NurseOnAMotorcycle ASN, RN

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    Awful Doctors

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

    4 months... so you've just gotten off orientation recently? Someone experienced should have been keeping half an eye on you for support. I know with a super critical level like that the charge nurse...
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    Why do nurses feel the need to put RN on their license plates?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to 3dayRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I also want to point out that this is something only other medical personnel would understand. It's not really
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    Ventage

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    Brandy is right about being married w/ 2 incomes. It's the only way to be "hurtin' but ok" these days. We tried married w/ one income for a few years while the kids were babies. It wasn't
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    Blood Draw Training in NJ?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to soniafern's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Strange. The places I know of all offer on the job training for phlebotomy. Sounds like you may end up taking that phlebotomist class if you can't find someone to teach
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    Is there any truth to this?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, people with artificial hearts (LVAD)have no radial pulses and no measurable diastolic r/t the way the pump runs their blood continuously rather than pumping it in bursts as a real heart
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    Nurses Talk To Nurses. Doctors Talk To Doctors

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    T H I S ! ! I've been yelled at in front of pts by MDs for doing my job ("they don't have to ambulate or wear SCDs if they don't want to...") in which I spoke to them firmly in the hallway about...
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    Parents!!!

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to daviex's topic in Emergency

    Sorry
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    Parents!!!

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to daviex's topic in Emergency

    bela&jackson's mom, I can see you are a compassionate person, but I find it amazing that all of these parents who were vaccinated as children are choosing to put their own children in danger....
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    Should hospital provide and launder scrubs?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Kitty Carlisle's topic in Emergency

    E.R. has extra large amounts of "I know you've been caring for this patient for the last three hours, but they're C.Diff." (or MRSA, or VRE, or shingles, or have lice, or all of the above!!) Our...
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    Parents!!!

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to daviex's topic in Emergency

    So in other words, I should work at a PCP if i want time off since everyone is going to an E.R.
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    Most shocking thing you've seen a physician do?

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

    I soooo want to post a big one here too but doubt that it go unnoticed by work. It's along those unsanitary lines of burn unit post
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    Depressed night shift worker

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to LithEruiel's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Sorry, misread that the first time. Zombied out after 12 hour night
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    Depressed night shift worker

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to LithEruiel's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Any chance of talking to the NM about preferring evenings or nights? I think they'd jump at
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    Questions for Night Shift Nurses

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Tazhaz's topic in General Nursing

    Where I live that "grounds for termination" is in full force. No napping! And breaks were something we had to sue for. Still don't get
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    Noise level at night

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to NoonsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I tell every pt that comes in that between q4 vitals (or more), nurse assessments, meds, q shift ambulation and provider assessments, they will be getting less sleep than they anticipate. I always...
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    I apologize

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to uRNmyway's topic in Emergency

    Pretty much everyone who walks in gets bloodwork and an IV. I tell people "if it's not bad enough to need an IV, go to prompt are or make an appointment with your regular doctor." (Autocorrect...
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    Destroying medications

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to nurseywifeymommy1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Whoa what the heck just happened here?! I'm
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    Destroying medications

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to nurseywifeymommy1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We had that changed a bit here. Now we pour it out into the garbage or crush and waste it into the sharps container. 0.5ml into the garbage doesn't make it easy for anyone to get even if they lick...
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    Why are the divorce rates among nurses so high?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to TiffanyLe's topic in General Nursing

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    Why are the divorce rates among nurses so high?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to TiffanyLe's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, for every argument we have, there is a conscious decision: Is this worth throwing our marriage for? 99% of the time the answer will be no. (The 1%, of course, would be violence or...
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    I am having the hardest time making a career decision

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in Nursing Career

    I agree with Meriwhen and checking out the cost of living
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    Forced wearing of nursing cap.

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to onetiredstudent's topic in General Students

    See that splatter across my helmet? That's part of the other
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    Forced wearing of nursing cap.

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to onetiredstudent's topic in General Students

    I was angry about NOT wearing a cap to my graduation. I didn't just graduate from some stupid underwater basket weaving school, I graduated from Grid-Iron NURSING School and I wanted to have it...
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    Only nurses would have lunch conversations like this...

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

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    Would a night time children's center make 2nd and 3rd shift easier?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to jordanjzz's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm picturing bunk beds and toys.