YellowFinchFan

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  1. To All of you Med/Surg Nurses

    YellowFinchFan replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    "I spent my whole shift mostly passing meds with non-stop interruptions. " Yea that pretty much sums up hospital nursing - with the interruptions being life threatening emergencies to requests for...

  2. who does an aftercare in the OR

    YellowFinchFan replied to cottagecheeze's topic in General Nursing

    HUH?:typing:nono:

  3. So upset

    YellowFinchFan replied to D&Ggirl's topic in General Nursing

    Are you a nurse? You want a 'desk job' instead of working the floor? Have you looked at insurance companies? Pharmaceutical Companies? Fitness/Health Centers? Occupational Nurse jobs in...

  4. Joke..You know you are truly an ER nurse if...

    YellowFinchFan replied to HanaRN's topic in Emergency

    Your greatest fear is to crash in your car on your way to work knowing you would end up at your hospital with your closed ripped off with the ER pervert staring at you.

  5. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    YellowFinchFan replied to squeakykitty's topic in Emergency

    :yeahthat:

  6. Future L&D nurse, HOPEFULLY!

    YellowFinchFan replied to Mary C's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Pulmonary/respiratory issues are very important and can be challenging - its basics Airway, Breathing,Circulation....you'll be well equipped to deal with emergencies and your patients will most...

  7. Last night made me realize

    YellowFinchFan replied to dreamingofbeing's topic in General Nursing

    nice post .... I feel most nurses I work with (including myself) become extra sensitive and caring when dealing with the dying and their families. I never take any measure of comfort I can give for...

  8. Doll Therapy

    YellowFinchFan replied to NurseWillow's topic in General Nursing

    We recently had a sweet elderly woman (90's) who was demented but was almost still 100% with her ADLs - she held her pillow like a baby and would worry about her baby or hold her baby (pillow) while...

  9. Getting into Prison Nursing

    YellowFinchFan replied to rBRAR's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure they'd take you as a grad student - around here they pay top $$$ because not many want to do that type of

  10. Incident report for injury with unknown cause?

    YellowFinchFan replied to NewWayofLife's topic in General Nursing

    :typing Think back - did you lift anyone out of bed? Change someone by yourself - Try to remember all you did the night before.....I once hurt my back helping a L.O.L. who couldn't have been more...

  11. From tele to cardiology office? LONG - sorry!

    YellowFinchFan replied to NurseCherlove's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Working 5 days a week - it's hard to go back to that....Can you spend a day at the cardio office to 'shadow' the job you'll do? Can you work perdiem and keep your foot in the door on Tele (to...

  12. Thank you....all of you

    YellowFinchFan replied to southlandshari's topic in General Nursing

    What an inspirational story!!! Thanks for sharing - I am ready for another 12 hour day - hoping to be like the nurses who cared for you - making a

  13. Med error and im not even a real nurse yet!!!

    YellowFinchFan replied to kknarfs's topic in General Nursing

    The most important thing is to learn something from this error. Unfortunately most of us learn "best" from mistakes...When you feel calmer think about how you could change what happened to prevent...

  14. Code blue: family at bedside????

    YellowFinchFan replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    We've had family members throw themselves on the coding person, while we're trying to do chest compressions - had to pry them off - they lay on the floor crying screaming as we step over them to run...

  15. When it's the visitor who needs the ER....

    YellowFinchFan replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    This has happened nurmerous times to us on our floor....we've had family members passout, develop chest pain, vomit...you name it... We give them 'first aid" as needed and take them down to the ER to...

  16. In your experience, the hardest part of being an RN

    YellowFinchFan replied to Absolutely13's topic in General Nursing

    My Remember you are your patient's advocate - work hard to keep them safe and monitor them - staying on top of your game always. When you leave - try to leave the job for the next nurse - go home,...

  17. How does one become assertive in the nursing field?

    YellowFinchFan replied to nicnix's topic in General Nursing

    I feel for you .... I actually woke up this morning thinking about a rude nasty 'burnt out' MD who was his usual rude self this wknd - I dislike him intensely and he treats most of patients and...

  18. Help w/ time mgmt.

    YellowFinchFan replied to sundowners2's topic in General Nursing

    i just keep an eye on the clock while i'm working and, at 15 min. til every even hour (e.g., 0145, 0345) i stop whatever i'm doing and go do the things that need to be done q2hrs like mouth care,...

  19. I hate direct admits

    YellowFinchFan replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    direct admits can be very dangerous - no labs done , no xrays nothing.....just arrive on a busy floor where the nurse has many patients - MD orders slow to come in - we had a patient (direct admit)...

  20. Tough it out? Need advice

    YellowFinchFan replied to 8IrishRN8's topic in General Nursing

    :typing I feel for you - I hate when people treat new people badly - what kind of manager/charge nurse do you have? Do they tolerate the behaivor of those who are demeaning to you, do they look the...

  21. Ever have a patient dead and then NOT dead?

    YellowFinchFan replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    wow!!!!

  22. Scratching your head in wonder!

    YellowFinchFan replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle:bugeyes:

  23. Lost

    YellowFinchFan replied to sleepy57's topic in General Nursing

    What specifically do you mean by administrative? You really need experience to have most other positions in a hospital.....it makes sense - if you have floor nursing experience you can manage...

  24. Scratching your head in wonder!

    YellowFinchFan replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    funny!!!!

  25. How lengthy is your commute?

    YellowFinchFan replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    That is a very FAR commute!!! Do you have a family? Is it days / nights? I would worry abuot commuting home after a long shift (12 hours?) The money must be outrageously good to take on such a...