weirdscience

weirdscience

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  1. 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!

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. trouble transitioning to dayshift

    weirdscience replied to learninglessons12's topic in General Nursing

    I would. Can't hurt to

  6. 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...

  7. Is this crossing boundaries?

    weirdscience replied to SNurse15's topic in General Nursing

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

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. You're Not Dehydrated.

    weirdscience replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    It's

  15. 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...

  16. 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 =...

  17. Difficult Orientee

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

    By what you describe, maybe HOSPITAL nursing is not for

  18. 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...

  19. 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...

  20. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    weirdscience replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    Yes!! This is one of my pet

  21. port accessing tips.

    weirdscience replied to busybee04's topic in Oncology

    Pushing hard like pushing in a thumbtack is a great analogy. I missed a lot 'til I figured out you need to push reasonably hard and not be timid. Stabilizing with the other hand really helps,

  22. I Hate People (my rant)

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

    Agreed on all points. I could have written this. My patients and co-workers would never know I was one of those home-schooled misanthropes.

  23. Funny Things Patients Say

    weirdscience replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Don't we all, lennonninja...don't we

  24. A question??

    weirdscience replied to Salisburysteak's topic in Patient Medications

    I was taught to back prime and use same tubing. Rationale was that constant breaks in system (e.g. frequently disconnecting/reconnecting luer-lock at the b-line port) were an infection risk. This was...

  25. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    weirdscience replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Lol, I just saw that Seinfeld episode, too! This week! I was also watching with my husband, started to gripe about it, but then was like, nah, too much effort to explain what's wrong to