NurseOnAMotorcycle ASN, RN

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  1. NurseOnAMotorcycle

    I Love Night Shift

    NurseOnAMotorcycle posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is just a post related to the absolute gazillions of negative commentary about night shift. 1. Teamwork, less backstabbing and sarcasm 2. Shift differential 3. Meals and showers are generally...
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    Nearly Opioid-free E.R. in NJ

    NurseOnAMotorcycle posted a topic in Emergency

    I saw this article and thought to pass it on. I don't know about all of their techniques, but I would love to see my hospital to continue moving away from handing out narcotics... Moving Toward an...
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    How to learn this stuff

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to grizun's topic in Emergency

    It'll come. It comes with experience and sooner than you realize, you'll be one of the nurses grabbing and hanging critical care medications. It takes a while to get to that point, at least a year,...
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    How do you feel about having other nurses as patients?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to purplegal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Same here, but it was my nurse managers HUSBAND!! I have to admit that when I was newer I was a little more nervous about being judged for my skills. But now I am settled and confident, and I...
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    But why does it have to be "Too fat or not"? It it feels like we went straight to Cosmo instead of Scientific American. Whats next? "12 ways to please your
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    Instead of judging and making each other feel less, why don't we lift each other up and educate and encourage? How to decompress after a traumatic experience. Finding the impossible to find vein....
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    How about cool tips and hacks? For example, using a BVM on a guy with a thick beard in a code is hard. Use tegaderm to cover it to get a great seal for bagging. Beard problems can be eliminated for...
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    The problem isn't the video, it's the resurrection of the old argument that opens the door for all the same old
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    Another dose of body
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    Double Briefing

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to CuriousCNA's topic in General Nursing

    Detecting and Reporting
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    Double Briefing

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to CuriousCNA's topic in General Nursing

    Oh Heaven help those patients. I can't even count the number of things wrong with this whole statement. If you are doing this, please stop. Turn q2 hours, leave total care patients' briefs open to...
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    Double Briefing

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to CuriousCNA's topic in General Nursing

    Why? It's cruel and unhealthy. It causes skin breakdown, pressure ulcers, promotes UTI, yeast growth, staph infections, abrasions in the groin where the edges are rubbing against the skin. It...
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    Best specialty for a new nurse interested in ED?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in Emergency

    You need one year, usually, and anywhere that you use telemetry is usually a bonus. We take people from all specialties because we get patients from all specialties that need
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    last week of orientation, should i ask for more time?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to R8T3D_RN's topic in Emergency

    Being off of orientation does not mean that you were not allowed to ask for help. Get your LPNs and HCT's involved. Let them know that you are new and sometimes need help catching up. The good ones...
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    BRAINS!!!

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to nhodge20's topic in General Students

    You won't know this because you're new here, but RubyVee and Esme are two of The Most willing to give students help. RubyVee will stop to help anybody. There've been times over the years when I...
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    ER Nurse Advice Needed

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to TheDreamIsRN's topic in Emergency

    Seriously, just apply. The worst they can say is "not until you have more experience". Just do
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    Did you choose nursing because it was your "calling"?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Corgilicious's topic in General Students

    It was absolutely a calling for me, and I love my coworkers even if they came to it differently. We are all here doing the same job regardless of the reason it began. As as far as burning out, I'm...
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    Am I ill-suited to the ED?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in Emergency

    This. A thousand times this. Stabilize and send. People who are well go home, sick ones go to med-surg, very sick ones go to OR or ICU. Stabilize, sort and send. If you spend 4 loving...
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    Orientation for experienced ED nurse?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to dee789's topic in Emergency

    12 weeks regardless of being previously experienced. You still don't know the new hospital's policies, how to find any equipment or places (cath lab for example), or use equipment that you have not...
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    Barcode scanning in ED?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    I just moved to a hospital that does this. It's actually not nearly as bad as it sounds even though I had my misgivings going into it. During code situations there's a separate screen that you just...
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    Nearly Opioid-free E.R. in NJ

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Emergency

    I thought this was relevant: "...Last updated on: September 15,
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    New and Very Potent Danger for ER and Pre-Hospital Personnel

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to traumaRUs's topic in Emergency

    Are you responding to something from a different thread? I can't see any previous replies that match your
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    Helpful (?) (!) Advice for burns

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Lol. You answered just as I tried to fix my
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    Helpful (?) (!) Advice for burns

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Kitiger's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I'm re-reading the thread and realizing I misunderstood the original premise. Thank heavens! You guys had me
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    Bangor area Hospitals?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Smurphyemt18's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/maine-nursing/moving-to-bangor-778177.html#post7067858 Good luck! I loved