JustKeepSmiling ADN, BSN, RN

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    Nursing student hair color change for more respect

    JustKeepSmiling replied to Vonqiqi's topic in General Students

    Yall are all wrong... It's fixin' to. Drop the "g" at the end. Buncha yankees.
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    Work rules

    JustKeepSmiling replied to Dragonstrike's topic in General Nursing

    Bathroom break? Sit indian style? Chart in an empty
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    9/5 What I learned this week.....

    JustKeepSmiling replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Well...
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    9/5 What I learned this week.....

    JustKeepSmiling replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    ...wait someone was for reals scared of deer on AN? And how did this come
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    9/5 What I learned this week.....

    JustKeepSmiling replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Premeditated much?!? I prefer death by hairspray or whatever sprayable is
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    Why does everyone say that they "consigned" a drug waste.....

    JustKeepSmiling replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    Bonus points... Do you wash your hands in the
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    Why does everyone say that they "consigned" a drug waste.....

    JustKeepSmiling replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    The patient's pressure bottomed out from two much metotpralol and there sugars were up. Then they were satting low.
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    Clinical tidbits I wish someone would've told me.

    JustKeepSmiling replied to Mully's topic in MICU, SICU

    Following thread. Good knowledge
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    Medical Assistants in the office

    JustKeepSmiling replied to SHELLYBELLYRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Work two busy days in a row and I miss action
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    From the files of "You can't make this up".

    JustKeepSmiling replied to casias12's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I read the last part to my husband and he goes "the turds would look like a payday bar"
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    Certified nursing assistants not welcome!

    JustKeepSmiling replied to Barbie8808's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I fear that you are putting words in my mouth. You keep stating personal. The only thing that I am taking personal is nurses who accuse me of lying. Not cool!!! From the beginning Ive stated I am not...
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    Certified nursing assistants not welcome!

    JustKeepSmiling replied to Barbie8808's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I have never done anything that I was 1. Not trained to do 2. Delegated to performed. 3. not in my job description under what ever facility I 'm working at • RN BON prohibits a RN from...
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    Certified nursing assistants not welcome!

    JustKeepSmiling replied to Barbie8808's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Here is the problem. Tasks that have POTENTIAL to become complicated and require further nursing and/or medical action should NOT be delegated. (source RN BON) IV insertion: you stick an artery. The...
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    8/22 What I learned this week....

    JustKeepSmiling replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    So much genius. Did you get any *** looks from
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    Best MD note

    JustKeepSmiling replied to beckster_01's topic in Nursing Humor

    In the past I worked with an old school doc who had a very dry sense of humor and was sarcastic. She would write nursing communication orders like "please do not wake me at 3am to tell me the patient...
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    Vent Training

    JustKeepSmiling replied to pacosgro's topic in General Nursing

    I've been looking up vent management myself. I want to have a better understanding of how to troubleshoot, like breath stacking. I found some articles, haven't sat down to read them yet....
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    You're Not Dehydrated.

    JustKeepSmiling replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    A liter of NS always helps my migraines. My neurologist recommended it with the toradol combo and it's never failed. Never a lab indicator for needing it, just
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    That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    JustKeepSmiling replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I purposely shake the clean sheets (over the mattress of course) and silently think "take that nursing
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    Patient Death Experience.

    JustKeepSmiling replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto. The OPs post history speaks... Goal of finishing CRNA school by 30 and has 7 years to do so and only wants ICU and can't waste time in medsurg. Had to ask what diverting meant. What does SNF...
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    Patient Death Experience.

    JustKeepSmiling replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in General Nursing

    I would engage in this topic if, like another poster described, was about staff resolution/adaptation. As a nurse still new to ICU, the amount of death and withdrawals of care I deal with in a few...
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    So...What Kind of Nursing Task Do You LIKE?

    JustKeepSmiling replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Giving a funky patient a good scrub down and linen change then see them all pretty and smelling good (or at least neutral!) and hearing them say how much better they feel! I feel like that it helps...
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    A question??

    JustKeepSmiling replied to Salisburysteak's topic in Patient Medications

    THIS: Plus, keeping everything neat and organized is a safety measure for emergent situations. Soooo true!!!! And for those stat CT
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    Ranch dressing in a breast milk container

    JustKeepSmiling replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurses Rock

    I really think a scapel would be perfect for carving out mushrooms to stuff
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    What nursing task do you loathe???

    JustKeepSmiling replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    I loathe cleaning GI bleed poop. The SMELL. 😮 I hate checking TF residuals. Its warm, came out of a stomach. Gross. I hate traveling with a vent patient with 6 gtts, CVP and a line setup who...
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    What nursing task do you loathe???

    JustKeepSmiling replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    ROFL!!!!!! Last time I did this on a medsurg new admit a roll of $1s fell out with the flakes!!