ILoveRatties

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  1. Anyone attended previous Nurse anesthesia school and withdrawn

    ILoveRatties replied to suarc's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Sorry, jls, you are wrong. And I am not going to post what program I was in. It is not a matter of the program; it is a matter of if you are the type of person who can tolerate what is common in...

  2. gut reaction

    ILoveRatties replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    nerdtonurse, I think you did the right thing holding the Lantus. That being said, I would have called the endocrinologist at the same time. They are usually prickly about nurses holding stuff...

  3. The House of God

    ILoveRatties replied to 81FSUseminole's topic in General Nursing

    I read it in the late 70s after becoming an RN and starting work. Loved the book. He has written a sequel. I will never forget get-out-of-my-emergency-room (gomer). buffing, turfing. there's...

  4. Heartbroken

    ILoveRatties replied to sbrownRN's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hang in there, you will be able to complete a program somewhere, sometime. Just keep jumping through the prereq hoops. You'll make it. Nursing needs dedicated people like

  5. Vent: CV pt that should have gone back to OR (long)

    ILoveRatties replied to jbp0529's topic in MICU, SICU

    Well, first of all, you saved his life. Secondly, 30 yrs experience in cardiac surgery critical care nursing tell me that taking him back to the OR would not have helped at all and he prob would...

  6. What do I do now? Transfer or quit?

    ILoveRatties replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    I totally disagree with Heartbeat2. This manager is a toxic person. To subject yourself to her verbal/emotional abuse is foolish. If you ask her for feedback, you are just giving her an...

  7. union pro or con

    ILoveRatties replied to mark3274's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I work at a hospital where the nurses are unionized. I wouldn't work anywhere withoug a

  8. Oh well, I tried..........

    ILoveRatties replied to CathRN's topic in Operating Room

    During my one year of being an SRNA, I was amazed at what is allowed to go on behind the closed OR doors. People at the top of the hierarchy do whatever they want to people lower on the hierarchy....

  9. Since we were talking about birth plans....

    ILoveRatties replied to WVUturtle514's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If the baby is hypoglycemic, there are alternative ways to give formula than a bottle. Nipple confusion is real. When it happens, it is a royal PIA. Best to prevent

  10. CRNA that went NP first?

    ILoveRatties replied to 81FSUseminole's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have never heard of CRNAs getting bored. All day long, the cases are different and the pts have diff comorbidities, etc. some MAC cases, some GA, some regional, some peds, some ortho, some...

  11. Forgot to waste a narc...

    ILoveRatties replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in ICU, people were lax all the time about wasting narcs--I mean, lax about 'charting' it in the Pyxis. When I was an anesthesia student, at one particular site, waste narc were sent...

  12. Anyone attended previous Nurse anesthesia school and withdrawn

    ILoveRatties replied to suarc's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    But as for being chastised for doing things the way the previous CRNA/MDA told you to do them? Not only do I not consider that hazing, it's just part of the game. If only it were simply 'being...

  13. Anyone attended previous Nurse anesthesia school and withdrawn

    ILoveRatties replied to suarc's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Well, first of all, just so everyone knows it's not whining, I have never once considered pimping to be hazing. Hazing is being pushed, hit, shoved, slapped in totally non-emergent situations. By...

  14. Dropped out of CRNA school; back to ICU

    ILoveRatties posted a topic in General Nursing

    Title says it all. There'll be lots of explanation due, since I'm going back to my old unit. I'm not ashamed at all. Haven't worked at the bedside in 16 months. One thing I have to say, after the...

  15. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    ILoveRatties replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I did think that Ina Mae's approach/language was sort of weird, but I really liked 'rush of energy'. You are prob right about the acid! The last thing I would have wanted is to, ahem, do it with my...

  16. My 2 cents on natural birth/birth plans

    ILoveRatties replied to feebebe23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. You have a heart for birthing

  17. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    ILoveRatties replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know, WVUturtle, it's a shame, but apparently hasn't changed in at least 16 years, since I had my second child. Labor is a particularly hard time to have to stand up for yourself and your desires...

  18. Do birth plans grate on your nerves?

    ILoveRatties replied to cradlecrewer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had my second child in a birthing center and it was wonderful. It's too hard to want things a certain way while delivering in a hospital. So many of the nurses see you as a PIA and don't know how...

  19. Things I have learned to ask for when getting report from ER

    ILoveRatties replied to ANH_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, I call the ER for report when I am ready to get the pt. I try really hard to call them before they call me. I HATE IT when the ER pt shows up before I'm ready. I'm prob going to be with the...

  20. Error or Not an Error???

    ILoveRatties replied to ddgypsy's topic in Patient Medications

    I think Lunesta is actually extended release. I've seen those commercials that talk about helping you get to sleep, and then helping you stay asleep. That says extended release to

  21. Will I survive this?

    ILoveRatties replied to Imgettingthere's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Well, as an 'old' nurse, too, I think it is harder and takes longer to learn new things, especially tactile skills. And being stressed out doesn't help any. I see 2 options: go work on a neuro...

  22. Tell me what could have happened, and did I miss something?

    ILoveRatties replied to dorie43rn's topic in MICU, SICU

    I do not believe that an order of kayexelate is appropriate as a treatment of a new admit pt with a K of 6.4, even if given immediately. There are certainly quicker ways of getting the K down. Send...

  23. sometimes UPMC is just shameless

    ILoveRatties replied to oramar's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Not a cut....just a slowing of salary costs.

  24. cutbacks at WPAGH, anyone having personal experiences?

    ILoveRatties replied to oramar's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hey, K98, I probably know you. You work in the sicu at AGH right? I resigned in Aug 07 and am trying to come back. How are things going in the unit? PM

  25. Anyone attended previous Nurse anesthesia school and withdrawn

    ILoveRatties replied to suarc's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I withdrew after almost being half way done. Hard decision. I don't regret withdrawing. I regret choosing to attend. I regret the wasted learning, i.e., intubating, line insertion, inducing,...