NocturneRN

NocturneRN

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  1. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    NocturneRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A while back, I read a humorous e mail list of rules, created by an ER nurse. The idea was that patients tend to have certain misconceptions about emergency treatment (among them the idea that a...

  2. Time to call a duck a duck?

    NocturneRN replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't necessarily agree. It's just that the term "professional" has more than one application. As I've already mentioned, I don't see much use in arguing whether nursing is a profession in the...

  3. Time to call a duck a duck?

    NocturneRN replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    However, my eyes bugged out when you said that CNA's can "pick up" what we do after a couple of years of watching. Even if you could pick up some hands-on skill like inserting an IV by just being in...

  4. Time to call a duck a duck?

    NocturneRN replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    After 30 years in this field, I've come to the conclusion that the is-nursing-a-profession-or-not discussion doesn't much matter, except as an attempt to categorize a complex occupation that doesn't...

  5. Are You a Member of the allnurses.com Grammar Police?

    NocturneRN replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh, that drives me crazy! I work with a nurse who says that about 10 times a shift. (MD: "Kelly, I ordered blood work and an IV for this patient half an hour ago, and no lab results are back yet."...

  6. screaming doctors....how can we handle them?

    NocturneRN replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We have similar forms, and I think they make a difference, since no doctor wants to be written up as a troublemaker. In the ER, I seldom have to interact with jerk doctors. But, when one comes down...

  7. What did you do before you were a nurse?

    NocturneRN replied to CAPPYBARA BREAKFAST's topic in General Nursing

    I was an unemployed foreign language teacher working at minimum wage jobs (including substitute teaching). My family, friends and old schoolmates were all surprised when I applied for nursing school,...

  8. Are ER nurses burnt out or just uncaring??

    NocturneRN replied to futurenurseheather's topic in Emergency

    This ER nurse thinks you have no need to apologize. Any one of us would be pretty upset if we were stuck on a backboard for four hours, especially if there was no explanation for the delay. Not only...

  9. How do you triage? How do you assign levels?

    NocturneRN replied to RhiaRN75's topic in Emergency

    Yes, of course it depends on the patient's condition on arrival to the ER. My hypothetical patient who ran out of Ventolin was not in respiratory distress----if she were, that would take precedence...

  10. Interview an RN

    NocturneRN replied to Natalie00's topic in General Nursing

    1) I'm an ADN nurse with a bachelor's degree in an unrelated field 2) 30 years 3) I work 8 hours night shifts in the ER, a level 2 trauma center. During that shift, I triage and treat up to 4...

  11. Dreaming about work

    NocturneRN replied to CNL2B's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like an interesting, if disturbing, dream. I generally dream about work when I'm sleeping prior to going in (I work nights). Most of the time, the dream is the same theme except for a few...

  12. Are You a Member of the allnurses.com Grammar Police?

    NocturneRN replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm new to this forum, but I'd be happy to join the Grammar Police force if they have any openings. I feel the same way about "HIPPA" and "definately." Other pet peeves are "cemetary" (not too...

  13. new grad depressed and feeling burnt out already

    NocturneRN replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't be too hard on yourself! Keep in mind that graduating and passing the NCLEX is just the basic foundation----that most of your nursing education is being acquired now, on the job----and...

  14. How do you triage? How do you assign levels?

    NocturneRN replied to RhiaRN75's topic in Emergency

    I agree with Rickbos's "cheat sheet." I would focus largely on how quickly the patient needs (not wants) to be seen, and what sort of interventions are likely to be needed. A cardiac arrest, or near...