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  1. How do you make potassium tolerable?

    eyeball replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    I always break K-dur in half. I save it for last and offer applesauce if anyone has difficulty swallowing. Yes, it's a

  2. Is nursing a good career?!

    eyeball replied to Mrs. Sparkle Pants's topic in General Nursing

    This post is the truth. Nursing just isn't much about care. It's about a whole lot of other things but caring is not high on the list of one's daily

  3. Is nursing a good career?!

    eyeball replied to Mrs. Sparkle Pants's topic in General Nursing

    I am a five month old nurse. During nursing school I would read a disturbingly large number of posts about how unhappy a lot of nurses are in their career choice which scared me. Unfortunately this is...

  4. Drs. handwriting - Can you read it well?

    eyeball replied to RN2007's topic in General Nursing

    In my hospital everything is computerized EXCEPT for MD orders. Some of them enter orders via computer: easy to read, decipher, acknowledge not to mention quick, timely and possibly better for pt...

  5. New grads, once of orientation....

    eyeball replied to MJB2010's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had a pretty crappy orientation and had to function independently without knowing how to do very much from the get-go. I had to scavenge the floor to find people to help me constantly and it slowed...

  6. Feeling like the 5th Wheel at Work....And I feel stupid :(

    eyeball replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I haven't even read the other replies but i must say right away: This woman is an abuser. It is not about

  7. Questions for new nurses practicing <5 years

    eyeball replied to bemindful's topic in First Year After Licensure

    don't take any garbage from anyone esp. other nurses. don't fight with them....just be very direct and describe any negative behavior and its effect on you as a new nurse. it tends to shut them up...

  8. Advice? Significant Other: "You make too much for what you do."

    eyeball replied to Coffeebeanie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Why do you need to explain anything to him? It puts you on the defensive and gives him the upper hand in what is a false argument that is less about what nurses are worth and more about his fragile...

  9. Stress Relief after a BAD shift?

    eyeball replied to JStollRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Red wine, a good cry, and a hot

  10. How hard is being an RN?

    eyeball replied to twinieten's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I have to second everything this poster has written....he/she nails the realities of becoming a

  11. Hate Hospital - Do I have to do this ??

    eyeball replied to JoAnna McNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Only the names change....God help all of

  12. Terrible time as new nurse

    eyeball replied to EMCH1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I send a heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you who responded to my post. Some of them made me cry...(something I do a lot these days!) but there are kernels of truth, wisdom, and caring to...

  13. Any hints on organizing patient info?

    eyeball posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all! I've been in orientation for two weeks now and just yesterday worked on the floor for the first time with my preceptor. The first thing we did was pick up the paperwork on each patient and...

  14. Day 2 and feeling pretty blue

    eyeball replied to Brooke13-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am in orientation and could have written this. The other day I had a patient go south very quickly and we called a RRT (Rapid response). I felt so completely over my head and got yelled at by a...

  15. IV push concerns

    eyeball posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad/orientee on a very busy telemetry-medsurg floor. Yesterday, I was pushing IV Nexium through an already infusing line (0.45NS), something I have never done but have read about. I was...

  16. Question for new nurses

    eyeball replied to long26's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with so many points made by previous posters. In retrospect, my clinicals were an almost total waste of time. On only two occasions did I have more than 1 patient and all I did was bath,...

  17. I hate nursing..

    eyeball replied to flygirls2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    this post really bothers me and strikes me as unkind and coming from an "eating your young" mentality. not to mention macho. i am in orientation still, it's been very difficult for a 1001 reasons, i...

  18. Chaos and stupidity

    eyeball replied to BrazenBrownEyes's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I said it in a recent post...."only the names change." I am still in orientation but I can easily imagine feeling what you have described once I am on my own. Hang in

  19. New Grad RN, and I don't like it!

    eyeball replied to Evalina's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is a really good thread for me right now. Only the names change... I could have written several of the "i'm a new nurse and it's awful!" posts. Lots of wisdom in the responses. Thank you

  20. Need tips on precepting new grad RN

    eyeball replied to mombuxx's topic in General Nursing

    I have had almost exactly the same experience as you have described here and yesterday realized I could not do another day with my preceptor. Our stories are eerily similar down to the fact that I...

  21. Starting Nursing at 52 and Nervous

    eyeball posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi All! I just graduated in May and turned 52 in July. I've been offered a job on a telemetry floor and am very glad about it. I am also nervous about what to expect...I know the first year can be a...

  22. IV push concerns

    eyeball replied to eyeball's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is my thinking as

  23. IV push concerns

    eyeball replied to eyeball's topic in First Year After Licensure

    About a foot of bloody infusion in the IV line and the push syringe itself got bloody looking including the port

  24. Any hints on organizing patient info?

    eyeball replied to eyeball's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you all for such such great info! The sheets you supplied will be very helpful to

  25. Telemetry Nursing

    eyeball replied to sunshineyday's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just started on a Telemetry unit....Great info in all previous posts! Thank