TorsadesDePointesRN

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1. First Shift -- is this exhaustion normal?

   TorsadesDePointesRN replied to cogath's topic in General Nursing

   It's been a year and a half for me doing 3 12s back to back and it still kicks my a$$ after every shift. I plan

2. Is this the wrong field for me?

   TorsadesDePointesRN replied to CW1978's topic in General Nursing

   I have found the majority of patients in the cardiac population to be grateful and overall pleasant human beings. There's almost always at least one or two (okay, sometimes 4 out of 6 haha) in a bunch...

3. How do you "bond" with your patients?

   TorsadesDePointesRN replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I tell them funny stories, ask them how they are feeling, talk to them about their medical condition and in conversations look for teachable moments to educate them. I also try to stay a few steps...

4. Should new grads always start on a med/surg floor?

   TorsadesDePointesRN replied to swaffy8's topic in General Nursing

   Show me a new grad proficient in all those things and I will be looking at a LIYAH. that's just it though.. I never set out wanting to do all those things but I set out wanting to care for patients....

5. Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

   TorsadesDePointesRN replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

   PT never interested me. I'd rather hand someone a sandwich after a cupful of meds and be on my merry way. *tongue firmly planted in

6. Should new grads always start on a med/surg floor?

   TorsadesDePointesRN replied to swaffy8's topic in General Nursing

   IV starts, foley insertions, hanging IV meds (titration, checking compatibility, dilution of K when it's not a central line), analyzing ECG strips, knowing what various labs mean for each patient, how...

7. Should new grads always start on a med/surg floor?

   TorsadesDePointesRN replied to swaffy8's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing school teaches you how to learn how to be a nurse. Working in med surg gives you a lot of valuable experience in a wide variety of areas. All of that said, as you should know from the...

8. Well.. I *was* a cardiac nurse

   TorsadesDePointesRN replied to TorsadesDePointesRN's topic in General Nursing

   Some great points are being made.. this is very helpful, thank you

9. Well.. I *was* a cardiac nurse

   TorsadesDePointesRN replied to TorsadesDePointesRN's topic in General Nursing

   I can't afford that kind of pay cut right now. (school nurses in my area make about 1/2 what I

10. Well.. I *was* a cardiac nurse

    TorsadesDePointesRN replied to TorsadesDePointesRN's topic in General Nursing

    The q1hr checks are the first 4 hours after admission then q2 for i think 6 hrs.. then q4 for .. I don't know 2-3 days maybe(?) (I follow a form so I'm going by memory). We do have a safety...

11. Nurse's aides are running the the floor.

    TorsadesDePointesRN replied to sprout2010's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a charge nurse on my floor once put it "nurses are a dime a dozen", finding someone willing to do the job of an aide- and do it well- for the amount of money they make is truly a monumental task. I...

12. Well.. I *was* a cardiac nurse

    TorsadesDePointesRN replied to TorsadesDePointesRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been wanting to work in hospice since nursing school.. this might be my

13. Well.. I *was* a cardiac nurse

    TorsadesDePointesRN replied to TorsadesDePointesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Up2nogood, that is actually an awesome idea... I may have to conspire with a few other nurses and get them in on it. Administration likes their paper trail and I can't think of a better way to...

14. Well.. I *was* a cardiac nurse

    TorsadesDePointesRN replied to TorsadesDePointesRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think legally it is 6.. but not all stroke pts. are tele, so I guess that's their loophole. I would love to leave, but I'm weekend program and I make very good money.. the job market is a disaster...

15. Well.. I *was* a cardiac nurse

    TorsadesDePointesRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    As of 8 weeks ago, I am a cardiac post-op AND neuro nurse. Our hospital shut down the neuroscience unit so now I am responsible for everything from pre/post CABGs (with insulin gtts, amiodarone gtts,...