Certifiable replied to Certifiable's topic in General Nursing
I can't do the basal temp measurment because of the shift work... If i'm racing around at work my body temp will be elevated regardless of my cycle. Cervical fluid is the next step. I just don't know...
I've been trying to conceive for 5 months. Now, i know that it's only "trouble" if it's been over a year. But nurses are not your average textbook patient! I do two nights and two days\evening shifts...
I work 8 hours shifts and the monthly staff meeting is always scheduled at 13:00, everyone is expected to show up - but if the nurses from the previous night shift don't - no one says anything. They...
Certifiable replied to NurseJulie31's topic in General Nursing
I disagree. If I get a call from the lab about crazy electrolights or dangerous CBC, it's much quicker to intervene. I can immediately stop a drug that can be causing more harm, open fluids, check...
When a senior doctor refused my request for a urinary catheter in a patient with Breast CA + mets to the brain (=every position change was painful) who was receiving mannitol and chemo (=lots of...
Misery loves company: I totally get the loneliness behind this post! I'm more alone now than i've ever been in my 20+ yrs of life, curtesy of 8hr hospital shifts (i do them all-morn/noon/night). My...
Certifiable replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing
Wow, that's a lot of people in one room. You have a pharmacist who draws the meds? cool. Our patient's rooms are so small (all for neutropenic isolation) that it gets extremely crowded as soon when...
It's been a few weeks since your post so I hope everything is alright. I'm a new RN, 9 months into the job. I vividly recall trouble sleeping, nightmares (based on true and false patients/situations)...
Certifiable replied to Certifiable's topic in Oncology
Thank you all for the great advice. A little update: i'm 6 months into working on the BMT unit, and my heart still pounds whenever the charge nurse writes the patient assignments on the whiteboard...
I'm a new grad, on my first job in a specialized unit. It's extremely stressful work (I dream about it quite often), the patients are really ill and we also get a lot of patients from other...
Certifiable replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor
ER will always have a place in my heart for the most well depicted nurses--- always overworked, fighting with management about staffing, dealing with idiot docs and knowing their stuff. People here...
Hi, I'm two months into my first job as an RN on a highly specialized unit. The patient to nurse ratio is fairly low due to the complexity of the work (mornings - 3 or 4, evenings 4 or 5, nights 6...