Nurse_Advocate

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

    Nurse_Advocate posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    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...

  2. 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....

  3. 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,...

  4. Nursing School stress

    Nurse_Advocate replied to liv4nurse's topic in Health, Stress Management

    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...

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

    Nurse_Advocate replied to marilynmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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

  12. 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...

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

    Nurse_Advocate replied to proud2b1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    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...

  14. 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...

  15. what have I done?

    Nurse_Advocate replied to eho6's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  16. Exercise and 12 hour shifts

    Nurse_Advocate replied to jensfbay's topic in Health, Stress Management

    There's something about exercising outside that is therapeautic. If at all possible (weather permitting), exercising outside is my first choice. For me, walking (wrist weights?/ankle weights?) is...

  17. Stress-fighting Resources

    Nurse_Advocate replied to Vroom's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I think journaling is a fantastic suggestion. Good for you! Also, when I mentor (at our hospital this is different from being their preceptor...), I reflect with them on my first months of nursing (so...

  18. Take Care of Your Self

    Nurse_Advocate replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in Health, Stress Management

    This is a favorite topic of mine...it's soooo important for nurses so as not to end up bitter and overworked or with "Cinderella syndrome" as I like to call it. 1. vent - to friends, mentors, trusted...

  19. Help..... I am making myself SICK

    Nurse_Advocate replied to Triple A's's topic in Health, Stress Management

    First of all, I applaud you for bringing this subject up! I can totally relate. Talk about "being prepared on paper but when it comes to talking about it...not so much" -- I have struggled with this...