Nurse_Advocate

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1. What I Love About Nursing Is....

   Nurse_Advocate replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with you dsigney! There is a lot of negativity on the nursing forums...and I have an opinion as to why. There are a trememdous amount of things in nursing that the nurse gets no choice about. For example: **no choice (or very, very little cho...

2. Stress in Nursing

   Nurse_Advocate replied to rmcgrog's topic in General Nursing

   These post are several years old. Thankfully the staffing ratios have changed in California. It's now 5 (maximum) patients to 1 nurse. This is a beautiful thing. However, depending on acuity, things can feel really hairy, really fast at any given...

3. Nursing School stress

   Nurse_Advocate replied to liv4nurse's topic in Stress 101

   Here's what I do with my stresses whether they be from my work life or my home life or just things that may become a worry for me. I write about them free-hand, just kind of "hash things out" and get in touch with the sources of my stress. From there...

4. Can't sleep the night before I go into work

   Nurse_Advocate replied to marilynmom's topic in New Nurse

   I don't think there's a nurse alive that can't relate to what you are saying about sleeplessness and anxiety before a shift. Here's some of the things that I do. First, I acknowledge that anxiety is the state of "living in the future" about somethin...

5. NG Tube Yields 2000 ml Immediately

   Nurse_Advocate replied to Nurse_Advocate's topic in General Nursing

   Yes. We absolutely need an order to place an NG tube...and in this case there was an order on the chart for 2 days but it HAD A LOOPHOLE...it said, "Place NG tube if patient continues to have nausea and vomiting"...unfortunately the nurses kept medi...

6. NG Tube Yields 2000 ml Immediately

   Nurse_Advocate replied to Nurse_Advocate's topic in General Nursing

   To their credit, in general, the doctors at our hospital ALWAYS actually lay eyes on their patients (even if it's just from the doorway???). It's pretty rare that they will not look in on the patient before writing their progress note. And also to th...

7. NG Tube Yields 2000 ml Immediately

   Nurse_Advocate replied to Nurse_Advocate's topic in General Nursing

   HOLY COW! You guys! I knew you could relate but it really, really gets hairy when you hear about doctors ignoring nurses' multiple calls to them on behalf of these patients who are throwing up with huge bellies and patients dying! That's horrible! Th...

8. NG Tube Yields 2000 ml Immediately

   Nurse_Advocate posted a topic in General Nursing

   I walked into one of my patient's rooms yesterday and I see this 70 something year old woman who has been on the floor for 2 DAYS who is extremely nauseated. She has a history of cancer and she's admitted for small bowel obstruction...her stomach was...

9. What I Love About Nursing Is....

   Nurse_Advocate replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

   Yes!!!! a thousand times yes!!!!! That is what I love too. Since becoming a nurse 5 years ago, I've basically fallen in love with seniors. (some can be very difficult for a variety of reasons, but overall, I love taking care of them...I better becaus...

10. What I Love About Nursing Is....

    Nurse_Advocate replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am constantly amazed at what my patients teach me! How the human will to live is on display if I only care to look for it!

11. Tattle Tail Traits in Nursing??

    Nurse_Advocate replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    Some people don't feel good unless they are "living in the problem" -- tattling feels like complaining to me and some people love to complain. They like to take a warm bath in it. The thought of being pro-active in their own lives or thinking of solu...

12. HELP,I have to clean my sons room today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Nurse_Advocate replied to proud2b1's topic in Stress 101

    I can relate on a grand scale! I have a 17 (almost 18!) y/o son and a 15 (almost 16!) y/o daughter and a 12 (almost 13) y/o son (born June, July & August) --------so I know what you're talking about! I'll tell you what I do...I close the door. My...

13. Any Advice On What I Should Do?

    Nurse_Advocate replied to lizclair's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have advice for you. but just some thoughts... you must protect your feet. We are nurses. Our feet are our livelihood. We are on our feet for 13+ hours at a time. Walking in pain, compensating in your gait can stress your other joints to the ...

14. Warning Nurses! Holding It All In Can Kill You!

    Nurse_Advocate posted a topic in Stress 101

    We know that stress causes cortisol levels to rise which raise our blood pressure, raise our blood sugar levels, increase our lipids, etc. Blah, Blah, Blah. The point of this article is not to teach you something you already learned in pathophysiolog...

15. what have I done?

    Nurse_Advocate replied to eho6's topic in New Nurse

    The person they have precepting you sounds psycho. They are probably "burnt to a crisp" and resenting the added responsibility of having to train you...what a shame. I wholeheartedly agree that you should get your Nurse Educator involved...tell her t...