Nobody can tell you to study yourself silly or dont study anymore and relax. It depends on how you process things. I didnt study, because the more i study, the more confused i get when it comes down...
A recently dead guy laying on the ground would still be warm for quite some time (unless of course, its cold outside). Because he was laying face down, would partially explain the coloring, because...
I went from behavioral health to ICU. Talk about baptism by fire. I didnt get it at first, but once you take ACLS, the whole picture really starts to come together. I also got a rhythm interpretation...
I think "taking the direct approach" will be taken more as confrontation. After years of experience, I never take what i get in report as the gospel truth. I always make a round as soon as report is...
Well, I am currently a 16 year LPN (which is actually a nurse and not a precursor to being a nurse...common mistake of new grad RN's who actually think there is a difference other than pay scale). I...
el_peon replied to noellepage2000's topic in General Nursing
I worked ICU for a long time and we had the reputation of "eating our young". You have to have thicker skin and a stronger backbone. Its a high stress area, and people deal with stress differently. It...
Anonymous notes usually get the file 13, because they cant be backed up or checked into. If youre going to be gutsy enough to write a letter, be gutsy enough to sign your name to
el_peon replied to KourtneiNurse's topic in Nursing Career
My experience was a bit different. I worked about 6 months med / surg when i first graduated. Then the hospital did a bit of re-organization and the last hired were the first to have to find somewhere...
The ICU i worked in had open visitation, so we had a constant revolving door of visitors. Yet again, administration wanted to make everyone happy. Doesnt matter that its not whats BEST for the...
I once worked in a facility that had trackers on your badges. I was once asked why i had spent so much time in the bathroom one night (it was something like a total of 13.4 minutes). I had to explain...
In the ICU that i worked in, you could see all of the beds from the station except one. That one had a camera in it with a monitor at the desk. The assistants had been giving the little guy a bath and...
I had just arrived for my shift in ICU, and was given the first patient. I got report from Endo, who told me "she has esophageal varicies" So, i'm thinking " and that makes her an ICU patient...
That's hillarious !!! And right on target. Unfortunately, you cant fix her. Theres nothing you can tell her that will make her feel better, because i'm sure she feels that you are just telling her...
Why would you go to a doctor you dont trust? After all, you are trusting them with you LIFE. Ask around and get some recommendations if you dont know of someone else you'd like to