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  1. Small inpatient surgical center question---(afraid to ask in interview!)

    nervousnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi....I have an interview to work at a busy (mostly) outpatient surgical center that has ten beds for overnight patients (this particular position is for overnights). I have MANY questions to ask in...

  2. Bad night last night

    nervousnurse replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    WOW, I'm sorry your night was SO bad, and sorry about your patient dying....(((HUGS!))) Then to top it off, your charge nurse makes that comment----- Like you said, you kept your cool...it's not...

  3. Small inpatient surgical center question---(afraid to ask in interview!)

    nervousnurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you to everyone that answered.....as I said, I do NOT have ICU or PACU experience, and a patient going "bad" does frighten me! JoPACURN---thank you for the advice on taking a Critical Care...

  4. Small inpatient surgical center question---(afraid to ask in interview!)

    nervousnurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, Halinja!! You answered ALL my questions soo well! I had no idea about any of these things!!! It ALL makes MUCH more sense now! I think I would LOVE this job----I wonder if they'll hire...

  5. Flushing/heparinizing PICC line before and after peak and trough?

    nervousnurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your replies! Very

  6. Flushing/heparinizing PICC line before and after peak and trough?

    nervousnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi! first I have to say, I ALWAYS read our policy and procedure book for anything I'm not familiar with, but THIS particular issue is NOT addressed in our book, so I just asked the charge nurse, since...

  7. Eclipes Blackout Curtians

    nervousnurse replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I've always just worn a black sleep mask----but you may not like this, and I've talked to MANY peeps who do NOT like having the mask over their eyes.....OMG, it is my LIFESAVER!!! -and also, here are...

  8. Majority of a Nurses Job is Charting? What is your day like?

    nervousnurse replied to Keptonkurtis's topic in General Nursing

    Ughh.....unfortunately where I work, they think it's the 1950's again and we HAVE to do a lot of NARRATIVE charing!!:angryfire OMG, and don't EVEN get me started on the MULTITUDE of paperwork for a...

  9. Too Smart for Rehab Nursing

    nervousnurse replied to Lola77's topic in Rehabilitation

    I have to agree with EVERYTHING everyone else has already said..... And I'll add a couple more stories you can tell people who want to cut you down!!! I admitted a 75-yr.-old lady recently for a "LEFT...

  10. What are your "I'm a nurse, I can do this (totally unrelated)" things?

    nervousnurse replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    Often, I find myself using this expression! If something tough comes us, I'll say "If I used to be able to handle tiny babies that stopped breathing, I can do ANYTHING!" and last winter, it was...

  11. Stress related near breakdown

    nervousnurse replied to inthesouthrn's topic in Health, Stress Management

    (((((((HUGS))))))))))) to you! I am so sorry you have THIS much stress! Not just the job, but also the stress of carrying the insurance, I can only imagine how much extra strain that puts on you!...

  12. Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

    nervousnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, but with our severe nursing shortage, it just HACKS ME OFF when our patients complain about their foreign nurses having an accent. Sometimes I just want to say "yknow what.....be glad you...

  13. Coworkers that SLEEP on the job....arrrggghh!!!

    nervousnurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    (OP here)....thank you to everyone who responded so far.....there is something I'd like to add----I think it would be GREAT if naps were allowed, IF that is something that would help people to feel...

  14. Coworkers that SLEEP on the job....arrrggghh!!!

    nervousnurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, I am seriously considering a nice anonymous letter ....but again, will they REALLY do anything? Maybe...? This one girl sleeps on and off throughout the shift, saying how she only got two hours...

  15. Dangerous nurses

    nervousnurse replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A know-it-all, I'm certified in this, I'm certified in that, and oh....did I tell you I'm certified in this, too!?! I was BRAND NEW and had never flushed a PICC line....I read the policy, and sure...

  16. How is it like to work on a rehabilitation center?

    nervousnurse replied to male_nurse22's topic in Rehabilitation

    I work in a free-standing rehab hospital. We do not have a lot of IVs and Central Lines, but occasionally we do, and about once a week, we might have a blood transfusion. Our patients are there for...

  17. I'm changing from nursing to medical transcription

    nervousnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi.......I just took a course in Medical Transcription, after practicing nursing almost ten years......Has anyone ever known a nurse to go into this field? I am excited that I won't have the awful...

  18. Scary scary thing on my FIRST day!!!

    nervousnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Patient had a hgb of 9, wheezing and crackles. We start infusing blood. A doc that doesn't know a THING about this patient comes in to tell him he'll be doing his colonoscopy tomorrow. Tells my...

  19. Do regular "newborn nurseries" still exist?

    nervousnurse posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi, I used to work in "regular" newborn nursery and NICU, but in the past several years, I've been working with adults, so I'm out of this loop...... it seems the trend is NO "well baby" nursery...

  20. Anyone had foot/heel/achilles surgery....I'm SO scared!

    nervousnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi....I am sooo curious how many of you will respond! I have a LARGE protruding bone spur on my posterior heel, plus achilles tendonitis. It does NOT hurt all the time, but on the days it...

  21. Nurses showing up late for work.

    nervousnurse replied to justmanda's topic in General Nursing

    wow, sorry that happened to you! Our charge nurses would've happily said "go home and take care of your children" and they would've taken report AND cared for the patients a while without...

  22. 75 mcg Fentanyl patch a day early on lethargic patient?

    nervousnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello.....I am VERY curious what others will say about this....!!! I went to put a new 75mcg Fentanyl patch on a new admit who was LETHARGIC, (ordered Q 3 days) but realized the one she already had on...

  23. 75 mcg Fentanyl patch a day early on lethargic patient?

    nervousnurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all the feedback....I guess I could have just put the new patch on! I should've explained that she had just been through her first day of PT and OT, (she is post laminectomy) ---she was...

  24. daily baths?

    nervousnurse replied to organdonor's topic in Rehabilitation

    Hi, Bathing is also a major problem in our facility and one of the reasons is people FORGET TO CHART THEM! Lately we have had MAJOR complaints from family members, also! We have no proof it it...

  25. new to acute rehab...how is it different from med-surg/ortho?

    nervousnurse replied to dee_nurse1's topic in Rehabilitation

    I've just completed a year in rehab, and I call it "med-surg without all the IVs".....:) I've noticed in the past few months what others are saying about patients being sicker and NOT good candidates...