babywhisperer replied to Pachinko's topic in General Nursing
Seems like 6 years before I was really comfortable. Like I really had a sense of systems and my checklist in my head that I used for initial assessment. Check the IV, it's your lifeline. Check the UOP...
babywhisperer replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing
Has anyone ever had an expierence w/ "negative" energy? You know, where all your equipment is doind wierd things, you have to reboot the computer, and you have 60 cycle hum in your EKG baseline for no...
babywhisperer replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing
There is the expert nurse. The one who has so much experience that they no longer have a thought process. They don't break down their response. They just react. And I have heard this called intuition....
I think that in some cases, you get to witness a person and their family in their final stage of development, and it is spiritual development for the pt, and their family. It's an incredible thing to...
babywhisperer replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing
Yes, it's honoring their experience. The longer I'm a nurse, the more I realize that Life is my religion. You don't have to look for it, it was there all along. I feel honored to be a part of it the...
And so there you go...... it really hit home w/ you. If you stay on this floor you are probably going to see alot of smokers. You have a huge monkey on your back w/ that smoking. And it's totally in...
babywhisperer replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing
I just believe that each patient's experience is different and theirs alone. Some are good, some are painful, some are dying. I feel that by acknowledging my part in their experience, by clearing my...
babywhisperer replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing
I've been a nurse for 31 years and can't tell you the number of times my intuition has saved my practice. I think, after all this time, if I had to say what it is.... it's like someone speaks to me in...