nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. Riding a Motorcycle to Interview. Good Idea?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Speed Freak's topic in General Nursing

    Gee, I'd figure you'd be one of the few who could afford gas money to get to work when gas goes thru the roof

  2. Advice Please

    nerdtonurse? replied to kn--xx's topic in General Nursing

    Do yourself a favor, and take the time to figure out what YOU want to do. I can't tell you how many folks I know who were shoved into a career by a well meaning parent (or felt they should be a...

  3. BP question....

    nerdtonurse? replied to Kiringat's topic in General Nursing

    I had one where the BP was insanely low (like 40's over 30's) and so I go in, pt is sitting up, reading a magazine, completely A/O, no SOB, no signs and symptoms of anything except boredom (had a lap...

  4. Cannulated an artery

    nerdtonurse? replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    Haven't done it yet, but I've seen it, and it's actually kinda cool. The blood just pulses up the line in time to the

  5. Have U ever left a job after a short Period? Why?

    nerdtonurse? replied to DaretoDreamRN's topic in General Nursing

    I saw a new nurse leave about 20 minutes after meeting her preceptor....and had I had that preceptor, I wouldn't have made the 20 minutes. That particular woman is possibly the meanest, nastiest,...

  6. Things people say coming out of anaesthetic

    nerdtonurse? replied to frellyou's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in school and doing a rotation in the ultrasound suite, there was a lady that came in, just in hysterics because she "knew" the lump in her breast was cancer. She'd had a bunch of...

  7. New Patient Monitoring Device

    nerdtonurse? replied to atkinite's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a tele unit, and we've gone thru 2 vendors the last 10 months. The problem with a constant monitor is that you've got 2 criteria that can be difficult to achieve: 1--you've got to have...

  8. My classmates are off the chain

    nerdtonurse? posted a topic in LPN to RN

    For those of you in the lpn/rn bridge programs, do you get along with the other students in the blended classes, or do you get a "us vs. them" vibe? I don't smooze or brownnose, I just come in, do...

  9. I shouldn't be a nurse...

    nerdtonurse? replied to nanae_snow's topic in General Nursing

    The first time you have a pt fall, yours or someone else's, it's traumatic, and you feel like the world's worst nurse. Everyone's had a pt fall (well, maybe not those in the NICU, hope not...), and...

  10. Telling it how it is.

    nerdtonurse? replied to twistedpupchaser's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same sort of thing in reverse. Had a 30-something that had back problems -- multiple slipped discs, multiple surgeries -- and she was in love with demerol. Yes, I know she hurt, but I told...

  11. The things you never forget...

    nerdtonurse? posted a topic in General Nursing

    There are things I've seen that I know I'll never forget. Anyone else want to share? The first time I had my steth on someone and listened to their heart stop The first time I looked at a CT report...

  12. On-call at home and police wake you up?

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

    Where I am.... Yes, the cops will come check on you (police or county), and especially if you're supposed to be at the hospital and don't show. We've had 4 nurses in the last year have major MVAs...

  13. Piggyback Problems!

    nerdtonurse? replied to Virgo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    We use Baxters, and I had the same thing...programmed a piggy, and came in to find half a bag still infusing, and both bags dripping. So, especially since it was like 3 in the morning, I'm going thru...

  14. How do you assess this video of fainting public official?

    nerdtonurse? replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    CNN said that he had "scaled back public appearances" recently, and they also made mention of him looking very tired. I'm with you guys, I was thinking TIA. "They" say everything's fine.... Of...

  15. Low Blood Sugar. D50?

    nerdtonurse? replied to EJSRN's topic in General Nursing

    The folks I've seen, D50 usually lifts the FSBS by about 100 points. So, the person would have went from asymptomatic 50's to 150's. I usually only give d50 for fsbs that are symptomatic or if they...

  16. Ran to my first code alone...

    nerdtonurse? replied to WWRN's topic in General Nursing

    We do an arm band, put a red dot by the pt's room on the board, and before I take over a pt, I put an eyeball on the doc's DNR order. No time to do that if you're on a code team or hear someone...

  17. handheld pulse oximeter

    nerdtonurse? replied to jackson145's topic in General Nursing

    the only bad thing about pulse ox's getting cheaper is now my COPD pts come in with their own. So, now, every 5 minutes, the call bell goes off.... Pt. : "My pulse ox is 91%!" Nurse: "Yes sir....

  18. What did I see???

    nerdtonurse? posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Okay, had a pt that was a DNR (thank GOD!) the other night. Lungs full of fluid, agonal resp, obviously dying (NPO, PEG, ESRF, CHF, COPD, DM, MRSA, pretty much all the rest of the alphabet as well)....

  19. confused as to what to do

    nerdtonurse? replied to momtojosh's topic in General Nursing

    My facility did the same thing to me, and I ended up working 80 hours a week...until it finally dawned on me, as I ran off the road from falling asleep while driving home, who did the work BEFORE they...

  20. "Know it all"? or perform one role?

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

    Rural: our L/D nurses do it all. We don't have a separate peds unit, either, and I've actually discharged a 9 year old and had a 102 year old in the bed 2 hours later. I've told them, I just don't...

  21. What did I see???

    nerdtonurse? replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thanks everyone. I know I'll see this sort of thing again, and I'll remember. I did call the doc to get an order for lasix, just as a comfort care thing, but he was in complete kidney failure, and...

  22. Funeral leave policies

    nerdtonurse? replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    With us, it's parents/spouse/sibling/child only. And only 2 days (16 hours). If you work 12's that means you get 1.5 days off -- but that's just nurses. US, CNAs, everyone else gets more time off....

  23. Do you take any stimulants?

    nerdtonurse? replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    I use the crystal lite "pink" pack -- 80 mg caffeine -- drink it up, pee out the fluid, and bounce off the walls at 3 am.....but, FYI, don't chug it, and then try to start an IV....*evil

  24. You work 3 days a week? MUST BE NICE!

    nerdtonurse? replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    What kills me is the folks who say, "oh, take a nap for a few hours, then we can go do something..." Hello, I have to leave the house at 6, clock in by 7, work until 0730, then another hour home....

  25. Disturbed...

    nerdtonurse? replied to DroogieRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I had a similar experience as a student nurse, how dare they not give a pt a drink, etc. Since, then, I've learned more about the dying process. Previous responses have been right on, but just my 2...