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It the same as a chem 20 or a SMAC depending on where you work. ]

It the same as a chem 20 or a SMAC depending on where you work. ]

A-Human Being B-Human Being C-Human Being D-Human Being E-Human Being (Nurse manager's dream I'm sure...but still human none the less!) My point is this, all of these nurses are people, and different people respond differently to stressfull situations. We all have ways of dealing with stress...some more effectively than others. Even the "perfect" nurse is capable of having a "bad day". If you consider someone a "good nurse", then why not leave it at that instead of portaying another human being's nuances as a fault of somekind. If nurse A has to complain every once in a while so be it. That doesn't automatically make them a "bad nurse". Not everone is going to fit your ideal of what you think a nurse should be...so why not focus your energy on being the best nurse that you can be.

just to lighten up the mood a bit on this post, I thought I would share another humerous Dr order. The order read hold ASS supository this PM...he meant to write ASA by the way. All the nurses got a kick out of that one!!

We have a heparin protocol at our hopsital too, but it doesn't mean that you CAN'T call the MD if you notice you're not getting therapeutic PTTs. Like some one else had mentioned, there have been pt's where you give the bolus (always IVP)and increase the gtt rate, check their PTT in 6 hrs, hold the infusion because the PTT is to high and decrease the rate. I've call MD's when I've noticed this had been the trend on a particular pt when a PTT came bak and the protocol called for a bolus and and increase in gtt rate. After getting the order, I would just increase the gtt rate and hold the bolus. Hope this helps.

When I took my med test....I was allowed to use the PDR and other nursing drug references. I'm not sure if your facility will do the same, but it wouldn't hurt to ask someone to save yourself the stress.

4 years...and counting

I've ordered from SCRUBS before...they really do have the most original selection of scrubs out there. About a year ago, I moved and called them to send me their catalogue at my new address. Still haven't gotten it. I haven't tried to call them since then...maybe they are out of business.

Why not invite the enitre nursing staff to come in and work one day that week. It would be the first, last, and only day with adequate staffing. I think it would give the nurses the opportunity to spend some quality time with their patients and maybe redicover why they chose nursing as a career. The job can be quite stressfull with overwhelming patient loads and it is easy to loose site of all the "little things" you can do for people that really make a difference. It would be a great change of pace (and a wonderful nursing week gift)to have one day out of the year be a pleasant day at work.