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  1. Keeping your head...

    dankimal posted a topic in Emergency

    Hey all, I’m investigating care giver response in the acute phase of high stress situations, specifically, the observed “freeze” response. Imagine, if you will, a nurse walks into the room...

  2. Poor physical assessment skills

    dankimal replied to stockmanjr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Heya! i can empathize with you. Accept that for the short term, your eyes are not going to pick up on subtleties an nuances. Therefore, I would do your assessment as near you can, report what you...

  3. Anyone ever been on strike?

    dankimal posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Hey All! The nurses union that represents my hospital has called for a strike. Without getting into the gory and messy details, I was just wondering what people’s experiences with strikes have...

  4. I'm afraid that I'm a bad nurse.

    dankimal posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello All: I am a relatively new nurse (practicing 8 months). At the time I started my first job, I entered with the excitement and enthusiasm that accompanies most new endeavors. Although nervous...

  5. Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

    dankimal posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all: In my practice I have encountered several instances of objectively addicted pts being prescribed massive amounts of narcotic medications. May I make it clear that these are not pts with...

  6. Enuresis Protocols and Fluid Restriction

    dankimal replied to ambi1234RN's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that a fluid restriction of that nature would require a physicians

  7. Holistic Nursing, as opposed to...

    dankimal replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Are you perchance a Humboldt State Grad? HSU

  8. Do you ever feel like a licensed drug pusher?

    dankimal replied to whykiki0103's topic in Emergency

    While I don't feel like a licensed drug pusher, I do sometimes feel that all I do is run around throwing rx at

  9. Contstructive discussion

    dankimal posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello All: I've been flexed off the past few shifts, so I've had a great deal of time to browse the discussion forums on this sight. The discourse has often been heated and I've noticed that so much...

  10. Contstructive discussion

    dankimal replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    I must admit, I love the computer throwing

  11. Most Common Patient Diagnoses

    dankimal replied to beauty912's topic in Medical-Surgical

    In my neck of the woods we get a ton and a half of cocci

  12. Night shift and Sleeping

    dankimal replied to jaznia15's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if anyone has seen this, but I read in AJN a few years back (I believe in 2008) that a OH hospital was piloting a system that allowed for RN working nights to sleep in the on call room prn...

  13. I'm afraid that I'm a bad nurse.

    dankimal replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    I have though about ICU, and I have seriously considered it. But part of me (perhaps the "grass is greener syndrome") is looking outside of acute care altogether and leaning more towards primary...

  14. I'm afraid that I'm a bad nurse.

    dankimal replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, everyone. I know it will get better, and relative to my first few months (see my previous posts) I am doing much better on the floor. And I have no regrets regarding the invaluable...

  15. First medication error & on new graduate orientation :(

    dankimal replied to gardenia09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a new nurse, 6 months on the job so far and have made two, count 'em two med errors. Both were relatively minor, and I will spare all the grusome details, but what I have learned is this: 1.)...

  16. IV albumin

    dankimal replied to rileygrl11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    where I work, the pharmacy has specialized tubing for platelets with a nifty one way vent on the collection chamber that makes priming quick and

  17. HELP!

    dankimal posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello all, I'm a new graduate nurse, RN BSN, graduated in May, hired in June, working Med/Surg up until now. To be frank, I feel like a failure. My senior year preceptorship went great, and I had...

  18. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    dankimal replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Fortunately, so far I have been spared the grossest of the gross, so I will offer the best I have and tell a tale from nursing school: I was taking my Human Anatomy class as a pre-requisite for...

  19. Funny things patients say !

    dankimal replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had a 40 yo male admitted to the ED after having just been side swiped by a car going 60mph. The dude had a L wrist fx, L open tib-fib fx and of course several bumps and bruises, but otherwise looked...

  20. calling ALL newly licensed NURSES.......[3yrs<]

    dankimal replied to NURSESrMEAN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated nursing school 5/16/2010, began my first job on

  21. HELP!

    dankimal replied to dankimal's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My time management skills are poor, but after re-reading "From Novice to Expert" by Benner, I think what is more the issue for me is my prioritization. I found this quote yesterday from the above...