Rabid Badger

Rabid Badger BSN, RN

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  1. "Funny Codes"?

    Rabid Badger replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yes, I forgot. Not a code story, but I always get a kick out of when I'm standing over a deceased patient with a med student or a resident and I ask them if they would like to officially pronounce...

  2. Do you think I will be able to find a job?

    Rabid Badger replied to rkrs6673's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, no problem. I think we all panic about finding a job when it gets close to graduation. Have faith, you'll get one no problem. Just apply all

  3. Help about precepting decision

    Rabid Badger replied to Bekkidee's topic in General Nursing

    I work a day/night rotating shift, so my practicum student gets experience in both. Union requires that all nurses work both shifts unless otherwise mutually agreed upon. Nights has more downtime,...

  4. "You need to learn to tolerate abuse"

    Rabid Badger replied to anynurseanywhere's topic in General Nursing

    I think what they meant was "don't take it personally". There are situations in which abuse is unavoidable. We have a lot of patients who are psych on med, delerious, high, or cranky. You can put in...

  5. priming IV tubing tips?

    Rabid Badger replied to futurecnm's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I do the same thing as the others have mentioned, except because we primarily use tubng with ports, I often have to reclamp the IV half way through, turn over the ports and tap them to flush the...

  6. Should I leave "the dump unit" or stick it out?

    Rabid Badger replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

    I have a love hate relationship with the dump ward. We sure get "sh*t" on, but at least I'm busy and challenged. You can't beat the learning experience, say except for ER and ICU. If you're ready to...

  7. Not feeling comfortable about codes

    Rabid Badger replied to VegRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well I think its natural to fear codes, especially if you have never been involved in one. I'm actually kind of shocked that as a med/surg nurse you've gotten away without one! My unit has codes...

  8. Electronic stethoscope?

    Rabid Badger replied to RN007's topic in General Nursing

    Stupid question alert: How well does it improve your ablity to hear lung sounds? That is mostly what I use my stethescope for, and I'd love to be able to hear them

  9. How much do you enjoy your nursing job?

    Rabid Badger replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah and, I'd give my job a 10 on most days. Days we're short staffed, overworked and you have 3 codes, I'd give a -10 to. Good days to bad days: approx 5:1

  10. How much do you enjoy your nursing job?

    Rabid Badger replied to mikethern's topic in General Nursing

    What do you not like about your job? What do you not like about nursing? I can't think of a single nursing grad who didn't spend most of their first year in either terror or loathing of their job....

  11. sandostatin injection times

    Rabid Badger replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    No problem. Hope that was

  12. sandostatin injection times

    Rabid Badger replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    I guess what I am saying is that as a patient, I'd rather be accidentally woken at 6 am to be given my anti-nausea meds in a non-painful manner than to wake up on my own at 8 feeling nauseated and...

  13. sandostatin injection times

    Rabid Badger replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    Well honestly in that case I would give it at 6 am, so the patient does not wake up for washing/breakfast/etc nauseated. Its a bit different to wake a palliative patient at 6 am for a poke versus a...

  14. Can't take blood pressure

    Rabid Badger replied to djmac's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    She needs to know how to do a manual BP. Period. She needs to find someone in her class or a nurse who would be willing to sit down with her and make sure she gets her technique right. We use BP...

  15. sandostatin injection times

    Rabid Badger replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    Why can't you give it sc via a sc line to avoid waking and poking the

  16. "Funny Codes"?

    Rabid Badger replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    Oh where to start. We have so many codes, and there is something to laugh about after every one. Not long ago a bunch of us were out for breakfast and one of my coworkers started telling a story...

  17. sandostatin injection times

    Rabid Badger replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    I would not wake a palliative patient at 6 am. Especially for a injection that could be easily scheduled later without undue harm or side effects to the

  18. Teamplaying or Enabling?

    Rabid Badger replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    This happens routinely on our ward. Baseline staffing is not filled by the manager and she leaves it up to the float pool to make up the baseline. So, inevitably, the float pool is exhausted and...

  19. Caught something yucky at work

    Rabid Badger replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Caught something yucky at work last summer, too. I had a puncture under my thumbnail (gardening or whatever) and despite bandaging it and gloving and handwashing like hell, I picked up a bug in the...

  20. JCAHO Alert: Tubing misconnections-a persistent and potentially deadly occurrence

    Rabid Badger replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Good lord, I can't even imagine how some of those examples even happened! I mean, how exactly does one not notice that they are attaching an IV tubing to a trach, or a tube feed to a foley/central...

  21. Insight & advice on Critical care(ICU) VS. general Med-Surg floor?

    Rabid Badger replied to RUcon08's topic in General Nursing

    Open to progress, LOL, I'm not open to putting my patients at risk by assigning a seriously ill patient to someone who is inexperienced and incapable of assessing appropriately. Thats the facts. I'm...

  22. Insight & advice on Critical care(ICU) VS. general Med-Surg floor?

    Rabid Badger replied to RUcon08's topic in General Nursing

    Ok then. Its even more frightening to me that you as a new grad do not understand why this would be a safety risk. Perhaps you will "get it" once you start actually working. And for the record, I'm a...

  23. Insight & advice on Critical care(ICU) VS. general Med-Surg floor?

    Rabid Badger replied to RUcon08's topic in General Nursing

    I simply don't understand this at all. Why american hospitals would even consider taking new grads straight into the ICU is beyond me. Huge huge safety issues. I would refuse to work or stay in a...

  24. Methadone as pain tx

    Rabid Badger replied to CarrieH's topic in Patient Medications

    I am so glad that I never have to deal with this issue. I work in

  25. Humorous Introspection

    Rabid Badger replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    I swear like a sailor and forget that when I'm sitting down to a meal with people who are not coworkers that talking about BMs and blood and guts is frowned upon. Hahaha,