Lady_Bing

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1. sterile vs. clean dressings?

   Lady_Bing replied to cherilee's topic in Med-Surg

   I have observed that most RNs on our floor do clean drsng when packing wounds or doing WD drsng. I asked about that and the thought was - well, when the pt goes home they will not be doing strerile drsngs anyway. However, I still use a sterile techni...

2. Really bad at Starting IVs

   Lady_Bing replied to Lady_Bing's topic in Med-Surg

   To update everyone who has been so helpful and encouraging :) I am slowly getting better with practice. Yesterday another nurse had a patient who had really bad veins, she asked a senior nurse whom I was following to help her out. The senior nurse g...

3. Older nurses jealous of new young nurses?

   Lady_Bing replied to smileysenior's topic in New Nurse

   I am a new nurse and I actually had sassy attitude coming from colleagues who have been a nurse for 5-6 years and who are relatively young ladies in their late 20s, early 30s. We do have several nurses who have been on the unit for 15-20 years and th...

4. if i wasnt so frustrated i would laugh

   Lady_Bing replied to candycane267's topic in New Nurse

   I had a patient last week who had terminal lung cancer (he looked like he was losing the battle) but sadly he seemed to be in the "anger" and "denial" stage of grieving process. He was admitted for nausea/vomitting. Doctors suspected that it was due ...

5. Feeling Overwhelmed!!!!!!!!!!

   Lady_Bing replied to CareBayer's topic in New Nurse

   Hi CareBayer! Hang in there, darling. I know how you feel. I finished my 8 week orientation two weeks ago and I have been on my own for 2 weeks. It’s a hard transition from being a student to being a nurse in real world. No matter how well you did i...

6. Shoes...what do you wear?

   Lady_Bing replied to scallywags's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Heya. I am also a new nurse and I wear "nurse mates". I have to say that I liked them when I was in nursing school when my hospital experience was limited to a few clinicals. Now that I work full time, I come home in pain. I am exploring different op...

7. Orthotebb Shoes

   Lady_Bing posted a topic in Uniform/Gear

   Hi guys! Does anyone own orthotebb shoes or knows anyone who does? I would love to know if they are comfortable. I wear Nurse Mates right now and my feet burn like the hottest fires of hell at the end of the day I also tried cheapy immitation of Cr...

8. Really bad at Starting IVs

   Lady_Bing replied to Lady_Bing's topic in Med-Surg

   quote=julesar;2638149]i worked on same day sx for 17 years and it is a great place to get practice. couple of hints: if possible, tie the touniquet tight- makes a huge difference. also, if it is an elderly patient with very small veins, try to use th...

9. Really bad at Starting IVs

   Lady_Bing replied to Lady_Bing's topic in Med-Surg

   Thank you, guys! I will be taking your advice and asking management if I can spend a day just doing IVs and improving my technique.

10. Really bad at Starting IVs

    Lady_Bing posted a topic in Med-Surg

    Hi everyone, I am a new nurse on a busy medical floor and I am just two weeks off orientation. I am having a really hard time starting IVs, I did not get an opportunity to start many IVs in nursing school and now when I am on the floor I find myself...

11. Bad Rep for Med Surg

    Lady_Bing replied to kellyskitties's topic in Med-Surg

    i am a new nurse and i just started on a busy med-surg floor. i find myself perpetually overwhelmed by the pt's acuity levels and the number of patients that i get (typically 6, but has been higher on several occasions). i am constantly running from ...