UnbrokenRN09

UnbrokenRN09 BSN

Cardiac step-down, PICC/Midline insertion

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  1. Are you good at charting in "real time?"

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to Ativan's topic in General Nursing

    Real time charting just isn't very realistic unless you have a computer at the bedside. Depending on how complex your charting system works, it may not be time efficient even if one is available. If...

  2. Help!..I need some nursing advice

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to coffeebean13's topic in Nursing Career

    Nursing is stressful, but you also have no experience and haven't had any training. I'm sure it seemed very intimidating. Once you jump in and get your feet wet and have some knowledge, you will look...

  3. First Code

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to Twinmom06's topic in General Nursing

    It's normal to feel that way after a code, especially under those kind of circumstances. I would be more worried if you didn't feel like that! It sounds like to me you didn't do anything wrong. Other...

  4. Floated to Tele, no experience...

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to RNewbie's topic in Cardiac

    I also do some agency work. My agency has a policy that does not allow med-surge nurses to float to tele/stepdown or tele/stepdown nurses to float to ICU, etc. You can float to an area of lower...

  5. does this sound extremely unsafe or is this typical??

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to raindrop's topic in Cardiac

    I know this is like 3 months old, but this is just nuts and totally unsafe. What is the point in monitoring pt's on tele if no one is going to actually monitor it? You won't be able to, because...

  6. Hold Medication

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to rubagu90's topic in Cardiac

    This was definitely one thing I didn't like about nursing school. You could give 50 nurses this same scenario and they'd probably all have different answers/rationales for what they would do....

  7. What could this have been?

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to dandk1997RN's topic in Cardiac

    Keep us posted! If it turns out to be amio related, that will be a very good thing to know! I give lots and lots of amio, but have never seen any problems with it other than some nasty

  8. Flu Vaccine. Necessary or Harmful?

    UnbrokenRN09 posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Just curious as to what you guys think about the flu vaccine. Don't sit here and feed me the CDC's "recommendations", as I am well aware of them and also their "statistics". From my own personal...

  9. Flu Vaccine. Necessary or Harmful?

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to UnbrokenRN09's topic in Disaster Preparation

  10. Flu Vaccine. Necessary or Harmful?

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to UnbrokenRN09's topic in Disaster Preparation

  11. Flu Vaccine. Necessary or Harmful?

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to UnbrokenRN09's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Haha Morte those were my thoughts exactly, especially with #2. I think overall my point is being missed. Why is the potential of a flu outbreak so disturbing? The flu is an inconvenience not a death...

  12. Flu Vaccine. Necessary or Harmful?

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to UnbrokenRN09's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Haha Morte those were my thoughts exactl, especially with number

  13. Getting Thrown Under the Bus

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I would suggest just sticking it out until you can transfer to the unit you really want. Or change hospitals altogether to a unit that is what you are describing and get a fresh start. Staying at...

  14. Is it a bad idea to quit a job before you have another one secured?

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to Deetail's topic in Nursing Career

    I would definitely get a job first then put in a proper notice. It doesn't matter how long a gap is, a gap in employment is still a gap and it makes you a less attractive candidate. However, if you...

  15. What type of nurse are you?

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to CCC_nursing's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a cardiac step-down nurse. Or "progressive" care nurse if you want to be specific. I have my PCCN certification as well. Basically I take care of patients with AMI's that go to cath lab and get...

  16. PICC line blood draw

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe so many facilities still require a 10-20cc waste. My facility recently changed to a 5cc waste d/t the increasing problem of anemia. I've seen non-bleeding, non-surgical patients hgb...

  17. New Grad needs help

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to philliesfinest's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Charting scared the crap out of me in the beginning. They don't teach you how to chart in nursing school. My experience has been that there's a fine balance between charting too much or not enough. If...

  18. Patient clearly not ready to be discharged. . .is discharged. Vent.

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    OMG. That is horrible! I'm assuming this patient has no family and didn't have the mental capacity to voice what she wanted. It sounds like the attending just didn't want to deal with her. It's sad...

  19. New Grad needs help

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to philliesfinest's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Every new grad goes through this. It took me 6 months to finally not be nervous about coming to work, and a year before I felt confident. It's very scary when you're new! You don't know what you...

  20. Opinion of nurses

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to Kristy02_RN's topic in General Nursing

    This has been more of my experience as well. I once was on a unit where a patient came in with a GI bleed and the ED doc basically didn't do anything for the patient because there was a DNR order. It...

  21. Had to report my supervisor today

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to txredheadnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Kudos for doing the right thing! So many nurses just go with the flow because they need the job and can't leave their comfort zone or are just too cowardly to do the right thing. There is absolutely...

  22. Anyone else offended by this radio commercial?

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to T-Bird78's topic in General Nursing

    When I hear CNA's/AUA's refer to themselves as "just" a tech, I correct them! There is no "just a tech", "just a nurse", "just a housekeeper", "just a food attendent", etc. Hospitals are complex...

  23. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Omg....errors like that leave me scratching my head. Why would hooking up IV fluids to a G-tube even cross your mind as an option? Or placing an NGT and not checking placement.

  24. When someone asks you what you do for a living, do you say "nurse" or "RN" or "LVN"?

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to HHN2472's topic in General Nursing

    I always say RN. Firstly, because when you say nurse the next question is usually RN or LPN?. It has a more professional ring to it and I absolutely can't stand anyone in our profession being thought...

  25. Dum, du dum, dum DUM...........

    UnbrokenRN09 replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...that's first I've caught wind of anything like this going on. Going to have to keep my eyes open. I'm in Oklahoma, so far our hospitals seems to be doing well still. Lots of empty beds lately...