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  1. Your Worst Mistake

    aurora_borealis posted a topic in General Nursing

    Here's mine: I was working a night shift, which to this day I truly detest. When I got report, I found I had a patient in acute alcohol withdrawal (which in and of itself makes me furious, because...

  2. IV Site Prep

    aurora_borealis replied to NeuroNP's topic in General Nursing

    Betadine then alcohol. And no fair blowing on the betadine to help it dry. Yes, I was actually told

  3. Just because I'm in uniform does not make me fair game

    aurora_borealis posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was inspired by another thread in which someone pointed out that men fantasized about nurses. It's beyond irritating to be objectified. Anyway, when I was still in nursing school I worked as a...

  4. What would you have done?

    aurora_borealis posted a topic in General Nursing

    A co-worker was caring for 2 patients who were being treated with the same drug (cytoxin) but one of the doses was twice the amount of the other. She started both infusions within minutes of each...

  5. What would you have done?

    aurora_borealis replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    I'll clarify: The nurse mixed up the patients and the doses, and the MD told her to stop the infusion on the patient who'd been receiving the double the prescribed amount, and yes, take the bag and...

  6. feelings about double rooms

    aurora_borealis replied to starryx2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I used to work on a unit that playing "musical beds" was nearly a daily event. Our privates were for airborne or GI infections. More often than not we had to make room for a new patient who needed...

  7. Real ER vs TV ER

    aurora_borealis replied to neneRN's topic in Emergency

    That's the policy for the CPD too. But I suspect the police officers involved decided to disobey policy, realizing basic humanity outweighs protocol. Too bad the ER staff did think that

  8. Real ER vs TV ER

    aurora_borealis replied to neneRN's topic in Emergency

    I live in Chicago, and this case got massive media coverage. None of the staff involved ever mentioned an ongoing gun fight in the parking lot. If that was were case, then why didn't anybody mention...

  9. Real ER vs TV ER

    aurora_borealis replied to neneRN's topic in Emergency

    At least on ER they portray nurses as professionals who know what they're doing, and confront the docs when there is disagreement. I think this may be a first. No one EVER washed their hands. You...

  10. I wish I'd have known....B4 nursing school

    aurora_borealis replied to ARmickie's topic in General Nursing

    If dietary screws up a pt's dinner, blame the nurse. If the pharmacy is late with med delivery, blame the nurse. If a physician is late and the family wants to speak with him/her, blame the nurse. If...

  11. Your Thoughts Requested

    aurora_borealis replied to weezieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Without even meeting this couple, I think they are likely candidates for the poster children for co-dependency. Weezie, has it occurred to you that your husband, who you claim isn't squeamish (and...

  12. incompetent nursing

    aurora_borealis replied to gaylord fawker's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Okay, a few examples of nurses I worked with (briefly) as they were either counseled out or decided our unit wasn't for them. 1. Pt has trach and NG tube. RN asks another RN where to give the meds....

  13. Re- mariage is over

    aurora_borealis replied to nurse07's topic in International Nursing

    I know a woman who feels pretty much the same about her husband as you do about yours, only she is not leaving him because he supports her and she doesn't want to work. No, they don't have kids....

  14. What do you think about dating your coworkers?

    aurora_borealis replied to BGSUstudent's topic in General Nursing

    As she systematically uses every club to beat you with and then claims it was "an

  15. Differentiating IV Dialysis Catheters

    aurora_borealis replied to Gldngrl's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Are you a dialysis nurse? Frankly, there's not much difference between catheters, unless you have to work with them directly, i.e. doing dialysis. Some nurses and vascular surgeons prefer one brand...

  16. What do you think about dating your coworkers?

    aurora_borealis replied to BGSUstudent's topic in General Nursing

    After graduation a fellow student started dating a co-worker, so he transferred out to a different unit, mainly to avoid problems, it was his/their choice. They got married, all is well. I dated...

  17. Your Worst Mistake

    aurora_borealis replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    No, it's only the nurse's fault if s/he doesn't notice it, like I didn't, after a unit of blood infused. There are many reasons for an IV to infiltrate, usually has more to do with the pt's veins,...

  18. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

    aurora_borealis replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    "As far as changing field IVs- we don't do that very much where I work for several different reasons that someone in a different area of nursing might not know about. With MVAs that possibly have...

  19. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

    aurora_borealis replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    Frankly, I think much of the tension between nurses and paramedics is territorial, and because both parties go on the defense. Every paramedic I ever dealt with, professionally and personally (my...

  20. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

    aurora_borealis replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    I once worked in an LTC facility. One day, a fellow nurse asked me to check the BP of an employee who came to the clinic due to "dizziness." The nurse couldn't get a BP, and neither could I. I...

  21. Did you work while going through Nursing school?

    aurora_borealis replied to Maliatc's topic in General Nursing

    I worked 20 hours/week at the same hospital that I went to nursing school. First as a unit clerk, then as a NA in my junior year. When I was a senior, they actually allowed me to have my own mod, as...

  22. Pre judging

    aurora_borealis posted a topic in General Nursing

    My mom had COPD, and occasionally was hospitalized for pneumonia. I always knew the COPD would catch up with her. She was discharged from the hospital with oxygen and a home respiratory therapist....

  23. Psych nurses similar to other nurses?

    aurora_borealis replied to ferfer's topic in Psychiatric

    Yes, they do. I used to work in an inpatient substance abuse unit, and while it's easy to become complacent, when you have chronically ill patients with medical needs you have to be hypervigilant....

  24. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    aurora_borealis replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Oh do I have many, in no particular order: 1) The family member comes to the nursing station saying "Mother needs a blanket" (or whatever.) Okee dokee, glad to oblige, but who the hell is "Mother?"...

  25. Pre judging

    aurora_borealis replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    Angiodysplasia is essentially a AV malformation in the intestine. It's genetic, her aunt had it, too, so chances are so will I. It can either be an acute or chronic GI bleed. They just cauterize it...