PostOpPrincess

PostOpPrincess BSN, RN

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

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  1. Maslows Doesn't apply here?

    PostOpPrincess replied to IcanHealYou's topic in General Nursing

    Let's make this simpler: Patient is Awake, alert = reflexes intact = airway, breathing = intact High Sugar = high fluid loss = decreased intravascular volume...always a priority unless above is...

  2. Nurses on strike-is it even possible?

    PostOpPrincess replied to braddah's topic in General Nursing

    This is simple for me; nurses strike, surgeries get cancelled, no money coming into hospitals. .... I am in a different position as must of "my" patients wouldn't become mine unless they were...

  3. Lowest labs?

    PostOpPrincess replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    Patient had no issues with 7.6? ...was that

  4. Being a preceptor blows

    PostOpPrincess replied to RoyalNurse's topic in General Nursing

    HOVER and document. SHE NEEDS

  5. Does your area have a low patient census?

    PostOpPrincess replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Census is normal; higher on some/certain days. My hospital is not hiring new grads only experienced nurses. I had 15 hours of OT (NOT ASKED FOR just accumulated from patients coming out late and call...

  6. Bullying in nursing

    PostOpPrincess replied to garro's topic in General Nursing

    If you exude self-confidence and a "you can't mess with me attitude--i.e assertive, NOT AGGRESSIVE--regardless of their position (CEO or MD or whatever) people will not mess with you. It's all in the...

  7. I can't handle it when kittens die...how can I be a nurse?

    PostOpPrincess replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

    Best for you to do some volunteering in NICU. A death in NI can be

  8. True? --> "RN's Can Work 3Days/Wk And Make A Good Salary!"

    PostOpPrincess replied to ArtisticAthlete's topic in General Nursing

    South Florida here; not a new grad ---6 figures, no overtime Call once every 6 weeks;I work 4 days a week. Can make an extra 10,000 To fifteen with structured

  9. Questioning the Decision of Nursing

    PostOpPrincess replied to ChihuahuaMamaX2's topic in General Nursing

    I have to disagree with Leslie, although with much respect. I think that eventually the shortage will come back and with full force. If Obama's healthcare reform passes and we have an onslaught of...

  10. New Job found, but would you stay???

    PostOpPrincess replied to bunnie004's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is her (truly) first taste of the "reality" versus the ideal of school. I think she is definitely in transition and is probably getting over the initial shock of "wait a minute, that's not...

  11. Nurses in my Family, but None Are Helping Me

    PostOpPrincess replied to MedNurse2k's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. If that is the case with you, then you know not to do the same. I feel bad for you; I had people who tried to pull me down, but I had many more who supported me and encouraged me to go on....

  12. Sure signs your pt. is sick

    PostOpPrincess replied to danger's topic in Emergency

    Go with your gut. Don't dismiss complaints. INVESTIGATE (caught an MI before when a diabetic woman complained of pinky pain in the RIGHT HAND). OBSERVE: Alertness, changes in patterns of breathing,...

  13. Sure signs your pt. is sick

    PostOpPrincess replied to danger's topic in Emergency

    I am thinking he wants to catch them before they end up on

  14. Sure signs your pt. is sick

    PostOpPrincess replied to danger's topic in Emergency

    True, but another late

  15. Be Tough or Wimp Out?

    PostOpPrincess replied to maggieslove1976's topic in General Nursing

    Don't pretend you know something if you don't. Practice SAFELY. Good

  16. Nurses in my Family, but None Are Helping Me

    PostOpPrincess replied to MedNurse2k's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you tell them exactly what you wrote here? I can't figure out why they wouldn't WANT to help you unless they are extremely busy. Perhaps the best thing to do is open channels of...

  17. Adult Children of Alcoholic...does your childhood effect your career?

    PostOpPrincess replied to JVRB4's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps it is because the nature of the profession itself? I know many nurses who have very negative experiences in their past and it becomes obvious in the way they deal with their patients, the...

  18. If healthcare reform resulted in salary caps of $40k for nurses would you stay?

    PostOpPrincess replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    EXACTLY what I've been looking for. Thank you; I will peruse and get back to you

  19. If healthcare reform resulted in salary caps of $40k for nurses would you stay?

    PostOpPrincess replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    Hahah--you have no choice....hahahahahah....YOU may have no choice; but I do. Two weeks notice and out the door. I have other choices. Mama always told me to

  20. Adult Children of Alcoholic...does your childhood effect your career?

    PostOpPrincess replied to JVRB4's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you get the help you need so that you will be able to have peace in your life. Good luck to

  21. PBS Frontline documentary on our current healthcare system. Discuss.

    PostOpPrincess replied to Agrippa's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Another thing, and I would like a straight answer. Does anyone ANYWHERE know what is in this bill? Does anyone, anywhere have any of it? It would be good if someone could post it. I also mean to add...

  22. Sure signs your pt. is sick

    PostOpPrincess replied to danger's topic in Emergency

    Apnea is a very late

  23. PBS Frontline documentary on our current healthcare system. Discuss.

    PostOpPrincess replied to Agrippa's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You don't get it, do you? I don't control everything in my life--that's why I can cope. You see, I can't change the world--I know that. I don't try and change anything I cannot--i.e. people's...

  24. PBS Frontline documentary on our current healthcare system. Discuss.

    PostOpPrincess replied to Agrippa's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ah, and that is where we differ; Stalin and Hitler were, in my opine, inherently evil and not fixable--hence someone we couldn't control. Fix them? Just like the mini Iranian prez who wants to make...

  25. PBS Frontline documentary on our current healthcare system. Discuss.

    PostOpPrincess replied to Agrippa's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am well; believe it or not, I am probably one of the few people on this earth not medicated and coping well--even after 18 years of being a nurse. Must be the pragmatism in me.