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    Love/hate relationship to my work.

    VICEDRN replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    Stargazer, I hear a lot of what you are saying and feel the same way about a lot of the same things. And I also hear NREMT as well. I too have been thinking about graduate school or flight in the...
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    What phrases do you use?

    VICEDRN replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    Line n
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    Specializing as a fresh nurse?

    VICEDRN replied to gareysn's topic in General Nursing

    To answer your question, I don't think that starting in med/surg means you will ruin your chances at specializing later. As to the other part, I went from nursing school to er and my spouse from...
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    Best one sentence handoff report

    VICEDRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    The best reports are just facial expressions because we both know this patient and we both the story. If you come to the er every day by ems, no report is
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    Ever accepted a position knowing it was a mistake?

    VICEDRN replied to Gratefulprn's topic in General Nursing

    i am not originally from the south either but i do own a house and i have less than 3 years experience as a nurse. my hope is that the housing market will improve here and i can sell my house in...
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    What is the weirdest thing someone has been admitted to the hospital for?

    VICEDRN replied to SweetsRN522's topic in General Nursing

    90 something. And he just lazy and pushing off liability onto someone else. Lol. He knew there was probably nothing particularly
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    What is the weirdest thing someone has been admitted to the hospital for?

    VICEDRN replied to SweetsRN522's topic in General Nursing

    Had a patient who took her bp at Walmart to find it was 150 systolic. She raced to the ER and demanded to be admitted. She was discharged. She came back the next day for a second opinion and was...
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    Admissions during change of shift

    VICEDRN replied to brokenroads27's topic in General Nursing

    Please ask transport that very question. If we wait long enough for transport, we push them to the hall and use the bed for another patient. Naturally, this infuriates the patient and their family....
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    Ever accepted a position knowing it was a mistake?

    VICEDRN replied to Gratefulprn's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, the wages here suck. big time. You can make more money working in a factory, tending bar and doing just about anything. Second, there are no unions and nursing has no true strength here...
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    Ever accepted a position knowing it was a mistake?

    VICEDRN replied to Gratefulprn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. My first job out of nursing school. I had a hunch it was not a good unit because they were so aggressively hiring. This turned out to be true but not for the reasons I had in mind. I took it...
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    She sure did... and with a straight face!

    VICEDRN replied to Camemile's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry. When I looked for jobs, it seemed like hr writes the worse nursing job descriptions in the world. It's amazing how many jobs clearly want an experienced rn but the posting clearly...
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    New and not so new nurses..

    VICEDRN replied to UpinawayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Must have happened in icu!
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    Dayshifters - do you take a breakfast break as soon as you get to work?

    VICEDRN replied to Snugglibumkins's topic in General Nursing

    The ER I used to work in was like that. Between 0800 and 0900, off they went to cafeteria and breakfast. They were shocked when management changed the shift pattern to add two 0900 shifts instead of...
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    Another Rant About Rudeness/Bullying/Eating

    VICEDRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm just going to say it: bullies must use real or implied power to bully. I agree that this extends to nurses on orientation who use their pull with the manager to throw more experience nurses under...
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    Please someone help me understand..........

    VICEDRN replied to TinyRNgrl's topic in Emergency

    We had one recently who's discharge instructions read (in bold capital letters): PT is DNR/DNI. DO NOT DRAW LABS. DO NOT RETURN TO ER. CONSULT XYZ HOSPICE GROUP." Pt was returned to ER 11 hours...
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    The evolution of a new policy in healthcare organzations

    VICEDRN replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    Most of it is reactionary nonsense. They heard somewhere someone said and thus, a new policy is born. I work in the metro ATL area. How many of you have heard the one about the WOW? which isn't...
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    8-hour shifts save money?

    VICEDRN replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am no HR expert but I have been told that 8 hour shifts means a unit needs fewer people on staff because each person works more often. As a result, the cost of benefits goes down. Thus, a cost...
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    GTPAL and Gravida Para need explanation?

    VICEDRN replied to studentnurse0221's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Bet your textbook could have helped
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    popping and squeezing boils

    VICEDRN replied to tjnurse67's topic in General Nursing

    As long as you break all of the loculations that remain beneath the
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    syringe to collect specimen from foley?

    VICEDRN replied to nursing81student's topic in General Nursing

    From the bag if just placed and I have not ever left the room. From the port if it was placed pre hospital or before a ua was
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    First ER death

    VICEDRN replied to Crux1024's topic in Emergency

    Yeah...also want to know why patient is occupying stretcher for this length of time. Should be been excited bed assignment to floor for patient and family privacy. glad you felt good about this...
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    Hypertension in ED

    VICEDRN replied to maelstrom143's topic in Emergency

    Agree with above. Our goal is 20% in the first 24 hours, never
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    What do I do after my clinical instructor told me I will never be a good nurse?

    VICEDRN replied to starrys's topic in General Students

    Ignore her. Plenty of my clinical instructors and professors told me I would make an awful nurse as I am head strong, a heavy hitting patient advocate and like to practice as independently as...
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    Do you prefer 8 or 12 hours shifts?

    VICEDRN replied to Studentnurse143's topic in General Nursing

    I spent five years in a 9-5 5 day a week job. At the time, I had one child and I thought it was difficult to manage. You can never get to doctor's appointments, business type errands (DMV, real...
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    OB--When it's good it's good and when it's not...it's heartbreaking.

    VICEDRN replied to linzjane88's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Had a friend who lost her baby to her at 38 weeks. It was heart breaking and sad BUT she said she felt the palpable grief of the staff and felt tremendously comforted that those around her...