vashtee

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  1. This is like going to war...

    vashtee replied to Getreal2011's topic in General Students

    I don't think you should think of nursing school as war. It's more like boot camp. Also, I graduated nursing school a little more than 1.5 years ago. The staff nurses during my clinicals were mostly...

  2. Hijab (headscarf) Nurses

    vashtee replied to skybmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse on my floor and one of our pharmacists wear the hijab. I haven't ever heard of them having a problem, and I live in a relatively non-diverse community.

  3. Dilaudid

    vashtee replied to dscott76's topic in General Students

    Yes. In California, an LVN cannot give ANY IV medications, including IVPBs and IV push meds, and an RN must do it. As an RN, I can tell you: it sucks. RNs are technically responsible for the...

  4. status epilecticus question

    vashtee replied to ontocrna's topic in General Nursing

    Not all sections of the brain are necessarily affected by a seizure. This is why there is such a wide variety of types of seizures. My daughter has lots of seizures (including tonic-clonic) that have...

  5. Use your call light - Wisely

    vashtee replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As if call light abuse isn't bad enough, for a while, our department head was making us write our phone's direct extension on the patient's whiteboard so they could call us directly whenever they...

  6. Organizing your med/surg day

    vashtee replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital uses SBARs for report, which are ideally updated by the previous shifts. The previous nurse photocopies it for us to keep during report. I just make notes on it I hear anything that...

  7. What color scrubs do you wear?

    vashtee replied to healthstar's topic in General Nursing

    I wear whatever color I like, which is usually some shade of blue, or hot pink & black. No prints for me - I don't like them. I wear a watch and earrings. No

  8. how long until you would feel comfortable precepting?

    vashtee replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for 1.5 years (newest nurse on my floor), and I get all kinds of students. No new hires, though. The most experienced nurses on the floor don't WANT

  9. manual disimpaction

    vashtee replied to 1louise1's topic in General Nursing

    i'd rather disimpact a nose than the

  10. White Supremacist patients

    vashtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am looking for a witty response for hateful patients that have white supremacist tattoos... I had a patient that had a double lightening bolt tattoo in his arm... everyone else involved in his care...

  11. Is nursing really THAT bad?

    vashtee replied to CuriousCC's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a hospital nurse, and I love my job! I also love my coworkers and lots of my patients. :) It's a hard job, but so

  12. White Supremacist patients

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I mentioned it before, but I care for lots of prisoners. They have always been good patients for me.... never had a problem. Sadly, I HAVE seen the officers guarding them behave

  13. White Supremacist patients

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    The SS were nazis with special duties, including running the concentration camps and executing

  14. White Supremacist patients

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Nor am I at the bedside to listen to his rhetoric. So, sue me. Yes, I want him to be humiliated into silence. The stupid guy had an Indian PCP, an Iranian neurologist, and black and Jewish nurses....

  15. White Supremacist patients

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I am Jewish, too. I also lack the stereotypically Jewish features, and in fact other Jews often ask if I am gentile. haha To clarify for other posters in this thread, this guy wasn't trying to...

  16. Nurse Vs Daughter! Help Me!!!

    vashtee replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    I am assuming your dad is SICK. Especially because of this, I don't suggest you go in to every thing you hate about his wife. He married her, and presumably is still married to her, and he has a...

  17. How do you manage your shift from beginning to end?

    vashtee replied to missdeevah's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 1.5 years, and am still stuck on nursing-school style work. I fully assess each of my patients (before giving any meds), and I document a lot. The thing that is different in...

  18. Team Nursing

    vashtee posted a topic in General Nursing

    My hospital plans to change from primary nursing to team nursing later in the year. As an RN, I will be responsible for all members of the team, which I am definitely NOT looking forward to. I LOVE...

  19. Why are some nurses so rude to students?

    vashtee replied to kayty2339's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure how you got the idea that I am not explaining why we do what we

  20. Team Nursing

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Blah. THere's a reason I didn't want to go into management. I don't WANT to supervise. I just want to be a good

  21. Team Nursing

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I was afraid of. I work for a community hospital; I think they are switching to team nursing to save $$ they would otherwise have to pay to an

  22. Why are some nurses so rude to students?

    vashtee replied to kayty2339's topic in General Nursing

    I am not a student anymore, and the students I precept are generally responsible for TOTAL patient care, which includes (in addition to the important things you mentioned) normal ADLs. I don't know...

  23. dear patients, please quit saying that to me

    vashtee replied to mcpnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's best to take comments like this in the spirit in which they were intended. Life is too short to take offense to the most obvious comments a person will make about

  24. Why are some nurses so rude to students?

    vashtee replied to kayty2339's topic in General Nursing

    Eh, that's how it was when I was in nursing school, too, in all but a single rotation. I was so used to being on my own, I was actually shocked when I ended up on a floor with fantastic nurses that...

  25. Just interviewed a nurse who *loves* her job

    vashtee replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    Count me as another nurse who loves her job! I am never bored, work with fantastic people (well, 95% of them), and I feel genuinely appreciated and liked by my patients. what could be better?...