fiveofpeep

fiveofpeep

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  1. Do we need to take drugs.. in order to do our job?

    fiveofpeep replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Quality post. A+++ Would read again. Really contributed to the discussion. In all seriousness, we aren't talking about crack heads or druggies. We are talking about people who have to take...

  2. Abusive Doctors

    fiveofpeep replied to MJB2010's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Doctor tantrums don't bother me because they are just infantile tantrums. If a doctor goes on a tirade on the phone I speak over him to let him know I am hanging up and then do so. If they hang up on...

  3. SuperUser to Nursing Informatics

    fiveofpeep replied to ThanksForAllTheFish!'s topic in Nursing Informatics

    I'm pretty sure I know which health system you are in and if so, I wanted to let you know that when my last facility, (also in your system) went live, a couple of the nurses who were superusers did...

  4. Alone as a New Grad in the ICU

    fiveofpeep replied to colie5265's topic in Critical Care

    I think the ICU attracts harsh personalities at times, and the softies who weren't harsh to begin with, grow cold over time to cope. Try not to take things personally--which I know is easier said...

  5. FINAL WRITTEN WARNING, first ever med error

    fiveofpeep replied to angelstar5's topic in General Nursing

    It's so typical that hospitals would take the word of the parents over the nurse when the parents have just enough self taught webMD medical experience to be a pain in the

  6. I either need day shift or to be single. Vent

    fiveofpeep replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    My neighbor upstairs vacuums the entire apartment every night between 8 and 10 PM. It doesnt bother me but I've always thought it was so

  7. Night shifters, a few questions

    fiveofpeep replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    The night before my first night back to work, I'll stay up till MNish if I feel like it and then sleep in till 8-10 AM. I stay up all day and all night and then sleep all day. If I'm working...

  8. IV solutions incompatibility (saline/0.9% NaCl)

    fiveofpeep replied to samiam4's topic in General Students

    Levo is usually mixed in D5W but IDK if it's incompatible with

  9. IV solutions incompatibility (saline/0.9% NaCl)

    fiveofpeep replied to samiam4's topic in General Students

    Levo is usually mixed in D5W but IDK if it's incompatible with

  10. IV solutions incompatibility (saline/0.9% NaCl)

    fiveofpeep replied to samiam4's topic in General Students

    You are correct about flushing between. No, sterile water is sterile water. It's just H20. Saline is

  11. Oxygen levels possibly hurt pt?!

    fiveofpeep replied to samiam4's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient was that oxygen dependent that they desatted to the 60s in less than a minute, they had a lot more going on then you accidentally mixing up the oxygen. It's only natural to be concerned...

  12. West Coast University - BS Nursing

    fiveofpeep replied to iNurs's topic in California Nursing

    I know they rotate in hospitals. I'm saying that I heard the quality is not good because they are very hands off, mostly observing when they rotate. This is just how I have heard it perceived by local...

  13. Bad preceptorship assignment

    fiveofpeep replied to tajlemm6's topic in General Students

    Just wanted to let you know that this happened to me when I was a student. I always knew I wanted to work in critical care and excelled in clinicals and was top of all of my classes, but I didn't get...

  14. gtt ???

    fiveofpeep replied to surething1's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Great post

  15. If There Was A Major Epidemic / Pandemic Would You Report For Duty?

    fiveofpeep replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    relevant username seriously, though. I had a nightmare last week where all our patients were on paralytics because they had the zombie bug, but we ran out of the drug so they started chasing me and...

  16. If There Was A Major Epidemic / Pandemic Would You Report For Duty?

    fiveofpeep replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely show up for a flu pandemic or other outbreak, but zombie apocalypse?

  17. Not many Black/African American nurses working in the ICU's

    fiveofpeep replied to i-njoy-being-a-nurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Given that the percentage of AA nurses is only 3-4% depending on your source, it follows that you wouldn't find as many of them on the unit. I do agree, that it is a regional thing, too. Which also...

  18. Do your staff desert the floor during a potluck?

    fiveofpeep replied to pattyslattery's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't happen with us, but in ICU you can't really afford to ditch your patients if you don't want them to crash or extubate or climb out of bed while you're

  19. Night nursing

    fiveofpeep replied to divaRN*'s topic in General Nursing

    "money money money, money!!!" i know who's buying us

  20. interviewing after assaulted by patient

    fiveofpeep posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have been waiting a while to feel safe enough to be able to seek support from all of you at Allnurses and it is still too soon for me to divulge everything, but I need your help. Over the last eight...

  21. West Coast University - BS Nursing

    fiveofpeep replied to iNurs's topic in California Nursing

    Yes, best of luck to you. I just wanted to get the point across, because I worry that people desperate to become a nurse in this economy will spend all this money and not find a job and be in an even...

  22. West Coast University - BS Nursing

    fiveofpeep replied to iNurs's topic in California Nursing

    yeah, and I get it. if you spent >100K for a school, you'd be clutching on to that idea all the way to the loan

  23. West Coast University - BS Nursing

    fiveofpeep replied to iNurs's topic in California Nursing

    yeah but if you graduate from WCU you are even worse off and you have more debt than everyone

  24. 3rd Degree AV Blocks...HELP!

    fiveofpeep replied to MissRnToYou's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I like the Hillbilly

  25. Low BP and BP Medication question

    fiveofpeep replied to Jackfackmasta's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would not have given the norvasc because of the concern of bradycardia being potentiated as norvasc is a CCB. I also wouldn not have given the BB for same reason. I would give the diuretic. If...