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  1. Nursing report ED to Floor

    weirdscience replied to TRAUMARN05's topic in General Nursing

    Assume you're getting minimal to no report and figure out the hot spots of your computer charting to dive in and read quickly (h&p, labs, recent vitals, then MAR is what I speed-read if I get...

  2. NEW TO ICU

    weirdscience replied to Nola504's topic in Critical Care

    Second the MANY posters who've said your orientation was terribly inadequate. I came into ICU with 18 months floor experience, and I still got 12 weeks orientation. Not to mention the more seasoned...

  3. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    weirdscience replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    By the way, as far as I can tell, the guy who cured his prostate CA with bone mets via molasses and bicarbonate has sadly passed. There was an obit online in the Bellingham Herald which has now been...

  4. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    weirdscience replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Well, yes, but I only have my ADN, so you know I don't read so good...

  5. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    weirdscience replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure what your fixation on ADN vs. BSN has to do with, well, ANYthing. All it takes is a rudimentary understanding of statistics, ability to read at a collegiate level, and an understanding of...

  6. Trivial Question: What do you usually bring for lunch?

    weirdscience replied to justmehappy's topic in Nurses Rock

    Salad, nuts, string cheese, yogurt, hot/cold tea, water, sometimes

  7. ICU burnout?

    weirdscience replied to infinitynotzero's topic in Critical Care

    This is very similar to ours, except we also chart q2 oral care, q2 position changes, and we have to chart lines/tubes/drains and wounds q4, and I&O q1. On the upside our RASS is only q4!

  8. What do nurses bring during duty?

    weirdscience replied to justmehappy's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    On my person: pen, sharpie, penlight, stethoscope, cell phone, Chapstick, scissors, hemostats. Outside of room: lunch bag with water, snack, Advil, mini notebook with important meds/other notes to...

  9. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    weirdscience replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    As a former oncology nurse, I won't ever disagree that is and should always be the patient's choice to devise a course of treatment--or lack thereof. I would never have denied my family member the...

  10. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

    weirdscience replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    As someone whose parent tried the holistic route to cure cancer, let me assure you that in the end, you wind up sick as hell and needing hospital care either way. Perhaps the chemo can buy you twenty...

  11. trouble transitioning to dayshift

    weirdscience replied to learninglessons12's topic in General Nursing

    I would. Can't hurt to

  12. trouble transitioning to dayshift

    weirdscience replied to learninglessons12's topic in General Nursing

    How much longer do you have to be on days? Will you get any night orientation? Is there a night supervisor you can address your concerns to? I feel like anyone who has worked long term nights would...

  13. Is this crossing boundaries?

    weirdscience replied to SNurse15's topic in General Nursing

    I think that's different, if he was still in her

  14. What nurse life-hacks do you have to offer?

    weirdscience replied to Purple_roses's topic in Nurses Rock

    This is verboten in my facility, so use at your peril: for a heating pack that lasts, stick two peri-pads together and pour hot (NOT boiling water) over them. Once they stop dripping, stick them in a...

  15. Do you get hit/spit on? Does body fluids splash on you?

    weirdscience replied to KatFUTUREnurse's topic in General Nursing

    In ICU, what she described is quite common. You learn to protect yourself from fluid splash (ask experienced nurses what gear you need before you clean up any mess that's new to you), but if you take...

  16. You're Not Dehydrated.

    weirdscience replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    Hhern, it won't let me quote you, but this is in response to your "question"/criticism of my response. I could tell a difference between the pain relief I felt from the Toradol and the cooling...

  17. Night shift scheduling!

    weirdscience replied to KBRN15's topic in General Nursing

    I like to alternate between three-in-a-rows and one on, one off, two on. Straight three in a rows wipe me out. But I need at least 3 off to feel like I'm participating in human

  18. What do you guys do to de-stress?

    weirdscience replied to OBigdog26's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Oh, yeah, and vent to a small, carefully chosen group of nurses I went to school with. HIPAA compliant-ly, of

  19. What do you guys do to de-stress?

    weirdscience replied to OBigdog26's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Read, hike, participate in social media, binge-watch shows with my husband, drink wine or craft beers, cook while listening to good

  20. You're Not Dehydrated.

    weirdscience replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    It's

  21. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    weirdscience replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I have rarely had occasion to "come out" as an atheist at work, and nobody's ever given me grief because I'm choosy about who I tell. I agree with the PP who said "call the chaplain." It's what...

  22. You're Not Dehydrated.

    weirdscience replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    I drink tons of water--TONS--and I never felt so much improvement so quickly as when I got two liters NS in the ER. Of course, I had pyelonephritis, but still. The cooling sensation + hydration =...

  23. Difficult Orientee

    weirdscience replied to ejnjj143's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    By what you describe, maybe HOSPITAL nursing is not for

  24. Pts handpicking assignments, and refusing nurses of opposite gender?

    weirdscience replied to jdub6's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not to mention the increased potential for legal action or baseless claims of poor nursing care if you attempt to provide care to a patient who is, for whatever reason, prejudiced against you. I'll...

  25. A (Long) Note to New Grads

    weirdscience replied to PS1CK's topic in Psychiatric

    I read it the way you initially read it, CT Pixie, and I understood it to mean that because there are psych co-morbidities in every patient population, if you have a distaste for psych, it will be...