pedsrnjc

pedsrnjc

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  1. APA Rant by RN

    pedsrnjc posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I am an RN working on my BSN. This is a vent. Oh how I hate APA, if I never get my BSN it will be because of APA. It's not that I don't understand the need for information to be organized in a uniform...

  2. What is the one piece of advice you wish you could tell yourself as a nursing student

    pedsrnjc replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    Practice using S-BAR alot; it will help you not sound stupid. Practice using it to explain everyday issues to your family, practice using it when talking with classmates, make it come so natural that...

  3. Can't ever really leave nursing, can I?

    pedsrnjc posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello Everyone, I've worked in LTC and pediatric home health. I was fired from pediatric home health because the family didn't think I knew what I was doing. I was trying to give the family a sense of...

  4. Can't ever really leave nursing, can I?

    pedsrnjc replied to pedsrnjc's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone, I really needed to hear some kind words. I'm probably not leaving nursing, but having the summer off sounds very pleasant. So...beach days for me! I have thought about Hospice,...

  5. An upset elderly patient...

    pedsrnjc replied to caregiver1977's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't mind your being here. Not giving medical advice, but as long term care is now, from my short perspective, I wouldn't want that either. I would want my family to look into home health first. Of...

  6. nurses with bipolar?

    pedsrnjc replied to mary1993's topic in General Nursing

    I know a nurse with bipolar and she is a nurse I would want caring for me and mine. She is compliant with her treatment. I also know nurses with depression, anxiety and panic attacks. I think you need...

  7. How often does this REALLY happen?!

    pedsrnjc replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I just put in a late note, unless it's critical, then I call and go back (once in my almost two years as a nurse have I gone back and I probably didn't need to, but CYA,

  8. Would YOU recommend to a friend/family member, etc..

    pedsrnjc replied to digoe74's topic in Nursing Career

    To family and friends: Regardless of the economy, if it's a calling, go for it, just know it might be hard to find a job in the area you want to work in. If you want to get rich, be a bank

  9. Nursing Dx: Noncompliance of healthy lifestyle choices

    pedsrnjc replied to jsapphire's topic in General Nursing

    Love this, sometimes we have to spend a little time fixing ourselves.

  10. Appalled at LTC standards of nursing care

    pedsrnjc replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Kudos to LTC nurses, it stinks. Nascar nurse explained things very well. As far as the falls go, you have to learn how to assess whether there is a fracture or not. Your assessment skills will...

  11. Any nurses out there willing to be interviewed?

    pedsrnjc replied to ChooSoul's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone else remember high school? Quit flaming the poor kid. Yes, OP should talk to a nurse in person, but I know very few people who actually applied themselves in high school. I didn't and I could...

  12. What would you do if your family member were doing drugs?

    pedsrnjc replied to BabyCatchr's topic in General Nursing

    I've been there with my husband too, he only smoked pot in the garage, and never had a stash around (except, I persume, in the garage.) but I asked him if he was happy with the amount of money I make,...

  13. This drug I give...

    pedsrnjc posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    There is this drug I give to patients, it's called Visteral/Atarax/hydroxizine, pretty sure I spelled them wrong, it was a long night shift. The drug is named Visteral if my patient is having trouble...

  14. Rode up on first accident outside of hospital....

    pedsrnjc replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would highly reccomend TNCC for every nurse, we all see accidents, whether it's the nursing home resident who falls and develops a pneumothroax or seeing a kid and dad get hit by a car, it's the...

  15. I gave the last dose...

    pedsrnjc posted a topic in General Nursing

    It was a rough night last night. The resident was one I had worked with for years and I loved that resident. I had never seen that much mottling. Family was at bedside. Resipirations 60. Unresponsive....

  16. Do you think the CDC is biased?

    pedsrnjc replied to Tait's topic in Patient Education

    Asystole, I agree with you totally that some people just need a conspiracy with everything, but it scares me that some people don't get vaccinated, because sometimes vaccines fail. With vaccines we...

  17. I gave the last dose...

    pedsrnjc replied to pedsrnjc's topic in General Nursing

    I had tried to get morphine for this guy, because I really believe that having every single organ shut down has to be painful, regardless of the disease. When they're unresponsive, I think that they...

  18. Parkinsons and Haldol

    pedsrnjc replied to Pd Advocate's topic in Patient Medications

    Wow...my brain hurts a little, but this was great education. I think of my PD residents right now and their PRNs and I think they're ok, but I will be double checking tomorrow when I go to work. I...

  19. If you are or were a single mother of 2, which program would you choose?

    pedsrnjc replied to nvsmom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Have you ever read "The grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck? I would be careful relocating out of state, in state you can be assured of public assistance if things go bad. Nursing is a saturated market...

  20. employee loyalty and whistleblowing

    pedsrnjc replied to zalbayrak's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The survey doesn't

  21. Todays Most annoying pt award goes to....

    pedsrnjc replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure I've cared for this lady. Did she just fly in from the US over the weekend? As far as I know she's still at my facility, but she did seem like she was on the way out either heaven or...

  22. Nursing Diagnosis

    pedsrnjc replied to healthstar's topic in General Nursing

    This was so ugly and mean from all posters. Reading this thread was like driving past a car accident with blood and guts all over the road; you want to look away, but

  23. Where can I get some more of this? TNCC rocks!!

    pedsrnjc posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for about 18 months. I work in Long Term Care (LTC), my dream is to be an ER nurse, but the job market stinks and I'm not ready yet...so here's my story: I wanted to make myself...

  24. What's eating me-theories and professionalism

    pedsrnjc posted a topic in General Nursing

    There are 6-100 different nursing theories, my classmates think this is a good thing. No wonder it's hard for nurses to be viewed as "professionals" when we can't even agree on a theory on which to...

  25. What's eating me-theories and professionalism

    pedsrnjc replied to pedsrnjc's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you, but maybe it's a personality thing, or maybe I'm at too low of a level of thinking to work on my BSN, but I want information I can use, tonight when I go into work. I'm pretty sure I use...