Perpetual Student

Perpetual Student

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  1. Baffled...

    Perpetual Student replied to aboucherrn's topic in General Nursing

    I expect people to say please and thank you regardless of the setting. I always do. I don't let it bother me if they don't say 'em, but it certainly colors my overall opinion of someone. I once out of...

  2. Surprise In My Pocket - this ever happen to you?

    Perpetual Student replied to Nurse SMS's topic in General Nursing

    I was quite surprised by how much it added up to. We made a little game out of guessing how much money there was once I poured it into a container (it came out to 950 cc of change). There was around a...

  3. The Mockery of Nursing

    Perpetual Student replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You'd better consider early intubation for airway protection. I can't imagine you staying conscious long if you were to take a shot for every

  4. Surprise In My Pocket - this ever happen to you?

    Perpetual Student replied to Nurse SMS's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't worry about it. If you remember next time you go in just credit the patient. Money! I empty my pockets into my locker every day after my shift. During some down time a few weeks back I...

  5. Pill falls on pt gown...is it safe to give?

    Perpetual Student replied to sle1191's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In my experience that supervision wasn't necessarily present in the room for routine medication administration, particularly near

  6. Can one become a nurse if one has Genital Herpes?

    Perpetual Student replied to Serenity9595's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No, you cannot work in the hospital. You were unable to read the ancient thread that you resurrected--the thread which conveniently answered your

  7. "I would help you out with a job if I could.."

    Perpetual Student replied to littlekaneRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We all know PACU nurses are the coolest. :flamesonb I have the utmost respect for all nurses who do their jobs well. There are a lot of different roles that need to be filled. From NICU to geriatrics,...

  8. New grad with a question

    Perpetual Student replied to beeker's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If someone gave me lip as to why I medicated someone for pain I'd bust 'em in the lip. OK, probably not. But it would be very tempting. It is inhumane to leave someone to suffer like that. Some of...

  9. The Mockery of Nursing

    Perpetual Student replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd be happy enough with middle of the road. What scares me are the people who are so pathetically ignorant that I question their ability to take care of a healthy dog, let alone a sick

  10. The Mockery of Nursing

    Perpetual Student replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If someone asks a question that seems legitimate I like to answer it if I can. What annoys me is when someone doesn't even look something up at all. There's a search function for a reason (AN has a...

  11. Precepting New Nurses

    Perpetual Student replied to pitt34's topic in General Nursing

    I've never worked med-surg, so I can't address the best way to divide up the work and so on in that setting. I have, however, oriented nurses (mostly experienced ones going to a different job) and...

  12. How Much Do You Remember???

    Perpetual Student replied to USANursingstudent's topic in General Nursing

    This, and the stuff you just think is plain cool. I remember next to nothing about that stuff that I can fire off readily. I even found it rather interesting at the time, but it was just so alien to...

  13. Let's See Some Positivity! :)

    Perpetual Student replied to Sarah96's topic in General Nursing

    I am POSITIVE that I'm going to die someday. Ok, in all seriousness I LOVE my job. There are moments I want to yell or bash my head into the wall, but overall it rocks. There are good jobs out there,...

  14. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    Perpetual Student replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That vet tech really needs to work on her resume and approach to obtaining a nursing job. She's possibly a very bright, skilled person. That said, she really shouldn't list those skills worded in a...

  15. New Grad Career Advice

    Perpetual Student replied to nyemt2005's topic in General Nursing

    Look into the acuity of the patients and frequent diagnoses of the smaller ICU. Is there a mix of medical and surgical patients? What types of surgical patients are seen? Is there a cath lab or are...

  16. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    Perpetual Student replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That resume excerpt is absurd. I try to laugh but only tears come out. I take it that one is from the vet tech? I wonder if she developed that on her own, or if her school's folks who help with...

  17. Grossest thing that you've experienced?

    Perpetual Student replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I've obviously titrated my alcohol intake well, as I just had a brilliant thought! Zombies are fomites! They are nonliving and capable of transmitting infectious

  18. Chest tube, flush and aspirate?

    Perpetual Student replied to tojal1989's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, sorry OP, forgot to answer your question. I've never done it, but it is something that is safe and reasonable to do. Just be careful to maintain

  19. Chest tube, flush and aspirate?

    Perpetual Student replied to tojal1989's topic in General Nursing

    TPN or did you maybe mean TPA? I'm really struggling to figure out how TPN would do anything other than lead to one heckuvan

  20. Grossest thing that you've experienced?

    Perpetual Student replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    That post re: CPR reminded me of something that kind of grosses me out. That pink to red mist that comes up the ETT during prolonged CPR when it's getting to be time to call it is pretty nasty. I can...

  21. Grossest thing that you've experienced?

    Perpetual Student replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Think the patient in number two had become a zombie, Boston? Thank goodness she didn't have any teeth or you might've been infected--that'd probably be worse than

  22. Grossest thing that you've experienced?

    Perpetual Student replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    At the time I was with the patient it was nothing worth noticing, just a few lesions on his chest, but I was too focused on keeping him safe and comfortable to worry about such things. Few weeks...

  23. RN labor supply: Are we in a bubble?

    Perpetual Student replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, you certainly can't have licensed but inexperienced nurses waiting for some day when there may be a shortage. New grads are clueless enough as is (not trying to knock them; they learn what...

  24. Who Here "Floats" to Other Units

    Perpetual Student replied to Ted's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, but just to outpatient surgery. I do all the discharge type stuff after hours when they're closed anyway, so it's not a hardship. It's kind of nice to get to do the admissions occasionally, as it...

  25. Pt refusals

    Perpetual Student replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    That's sad. Your facility would fire you for providing honest education regarding the importance of ambulation, deep breathing, and so on? Motivating the patient is key to education being worthwhile....