perfectbluebuildings BSN, RN

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    maybe I wasn't being nice.....

    perfectbluebuildings replied to hearthelper's topic in General Nursing

    Talking to these nurses in a respectful way, after the patient was taken care of, about what they should have done would have been much more helpful than making jokes behind their backs. Gossip...
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    Job Stress- Your Strategies

    perfectbluebuildings posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I've been working in the same job for over five years now. Most of the time, it's not too bad and I have a lot of wonderful coworkers. However, recently I have been getting more and more...
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    Job Stress- Your Strategies

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Zookeper, I just re-read your post to me again after a couple of weeks perspective, I find you to be very, very right and I appreciate your insight and concern so much. I'm not good at expressing...
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    Vanderbilt Pay Scale

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Are you from NJ? I'm thinking the cost of living in TN would be much cheaper than NJ which is why the pay rate is so different. I can tell you it will be very difficult to find a new grad job in TN...
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    cruelest thing I heard a nurse say

    perfectbluebuildings replied to work67's topic in General Nursing

    This wasn't necessarily purposely cruel, but very thoughtless. A new patient, teenager there for an unrelated diagnosis had some obvious scarring on his face. It turned out he'd been in a serious...
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    Job Stress- Your Strategies

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. You have given me a lot more to think about, and I believe you are partially right. I am not THAT stressed outside of work, most of the situations that had been majorly stressing me this...
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    Job Stress- Your Strategies

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your sympathy and suggestions! I will take them to heart, think them all over, and figure out what will work best for me. It helps most of all knowing I'm not alone. Take
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    Question regarding drug administration to an infant

    perfectbluebuildings replied to pinkfluffybunny's topic in General Nursing

    Seems like a lot of times babies and even kids all the way through early school age will take PO medicines better if given by a parent. (after drawn up and checked by the RN.) More familiar face,...
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    Can a shy student become an effective nurse?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to sunshine5889's topic in General Students

    You hit the nail right on the head here. I am so shy, and I still almost HATE parties where I know only one or two people, public speaking, any kind of anything with big groups of people. I was...
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    Meals to eat on afternoon and nightshift?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, try staying up as late as you can the night before your night shift, like (if possible) until 1 or 2 in the morning. (this is a good time to catch up on reading or TV shows or have a movie...
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    How to leave your work at work?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to CBsMommy's topic in Pediatric

    It is hard to see children who have been abused. That is something that never gets easier. But you learn to wall off a little bit of that emotion so that you can give good care to the patient. You...
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    Meals to eat on afternoon and nightshift?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    I bring soup most nights- it's hot and filling but not bloating. You can make it yourself and keep in a thermos, or you can buy those ones pre-made in microwaveable bowls. Also bring maybe a piece...
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    Caring for patient as a whole

    perfectbluebuildings replied to GMHarmony's topic in General Nursing

    Are there any colleges or universities in your area? When I was in college I worked with a group that assigned students to a particular nursing home resident as at least a semester-long commitment,...
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    How has life changed since you finally became a RN ?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    Keep in mind, this has only been 5 years for me so I don't have a lot of perspective compared to many people here, but, here goes... Bad: More and more papers and requirements each month and year to...
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    Over riding a resident?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    It seems to me that you wanted the orders changed simply for your own convenience, not for any reason related to the patient, and for that reason you went over the resident's head to change the...
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    Do your hospitals have bed bug problems?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    It has nothing to do with cleanliness or changing linens. Even though they are changed after every patient in a place like an ER, like happy2learn says, or daily on inpatient units; they can come in...
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    Do your hospitals have bed bug problems?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    The thing about bed bugs is that they are VERY difficult to detect due to the fact that they can hide almost anywhere, not just in beds, and if there are not efforts made to get rid of them as soon as...
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    What has helped you with depression?

    perfectbluebuildings posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Okay, so I'm starting to see that I may have a problem with depression. On my days off, I pretty much stay at home, watch television, try to keep the place neat'n'clean, hang out on the internet,...
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    Problems with obtaining needed orders- advice appreciated.

    perfectbluebuildings posted a topic in General Nursing

    What do you do when you have a seriously decompensating patient and their physician will not provide appropriate orders? I can't be too specific but we dealt with this situation recently. The...
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    Problems with obtaining needed orders- advice appreciated.

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Most of these are things that were done. We did have the physician come see the patient. And the rapid response team was called fairly soon into the situation and called the physican also, but they...
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    Problems with obtaining needed orders- advice appreciated.

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all of your advice. I actually was the charge nurse in this situation, probably should have made that clear. As far as what we did, the patient had at least one nurse in his room pretty...
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    The trauma I cant let go of

    perfectbluebuildings replied to ER_JEN_RN's topic in Emergency

    I agree that the "worst things" are not what lay people might think- not exciting or (to them maybe) interesting. And when I tried many times, sitting here, to type them out, I started feeling sick...
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    Disillusioned, Depression, or Both?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Kim O'Therapy's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like the place you work is unhealthy and unsafe, on many levels. I wouldn't say all of nursing is like this, although you do hear stories like this more often than in the past. If it is...
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    What is your splurge?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

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    Do you donate blood?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to pna2388's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could but I can't, don't weigh enough, did once just after 9/11 lied about my weight (stupid I know), and almost passed out later that day. I admire all you regular donors, it's so