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  1. What tips would you give a new resident?

    Sparrow23 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey everyone. My friend just finished med school and will be starting her residency soon. I'm putting together a little gift for her and one of the things I wanted to do is give her a list of...

  2. Any tips with smells? Please!!!

    Sparrow23 replied to AML2007's topic in General Students

    Keep a little vial of peppermint oil (or mint extract used for baking) with you. Place a few drops in a mask and wear that for extra-smelly

  3. Almost Fainted in the OR Twice!!

    Sparrow23 replied to gymnut's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same thing happen to me. Had never fainted in my life and never had a problem with any bodily fluids/surgeries/etc. Then one day boom: fainted and threw up, and then passed out again. Came...

  4. Patients' "home remedies"? What have you seen

    Sparrow23 replied to flyingchange's topic in General Nursing

    One lil old lady (quoting a goodness-knows-how-old book): "Salt water cures cancer." So THAT'S why we give most everyone NS, eh? If

  5. What does an RN REALLY do?

    Sparrow23 replied to dazed&confused1129's topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only one who's confused as to why the OP is passing meds as a CNA? Does this happen often?? eep... (To the OP, everyone else has summed it up nicely: nursing is hard (and dirty) but yes,...

  6. Uniform color by discipline

    Sparrow23 replied to annetter's topic in General Nursing

    I really like it. When random people come up to me and ask what's going on with my pt, I can actually tell them pertinent information instead of... oh say telling the dietitian how well the pt is...

  7. Clarification. :) My Manager is Gossiping about me. What do I do?

    Sparrow23 replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My advice: Be the bigger person. If you feel you cannot work there, then find another place and leave with your head held high. Don't prove her right by making a big scene. You can handle this in a...

  8. BSN vs. ADN really does it matter these days?

    Sparrow23 replied to SoCalRN1970's topic in General Nursing

    For my area, yeah, it matters. Very few of the hospitals are hiring ADNs here, and the ones that are... well, they are definitely not the nicest places to work. A friend of mine has her ADN and she is...

  9. Modified self-scheduling has to go (IMHO)

    Sparrow23 replied to edogs334's topic in General Nursing

    Don't get rid of my self-scheduling! Ever! I love it :) Granted, out system is computerized and we can see as we schedule ourselves which days are filled up and which are understaffed, so we all try...

  10. Have any of you ever lost a patient?

    Sparrow23 replied to Nurse Mami's topic in General Nursing

    Never has happened to me but happens to a friend quite often where she works. They usually disappear and then are brought back to the ER later on in the shift, drunk. They're A&O so more of just...

  11. how many shifts in a row?

    Sparrow23 replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    8 in a row once (though one was an 8 and one a double). Wanted to die. Now I even dread going in for a 3rd

  12. Two-minus-one pregnancy

    Sparrow23 replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    And I kinda wanted to smack Octo-mom upside the head for not making this

  13. CHG vs Alcohol pad with blood cultures

    Sparrow23 replied to IheartICUnursing's topic in General Nursing

    I just learned this. Apparently the CHG can actually go into the bottle and kill some of the potential bacterial cultures giving false results. I can't point you in the direction of any particular...

  14. Med/surg? Different at different places?

    Sparrow23 replied to L8RRN's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely different in different places! First med-surg job was a h*!! hole of pure insanity (but loved my coworkers at least). Love the place I'm at now and it is the exact same type of med-surg...

  15. I'm ALWAYS tired *sigh*

    Sparrow23 replied to nurse678's topic in General Nursing

    And to ICUenthusiast, no offense meant with my previous post as I see you do have this disorder. I am happy that those meds have worked for you. I just really really hate those

  16. I'm ALWAYS tired *sigh*

    Sparrow23 replied to nurse678's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, but first thing that popped into my head when I read this was those stupid radio ads that play constantly: "Do you suffer from shift-work disorder? Try Nuvigil!" Note: I am NOT suggesting...

  17. Need a little help here if you have gone from nights to days....

    Sparrow23 replied to crb613's topic in Emergency

    Take the day shift. I had the same dilemma... loved my night shift team and was less than thrilled about those on days. It's been ok though! I still see my night shifters at change of shift and they...

  18. white underwear under white scrub bottoms?

    Sparrow23 replied to ashleymarie23's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Don't wear white under white! Nude/flesh color only. Everything else will show through. Bring a spare pair of white ones just in case you have some psycho inspecting your undies (I doubt that can or...

  19. What would you like to know?

    Sparrow23 posted a topic in General Nursing

    If you had a pharmacist giving a general presentation (to you and other nurses) on how drugs work in the body, what information would you want to learn or have a mini-refresher course on? What would...

  20. Interview questions for VA RN job?

    Sparrow23 replied to babblingbrook's topic in General Nursing

    It is a very bizarre interview process. They do "performance based interviews." The link below tells you all about it. Good luck!

  21. One Of The Saddest Things I've Seen... Can't Stop Laughing

    Sparrow23 replied to NewTexasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, 7 months out at my last job they had me charge and precepting the newer-than-me-grads. That was because most shifts, there wasn't anyone else that had more experience than me b/c they were all...

  22. experienced nurse with anxiety on the job

    Sparrow23 replied to SFDRN's topic in General Nursing

    Take some of the pressure off of yourself. Whenever you have an IV or foley to start, just tell yourself that you are gonna give yourself 2 shots at it. Best case senario - you get it! yaaayyy!! Worst...

  23. Non-verbal signs of pain

    Sparrow23 replied to ShayRN's topic in Pain Management

    Thank you for those responses Tyvin, ShayRN and FLArn! I don't take care of hospice pts that often and I guess like anything else, it's going to take time for me to develop these skills... Looking...

  24. Non-verbal signs of pain

    Sparrow23 replied to ShayRN's topic in Pain Management

    I have a question related to this. For hospice pts with morphine drips, if they become lethargic do you turn it down? Obviously I wouldn't want to decrease their pain meds if they were still in pain,...

  25. The CEO said WHAT!!!!

    Sparrow23 replied to resumecpr's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, the pres of the last hospital I was at told everyone the hospital was failing because of the nurses. Riiight. One of the many many reasons I left that h*ll-hole excuse of a hospital... I say...