Burnt Out

Burnt Out ASN, RN

Med-surg; OB/Well baby; pulmonology; RTS

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  1. Graduate nurse

    Burnt Out replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    :chuckle

  2. Patients Waiting for Pain & Nausea Meds

    Burnt Out replied to Doglover's topic in General Nursing

    Got it!!

  3. Patients Waiting for Pain & Nausea Meds

    Burnt Out replied to Doglover's topic in General Nursing

    I have a question....:imbar Could someone PM me and tell me what SDN means?? Indulge me please, I have worked all day today Thanks in

  4. Survey: Has your facility implemented nurse to patient ratios?

    Burnt Out replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a pulmonary unit. Most days I will have 4-5 patients. I have had up to 7 patients on 7a-7p. Our night shift has anywhere from 6-9 patients per RN or LPN. We do have nursing assistants to...

  5. Soooo Tired....Need encoragement!!

    Burnt Out replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    i did this too...it did help me to remember the material for tests..:) amen!! i did this too... take some time for yourself before you lose your mind... watch a movie, take a bubble bath..read...

  6. Nursing Magazines

    Burnt Out replied to Ortho_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I subscribe to RN and Nursing 2004 (and 2003, etc..). I like them

  7. Is It A Widespread Hospital Practice For CNAs To Catheter Patients?

    Burnt Out replied to Havin' A Party!'s topic in General Nursing

    I know at the hospital I work at, the aides/assistants were allowed to insert caths-now they can only remove

  8. Woman Lives To Tell Of Skin Sloughing

    Burnt Out replied to colleen10's topic in General Nursing

    Oh

  9. Overweight: Lose wt before Interview?

    Burnt Out replied to allsmiles's topic in General Nursing

    Lose weight only for you...not for anyone else. The nurses at my facility that are overweight are not treated any differently than anyone

  10. Xenical... What do you think??

    Burnt Out replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I took it for about 2 months when it first hit the market. I probably will never take it again. I did follow a low fat diet-didn't lose much weight; if I ate anything with "unknown" fat in it-GET...

  11. Is this how your unit defines prn????

    Burnt Out replied to nursenatalie's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The hospital I work at PRN employees are required to work only 1 day a month and one major holiday per year. 3 12 hour shifts at my hospital is full time. I have worked PRN for almost a year now-I...

  12. pcos

    Burnt Out replied to nyapa's topic in Ob/Gyn

    PCOS is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome affects an estimated 5-10 percent of women of childbearing age and it is a leading cause of infertility. It is the most common...

  13. If You Were A Patient and Had A Choice of A Hospital to Go to, Which One Would it Be?

    Burnt Out replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm...I have more than one choice... At the hospital I work at, there are only several units I would want to be a patient in-one being on my own unit (and I have been;) ). Now, here are my other...

  14. Happy Holidays

    Burnt Out replied to suzanne4's topic in General Nursing

    wishing you all a happy and safe holiday!!!

  15. Celebrities who were formerly nurses...

    Burnt Out replied to Gldngrl's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard that Olympic skier, Picabo Street (is that her name ) is a nurse...or is that an urban legend??

  16. Can a CNA take the ACLS???

    Burnt Out replied to a_clay's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't sure if LPNs could take it or not considering they can't give meds IV push (at least at my hospital anyway). Didn't mean to exclude

  17. Christmas with Louise

    Burnt Out replied to a_crftyldy's topic in Nursing Humor

    :chuckle :chuckle :roll :roll

  18. Family Members of an Old Patient of mine....

    Burnt Out replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    I see a lot of former patients and their families out and about...I have to stare at them sometimes to remember who they are... Yes, this IS what nursing is all

  19. Can a CNA take the ACLS???

    Burnt Out replied to a_clay's topic in General Nursing

    Ummm...I don't think you can take ACLS if you are not a

  20. :( sad and in need of advice

    Burnt Out replied to jacobsmum's topic in General Nursing

    You and your Jacob are in my thoughts....praying he makes a full

  21. Quick Question: when to put a patient on neutropenic precautions?

    Burnt Out replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I believe we place a patient on neutropenic precautions when their granulocytes are Hope this helps some

  22. Mixing Lantus Insulin

    Burnt Out replied to nursenatalie's topic in General Nursing

    All I can find in my drug guide is not to mix with any other insulin...may be because of increased risk of wrong dosage...can't tell you right now.... Sorry

  23. Man Falls Asleep At Church

    Burnt Out replied to FutureRN~Pookie's topic in Nursing Humor

    :chuckle :roll

  24. ZOFRAN for morning sickness?

    Burnt Out replied to Stillanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I took it when I was pregnant-I had hyperemesis....I would take Zofran in the day and Phenergan (that was prescribed by my ob/gyn)at night. Zofran did help-the only problem I had with it was...

  25. patients smoking

    Burnt Out replied to spitfire's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, we DO NOT go out with the patients when they want to smoke. We are a non-smoking facility..they are told this on admission and they are also told that if they go outside-they are...