RosalindRN

Absolutley could not do the following PEDS..... I hated my peds rotation. Im not gonna beg this kid to take his medicine and I hate dealing with the parents. The only kids I like are those in my family. even some of my friends kids annoy me PSYCh.......

Hope this is not a stupid question but does anyone think they are using healthcare workers as test subjects? Next year they take a poll of all the people who took the H1N1 and see how they are now. Could we be the human trials. researchers are known ...

promote a healthy diet.....assess comorbidities in the pt..example are they neutrapenic because the recently had chemo treatment, do they have uncontrolled diabetes. Even treating the anxious patient who is having trouble coping with hospitalization ...

overall I like students and I can remember being a student and feeling unappreciated by the nurses on certain units. I also felt like I couldnt be trusted. We also use to bad mouth the nurses over small things they didnt do or how short they were wit...

We just started using them a week ago. I hate it and yes you do stand a lot. They actually want us to clean the wheels and wipe down the entire thing everytime we go into a pts room on contact precaustions. Ha! How about I just park it outside the do...

the answer is all of the above except give the medication. You actually as a NURSE do all these things at the same time without even thinking about it. If I get a med that requires me to give 40 tabs, I look back at the order while holding the med. A...

Oh man I feel so sorry for you and all the other posters, I am going through the same thing. I work nights on a busy floor, bills, home stress, and just the stress of being in nursing has caused me to have to change my life. I cant sleep, always nerv...

Sorry I dont do back rubs. I file it right up there with pep who bend over and want me to wash or wipe some spot they claim to not be able to reach. Not gonna happen. Call me evil or whatever you want. Dont care. Your back hurts, Ill get you some lor...

I would give the Metoprolol and hold all the other meds til the am. You can give more meds if needed easier than you can fix a bottomed out BP. I would inform the night shift that you tried to reach the doc but couldnt get him. If the BP goes up or d...

my 5 year goal is to stay in cardiac nursing, probably in a Cardiac ICU or cath lab while working on my BSN and NP and on a personal level marry my loving BF and have a kid. my 10 year goal is to be an Adult Nurse Practitioner working with underserve...

I say dont do it. Just my opinion. Unless this is the only ICU job available anywhere near you I would pass on it. What if you are terminated? What if you get sick or have to go on disability? For $800 I might think about it if I really wanted the jo...

The time it takes for you to post this message, you can google.....1)areas of the brain that affect speech 2) stroke 3) strokes and the areas that affect the right side of the body. There is endless help out there even if you dont want to crack open...

Your assignment didnt sound half bad to me. Atleast you had a cna and a charge nurse. I do the same every night on a tele floor 7 to1 pt ratio, the charge nurse has 6 to 1, a cna is a rare treat, no secretary to answer call bell, and you watch the mo...

As a cna in the nursing home I saw alot of gross things. Once as I was doing pt rounds I had a little old lady who was eating what I thought was a candy bar.....by the time I was able to glove and go for her treat she took another delicious bite out ...

phlegm... young male pt with a hovering mom at bedside 24/7(taking notes :chuckle ) or pt with a spouse thats a know it all doctor

I hate dealing with drug seekers, especially the manipulation that comes with it. Working Telemetry we get the chest pain group who come in positive for coke and marij. Refuse to be npo for a stress test and refuse lab to stick them for enzymes. They...

Once I was assisting a fellow day shift nurse pull a line so the tip could be cultured. I was leaving from night shift and just helped out b/c it was my pt earlier. I held the specimen cup and watched her do everything right until she pulled as Fast ...

I say go for it. I worked two jobs while in school. Like you I had all the prereqs out of the way and only had my nursing class and clinicals for four days through the week. After class I would work prn at the hospital from 3-11p or 3-7 p depending o...

When you come home to a quiet house but swear you hear the tele monitors alarming. When you collapse into bed after a long night and for a split second go to let the side rails up. (Did this once after a really bad night at the nursing home) Answer y...

pts can get UTIs whether or not they have foleys. Most docs will probably go for the foley instead b/c they know that urine on the skin and frequent changes will lead to skin breakdown fast. Which leads me to my next point. What about the patients wh...

I think that the biggest thing that I hate about bedside nursing is that we dont have defined roles. You can just about blame the nurse for ANYTHING that doesnt go right. Lab didnt come and draw that CBC although I did put in the order=MY Fault/My pr...

With bills and going back to school I cant really afford to go part time but Im gonna do it anyway. I transferred to a different floor six months ago and I hate my job. I put up with it this long and I just cant take it anymore. I am gonna go part ti...

To the obese pt...no I wont be getting you out of bed for the first time so you can fall on me...... Also, dont get mad when it takes me 20 minutes to hunt down four other pep strong enough to turn your big azz and put you on the bedpan.(common compl...

I have a real problem with the people who are only in it for the money. I agree that money is important when choosing your career and I think that we should be compensated well for what we do. But if you went to nursing school b/c you wanted to get $...

I am not a new nurse but recently I started a new job in an area that I don't have a lot of previous experience in. I think what would help to retain new hire nurses is to not treat them like they are a staffing solution while on orientation. I am on...