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    Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    beckster_01 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    *Last night, while making my 51 year old patient feed herself her own pills (in applesauce)* Patient: I want you to do it for me! Me: You are perfectly capable of holding the spoon, you ate dinner by...
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    What's the easiest job you've ever had?

    beckster_01 replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at an ice cream shop in highschool. Get paid (or payed? ugh night shift...) while sneaking spoonfills of the best frozen custard in the city? Yes please :) Nursing job? Nothing, although I...
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    What gets in the way of nurses being healthy?

    beckster_01 replied to ElizabethScala1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I think the work environment has a huge impact on employee health. The majority of my coworkers are "health nuts," something that I think is very unique in the nursing world. Most of them run/work out...
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    Student RN

    beckster_01 replied to unsurestudent's topic in General Nursing

    I second that it would have been helpful to state where you were located in your OP. I was assuming that you weren't from the US based on your terminology, but it is hard to tell. You should know that...
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    From a student, to, hospital floor nurses...

    beckster_01 replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    I personally love to teach, and I love having students on the floor. Extra hands are always needed when I have a patient who is a 2-3 assist for ambulation. But there are a few things I wish that...
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    Silliest thing you ever did after a long shift...

    beckster_01 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    ^ happens to me all the time. I smack my forehead the whole drive
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    How do you handle this?

    beckster_01 replied to motownrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in the hospital, so if I can't get a hold of the resident on call after a couple tries, we overhead page them :) Nasty trick I know but it works. Plus neither of us have to get chewed out by...
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    young spring chickens or career changers?

    beckster_01 replied to Jmiami's topic in General Nursing

    It all depends on the type of person you are talking about. I am a young nurse- 23 y/o and have been working for over a year. I started nursing school fresh out of highschool and stuck with it, so...
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    Silliest thing you ever did after a long shift...

    beckster_01 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    A couple weeks ago I decided to run a 5k after drinking a large latte and working a 14 hour shift. Smart... I also tend to act like I am drunk after working a night shift, so I generally avoid...
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    Preceptor Pay

    beckster_01 replied to untamable07's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nope, it's in our job description. So is being charge btw. If I could get payed extra for being charge then I might be a little more proactive in pursuing that charge class this
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    V-tach/PVC question

    beckster_01 replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    We call them run PVC's on my floor, but our providers are very adamant that it is not and cannot be V-tach unless it is tachy. Less than 100bpm is NOT VT. I'm sure you can call it v-brady or slow VT...
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    A-fib protocol

    beckster_01 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just curious to find out what kind of protocol other hospitals have for treating rapid a-fib? I work on a cardiovascular surgery floor, and in the year that I have been there I swear I have heard 3...
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    A-fib protocol

    beckster_01 replied to beckster_01's topic in General Nursing

    ^ exactly, plus I wanted to know if there are other hospitals with more clear protocols with more positive effect. The intern who was on was a decent one (not our worst, not our best). She did consult...
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    Advice for student nurse regarding staff RN problem

    beckster_01 replied to RADIATION_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a newer nurse and work with TONS of students, so I can see where the OP is coming from. The first mistake was probably in your original approach to the nurse. When I am trying to see all of my...
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    How to tell you've worked too many shifts in a row

    beckster_01 replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Nursing Humor

    I did something similar last week. First, I work at a large university hospital. The shortest route to the parking lot is 10-15 minutes. However on nights/weekends we can park in the garage. The...
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    What are your favorite types of patients??

    beckster_01 replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My current favorite are the sarcastic old men with a good sense of humor :) I actually enjoy some of the "tougher" patients because I enjoy the challenge of trying to get them to see things in a...
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    RN TO PA

    beckster_01 replied to anhela's topic in General Nursing

    It's interesting to see the differences in each hospital. Where I work there is virtually no difference between a PA and an NP. On my floor we have 4 NP's who place pleural tubes, pull pacing wires,...
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    RN TO PA

    beckster_01 replied to anhela's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious, why are you choosing RN to PA instead of NP? It seems that it would be a smoother transition. Do NP's not do as much in the
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    Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    beckster_01 replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    I use saline flushes as eyedrops
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    How to tell you've worked too many shifts in a row

    beckster_01 replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Nursing Humor

    When you read the above post and sound out "oooorrraaanngeee" in your head before you realize that not only was it a joke, but you got it backwards
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    Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    beckster_01 replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    I swear, it shouldn't take medical knowledge, just common sense. How else do people assume we gather basic information about a patient's status? And do they really think that we would leave heavy...
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    Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    beckster_01 replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    The other day I had a patient who what EXTREMELY HOH. Like scream in his ear and he still might not hear you. I kept on going to my other patients room and screaming at them too until I noticed the...
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    did the Dr. have a right to scold this nurse?

    beckster_01 replied to Lurker011's topic in General Nursing

    I would have called a rapid response while I sternal rubbed the patient/checked for a pulse/got VS. The people on the RRT are the same people that would respond to a code, you just don't get the...
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    Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    beckster_01 replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm sure this has been mentioned, but over-analyzing every tv show I watch. e.g. I was catching up on NCIS today. On one of the episodes this guy walks into a hospital room, flips open a PCA pump and...
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    Who else love's their 12's?!

    beckster_01 replied to jnfRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love my 12's! When I first started I did 2 12's and 2 8's. My floor is so hectic that at the time most of my 8's turned into 10's rather quickly. 8 hours just is not enough time to deal with the...