RaziRN

RaziRN

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  1. Question about perfume/cologne

    RaziRN replied to Despareux's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh. I do not wear perfume at work nor did I wear it in school during clinicals. I have all the other days of my life to wear perfume. I bathe with a scented body wash but that's it. I've only ever...

  2. Small nose piercings at work?

    RaziRN replied to SarahAnn10's topic in General Nursing

    You can wear retainers in HEALED piercings which is what I did for nursing school and my instructors were none the wiser. But this was a piercing of my inner ear cartilage (daith piercing) and was not...

  3. Did you always know you wanted to be a nurse?

    RaziRN replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. In fact I wanted to be a vetirinarian. I actually never thought I would want to help people as I've always been shy. In my sophomore year of high school I took a class called Early Child...

  4. How could I have handled this better?

    RaziRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I know I'm probably going to be torn a new one for this but I need some advice on how I could have handled this situation better. I already feel like a *terrible* nurse because of it so please...

  5. How could I have handled this better?

    RaziRN replied to RaziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you everyone for your replies. To the poster that mentioned hospice: The day shift had told me that they had brought the family and doctor in to try to convince this lady she needed treatment...

  6. Hepatic encephalopathy

    RaziRN replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    Just wanted to thank you for the clarification. I had a pt. this week with HE and he had been getting lactulose enemas daily and lactulose 60 ml PO and was still lethargic and only A&O to self. He...

  7. What hours do you work?

    RaziRN replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    I work 7p-7a and my unit does self-sheduling. I usually don't request anything specific and just work whenever they schedule me. Lately my schedule has been two days on and then 2-3 days off. I like...

  8. prioritization

    RaziRN replied to cardiaccancer29's topic in General Nursing

    I think DHF is decompensated heart failure? I could be wrong but that's my best guess. OP, what was the right answer? I'm curious to know as I'm a new grad and think it's important to work on...

  9. How many nurses?

    RaziRN replied to StL_Momma27's topic in General Nursing

    We usually have five to seven. I;ve never seen less than four. Six is the average

  10. Do you answer your phone on your day off?

    RaziRN replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

    No, I never answer my phone anyway...but my job is already sucking the life out of me and I can barely force myself to go in on my scheduled days. After about three No's I think management got the...

  11. Odd rituals at work

    RaziRN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    At the beginning of my shift after I receive report I stuff my left pocket with my phone for the shift, saline flushes, alcohol swabs and those little red caps for the ends of unused IV tubing. My...

  12. Charting

    RaziRN replied to AlynnSN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the

  13. Charting

    RaziRN replied to AlynnSN's topic in General Nursing

    I could be wrong but just because a pt. is blind doesn't mean that their pupils don't react to light. In any case, their pupils should be equal if their neurological status is intact. They should also...

  14. Awesome day -I, a lowly RN student "helped" deliver a baby!

    RaziRN replied to HealerWoman's topic in General Students

    Yay! Good job! So how many children does this woman have? She must be a multip to have gone so

  15. What work background gives you the greatest chance of working in L&D?

    RaziRN replied to cheesewhiz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was told by the director of OB to get a year of med/surg experience and then come apply to OB. So here I am truckin' along in a job I hate so that I maybe just might have a chance of getting into OB...

  16. IS IT TOO DIFFICULT TO TAKE A & P 1 and CHEMISTRY 101 AT THE SAME TIME???

    RaziRN replied to LILYROSE11's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took chem, A&P I and algebra all in one semester with a documented learning disability in math. I utilized all the resources that I could. I got a tutor for chemistry and established good...

  17. Get it off your chest! What's the rudest thing a doctor ever said to you?

    RaziRN replied to vhern246's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, that would have made me FURIOUS! Because, you know I just sit around twiddling my thumbs waiting to annoy the busy doctors. Not! Gah, I'm willing to say we're just as busy if not busier than the...

  18. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    RaziRN replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    I really shouldn't have tried eating while reading this thread.

  19. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    RaziRN replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    Yeast infections on the skin.....you know...in fat folds.

  20. LUKAS compressor/resuscitation device

    RaziRN replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    Me too roser! I was like "What is that thingy?....it's so cool!" Of course my hospital is too poor to ever have

  21. To All Female Nurses ????

    RaziRN replied to xGuYx's topic in General Nursing

    I love male nurses. So far I have found them fun to work with. They're no nonsense, no gossip, get the job done type of people. I also appreciate their natural upper body strength when moving a heavy...

  22. How old were you. when you become RN?

    RaziRN replied to Prado's topic in General Nursing

    21 ADN

  23. What is your splurge?

    RaziRN replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    Books, fitness magazines and music or audiobooks for my

  24. what I wish I could say to my AAOX3 patients!

    RaziRN replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    Just because there is an unoccupied bed in the same room as your loved one does not mean that you can commandeer that bed for yourself. That bed is there for other sick people and now we have to waste...

  25. Better Glimpse into the ED "Chaos"

    RaziRN replied to PatMac10,RN's topic in General Nursing

    OP, thank you for sharing your experience! I'm glad to hear that you had a good clinical rotation shadowing. It sounds like the nurse you were working with is a wonderful teacher. I wish you the best...