nursebearfeet

nursebearfeet has 10 years experience and specializes in med/surg,ortho trauma,step down,neuro.

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1. Who thinks this stuff up, anyway??

   nursebearfeet replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   i think "they" design things so that it will frustrate us. our ed is in the process of being remodeled. it is very pretty and new and wonderful with rounded edges and pretty colors and absolutely no...

2. Question LPNs and IV push meds

   nursebearfeet replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

   not true. it is legal and often done. in my hospital lpn's can do conscious sedation. yes, they should have iv certs, but hospital based classes will

3. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

   nursebearfeet replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

   why are so many leaving? well, i love nursing. does that make me crazy, probably. it is hard, long hours, mandatory overtime, mandatory holidays, weekends, call time, stress: you could potentially...

4. What do nurses really think of CNAs?

   nursebearfeet replied to ccyrrus's topic in General Nursing

   i totally agree, it's manually much harder than being a nurse, usually. and they dont make enough

5. What do nurses really think of CNAs?

   nursebearfeet replied to ccyrrus's topic in General Nursing

   let me say this, every one has a job to do and in doing their job they make the job for the next line much easier. for example if the housekeeper doesnt clean the room who does? if the cna does not...

6. Need advice, feeling really bummed :(

   nursebearfeet replied to LIZ07's topic in General Nursing

   with draw and repeat! it's the smartest thing to

7. what makes you a good ER nurse?

   nursebearfeet replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

   add/adhd

8. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

   nursebearfeet replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

   my husband and i struggle everyday with sleep deprivation working opposite schedules in order to not have to do daycare for our 3, soon to be 4, kids. this case validated all of our struggles for me....

9. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   nursebearfeet replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   i used to work on the 6th floor. we used the pod system, 6 rooms per nursing station. in pod 2 is room 666, yes, i know. for some reason the patients in that room were always crazy. i'm not sure...

10. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    nursebearfeet replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    here's another one for ya, i received a pt from neuro icu to the stepdown unit with blood infusing............piggy backed on d5ns, wait it gets better with zosyn piggy backed on the d5ns some times...

11. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    nursebearfeet replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    this one was one of the deciding factors to my move to the er. i was charge one night on a med-surg/ stepdown floor. an "experienced" rn had drawn a pt/inr on a pt with a heparin drip. the lab came...

12. What's better: Nurse Extern or LPN???

    nursebearfeet replied to CrazyPremed's topic in General Nursing

    choose carefully and find out your facts. lpns at my hospital can start iv's, give push meds, do conscious sedation, dressings, caths, ect. their scope of practice is very close to the rn, and the...

13. what did you do in your former life?

    nursebearfeet replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    i was a swim suit and lingerie model, no i am not kidding. i have pictures to prove it. and because i know you will ask why... everyone does! i'll tell you. once upon a very traumatic evening in...

14. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    nursebearfeet replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    i work in "the city", we see this all the time. yes the smell is horrid, but on the bright side maggots work really well at debriding. we have actually had to take people in the ambulance bay and...

15. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

    nursebearfeet replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    kids are always the worst for me. we had a 2 year old who's face was completely destroyed by a pitbull, he died, the resident and i hid and cried afterwards. 15 month old mva ejection, was in a car...