kool-aide, RN

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  1. I ♥ downstaffing!

    kool-aide, RN replied to linzjane88's topic in General Nursing

    I don't get put on call that often, but when I do, it's wonderful! I worked for the first 4 hours of my shift the other night and was sent home for the following 8 hours on call. On my third night in...

  2. Need help..don't know if i should continue nursing

    kool-aide, RN replied to sweetpumpernickel's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like a 27 year old should be a little more mature and realistic. You want to work in healthcare, but claim you're introverted and not a people person? You just want to have a "stress-free" job...

  3. No, I am not going to do that

    kool-aide, RN replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    What a jerk. Don't let him get away with that crap. Tell him

  4. Geri-psych nursing?

    kool-aide, RN replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    It's awful. Like a nursing home, but more

  5. How to deal with mean old men

    kool-aide, RN replied to AMCNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I deescalate the pt by saying something like "I'm here to help, what can I do for you?" in a calm tone but I also follow up with, "I expect you to treat me with the same respect that I treat you...

  6. What would you rather do than go into work this weekend?

    kool-aide, RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    The title says it all, what would you rather do than go into work this weekend? Although I do feel fortunate to have my job, I have to report to work at 1900 this evening and I'm not particularly...

  7. What would you rather do than go into work this weekend?

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh Lord, sneaking away on a tropical vacation would be

  8. What would you rather do than go into work this weekend?

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    LoveJoy, luckily my hospital doesn't have a psych unit! --although, that means the psych pts are peppered in with the rest of the floors... lovely.

  9. What would you rather do than go into work this weekend?

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Esme, I'm sure I've read it somewhere on here before....but would you mind reminding me why you can't work anymore? Did you have back

  10. What would you rather do than go into work this weekend?

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I must say, that I love my job and I'm so thankful for it, but I'm totally just not feelin' it this weekend!

  11. Seriously? What are they telling you in school?

    kool-aide, RN replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    I'm embarrassed to post this, but when I was a relatively new CNA working in my hospital(just enough experience to feel confident), when people asked me what I did at work, I would tell them I...

  12. How do you decompress/debrief?

    kool-aide, RN replied to cokeforbreakfast's topic in Emergency

    I have yet to figure this one out…I live, eat, and breathe nursing--it's hard not to when you work full time as a CNA and in school for nursing. I try to keep up with my personal hobby(drawing), but...

  13. What has been your worst nightmare about work?

    kool-aide, RN replied to JeneraterRN's topic in General Nursing

    My worst nightmare about work was when I forgot to take v/s on all of my pts the whole shift and one of them wound up dying from my mistake. Talk about scary. I woke up in a cold

  14. Need Survival tips for Night Shift!

    kool-aide, RN replied to RedDirtNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Become a coffee drinker. I did.

  15. When nursing gets icky but you still love your job...How to deal?

    kool-aide, RN replied to SweetseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Try putting dry coffee in the room, works

  16. Do you have PCTs in your CCU?

    kool-aide, RN replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    bathing, feeding(if any), call lights(if any), toileting, changing beds, stocking supplies, transferring pts to testing or to different

  17. This radio ad ENRAGED me

    kool-aide, RN replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    XT, you and you schauzer! lol Where'd his picture

  18. Want to do trauma - should I pick ED or ICU?

    kool-aide, RN replied to Irock's topic in Nursing Career

    I would go for ICU

  19. I&D vs. I&D

    kool-aide, RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, kids, at work this past weekend had a spinal surgery pt go to surgery to have an I&D d/t post op infection. I was under the impression that I&D stood for irrigation and debridement, but...

  20. This radio ad ENRAGED me

    kool-aide, RN replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    A similar situation, at my hospital we have a popular and well known orthopedic surgery program and in the pre-op educational video they claim "you will not be in any pain, we will control all pain...

  21. improving staff responsiveness

    kool-aide, RN replied to idonthaveaphd's topic in General Nursing

    I find a real problem is people(Nurses and CNAs alike) who don't run like a ninja to bed alarms! Drives me up the

  22. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    kool-aide, RN replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Plus, if say you do a thorough job of oral care Q-shift(swabs, cleaner, mouth moisturizer, lip balm), then you can do just a couple of quick swabs with cold water Q2hours with their Q2hour turns(this...

  23. I&D vs. I&D

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your reply, Angel. Of course, unbeknown to me, the pt was actually a NP and here I go blabbering on about her "irrigation and debridement." lol I felt so silly afterwards but like I said,...

  24. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    kool-aide, RN replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    --hq, we are totally on the same page with the oral care! so so so irritating and terrible for the

  25. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    kool-aide, RN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    and it beats wasting the time you spend beating around the