Orange Tree

Orange Tree

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  1. How high is a blood pressure (tycally) when it causes someone to have a stroke?

    Orange Tree posted a topic in General Nursing

    ....or is there a typical? I hear people worry about SPBs in the 180's......others say 200 is "not that

  2. HESI exam--a gooad preditor of future NCLEX performance?

    Orange Tree replied to JulieRoseRN2b's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I scored 996 on HESI and thought it was pretty easy. NCLEX made me cry and I was sure I failed it, buuut I

  3. How high is a blood pressure (tycally) when it causes someone to have a stroke?

    Orange Tree replied to Orange Tree's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, both

  4. How high is a blood pressure (tycally) when it causes someone to have a stroke?

    Orange Tree replied to Orange Tree's topic in General Nursing

    tycally is supposed to be

  5. Tired of nurses threatening to quit!!!

    Orange Tree replied to bradyc's topic in General Nursing

    I just make a quick reference to something that's frustrating to me and suggest that, "we can cry together". That's my way of saying that I understand ....and that NO FURTHER EXPLANATION is needed....

  6. TB Test Paranoia

    Orange Tree replied to Joyfull77's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes!

  7. Obnoxious overhead announcements at New Orleans hospital

    Orange Tree replied to Jbug's topic in General Nursing

    Someone should choreograph a little dance to go with each announcement. I nominate

  8. Student nurse violates confidentiality on floor

    Orange Tree replied to jrw03282009's topic in General Nursing

    I would leave any teaching to the instructor and stay out of it unless the "bad" behavior was truly outrageous. If I did decide that it was my place to correct the other student or inform the...

  9. How time efficient are you?

    Orange Tree replied to LETRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I started working in January and have sped up quite a bit since then....but when I get hit with something unfamiliar, it slows me waaaay down. At six weeks, I was moving about as fast as a turtle with...

  10. Texas nursing Jobs

    Orange Tree replied to Trinity1234's topic in Texas Nursing

    Texas is a big state, did you have any particular place in

  11. Nurses from other units to start IV's

    Orange Tree replied to Daliadreamer's topic in General Nursing

    That's sucky. I have to ask for help with IVs all the time, and I would feel bad if someone yelled at me over it. It sounds like that nurse was just stressed and took it out on you. I would have just...

  12. Any one else annoyed?

    Orange Tree replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's a big world and circumstances are different everywhere. Some people don't have many options, but there is nothing wrong with considering options when you do have

  13. How well do you get along with your coworkers?

    Orange Tree replied to sasha2lady's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Honestly, you sound a little nutty. After reading everything you wrote, I'm unable to pick out any specific, work-related behaviors that need to change.....at least not any that you are not both...

  14. Call offs. I love getting the phone call, hate getting the paycheck

    Orange Tree replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I never get called off....for me, the issue is whether or not I want overtime when I get called in. It seems to happen every week! I usually decline, but this week I sucked it up and worked an extra...

  15. How did YOU remember your pharmacology?

    Orange Tree replied to mochamocha's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ugh...that would have been my worst nightmare. I didn't even start to learn my pharmacology until I was out on the floor! When I had to spend time I didn't have looking up drugs I didn't know, my...

  16. Natural Born Killer

    Orange Tree replied to koalafiedRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Aww, I'm glad to hear that you are doing well! I hadn't realized how old this thread was until I got to your last

  17. Lonely new nurse/ do you have nurse friends?

    Orange Tree replied to BFLORES's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts....exactly! I plan to spend about 5 years listening before I dare to

  18. Will I get "stuck" in psych?

    Orange Tree replied to BrazenBrownEyes's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I tried to apply for a few psych positions because I have a strong interest. They all wanted at least one year of med-surg

  19. Dont want to get anyone in trouble

    Orange Tree replied to dscott76's topic in General Nursing

    That is so sucky! I work overnight, too....and I hate it when I find another employee sleeping. I also don't want to get anyone in trouble, but I don't want the person to think that I'm okay with...

  20. Patients Making Up Lies

    Orange Tree replied to Honeynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow....I'm surprised that your manager wasted her time asking you about that. I don't like to call my patients liars, but I will say that many of them get

  21. calling the md at night when charge disagrees

    Orange Tree replied to fiveofpeep's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ...tell her you were trying to order a pizza, but accidentally dialed the wrong number? I'm glad our charge nurse doesn't have to approve phone calls- that's nutty. Do you have a rapid response team...

  22. Peer Interview

    Orange Tree replied to rn2bhopefully's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I wonder if one can "fail" a peer interview. I've heard peer interviews are management's way of encouraging harmony between established employees and new employees. The "establishment" is supposed to...

  23. Nursing is making me cynical about humanity. (vent)

    Orange Tree replied to HDARN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The meetings and the charting drive me crazy, too. So much of it is repetitive ...and not a good use of my

  24. Major Vent

    Orange Tree replied to LouisVRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hehe, no....not height and weight. I just haven't heard the ,"it's for their own good" angle before. Ruby Vee's post, above, is what I usually hear. (love Ruby Vee, btw! Her nursing stories make me...

  25. Major Vent

    Orange Tree replied to LouisVRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well, that's a new angle....I've never heard it expressed as a concern about growth and development before. I'm not even sure what to say....so I'll just say that I have a pet turtle and his name is...