Sirapples

Sirapples

Agency, ortho, tele, med surg, icu, er

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  1. Increasing anxiety before work

    Sirapples posted a topic in Emergency

    Hey all, this is a topic that is a little unusual for me. I enjoy the anonymity of the internet for it. Ive been in the healthcare field for over 15 years. A cna for approx. 5 years before I became...

  2. anyone noticing a massive increase in angiedema in patients on lisinopril?

    Sirapples posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Ive been a nurse for about 8 years, work in icu/ed for 3 years before that medsurg. In the past 6 months I have seen maybe 12 cases of patients requiring intubation from lisinopril reaction. all of...

  3. 1st week on job and absolutely hate it!!

    Sirapples replied to mrw322's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work 7pm to 7am. I am on the verge of switching my job so I can work

  4. You are doing gods work... semi rant, wondering what its like for the rest of you

    Sirapples posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    So I was out the other night with my girlfreind who is charge nurse at boston medical center on a surgical floor. I work in an icu, I have been here for almost 2 years. Discussion comes up about work...

  5. Failed Pre-Employment Drug Screen

    Sirapples replied to canursestudent's topic in General Nursing

    2 months? its fat soluble I know that. How much were you

  6. Failed Pre-Employment Drug Screen

    Sirapples replied to canursestudent's topic in General Nursing

    I dont know why you would smoke prior to taking this drug screen. marijuana stays in your urine about a month fyi. I dont think this would be kept as info by the state. Try again. Whats the worse...

  7. How to grow backbone in ICU?

    Sirapples replied to AllAngelsRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    charting does not save a patients life. appropriate actions to critical situations does. I am also a new icu nurse, Ive been here for a little over a year and a half.. some very tough nurses here...

  8. You are doing gods work... semi rant, wondering what its like for the rest of you

    Sirapples replied to Sirapples's topic in MICU, SICU

    Im glad Im not the only one that feels this way. I tell you what... when I get in my 60-70 Im putting in my will that the first person that forces the dr to remove a dnr and signs that paper that...

  9. Ive just about had it. Rant, and I never rant.

    Sirapples posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ive been a nurse for 7 years, almost 8.. Before that I was a CNA for 3 years. IVe worked med/surg, tele, been a float nurse, done agency, and now I work in an icu. Ive worked at a multitude of...

  10. What's the issue with med surg?

    Sirapples replied to BABYJADE06's topic in General Nursing

    I work icu now and I loved med/surg. I still float sometimes to med/surg because I enjoy it. Now with my icu background I have a bit more knowledge and can help out more when a med/surg patient goes...

  11. Ive just about had it. Rant, and I never rant.

    Sirapples replied to Sirapples's topic in General Nursing

    I think down the road Ill look into teaching. I know I will be doing tons of papers, but I think Ill actually enjoy that. I dont really look foward to seeing what nursing will be in 5 more years....

  12. Is it worth it to obtain a masters in nursing education?

    Sirapples posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all, well I am starting to look at rn to msn online degrees and recently sent my transcripts to walden university online. I have always been interested in teaching and a 3 year online program...

  13. A-fib + metropolol + diltiazem gtt + soft bp

    Sirapples replied to buddiage's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    ah sorry just read that wrong that you werent scared. my

  14. A-fib + metropolol + diltiazem gtt + soft bp

    Sirapples replied to buddiage's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Ill be honest, I dont work in CCU, but I do have some tele experience. One thing that is an issue is fear of doctors at night. Its our patients lives that are in our hands and if you have a clinical...

  15. What the word N.U.R.S.E. stands for

    Sirapples replied to Hawaiian's topic in General Nursing

    nice!

  16. Incident Reports- VS six times, asking the same q's repeatedly

    Sirapples replied to Plagueis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Whoever thought of this ingenius idea was not a nurse. I am a very honest and forthright nurse and I would be tempted not to report if this was the drama I had to go threw. You guys have like 40...

  17. My story

    Sirapples posted a topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I am a convicted felon in massachusetts. I was arrested with possesion of marijuana with intent to distribute. I was 19 and thats that. Went to school after and got a 3.89 gpa associates in liberal...

  18. Nursing student giving me the creeps.

    Sirapples replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    lol fits me to a tee. I have a shaved head, tattoes, scars and about 225lbs at 6'0 powerlifter. But my patients love me and the little old ladies always try to throw thier granddaughters at me. its...

  19. My story

    Sirapples replied to Sirapples's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Always. Be very upfront about it. I think honesty in these cases is a lot better then them finding out about it with a cori check. I have found that managers respect that and so does human

  20. back to Work with a Warning

    Sirapples replied to the_alchemist's topic in General Nursing

    No offense, but If I was a manager I wouldnt hire you. Seems our society is breeding entitled people that think that because they are having a bad day or because they live far away from a job, they...

  21. got in report... pt in with confusion. Reality. post op hip. What to do?

    Sirapples posted a topic in General Nursing

    ya thats right. Just got report on a 88 year old lady. report stated that she was in with confusion and vitamin b 12 deficiency. lung sounds clear, not attempting to get oob. After assessing the...

  22. got in report... pt in with confusion. Reality. post op hip. What to do?

    Sirapples replied to Sirapples's topic in General Nursing

    great

  23. got in report... pt in with confusion. Reality. post op hip. What to do?

    Sirapples replied to Sirapples's topic in General Nursing

    No, its actually pretty common with her. I can be frazzled at times too, but I dont forget too include things like the fact that my patient has a recent 2 day right hip replacement. Ill give an...

  24. Ok I dont like ortho

    Sirapples posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ive been a nurse for about 5 years, floated, done agency, rehab, tele, medsurg. But about 4 months ago I got a job on an ortho-medsurg floor. I honestly dont like it much. Not very critical and mostly...

  25. Ok I dont like ortho

    Sirapples replied to Sirapples's topic in General Nursing

    ha well 2 more months I can do internal transfers. Im already doing searches