Coffee Nurse

Coffee Nurse BSN, RN

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  1. Multiple Questions

    Coffee Nurse replied to Lyn56's topic in General Nursing

    Your answers don't really answer the questions you

  2. Unplanned extubation while on orientation

    Coffee Nurse replied to tictac's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Good for you for calling someone! I'm actually not even joking, is the sad thing. I hate working in a room with someone and glancing over to find them struggling with HR and sats in the toilet, with...

  3. Travel nursing questions

    Coffee Nurse replied to merne72's topic in Travel

    There is already an entire forum on this.

  4. Getting Frustrated

    Coffee Nurse replied to 2bNurseMia76's topic in General Students

    Not to mention against the terms of service of this site: "You agree NOT to use titles that you have not earned. (RN, Dr, LPN, LVN, Nurse,

  5. Neonatal Nurse vs Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

    Coffee Nurse replied to nursing5275's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I did compare NNPs to junior doctors in the context of your role, not your expertise -- in fact, made a point of extolling the latter, if you'll notice. And if you're one of the rare ones who changes...

  6. Getting Frustrated

    Coffee Nurse replied to 2bNurseMia76's topic in General Students

    I'm not trying to get smart with you here, just ruling out all possibilities - you are registered as a CNA, right? I know many/most states allow nursing students at a certain point in their curricula...

  7. Help with Dosage Calculations!

    Coffee Nurse replied to kmek30's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What exactly do you need help understanding? You need to be more specific before we can do anything for you. Ideally, post a few problems, show your answers and your work so far, and then we can see...

  8. Neonatal Nurse vs Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

    Coffee Nurse replied to nursing5275's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi and welcome! I've worked in the NICU my whole career; when I got started I assumed that at some point I'd want to go back to become an NNP, but I've come to realize that it's not really where my...

  9. what form of license to expect

    Coffee Nurse replied to 01khakizz's topic in General Nursing

    So does California, at least as of

  10. seeking advice on paramedic certification after graduating with BSN

    Coffee Nurse replied to sm_carter's topic in General Nursing

    I think your focus really needs to be on finding that first nursing job. If you peruse these boards much, you'll see that being an "old new grad" is one of the hardest places to find yourself after...

  11. New Grad - Just got a job at Starbucks. Help.

    Coffee Nurse replied to NightWatch's topic in Nursing Career

    I was a new grad who relocated to LA, got a Starbucks job, started in the NICU a few months later, and kept up Starbucks part-time alongside the hospital job for the next ten months or so. I had a...

  12. Sedation/Intubation

    Coffee Nurse replied to kjk47's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We start kids on a low-moderate morphine drip when they get intubated. If they're really snowed, we wean, and for some you can wean all the way off and they stay settled. I understand this is...

  13. No friends at work

    Coffee Nurse replied to rn5730's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Also, frankly, praise from patients/family doesn't count for much, especially in an ER setting. Happy patients =/= well-cared-for patients, necessarily (and I think there was an article recently...

  14. septic shock

    Coffee Nurse replied to nursingcrib's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's what occurred to me, too. Can't make heads or tails of the OP's second post,

  15. So 39 weeks is the full term cut off now?

    Coffee Nurse replied to perfexion's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just to play devil's advocate here, as someone whose patients regularly include anything from 24-weekers to 42+-week shoulder dystocia/HIE babies, I'd dispute the assertion that mom's body and baby...

  16. Accountant want to be a Nurse

    Coffee Nurse replied to Calichick27's topic in Nursing Career

    Do you know anything about nursing, besides this vague idea that it's a stable job (hint: if you have actually been reading this forum for a long time, you'll know it isn't

  17. Novice nurse no-nos

    Coffee Nurse replied to tsm007's topic in General Nursing

    The best way to ask questions is to not worry about being annoying Seriously though, if you don't know, ask. Much better to temporarily annoy someone (who shouldn't be getting annoyed, anyway) than...

  18. Proper Documentation

    Coffee Nurse replied to Willowjude's topic in General Nursing

    Anatomical position. First thing you learn in A&P. Was she asleep that

  19. Lowest turnover specialty

    Coffee Nurse replied to guest769224's topic in General Nursing

    Are you talking about specialty or facility turnover? Even if a specific floor/unit is unable to retain staff, I'd imagine that people look for similar jobs if they're happy in their specialty. I...

  20. Picked on at Work

    Coffee Nurse replied to celtickimba's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What makes you feel that you are being picked

  21. Do you talk to yourself?

    Coffee Nurse replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I suppose that's the good thing about working with babies, I can jabber away and just pretend I'm talking to

  22. Why do some nurses come across to be rude?

    Coffee Nurse replied to mathboy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And he/she would have told you the same thing you've been told here. It's the Emergency Room; your ankle might have been painful, but there's no way you couldn't tell that it wasn't a life-threatening...

  23. No personal identifyng information---huh?

    Coffee Nurse replied to 42pines's topic in General Nursing

    I try to always be conscious of not posting anything truly inappropriate. However, sometimes I need to just vent about work, or get an unbiased opinion on something, and thus I wouldn't want to be...

  24. That nagging feeling...

    Coffee Nurse replied to dudette10's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I assumed hackles as

  25. I have a priority nursing question?

    Coffee Nurse replied to s1992's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hear,