nrsang97

I work with a nurse that is hearing impaired. He makes fun of himself and often. I have never heard of a patient not wanting him to be their nurse, but I can see it happening. Unfortunately, there are some miserable people out there. Don't let him ruin your day or your confidence.

I have seen this done, to regulate heart rate. However is is counterintuitive to me.

When covid was hitting us hard here in MI in March,April,and May we floated med surg nurses to ICU but they functioned as helpers and would do stuff like help by running to pharmacy for controlled meds like versed drips or other drips that needed to be picked up. They helped as the function as an aide. We never made them take assignments. That is not safe to make you take ICU patients. I would have refused if I were you.

Worked with a nurse with the last name Slaughter

It took me a little over a year to feel comfortable as a nurse. You need to give yourself time.

Craniotomy patients. Sometimes the ears are covered and we do that.

Nurse navigator, certified diabetic educator, school nurse, case manager, informatics. There are many things you can do besides bedside nursing. If you enjoy a teaching role, then looking into an area where you can educate patients is a good idea. If you have performance anxiety looking at staff education is probably not the best idea.

Our orders usually say NPO except ice chips, or NPO with sips of water for medications. Other than that just NPO. We can give mouth swabs, but not any water to drink.

I'm 40 and have been a nurse for 19 years

I also suggest finding a med surg floor for your next position before going to the ER. Find that person on the unit that is good at starting IV's (not all places have an IV team), and go with then and watcht them start IV's and even have them watch you the first few times you try. Always try, this is the only way you will get good at IV starts. If your new facility doesn't have an IV team ask to spend the day in pre op and do all the IV starts. It will give you a lot of practice.

I'm in the SE MI area. Our hospitals are getting hit. Our ICU is overflowing into the ER. We have for now canceled elective procedures. We have intubated up to 3 pateints a shift. Codes thrown in there too. Our inpateint rehab unit is closed and we have those staff redeployed to other areas. We have our ICU pretty much all covid pateints, our 3rd floor, 1/2 of 4th floor, 1/2 5th floor, and all of our 6th floor. Many rapids during a shift. This is real. It may not have hit your area yet.

DMC is run by Tenet which is for profit. Siani Grace has been a mess for a long time. I have never heard any good about working there or any other DMC facility except for Children's Hospital. Those nurses were not really wanting to leave, but wanted to get extra help. Where were the nurse managers and assistant managers? Why weren't they working the ER with them? I work for a different health system in the area. Our managers get out there and help. How management has treated their staff at DMC and especially Siani Grace is awful.

Wow. I hope you get better soon. You're boss is a jerk for asking you to work, knowing you are having post concussion syndrome.

That is a waste of resources for sure. This is ridiculous. If they are alert and oriented, you can't stop them from leaving to smoke. Either it is AMA, or document and educate them and let them leave.

I recently saw a kid named Lyrica.