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  1. Gen X learners preferences

    Ariesbsn replied to pwaszgis's topic in General Nursing

    I am a Gen-Xer. It really depends on the material and if I think it is worth my time and energy. I don't find the idea of staff education repulsive, however I don't like having no choice in what...

  2. Tattooed Nurse?

    Ariesbsn replied to rnrnewgrad's topic in Nursing Career

    I would just keep them covered, regardless of size or subject matter. I have 2 tattoos and unless I am in a bathing suit or topless (2 things that NEVER happen at work) you can't see them. I did...

  3. Blue collar treatment with white collar expectations

    Ariesbsn replied to wordstew's topic in General Nursing

    OK, let me preface my answer to some questions with background information. I graduated from nursing school in December of 2004 and this is my first job as a nurse. I did my capstone clinicals there...

  4. new grad having trouble w/ icu personalities

    Ariesbsn replied to extraordinary067's topic in MICU, SICU

    llg, I loved your post! Thank you for taking the time to explain things. What kind of things does your institution do to combat this? One of the things that I find most frustrating about it is...

  5. This has been really getting on my nerves lately...

    Ariesbsn replied to GregRN's topic in General Nursing

    "I'm going to ______. Do you want to go with?" WITH WHAT?!? With money? With clothes on? With a partridge in a pear tree? "Fixin' to" doesn't bother me, and now, if I am really tired, it slips...

  6. Delegating and still having to do everything myself.

    Ariesbsn replied to november17's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just so you know, it isn't most LPNs, it is the ones you are working with. There are also just as many unreliable RNs, CNAs and

  7. Lesson learned

    Ariesbsn replied to Thedreamer's topic in Men in Nursing

    Dude, I've got to tell ya, I am "a tad on the irrational end" 24/7. It has nothing to do with menses. If you ask my husband, he'll tell you I am the same as I was BEFORE the hysterectomy and...

  8. Not impressed with clinical group and instructor

    Ariesbsn replied to 1Tulip's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I graduated from a BSN program in December of 2004. Our clinicals were a joke, much like what 1Tulip described. I was lucky, I had worked as a CNA so I know how to give a bed bath and make an...

  9. Dental Assistants Pushing Propofol etc...

    Ariesbsn replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

    Ok, what about the hypotension and respiratory depression that can come with both of these drugs? I wonder how long the class was that covered

  10. open visitation in the icu?

    Ariesbsn replied to misscece's topic in General Nursing

    We have open visitation in our ICU and it can be a nightmare, depending on the family. I think there is a lot to be said for teaching people to be good visitors, AND for having enforced guide lines....

  11. Blue collar treatment with white collar expectations

    Ariesbsn replied to wordstew's topic in General Nursing

    OK Timothy, how do you make that happen? I work in an ICU. Our ratio is suppose to be 2 pts to 1 nurse maximum and pts on CRRT are 1:1. We also have open visitation, which has come to mean family...

  12. room assignments/responsibilities

    Ariesbsn replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    What kind of rapport do you have with this nurse? Is she a new nurse or new to your dept? Before I went to management, I would try and feel out what the real problem is. For all you know, triage...

  13. Pt's Complaint? Warranted or not?

    Ariesbsn replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    I take patient complaints personally too and this pt was just griping to gripe. You can't fix what you don't know about. I work in an ICU and our rooms have one wall that is all glass. If my pt is...

  14. Nursing for compassion or the financial reward?

    Ariesbsn replied to RNLULULABAMBA's topic in General Nursing

    My earliest memory of wanting to be an nurse goes back to age 2. I remember listening to my mother's stories about her patients. I was so proud that my mommy was a nurse because nurses made people...

  15. Teenage Obesity (long)

    Ariesbsn replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    Has she been checked for polycystic ovarian syndrome? Why does she have to be 18 for the surgery? I saw something about teens (15 year olds ) having the surgery on TV not that long

  16. ughhhhh...

    Ariesbsn replied to hoping to be an rn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    God do I hate that! There is nothing that quite as deflating as doing your best only to have the doc say something like that to you. One way to deal with that is to say to the doc "let me get a nurse...

  17. Nursely Peoples! Please help me with a stats project by answering a few simple Qs

    Ariesbsn replied to Mesomorph's topic in General Students

    Yes N/A Nope. I would like to be faster and more accurate 53 WPM (96%

  18. Med surg RN needs help with the taboo subject

    Ariesbsn replied to liljsmom02's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I hope you are patting yourself on the back. You did a great thing! Regardless of the age of my patients (or gender), if they have a new ostomy, I start my ostomy chat with my first assessment. I am...

  19. Nursing trivia or how nursing used to be...

    Ariesbsn replied to smiley222's topic in General Nursing

    These are things my mother, who graduated from nursing school in 1948 talked about. Her first job after nursing school was 6 days a week and she made $90.00 a month. Nurses had to stand up and give...

  20. nursing float pool

    Ariesbsn replied to ddc22's topic in General Nursing

    Hikernurse, that is really cool. I was shocked to learn that the pool nurses where I work make $50.00/hr, but with no benefits. The ones that work in one of the Level I trauma hospitals here made...

  21. Maybe it's just me?

    Ariesbsn replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    Big hugs lannisz. You picked a really high stress specialty. Have you considered hospice, school nurse, occupational health, psych? How about being a nurse on a cruise

  22. Bipap and Sp02 desats

    Ariesbsn replied to groggy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A RR of 25 doesn't jive with sats of 65-75%. Does she act hypoxic when you wake her? Are you sure you are getting a good reading from your oximeter? Does she have PVD? Does your oximeter also measure...

  23. nursing float pool

    Ariesbsn replied to ddc22's topic in General Nursing

    When nurses get moved from one unit to another, it is called floating. Many institutions have a group (pool) of nurses who don't have a particular unit that they always work on, but go where staff is...

  24. Pulmonary Toilet? Huh???

    Ariesbsn replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    Kukukajoo, One definition for toilet is the bathroom fixture you pee in, which is probably why you are flabbergasted, and most likely has nothing to do with the phrase pulmonary toilet. Another...

  25. Aaarrrrgggghhhh!!!!

    Ariesbsn replied to Diva Nurse Dani's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That really is the pits. What does the manager say about it? We don't have a PCA in our ICU. I'd be gob-smacked if I tried to delegate something and got