MarySunshine

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  1. Patients with interesting occupations (or not)

    MarySunshine replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I once cared for a very whiny, very fat man who ate obscene amounts of junk food and was bed-ridden from his obesity related health problems. He never said "please" or "thank you" and often made...

  2. Do you recommend radiology nursing for me?

    MarySunshine posted a topic in Radiology

    Hi Everyone, If you've read my other posts you know that I'm really burned out by ICU nursing and I'm looking for a big change. I thought I might like working in our hospital's angio department. I...

  3. Arterial Line Accuracy - help!

    MarySunshine posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi Everyone, I come from an ICU that used arterial lines frequently and I considered myself competent and knowledgable on them. I have encountered a new practice on my traveling assignment and I need...

  4. Arterial Line Accuracy - help!

    MarySunshine replied to MarySunshine's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks everyone! So, in the case of this particular set-up, I should physically walk into the room and raise the patient's arm so that the transducer is level with the phlebostatic axis each time I...

  5. A surgeon's perception of nursing education.

    MarySunshine replied to Grandy's topic in General Nursing

    If I wanted to, I could write a similar piece, where I was a martyr going about the hospital saving lives despite the shocking incompetance and hatefulness of the physicians I was surrounded by. But...

  6. Pregnant, about to graduate, how to get a job?

    MarySunshine replied to mamac0805's topic in General Nursing

    So, if there is no FMLA coverage then what happens with the health insurance? Do you just not have any once you quit to have the

  7. How long does it take to get over it?

    MarySunshine replied to montieICURN's topic in General Nursing

    I just quit a job after two years and I was also crying and missing everyone terribly. I can't imagine how you felt after 18 years. Wishing you the best in your new endeavor -- it's a brave step to...

  8. Can we talk about burnout again?

    MarySunshine posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi Everybody. This is an invitation for advice and for others to vent. I've been an ICU nurse for two years now. I have a good unit with great, supportive co-workers and relatively decent staffing. I...

  9. Can we talk about burnout again?

    MarySunshine replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much to everyone who replied. I have two days off now and I've spent the better part of today just reading on the couch and feeling like I can hardly move. I know it sounds like clinical...

  10. Can we talk about burnout again?

    MarySunshine replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. I can't really take time off d/t school loans, mortgage,

  11. Tis the season for new docs

    MarySunshine replied to TXTraumaRN's topic in Emergency

    It's going to be a long

  12. Wacko RN - Write Up vs. Direct Report

    MarySunshine replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    I'm really curious, so I'm going to shamelessly beg that this story be updated as soon as possible. I agree with others that it's one of the craziest nursing stories I've

  13. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    MarySunshine replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    I tell people to smile and say cheese before I press the "AUTO" button on their EKGs. I tell them to give me a "big, fake smile" when I need to assess their facial symmetry. That usually results in a...

  14. A "Thank You" gift for a preceptor

    MarySunshine posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am almost finished with a 6 month orientation to an ICU. My preceptor has been nothing but helpful and encouraging through MANY self-loathing moments and frustrating shifts. I honestly think I would...

  15. Travel Nursing While Pregnant

    MarySunshine posted a topic in Travel

    Hi Everybody. Just looking for some voices of experience out there! I may start travel nursing this August -- just on a local level -- I would continue to live at my current home. My husband and I...

  16. Student male Nurse today in L+D

    MarySunshine replied to Thedreamer's topic in Ob/Gyn

    To the OP: great job! You should definitely write a letter to that manager about that awful RN. I would have been happy to have you as my nursing student (as the precepting RN OR as the birthing...

  17. Travel Nursing While Pregnant

    MarySunshine replied to MarySunshine's topic in Travel

    Thanks so much :) I tend to try to plan and control things like this down to the tiniest details. I certainly have noticed all the couples these days struggling to get pregnant and having a lot of...

  18. Travel Nursing While Pregnant

    MarySunshine replied to MarySunshine's topic in Travel

    That's the trouble. I've been married 7 years and my biological clock is driving me CRAZY! I'm only in my mid twenties, so in a literal sense there's not a hurry. I'm just stressed. We're having...

  19. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    MarySunshine replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Luvelyone. No one here complaining about small mistakes or things that the nurse just didn't have time to get to or forgot but didn't compromise patient safety. EVERYONE makes mistakes....

  20. Ob-GYN nurses- Do you think Dad/the father should or should not be in delivery room?

    MarySunshine replied to MK6babies's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hopefully you and the father had decided to have this baby together...as a mutual decision. I would hope no one MADE you be pregnant against your

  21. How do YOU check a temp in an orally intubated person?

    MarySunshine replied to JoshuaAdamsRN's topic in Emergency

    I'm an ICU nurse. We almost always just carefully put the probe all the way under the tongue in intubated patients. It's usually accurate. I do understand your reasoning and it's not poor reasoning,...

  22. Why is this PC bullcrap prioritized above people's lives?

    MarySunshine replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    I guess if you don't speak English you should just get an automatic passing grade. Sheesh. I think you tried to do the right thing, sorry it didn't work out. I can't imagine that she will be able to...

  23. The Circumcision Discussion

    MarySunshine replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can only find statistics through 2004. I'm not sure if newer ones are available. At any rate, here they are: http://www.cirp.org/library/statistics/USA/ Hope that helps answer the OP's question! You...

  24. Breastfeeding moms who work on busy units

    MarySunshine posted a topic in General Nursing

    So...I'm not even pregnant yet. But I want to be someday relatively soon. I want to breastfeed. I work in an ICU where I almost always get a 30 minute lunch break (time is very unpredictable though)...

  25. Breastfeeding moms who work on busy units

    MarySunshine replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to say that it's pathetic that so many of us are used to NOT getting our entitled breaks. If I actually GOT my two fifteen minute breaks in addition to my lunch, I would not have had to...