mikinklr

:uhoh3: some (fill in the blank) make me graetful for the rest fellow nurses doctors patients people New to the site and wondering if this is an ancient thread that never gets read anymore

if I"m zeroed and leveled w/ a good wave i usually trust the A line more .I at least use it for a baseline and look for changes (when its not obviously dampened). I prefer not to repeatedly do NIBPs' if I can help it when the pt has an Aline.

i was burnt out on my construction career when a couple of nurse friends convinced me i'd make a good one.....positives....being of service feels great...job security....soooo many places to potentially work and areas to work in....havent started my travel career...yet...but that was a big motivator for me....cant think of another career w/ as much demand and flexability....negatives....runnin' like mad when staffing is short....distastful cleanup...every career has its ups and downs...some people i know who made a career out of what they loved {beauty work, fishing boat} ended up not lovin' it so much cause they did it toooo much...i have no regrets and would recommend nursing to anyone.....who's not faint hearted...just kiddin'...come on and join us

after 20 years in construction i went to lpn school...after about 2 weeks we started "lab"...teach asked a question about a pt who needed to be sat up in bed... with all my newfound wisdom i popped in w/ :idea:"put the pt in the foley position":idea:...........after the hilarious laughter subsided i still had to ask what was so funny... :uhoh3:felt like crawling under the bed:uhoh21:......9 months later close to graduation someone draw a pix of a pt w/ head and arms hanging off the bed and labeled it "the foley position"...............thank gdness for humor

reeeeeeeelax dont even crack open a book if you made it thru school you can pass we tend to cloud our brain w/ tooooo much info say a prayer take a soak take a hike anything to help to go in next time relaxed i'll keep ya in my prayers