proudnurseRN

No way is your blood sugar 500 after eating a salad... where are you hiding the Skittles?

My husbands best friend, a well-built young man with multiple veins that I have eyed ever since knowing him, got into a motorcycle accident last year. After his release, during our first visit, and after our cordial "how are you feeling?" greetings ...

I'm trying to remember if I went to the ER as a child. My parents were poor, and didn't have health insurance, so I don't remember any trips to the doctor or ER until I was 17 for an abscess. Then, I did go a few times in my 20s (still no insurance...

Ain't nobody got the money for THAT!

The way our unit works- and as far as I know only our unit and only nightshift- on the 5 winter holidays Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, NYE, and New Years Day we place our order of preference down to have off 1-5. We must work 2 of them. T...

When I was in nursing school I purposely scheduled classes with a 1-2 hour break. That was the majority of my study time. Also, if I had a 10am class I would get to school at 7am and study in the lounge. Also, I am a visual learner... I cannot lea...

That hospital changed their signs around a year ago so there was no longer a "30 minute" promise. Now I think the signage reads "Quick ER" or something similar. KateICURN- we must be coworkers.

The other day at work I had a series of small issues with a patient. First, I couldn't get the CPM to fit right no matter what adjustmants I made. So I brought in our floor "CPM expert" to help get it properly fitted. Then, the blocks started leaki...

That's ridiculous. When I was in your position (worked as a extern/PCA) I still received 5 weeks of orientation. Since then they've cut orientation from 6 weeks to 4 weeks which is still not enough IMO (specialized med-surg unit). Does your "mento...

That was my main strategy for preparing for the NCLEX and I passed with 75 questions and in 30 minutes. I felt I was very well prepared, but I also researched each question I missed and would even read further into it. Seriously, 100 questions if d...

On our third clinical day I went to watch a nurse do a dressing change. Wound care, how exciting! I was absorbing information like a sponge. Then, suddenly it all hit me. The nausea, the exhaution, the weakness all came at once. I excused myself, wal...

I'm not an ER nurse, but spent a few weeks doing a stint in the ER. We had a MVA and the doctor asked the same thing... "Anyone else have any ideas?" I think it's a matter of respect and making sure everythings been covered. Only experienced it on...

I work with post op joint patients and other fresh surgeries, some have standard care paths and specific post-op orders. Orders for the degrees on a CPM, and whether or not it's even used, is based on the doctor and the patient situation. Some pati...

I cannot sit to chart until all my physical work has been done. I have to check the last 2-3 pages of orders before doing anything else... I hate surprise orders at 2am. A couple of weeks ago I was too busy to do this task and found a stat potassi...

In 2002 I was working at a well known company, making decent money for a single girl, doing a job I hated and was slowly but surely getting shipped overseas. At the same time, my grandmother became seriously ill, and was transported from FL to IN on...

I graduated there with my BSN... but I don't know anything about their on-line program

I have had this happen a few times, most often due to pain meds. Pts pain out of control and I've called a couple of times for orders and they have said " she can have this and/or that and nothing else. Don't call me back." I do write the order. So...

Oh, and I do understand the difference between comments and orders. Once there was an ortho surgeon, friendly doc, when asked about a constipation issue with the patient..."Ask the medical doc. If it doesn't have to do with his foot I don't want an...

Good answers and they are all over the place. I can count on one hand the times this has happened, and I've actually initiated the order before. It was a patient that wouldn't be happy with her pain meds until sedated, and I told the doctor just th...

I probably wouldn't. Actually who knows what I might write depending on what else is going on. Writing it as a nursing note is probably a better idea. CYA... and the MDs don't read the nursing notes. And really, if it came down to it, I would call b...

I had a stone left over after my gallbladder surgery also. It hurt worse (and I didn't think it was possible at the time) then what lead me into the initial gallbladder surgery. I called my husband home to be with the baby (6 weeks old at the time) ...

Good for you. Not too long ago I had a pt arrive from OR onto the floor who just didn't seem "right". V/S upon arrival were WNL, so I just kept an extra close eye on her. Kept her door open next to the nurses station and paused every time I walked...

I am able to take care of my $35,000 loan payment fairly comfortably being the sole supporter of a family of three. I'm not able to save huge amounts of money, don't drive a new car, and home upgrades are aways off, but I do have enough to cover the...

I understand. I have an embarASSing issue that has required several interventions... colonoscopy, outpatient repair, colonoscopy, outpatient repair...I'm only 32. Fortunately have been able to get away with only doing FMLA once and have been able ...

We don't have any night shift daycares around here. I think it would be invaluable, and I'm not sure why we don't, but we don't. Nurses aren't the only ones that could utilize after 6pm childcare... surely there's a demand?