BedsideNurse

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  1. Find some nursing podcasts and listen to them while you are doing whatever around the house, driving in the car, etc...Order a BLS book and read it cover to cover and go over scenarios and practice at...
  2. Med Surg Unit Admission Criteria

    Most inappropriate nurse-patient ratios or inappropriate floor scenarios boil down to bed control/lack of beds and it's basically "too bad" for nursing--and the patient. Parameters can help, but...
  3. Epinephrine error

    I knew a really good ED nurse that accidentally gave epi IV instead of SQ and the pt had significant tachycardia, became acutely unstable and had an MI. It sucked and they felt awful. Giving epi IV...
  4. (Glad you survived your term in Hell. :) I probably wouldn't have survived.
  5. How much did NP school prepare you?

    I'm not surprised about NP schools leaving NP's to scramble after they graduate; as usual, nursing school fails to teach the student what they actually need to know. Nursing programs, for whatever...
  6. Tips on makeup during clinicals?

    If you struggle with make coming off make up setting sprays can be a life saver. A few spritzes after your make up is done can drastically increase the number of hours your make up stays on. Also,...
  7. question about new job?

    Well, I have to say, even if doing more with less makes you a better nurse, it still can suck. I've worked in ICU's where nurses do everything but plunge the toilet; the peripheral lab draws, ABG's,...
  8. Should I resign or wait for being terminated?

    Well, obviously it was a colossal error in judgment to tell your boss in your 6th week of orientation that you plan to ask for a recommendation for CRNA school (understatement of the world). I can't...
  9. Maintaining Certification While Living Abroad

    You might be able to figure out your necessary hours by doing travel assignments stateside while you are there. ( If FNP's do
  10. What is 'Free water's effect?

    As the others said, free water is given to meet help meet fluid requirements. Also, free water boluses are sometimes given in effort to decrease a too high Na+
  11. Agree with CrunchRN; it will get better. Problem is you "can't phone it in." Translated: you have get some experience, and sometimes it just really sucks being new. Most everyone has felt like...
  12. Do you have a free charge nurse on your unit?

    12 dollars is what we get too; keep the change, right? I used to think, how about I pay $20 not to do it?! It's too much when stuff is going on. I hardly can get my own work done, much less worry...
  13. Your impression of a nurse working on an ambulance

    I've noticed that "snobbery" or whatever it is, and never understood it myself. I'm an ICU nurse of many years, but would never be able to handle the chaos of what EMS deals with and has to handle,...
  14. Using phones as a sitter-thoughts?

    I worked as a tech and had to sit occasionally, often mandatoried 11-7 after working an 8 hour 3-11 shift, after being up all day before I went in. They would allow us to bring a book or homework on...
  15. Being called a baby nurse

    As someone else mentioned, maybe she was venting, and then your statement rubbed her the wrong way, so she pushed back a little... I can see how it could happen; telling someone that *you* don't mind...
  16. So PACU isn't the only place old ICU nurses
  17. Experienced RN's cannot get new jobs!

    @glencovediva: I know what you mean; the dreaded "re entry nurse" label. You can be made to feel like the lowest life form in the nursing pool (and that is really no fun at all). I have had to deal...
  18. Why are so many nurses against unions?

    I've worked and union and nonunion hospitals and surprisingly, some of the worst staffing and floating policies I've had to live with was in the union hospitals. I've also made more money in non...
  19. You've Got To Be Kidding Me

    I am not anti LGBTQ, but if I'm admitting a critically ill patient to ICU and have to start asking about pronouns (after the 10 minute vaccination interrogation) I'll lose my
  20. NTI - Enteral Feeding Connector - No More Mess!

    I really like these; very nurse friendly. Small improvements but they actually make a difference & I make a lot less mess using
  21. NTI Highlights : What is that patient trying to say?

    That's is totally crazy. Never heard of it but really
  22. Feeling like an incompetent nurse

    I remember the first year/ year and a half, and it was the worst. It will get better, but it can be painful and it takes time. Get through the first year and you will feel a lot better about your...
  23. Older nurses

    I had to laugh a little when I read this question because the other day I had to go up to med surg to retrieve something they'd borrowed and I never go up there so I hadn't realized until I was up...
  24. What's up with ER traveler pay right now?!

    I'm reading much of these posts with a furrowed brow. You'd think ED nursing was easy or perfect for the new grad. I can't imagine working in the ED! I know I couldn't handle it; all the drunks,...
  25. Nursing is not what it is made out to be..

    I've tried on several occasions to sway unsuspecting friends and family members from going to nursing school. I hate to discourage people, but certainly there are better ways to make a living. :/...