PostOpPrincess

PostOpPrincess BSN, RN

M/S, MICU, CVICU, SICU, ER, Trauma, NICU

Member

  • Content

    2,211

  • Visitors

    14,073

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    18

All Content by PostOpPrincess

  1. 100% pro-life, considering nursing school

    PostOpPrincess replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    There are many hospitals who promote and support people's beliefs. It's doable. I've had an occasion or two where a patient required an abortion, for the PATIENT'S SAKE....I switched assignments. I...

  2. Clinical Decision Units

    PostOpPrincess replied to Medic2RN's topic in Emergency

    We call them Transitional/Observation Units. The unit is staffed separately from ED RNs. I've done ED before, and I only like the fast pace. I couldn't stand it if I were forced to go to an area...

  3. Horrible hospital experience!

    PostOpPrincess replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    That's why I am confused. Was the floor nurse also the RR nurse? That's the way it sounds like in the post. Your dad should've come up with minimized pain. Radical pros hurt a LOT. He shouldn't...

  4. Insecure new grad and urgent care orientation. Your thoughts please?

    PostOpPrincess replied to MissBrittanyRN's topic in Emergency

    Good luck to you, you sound like a very level-headed person. I think it is just a matter of time. Keep

  5. Pain is not a "vital sign"

    PostOpPrincess replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    This post makes me think that if a nurse thinks that pain is not as important as a fifth vital sign, methinks one isn't a good nurse...I could be wrong. But that instantly comes to

  6. I cant start IV's!

    PostOpPrincess replied to Creamsoda's topic in Emergency

    Go to pre-op for a day (busy surgery center with 40 or more cases). You will be good by the end of the day. At least in the technique--now on trauma patients--that's going to be a different story....

  7. Insecure new grad and urgent care orientation. Your thoughts please?

    PostOpPrincess replied to MissBrittanyRN's topic in Emergency

    I think that getting a job in the hospital would be the best way for you, being so new. I am concerned that you will be missing very subtle things that only come with experience. Personally, I do not...

  8. Pain is not a "vital sign"

    PostOpPrincess replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    That is why I am saying you should do some time in a PACU. There are definitive signs besides just the other "four vital signs" that indicate a patient is in pain, albeit subtle. Your experience...

  9. Horrible hospital experience!

    PostOpPrincess replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Your dad went straight from surgery to the floor, bypassing the recovery

  10. Pain is not a "vital sign"

    PostOpPrincess replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps time in a post surgical unit or an oncology floor may widen your horizons. Your perspective is based on one area alone. Please consider going through a PACU, post transplant area, or even a...

  11. Quick Pain question

    PostOpPrincess replied to rita.kumar83's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would be wise to add that this experience is because of your exposure in the ER? I do not think this applies to ALL areas, as post-surgical pain is treated very differently related to the...

  12. Quick Pain question

    PostOpPrincess replied to rita.kumar83's topic in General Nursing

    I must disagree. The best way to find out about pain is taking a pain management course. There are many, many differences in taking care of patients who are opiate-naive versus those who are not...

  13. I have a question if anyone will answer it! thanks!

    PostOpPrincess replied to TCLA's topic in General Nursing

    In this economy, that applies to those nurses with vast

  14. Letter Campaign to Oprah regarding the so called "Nursing Shortage"

    PostOpPrincess replied to darcicat's topic in General Nursing

    You should have various points of view, especially from those who are experienced. I will be honest with you. I do not have trouble finding a job. I have multiple years of experience in different...

  15. Nurse pressured to admin IV lasix by DON w/o notifying MD

    PostOpPrincess replied to karenesn's topic in General Nursing

    NEVER take an order from someone who is going out of his/her scope of practice.

  16. Nurse Residency Programs: An Essential Requirement for Nursing

    PostOpPrincess replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    I understand. I mean the minute I was a GN, I had patients and was on my own in ONE month. By the last semester of nursing school, I either made it or not. My prof was a former army major. I think...

  17. Ladies, Can you wear your hair down at work?

    PostOpPrincess replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

    Hair away from face and gross patient stuff. Common sense if you ask

  18. Small, rural hospital: OR RN's recovering their own patients

    PostOpPrincess replied to wilbur1's topic in PACU

    Please do yourself a favor before you get into BIG trouble. Visit ASPAN.org for the standards of practice. Do it

  19. Med school for experienced CRNA?

    PostOpPrincess replied to SpouseofChicagoCRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This post is ironic. All of the MD-Anesthesia where I work in the PACU wish they had gone to CRNA school instead of med school. They even told their children not to bother going to med school-be a...

  20. Nurse Residency Programs: An Essential Requirement for Nursing

    PostOpPrincess replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

    I don't get it. I guess I'm just too thick headed. I had 1 month as a new grad, with a bunch of different preceptors. Never on the same shift--yeah, that was 17 years ago--on a cardiac, telemetry...

  21. HELP!!! Need advice to critical think at work!!

    PostOpPrincess replied to esthomprn's topic in General Nursing

    Confidence is down? Good, in a way. You can now be taught. Look, I will be blunt. You need more time. You need more time with basics. You need more time to remember. Does that make you a bad...

  22. I Wish I was a Real Nurse not a LPN

    PostOpPrincess replied to Nure Emi's topic in General Nursing

    I wish that I had a magic wand to take away the bad feelings you have about being an LPN. I don't know you, I don't know your skills, but you are a human being, and I hope that you will be able to...

  23. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    PostOpPrincess replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Even my hospital system uses Watson. Their problem is that they didn't take the generational differences into

  24. How to balance things thru nursing school -for those who have partners, spouses, etc.

    PostOpPrincess replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    Could be just me answering this way--I think it has a lot to do with being older and not having time for BS. Shape up, ship out. You have a goal? Is that more important? Let it be so. Tell him you...

  25. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    PostOpPrincess replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    You can be a nurse without the theory. But to be a good nurse? Yeah, empathy and caring is a must. If you're in it for the "money", it