It is a good idea to place my Rn license on inactive status due to illness? I live in California. I've already read the California BRN's information on it, but want to know what you guys think. I've...
ALL4NURSINGRN I agree with you completely. I think a lot of time we were taught a whole bunch of stuff that was not really what we faced in the real world. One good example is we were always taught...
Depends on the pt. Some patients need to hear it out straight. Some patients are more anxious, nervous and would probably prefer another way. By the way, was the pt on O2 mask or NC? I had the same...
Neferet replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing
I pre-prime all my flushes. When I prime my lines, I cannot stand any bubbles. I will stand there and flick it until there is none. I really hate it when I step out the door and the IV pump is...
ConfusedRN123, I was in your shoes, two years ago. Just take a deep breath. Starting a foley and taking out stitches and staples are the least of your worries. I used to be sooo stressed...
I don't have any references for this..but just practice. This is all just from my experience. Kinking tubing when flushing seems like a good idea at first, if you're short of time and do not want to...
Neferet replied to SweetTeaRN's topic in Emergency
I've seen the "K-riders" ordered all the time for unstable pts..either with high INR or very low K+. Well, we don't like to give it anyways because of the risks, and it just is very painful for the...
I remember hanging this. Was my first time, and it was a pain in the butt. Tubing comes from the pharmacy. Special tubing for albumin...it's not the primary or secondary...but a different one. The...
What bugs me the most right now is new and experienced nurses and CNAs wiping pts from back to front! And most of these times, there is poop! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! What can be harder than...
thank you everyone who replied to the, "what do you love about nicu" thread. you've helped me to figure out my passion in nursing and what i have been yearning to do for years! i've been...
thank you everyone for all of your help. i've been doing med/surg now for 2 years. it's doable, but not my passion. i get stressed sometimes because of the lack of time on medsurg that does not...
Sorry, you got the wrong idea....I'm definitely not a "princess." I find that I'm those nurses who slave over their patients and I do it because I love them and care for them. And it does make me...
Neferet replied to OB_or_NICU_hopeful's topic in Ob/Gyn
maybe you can start by desensitizing... for example looking at pictures of vomit everyday and trying to get used to it....testing on smelling vomit..and so
i think icu is too boring…too much intense focused….it’s just not me……i don’t know…i enjoyed tele though….i love tele but the tele floor at the hospital that i was once at was a...