DidiRN

DidiRN

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  1. Feeling like a horrible nurse

    DidiRN replied to chachh's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds like you are doing much better. As I'm sure you have heard before, the first year is so hard. Just by the fact that you reviewed what happened and are willing to learn from it if you can, that...

  2. Mental Break or Mental BreakDOWN

    DidiRN replied to shape0fmyheart's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You know, in my area, Dilaudid was a drug that was almost banned for many years (was still available but rarely if ever prescribed)...for the very reason you just stated above. Then suddenly BAM...now...

  3. What do patients say that irks you?

    DidiRN replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here, I'll triple you:

  4. NG/OG tube placement

    DidiRN replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree and have the same concerns. I do not trust an air bolus for placement all of the time but especially worry when when it is being used for a tube feeding and later gets misplaced. I see this on...

  5. Do ICU RN's sugarcoat things to patient's families?

    DidiRN replied to mama2amaya's topic in MICU, SICU

    I don't think they can answer if she is going to make it or not. It seems like you want to know for sure if she will survive when they simply do not know at this point. I'm not so sure a nurse should...

  6. REST BREAKS for Nurses in The ER

    DidiRN replied to AngelGirl's topic in Emergency

    I could be wrong, but I was thinking the law said you are required to be paid for a 30 minute lunch/dinner not taken, not that they are required to give you a lunch/dinner break. That being said, I...

  7. working sick...need advice:)

    DidiRN replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    This is what gets me too. I mean, I believe we can actually put these people's lives in jeopardy with a nice case of sepsis and an ICU stay, and hopefully they will survive that. Even a worker with a...

  8. Patient/Family Rage

    DidiRN replied to sawbuck's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You know, you also could have jerked your arm away too...it's nearly impossible to start an IV on someone who it jerking their arm away. That certainly would have been my first reaction instead of...

  9. Patient/Family Rage

    DidiRN replied to sawbuck's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm not trying to divert anything...but alot of your posts on here you really seem to have lost empathy towards bedside nurses after being away all these years, and at times you are extremely critical...

  10. Patient/Family Rage

    DidiRN replied to sawbuck's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You haven't actually practiced as a nurse though since the 1980's,

  11. Nurses in the Columbus, Oh area, Tell Me What You Think About This

    DidiRN replied to brown eyed girl's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Did you read where they are going to allow med techs in Ohio soon? I think I read that in the Board of Nursing newsletter here

  12. Foul Speaking Nurse..............

    DidiRN replied to hbncns35's topic in General Nursing

    The Pyxis machine sure has heard my foul mouth plenty of times.... I'll only say that stuff at work if I'm super stressed, and only to myself, not within earshot of anyone (unless I know them very...

  13. Anyone else frustrated with being a new nurse?

    DidiRN replied to asilmk's topic in First Year After Licensure

    God Bless you new grads out there today...to be quite honest, I don't think if I was a new grad today, that I could make it on how things are today in hospitals compared to 20 years ago....

  14. Anyone else frustrated with being a new nurse?

    DidiRN replied to asilmk's topic in First Year After Licensure

    One year, many years ago (1989 I believe), I had five jobs...didn't get fired at all, quit every one of them. Hated them all. It just took finding the right position and the right place. There was a...

  15. As bad as they say??

    DidiRN replied to lancerRN2b's topic in Nursing Career

    That used to be the case in my neck of the woods for several years. Now it's changed, and there is quite a gap now between myself and new grad wages. But that has only happened within the past couple...

  16. I passed

    DidiRN replied to lexus380's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Wonderful News!!! Congratulations!!!! :balloons: :balloons:

  17. ICU - Should I stay or go?

    DidiRN replied to OahuRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure I'd use the word outdated...if the nursing shortage was to end tomorrow, I personally believe it would be required again. I've only seen the recent trend of hiring new grads in ICU and other...

  18. OHIO Nurses what part of Ohio are you from and what kind of nurse are you/will you be

    DidiRN replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Originally from Coshocton, Ohio, currently in Columbus

  19. ICU - Should I stay or go?

    DidiRN replied to OahuRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good advice here...if there is an Human Resource office, perhaps you can just go down there and talk with them without talking directly to your manager, and tell them too that you don't feel like you...

  20. Is it legal/ethical for preceptor to sabotage student?

    DidiRN replied to Roland's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sounds like the preceptor stopped the suction, if you are talking about that little orange ball not being there. That is on a Pleurevac I believe, and if it's not there, means the suction is not on...

  21. Become a nurse in just 12 months!!!

    DidiRN replied to askater11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Pretty illogical to discount opinions of experienced folks in the field, who would have a much better idea of the real world than you. I don't think you have to take a class in logic to understand...

  22. Become a nurse in just 12 months!!!

    DidiRN replied to askater11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Let's here from some graduates of these programs who have been out in the field for a while (ie. at least out of orientation)...haven't seen any yet on this thread. Or some people who have trained...

  23. Is your hospital DIRTY ??? Does housekeeping clean the empty room and bath in

    DidiRN replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Whenever I have a patient who's been there for a while, I'm always tempted, and alot of the times I actually do this, to take one of those disinfecting sprays and a cloth and just wipe down the...

  24. NP w/no desire for RN?

    DidiRN replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In my 20 years of nursing, the diploma new grads ran circles around BSN and ADN grads (I'm an ADN myself). Those were my earlier days though, since this type of program is now somewhat rare if it...

  25. NP w/no desire for RN?

    DidiRN replied to Pinoy2.0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I do quite a bit more than that where I work at, besides those 3 things you