PeachyERNurse BSN, RN

PeachyERNurse has 17 years experience as a BSN, RN.

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1. Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

   PeachyERNurse replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

   People who can’t breathe scare the crap out of me. I can pretty much deal with anything else —except trachs and babies. Those two, I will do anything to

2. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

   PeachyERNurse replied to Tirednurseandmomma14's topic in Disaster Preparation

   We’re expected to use ours for TWO weeks...I’m certainly planning my exit and praying I’m not infected before

3. What is it like in your hospital right now?

   PeachyERNurse replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Metro Atlanta. The whole state has 3,000 cases so nowhere near as hard hit as other

4. Am I a coward for going on FMLA due to COVID?

   PeachyERNurse replied to ML1376's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Amen!

5. What is it like in your hospital right now?

   PeachyERNurse replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in Disaster Preparation

   We are at 40+ positive patients and 20+ rule outs. For reference, my hospital isn’t very big. Just over 200 beds. My anxiety is through the

6. Has anyone left nursing job due to COVID19 virus?

   PeachyERNurse replied to Tirednurseandmomma14's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I'm seriously considering it now that my hospital is forbidding us from wearing masks unless we’re caring directly for confirmed COVID

7. What is it like in your hospital right now?

   PeachyERNurse replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I totally understand rationing, but to tell us masks aren’t allowed and threatening write ups if you bring in your own is just plain

8. What is it like in your hospital right now?

   PeachyERNurse replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Is anyone else’s facility refusing to allow staff to wear masks (including plain old surgical masks) unless they’re caring directly for a COVID-19+

9. Questionable actions that make you go hmm?

   PeachyERNurse replied to Snatchedwig's topic in General Nursing

   ?

10. Suicide by chronic pain sufferers after opioids reduced

    PeachyERNurse replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much for the response. I was at work when she called me, and she can be a drama queen about a lot of things. But when she says she hurts, she's really hurting. She actually said the words "I...

11. Suicide by chronic pain sufferers after opioids reduced

    PeachyERNurse replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I know this thread is kind of old, but I felt the need to comment. My sister has sickle cell. Yeah yeah I know the stigma. I worked in the ED for 10 years, and I came across a lot of fakers who didn't...

12. Depression and Nursing

    PeachyERNurse replied to LindaGracie's topic in General Nursing

    How'd you lose your job on FMLA? I thought that was the whole point...that with FMLA you leave, take care of your personal business, and come back to a

13. Nurse bringing child to work

    PeachyERNurse replied to adclay's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not even 100% sure of what the policy is at my job. But I work in a procedural area where we're on call, and if my childcare falls through (it's happend 3x in the last year at least), my kid comes...

14. Anyone else being GPS tracked?

    PeachyERNurse replied to RN0904's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What?!?! Your personal medical information is uploaded online??? That can NOT be

15. Night shift alterative hours poll

    PeachyERNurse replied to Wolf at the Door's topic in General Nursing

    This is my DREAM