anon456 BSN, RN

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    Feeling sad and anxious before night shift

    anon456 replied to Calinurse4's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like just being a new nurse to me. Did you work full time before you got this job? If not, maybe it's just an adjustment to working in general and being away from your family in general--...
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    Afraid to kill a patient

    anon456 replied to ward81's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I still keep that in the back of my mind every single time I go to work. I think a healthy fear at the back of your mind can be a good thing if it makes you safer. But not if it makes you a nervous...
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    Newborn pictures posted on social media?

    anon456 replied to sandy79's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If you just had a baby, would you want a stranger to take a picture of it and post it on Facebook? Probably not. Besides the fact that it's against the law, it's
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    Mice on unit

    anon456 replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    You are right and I stand corrected. It probably has to do with the climate and location of the building. I work on an upper floor and probably most of the critters are on the lower floors. And lone...
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    Night shift help

    anon456 replied to bargraphix's topic in General Nursing

    I think if a person can make it work with their own system, that's great. I see too many nurses try to do it all, and they come into work so tired they are not functional and telling stories of how...
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    burned out

    anon456 replied to NrsAmanda's topic in General Nursing

    If you are able to jump into the BSN I would do it. I jumped into a job and am still burned out with my fast-track ADN three years later. Every time I think about going back to school I get a sick...
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    "Saunameters"

    anon456 replied to Pachinko's topic in General Nursing

    I have only seen/heard of it used in the length of suction catheters, central lines, and epidural catheters. Still used, and still taught. It was taught all through my orientation and I'm only 2.5...
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    Mother .Nurse.Career

    anon456 replied to FutureNurseK's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Going to RN school was probably one of the hardest things I have ever done. It never seemed to end, was stressful, tested my confidence, and tested my family's ability to support me and function...
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    Night shift help

    anon456 replied to bargraphix's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to add that people's lives are in our hands (of course we know this). I owe it to them, myself, and my license to try to be as alert as possible while they are in my care. I chose to work...
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    Night shift help

    anon456 replied to bargraphix's topic in General Nursing

    2.5 years of night shift here. I have learned that it's very unhealthy to flip-flop. It's much more bearable to stay at least halfway on the night schedule on your nights off work. I work 7PM-7:30 AM....
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    Am I the only one who hates 12 hour shifts?

    anon456 replied to jdubs99's topic in General Nursing

    I went to part time because I could not do the 12 hour shifts more than twice a week. Hard on my body and hard on my mind. I don't know how I will be able to endure it as I get older (than I am...
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    Mice on unit

    anon456 replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and we have bedbug dogs. Almost forgot about them because I work night shift and never see them. Whenever we get a patient with bedbugs, after they leave the room is cleaned with a special...
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    Mice on unit

    anon456 replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital is very clean. I have literally only seen one fly in the unit in 2.5 years. However we had a patient who was getting leech therapy, and one of them escaped. It was found by following the...
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    Cause of uneven pulse/ox wave form

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thank you! That actually makes sense considering their history and what we were doing for the patient. I have never seen that in "real life"
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    Sneaky kids

    anon456 replied to KelRN215's topic in Pediatric

    When my child was about 4 she needed to take a chewable antibiotic. I'm sure it tasted horrible but she had refused to take the liquid form and was spitting it back out (she has sensory issues). I...
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    diaper rash vs. burn and CPS case

    anon456 replied to typoagain's topic in Pediatric

    My nephew got a diaper rash similar to that when we were visiting them. It was awful looking and appeared within hours. It involved large blisters that popped and peeling skin rash around it. I have...
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    How to deal with negative nurses.

    anon456 replied to Mae2014's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And just wanted to add that I still feel very sorry for the ones who are sick because of bad luck. I never judge or talk badly about those patients but even then, sometimes the parents can be nutso...
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    How to deal with negative nurses.

    anon456 replied to Mae2014's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think it comes from compassion fatigue a lot of the time. When I first started nursing I would try to have compassion-- that people had made poor choices because of lack of education, life...
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    Growing Up Unvaccinated

    anon456 replied to wtbcrna's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I just came here to vent after having a conversation with an anti-vax parent who told me that if more kids got certain vitamin supplements would not get these vaccine preventable diseases. And was...
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    Is it a good idea to work 5 days straight (12 hours shifts/day)?

    anon456 replied to happyface27's topic in General Nursing

    It's not safe. Studies done on nurses have shown (and of course I cannot find the studies when I need them) that each 12 hour shift you work has more risk of making mistakes. I would also hate to be...
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    How long does it take to be a nurse from start to finish?

    anon456 replied to mzsuccess's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    2 years of prereq's (but I had to re-take a few due to classes expiring). 3 months on wait list 16 month accelerated program for ADN Not sure if I'm going for my BSN
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    What age did you complete your BSN or ASN?

    anon456 replied to mee9mee9's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    BA 22 ASN 37 not sure if I'm going to get my BSN-- I'm being "strongly encouraged" but I'm 40 and don't feel like going back to
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    Clinical bad day?!?!

    anon456 replied to bmt0630's topic in General Students

    Four patients is a lot for any student-- I would have expected you to try handling two if you are near the end of your schooling. And even then, as an RN supervising a student, the RN has to witness...
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    Most common (+ overlooked) reasons for abnormal vitals?

    anon456 replied to SoCal student's topic in General Nursing

    Sinus arrythmia in children. Also kids with cardiac issues may have different baseline O2 Sats. We get lots of partially repaired kids with 75-85% being their baseline. In fact if we give them O2 and...
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    Lidocaine air injectors for children

    anon456 replied to Training1's topic in Pediatric

    Esme, do you find that EMLA blanches the site? I have suggested using this on the patients who can afford to wait some time for an IV to be put in/replaced, and have been discouraged. They say it...