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whichone'spink BSN, RN

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  1. When celebs stop by to say hi

    whichone'spink replied to adventure_rn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lame, but I don't know about exploitation. I like Kristin Wiig and Kate McKinnon (the one in the glasses in the above pic, she is even funnier than Kristin Wiig on SNL) but that was just stupid and...

  2. Pt asks: Is my surgeon any good? Your response is...

    whichone'spink replied to CrunchBerries's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A lot of this for me would be situational. Most patients are not that medically savvy, and may not have had any type of surgery before. Those are the patients I will lie to about a bad surgeon, and...

  3. How Important is it that your patients and their families like you?

    whichone'spink replied to Soliloquy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thankfully I don't have to give as much of a crap about patients and family liking me. For one, the PACU restricts family visitation barring extenuating circumstances. And the patient's themselves...

  4. Being taken advantage off-I should have handled this better

    whichone'spink posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a situation over this weekend that is still bothering me, and I am ashamed of myself for not standing up and for letting others cross firm boundaries. So, I recently took a weekend PACU...

  5. What did you do when you got burnt out?

    whichone'spink replied to dreamer30's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I changed jobs from med-surg to PACU weekend status. On Saturdays and Sundays I am the only person there unless I need to call in the on-call nurse. I like not seeing anybody's stupid face for hours...

  6. Am I the only one that's done this?

    whichone'spink replied to Trama_junky's topic in General Nursing

    How can one draw blood or start an IV on yourself. You need two hands to start an IV on someone else. I can't imagine the issues with starting one on yourself. I couldn't do it anyway because I...

  7. What I learned this week (7/11/15)

    whichone'spink replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I feel the same way every time a certain anesthesiologist is on call with me. I also learnt I will never ever feel comfortable working with this certain anesthesiologist and I'm okay with that....

  8. Do you get really nervous before a shift?

    whichone'spink replied to j0yegan's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Not anymore. I've been working in PACU for nearly 3 months now and I don't have too much anxiety, not like I did when I worked in ER and med-surg. I work weekends and on Saturday and Sunday I'm the...

  9. Have you ever fainted 😕

    whichone'spink replied to KMarieD's topic in General Nursing

    I help the anesthesiologists with nerve blocks and I still get nervous when I look at the needle they use to insert into the skin to get to the nerve. Never have fainted, and that is a good thing...

  10. What I learned this week (6/27)...

    whichone'spink replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Metylene blue, isn't that what Walter White used to make his

  11. Nurses, how do you view your job?

    whichone'spink replied to 8*P23J's topic in General Nursing

    In the end, it's just a job to me. It's a job that requires more than any other job, because with no other job are you required to care for another person's well-being. But at the end of the day,...

  12. How to perform CPR on a hospital bed?

    whichone'spink replied to BlueDawnRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I had a patient of mine code, I put the head down (somehow the CPR lever on the bed did not work) and started compressions. And the mattress was a dolphin mattress, one we use for patients at...

  13. You should know better

    whichone'spink replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    -I struggle with a sweet tooth. -I don't have a primary care provider still, it's been 4 years. I don't really care to, as I don't trust any doctor in the company I work for, and privacy laws for...

  14. What to Expect - Root Cause Analysis

    whichone'spink replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Why does your manager want to initiate a RCA? There is no need. The patient was quite elderly and sometimes when a very elderly patient is admitted, even if they were functional beforehand, they...

  15. Is this a new trend?

    whichone'spink replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    This is definitely not a trend in the two hospitals I have worked

  16. This week, I have learned..... (6/13)

    whichone'spink replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learnt that you can learn some things even from doctors you wouldn't trust to take care of a houseplant, let alone you or your loved one. He said it's the good providers that make mistakes and get...

  17. Importance (or not) of social ties in workplace

    whichone'spink replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I find it difficult to socialize with people outside of work because I live in a city where people have lived there for years and have known each other since they were young. And a lot of nurses also...

  18. Nurses against Narcotic Abuse

    whichone'spink replied to RoyalNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've received lectures on pain and pain control, and so-called myths, and I've heard the line that most patients will not get addicted to pain medication. May be true, but I think the number of...

  19. I just got hired as an emergency department scribe. Doable with Nursing School?

    whichone'spink replied to Miss Infermiera2b's topic in General Students

    I did the same thing, and yes it was doable. I had very flexible hours. And it's a great job because you get to see how doctors work. I found that very helpful later when I started working as a...

  20. giving D50 for hyperkalemia

    whichone'spink replied to NurseT88's topic in Patient Medications

    It's hard to push all that sludge but it's best just to push it. It ends up being over 5 minutes

  21. As a single nurse were you able to buy a home?

    whichone'spink replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Nursing

    I did, with lots of help with the down payment, and lots of help to build a deck, fence, landscape etc. Now I can pay the bills, but barely. I often cut it close and am not able to save too much to...

  22. Schools push APRN immediately-$$

    whichone'spink replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    This is why I want to do something different. Too many NPs will make it difficult to find a job, just like when I first graduated. I hope nursing informatics does not become a dead field like nurse...

  23. I Love Night Shift

    whichone'spink replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    I currently started on PACU on weekend days although for training I am working 8 hour day shifts on weekdays. But the only way I will work on the floor again is on night shift only. I don't do well...

  24. Extra Shifts.. are they worth it?

    whichone'spink replied to NGYSUN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It's not worth it. You won't earn that much extra in your paychecks because most of it will go towards taxes, and your paychecks end up being the same amount as if you just worked your scheduled...

  25. Guidance on Staffing Models Please

    whichone'spink replied to Clever_Alias's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is why we need laws to set minimum staffing ratios. If we leave it up to individual companies whose sole intent is to make a profit, of course they'll cut whatever is a drain on their bottom...