nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. Bad night with a heparin drip...

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

    An update.... Pt is still in ICU, but she's still alive. I did do an incident report, not that I think it will do jack about anything, sadly enough.... Same nurse who was trying to restart the...

  2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    nerdtonurse? replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it's not a ghost as in white floating blob kind of story, but.... I had a little guy 2 nights ago, 90 plus, just as demented as he could be, and terrified of going to sleep at night. I mean, he...

  3. Im 42 year old male and just about to begin Nursing

    nerdtonurse? replied to ready2beAnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I went from a computer systems analyst to a nurse, and graduated at 44. And I was 10 years younger than the oldest person in my class. And I will tell you, I'm a better nurse at 45 than I would have...

  4. CCU Back to the Floor?

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

    I'm in tele now, and the catty / witchy ness isn't going to go away just for going to tele or med surg, sorry to say; on day shift, it's rampant, and on night shift, we actively schedule around 2...

  5. A Question For All Lvns...

    nerdtonurse? replied to lookingforward's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You can look at state psych hospitals, but those in my state pay -- get this -- 21,000 a year. I couldn't afford it. In my area, the prisons and LTC pay the

  6. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    nerdtonurse? replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Don't come in and tell me you fell -- alternately -- into the shower door, into a cabinet door in the kitchen, or over the cat. These objects rarely wear rings, and the imprint on your cheek sure...

  7. Top 10 Reasons To Become A Nurse!

    nerdtonurse? replied to pumpkin1984's topic in Nursing Humor

    All the tape you could ever want Free alcohol preps Getting to tie up strangers Wearing cartoons on your clothing in your 40's -- to work Working with folks who's sense of humor is as warped as your...

  8. What do nurses really think of CNAs?

    nerdtonurse? replied to ccyrrus's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want to generalize; just like nurses or doctors, we've got good ones that make you smile when you see their on your shift, and ones that make you say, "oh, crap" when you realize they're on...

  9. Code Blue

    nerdtonurse? replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Mock code, enjoy and have fun; get them to let you try to intubate the dummy, practice with the defib, listen to the more experienced folks talk about their experiences (what works/doesn't). Get...

  10. What is your take on multiple family members in room when they have roommate?

    nerdtonurse? replied to hollyberry678's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    He retreated to his side of the room and he, the wife, and the daughter didn't say anything for a long, long time....in fact, I don't remember them hitting the call bell for the rest of the

  11. Things that gross me out....

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

    I remember that I asked the attending surgeon how in the world the guy got that way. He smarted off and said the homeless guy didn't wear his undershorts. When I continued to stare at him, he said...

  12. Things that gross me out....

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

    Okay, this is a contest I didn't want to win, but I may have.... Had a pt come in, homeless, alcohol/substance abuse, sleeping in the woods, had infected feet from untreated DM. Took one look at the...

  13. You know your a nurse when........

    nerdtonurse? replied to mjs5312's topic in Nursing Humor

    An perosn walks up to you in Walmart and says, "it is you! I didn't recognize you with clothes on." -- but at least he remembered I was a good nurse, although his wife was giving me the "what the...

  14. 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

    Sometimes, a patient's actions come to roost, and you actually get to see them.... We had a pt, had a BAC of 3.0, picked up by the local police and brought to our facility. She saw the cops coming,...

  15. Things you'd like to say to your co-workers, but never would ....

    nerdtonurse? replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    And from this morning's LOVELY shift change:angryfire...If I tell you a person is having completely asymptomatic sinus pauses, and you jump on the phone to the doc without waiting for me to finish,...

  16. Career ending mistakes?

    nerdtonurse? replied to emsillystudent's topic in General Nursing

    If you want to see what are "career ending mistakes" go out and read on your state's BON to see what gets licenses pulled. Most of the ones I've read deal with diversion of meds for use or sale,...

  17. Things you'd like to say to your co-workers, but never would ....

    nerdtonurse? replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    If you're going to chart that you bathed and did a linen change on a patient, don't leave the the same fresh gown/linen change I got for you in the chair for me to find 24 hours later. If I ask you a...

  18. What is your take on multiple family members in room when they have roommate?

    nerdtonurse? replied to hollyberry678's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, I'm a bad, bad nurse.... Lady in "b" bed (by the window) was pretty sick -- CHF/COPD/ESRF, in for COPD exacerbation, but we didn't think she was going to die that day by any means. Bed A is same...

  19. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    nerdtonurse? replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    And regarding the smoking pt on 02.... Can you say "Darwin Award"

  20. 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

    What I would LOVE to say, especially to the patient in room 21.... I'm your nurse. I'm here to save your butt, not kiss

  21. Those Things I Learned in Nursing I Use In My Daily Life.

    nerdtonurse? replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: Man, I'm glad I'm not the only one doing that! It's sorta like pharmacology class. 1 stated shot = 1 full bottle, 1 beer = 1 12 pack, 1 quart per day = 1 gallon per day,

  22. Where Do They Go?

    nerdtonurse? replied to handyrn's topic in Psychiatric

    Oh, yeah he definately needs to go to the state hopital, or at least somewhere that can handle this kind of patient safely; I mean, we're winging it. They're doing the guardian ad litem thing, judge...

  23. Those Things I Learned in Nursing I Use In My Daily Life.

    nerdtonurse? replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I wash my hands a LOT more than I used to. If you haven't bled out at least a pint, don't expect me to get excited; a little blood goes a long way. BNS (before nursing school) I would have been...

  24. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    nerdtonurse? replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    My favorite that actually got someone admitted to my telemetry unit -- "Near syncope." Yup. No cardiac history, no COPD/CVA/CHF/neuro issue. Just "I almost fainted, so I checked myself into the...

  25. Great Study about the Holding Nightmare

    nerdtonurse? replied to Miss Mab's topic in Emergency

    I really do feel for the folks in our ER; we're a rural hospital on the interstate, so basically we've got all the locals and anyone driving from up or down the coast who gets sick on the road....