ivorybunny

ivorybunny

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  1. Positive Spin on The Nurses that Don't Eat their Young

    ivorybunny replied to nurselsteele's topic in General Nursing

    a few months after i was off orientation i had a hell night. it was so bad i remember the exact date 5/1/05. i had so many things go wrong. i had a pt with c-diff wanting to get up to bsc every 5...

  2. Ignorance or just not caring?

    ivorybunny posted a topic in General Nursing

    this has been an extremely frustrating weekend for me. i work nights, and this weekend it seemed as though i was being punished, not by the patients that i had, but by the nurses i gave report to. on...

  3. Ignorance or just not caring?

    ivorybunny replied to ivorybunny's topic in General Nursing

    Is being busy a valid excuse for not looking after your patients? Being busy means you can't think about what a constantly high blood sugar can do to a patient, or being too busy means she didn't have...

  4. Cleaning up vomit

    ivorybunny replied to caliwannabenurse's topic in General Students

    I can not deal with vomit either. If my patient is vomiting, I'm the one running to get the medication. I've made deals with the people I've worked with that if a patient of mine throws up, then some...

  5. Doctors getting angry??

    ivorybunny replied to emtj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At the hospital where I work there were two MDs known for throwing things and screaming at nurses. Both were suspended, only one ever came back, and he is sweet as pie now. Best one was one of the...

  6. Evil Doctors

    ivorybunny replied to James_Adam's topic in General Nursing

    I think the term evil is a little too harsh. However, I've seen both. One doctor wouldn't listen to my concerns about a patient until I got him a cup of coffee... I won't tell you my response to that....

  7. spoken to at work

    ivorybunny replied to jam2007's topic in General Nursing

    This can be very scary especially if no one has mentioned this to you before. Document everything and ask for followup. If the manager doesn't, then bug her until it does. It wouldn't be fair to tell...

  8. Q about a fib and gaps in heart rate

    ivorybunny replied to GoldenFire5's topic in Cardiac

    Usually unless the slow ventricular rates are >3.0 they don't get a pacemaker. Each cardiologist is different with what they will say needs a PPM. Because it's an irregular rhythm, it is not a big...

  9. Tele Floor

    ivorybunny replied to Crux1024's topic in Cardiac

    Well Tom pretty much hit on all the big points. I've been doing cardiac for 5 years now, and as a baby nurse questions were the first thing I did. It really does help to know you're meds... for...

  10. What are the BEST and WORST States to practice as an NP?

    ivorybunny replied to Roland's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am right here with you. Florida, by far, is one of the hardest states to practice

  11. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    ivorybunny replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I was in the same boat. I am about to finish my Psychiatric Mental Health NP, and for 5 years now I have been on a cardiac tele unit. If your floor is anything like mine, I've had plenty of...

  12. Just some random NP questions

    ivorybunny replied to undrtow's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Once you have a MSN in a certain speciality you can take a post-Master's certificate for another. For me I'm currently in a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner track, when I'm finished, if I...

  13. Hiring freezes, cut backs?

    ivorybunny replied to Floridanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am in Fl and our hospital is in a current hire-freeze. Currently we are a public hospital, but they have started asking for tax money because we are almost in the red. Their solution is not to hire...

  14. patient ratio

    ivorybunny replied to **LaurelRN's topic in Cardiac

    I work on a 52 unit bed cardiac monitoring floor. We can have drips as long as they are not titrated. We are 6:1 and only in emergency 7:1. At night we have 4 techs with 13pts a piece to help us....

  15. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    ivorybunny replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I am currently working on my Master's Degree in nursing. My school currently offers the DNP program, however, they only offer two specialities, adult and education. There is a lot of work to be done...

  16. Funny things that pts say

    ivorybunny replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    The other night I had a wonderfully oriented pleasant 94yo female patient who had not had a bowel movement in a few days. She had been given medications earlier in the shift, and later on I smelled...

  17. Is it normal to graduate nursing school & feel like you know nothing.

    ivorybunny replied to OBGYN*RN's topic in General Nursing

    i think most people feel that way, and if someone doesn't then i would worry about why they are so confident. it's scary. i've been an rn for 5 years now, and it's taken probably the first two to...

  18. I could really use some help with night shift vs day shift! Birthing Center

    ivorybunny replied to Cfitz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i've worked nights for 5 years now. the trick is learning a routine to help sleep during the days. medication also helps. i am currently take provigil and this keeps me awake during the rough hours of...