. My God, these family members!!

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

    I will never forget the frequent flyer (diet coke and demerol, q4) who stomped into the middle of a code, demanding his pain med. I mean, pt's naked to the world, I'm doing compressions, resp's...

  3. Furious....abandoned by my TEACHER....

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

    I don't know that she's a bad nurse. I just think maybe she's too specialized. I mean, I think I'd cry if I had to put a needle in a baby -- I'd do it but I'd hate it. I wonder if that's where she's...

  4. Why are health employers asking for blood draw?

    nerdtonurse? replied to hgal's topic in General Nursing

    I stay so dehydrated at work, I'd be scared to see what my BUN/creat. ratio was after a 12 hour

  5. Death....by cheese

    nerdtonurse? replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Who the heck is she going to report you to? The American Dairy Association? Hospice nurses are my

  6. Newborn Kitten Emergency- Anyone???

    nerdtonurse? replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    My kitties: Mosey, Mouse, Smokey, Pete, Cricket, Rambo and Baby all say: "High :paw:!" And Mollie the dog says, "Another #*@!

  7. Why are health employers asking for blood draw?

    nerdtonurse? replied to hgal's topic in General Nursing

    I know it's crazy with titers...I had them pulled a year before LPN school to make sure a MMR had taken after I was exposed to measles at church...then when I started LPN school....then when I started...

  8. BSN RN & Certifications not allowed on my badge: I am outraged!

    nerdtonurse? replied to Simba2241's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm a lowly LPN, so I guess I'm not even qualified to be speakin' to the edjumakated folks....but.... I've only had one patient who didn't want me because I was an LPN; I cheerfully swapped him...

  9. Should she tell why she's leaving?

    nerdtonurse? replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    I've sat thru my share of exit interviews, and you know what's done with them? Nothing. But if she tells the truth about leaving (working conditions, etc.) why would she think these same slime balls...

  10. Newborn Kitten Emergency- Anyone???

    nerdtonurse? replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    Hey canoe.... Unless things have changed since you posted, mom may not be taking to the baby...I've seen it happen when a cat has rapid cycle litters.... If she's still not letting the kitten latch on...

  11. Furious....abandoned by my TEACHER....

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

    Well, I survived my last clinical with this instructor (GOD, I hope it's the last one...she wants to come on fulltime as a teacher *shudder*). After last week, I called the instructor in charge for my...

  12. Furious....abandoned by my TEACHER....

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

    Did she know what was going on? I kept looking for her (and so did the charge nurse). What made me so mad was she stuck her head in the door (when they were dropping off my bag) and she KNEW the pt...

  13. I wish I had studied this before Nursing 101.......

    nerdtonurse? replied to twins2005's topic in General Students

    Since you've already got a lot on drug calculations.... Abnormal Psych. I'm not kidding you, you're in for a shock. It's the NORM for us to have about a 5th of our tele/ICU stepdown patients with...

  14. Just had a Consent Agreement go into effect, I feel like I'm hanging in limbo

    nerdtonurse? replied to GotoGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Go back and get a degree in psych, and work with nurses who have mental health issues. You have been in the trenches, and that will make you a valuable employee to a mental health hospital that...

  15. Are you concerned about contracting MRSA while working in healthcare?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Caligirl09's topic in General Nursing

    The most "MRSA-ized" patient (skin, hand wounds, nares, blood, I mean EVERYWHERE) I had worked at the drive thru window of the local fast food place -- and she always had open areas on her hands. All...

  16. Help with assignment? Death and Bereavement Interview

    nerdtonurse? replied to mgrand's topic in General Nursing

    ]1) Tell me about the first time you saw a dead person. ] ]On the job or ever? The first dead person I saw was my step grandfather's sister. She threw a stroke, and everyone was sitting around the...

  17. Vomiting coffee ground colored vomitus with PEG tube in place for 11 months

    nerdtonurse? replied to iediethrlevingston's topic in General Nursing

    Did you check for bowel sounds? Distention? Pain? Listen to the lung fields? If the person has a peg and they're puking, they could aspirate big time, since most people get pegs because they can't...

  18. Warning-DNR forms are worthless

    nerdtonurse? replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    And it can vary, even inside a state. The hospital I work at requires a signed MD's order, regardless of all the state DNR forms you may wave. The site I do clinicals at just requires the state form...

  19. Furious....abandoned by my TEACHER....

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

    Thanks! You know, I was feeling really bad and down and "why am I putting myself thru this?" And then with Viva's kind message (thank you, thank you!), I stumbled across Susan Boyle's performance on...

  20. LPNs in RN programs -- do you get bored?

    nerdtonurse? posted a topic in LPN to RN

    Okay, I'm probably jinxing myself for life, but.... I work in a ICU stepdown / telemetry unit. I'm in my 2nd semester, and I'm bored out of my mind. Is it just me? Tomorrow's test is...

  21. Rude disruptive classmates (Vent)

    nerdtonurse? replied to MattiesMama's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    What I found in LPN school (and now in RN school) is the eye rollers and the "theatric sighers" usually end up bombing on the test, because they think they know it all already. Then they get P'd and...

  22. Why'd y'all choose the Nursing field? =)

    nerdtonurse? replied to varg's topic in General Nursing

    My suggestion to you is that you work as a unit secretary -- you'll see the reality of nursing, and then you can make an informed decision. We get a lot of kids out of high school, and college...

  23. discharged a patient wearing telemetry

    nerdtonurse? replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Don't ask me what IDIOT thought this was a good idea...we've got different box types in different units. We now have a mesh basket in the back of the nurse's station that functions as a "lost and...

  24. Does a doctor have to write discharge home on an order sheet

    nerdtonurse? replied to ashland's topic in General Nursing

    We need an actual order at our place, because I've got two pts who have been signed off on by medical management that they can be DC'd -- believe me, it that was all we needed, I'd have sent them out...

  25. Real 911 calls.....

    nerdtonurse? replied to RosesrReder's topic in Nursing Humor

    There was one on the TV not long ago about a guy who called 911 4 or 5 times because he thought the folks at the Burger King told him they were out of what he wanted on his burger (like no tomato or...