NurseOnAMotorcycle ASN, RN

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    Need a team name for Operating Room staff for the Color Run.

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to surggurl's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to say Cut and Run but Fiona beat me to it. How about Heart
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    3 Months until NS starts.. What should i be doing!

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to niqua8604's topic in General Students

    Congratulations! Ok, get your list of school stuff needed and then try it all on and strut around for a while. CPR certification for healthcare providers, and ... do you do TB testing through...
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    Have been in the ER for 3 hrs now....

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Emergency

    Depends.. is anything more than a few years old and cranky or does just cranky automatically make you old? Does old mean age or experience? Do you have to be a nurse to qualify for the old and...
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    New Grad Nurse Dilemma. Please help.

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to peacelives10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Telemetry experience can get you almost any other job you want. Go for it! This is a huge opportunity to learn and get comfortable with loads of
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    RN goal: HAVE to work as LNA or is volunteer exp enough??

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Autymn's topic in General Nursing

    Working as an NA while you are in nursing school gives the nurses and nurse manager a chance to see if they would like to hire you permanently on their unit when you graduate. Also, employees of the...
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    Have been in the ER for 3 hrs now....

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Emergency

    So she's got a doctor she sees regularly for this? Why couldn't she make an appointment with her regular chronic pain MD and save herself the 6 hours? If it was because she didn't want to wait 2-6...
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    very nervous, very stressed, any advice?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to bernikitty's topic in General Students

    Find a way to take it down a level. I've been where you are, and while a little stress sharpens your determination, too much will leave you a quivering pile of jelly. Take deep slow breaths. I can...
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    How do you deal after a code?

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

    I'm sorry you didn't get an answer sooner. After a code, we sort of naturally end up huddling for a moment and discussing what just happened. Despite the redundancy of stating exactly what we all...
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    Skill's Fair for the E.D.

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to CapeCod2424's topic in Emergency

    I agree with keeping it simple and concise. I like trying things at each station with an instructor, but I feel more worried about trying something new if it's preceded by "You'll be tested on this."...
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    Orienting a new hire - issues

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to teleRN08's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Is there any way that you can give her a little more confidence to be honest by acknowledging the things she's good at? If it's a low self esteem problem then she may thaw enough to learn something...
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    Has Nursing hardened you?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Ok so let me clear up exactly where the hostility to the original post is coming from. It's not the honest question that OP has, it's this: 1. If you EVER have to say "I'm not insulting you", "I'm...
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    Has Nursing hardened you?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I love this post so much I could hug
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    How did you switch to ED nursing?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to sameasalways's topic in Emergency

    Take your resume directly to the nurse manager. Dress decently for it. Most NMs will mini-interview you when you hand it to them. Ask questions. Don't take more than 5 minutes, they're
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    Creepy Patient

    NurseOnAMotorcycle posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok I'm completely creeped out by a patient I had. They absolutely had to smoke. I found them in their bathroom with a cigarette, they promised not to do it again. I found them again a bit later in...
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    Creepy Patient

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks guys. I really needed to hear
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    Why Is It That Everyone Thinks They're A Good Nurse?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ha ha ha!! Ok, I love this post so much! I've had the same thought a few times. Honestly, I think it's because we are trying to support each other in this extremely litigious, everyone-hates-nurses...
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    Embarrasing illnesses

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ok seriously...
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    Employee Survey Time

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Blindsided's topic in General Nursing

    Well I think it definitely colors how the NMs look at their individual employees. When i was The New Grad, I was the only one on the unit with less than 20 yrs of experience. The first two questions...
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    Pt refusals

    NurseOnAMotorcycle posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I had this post-op pt who absolutely refused to do anything. No ambulating, convinced the PA to let them keep their foley. All the while screaming "I know my own body!!" I told them in gory...
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    Just put an end my misery if...

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to R!XTER's topic in General Nursing

    Looking for this?
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    New Graduate.....take a year off before I start???

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to kthomps's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Start applying for jobs in the middle of your last
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    Do nurses have to clean up vomit?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to sakiohma's topic in General Students

    Patients don't like to vomit on the floor/themselves/etc. They generally grab the first container they can get their hands on... Wash basin, trash can, etc. Confused or non-mobile patients? Yes,...
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    Did I do the right thing?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Peeker19's topic in General Nursing

    Not "idiot". How many seizures have you come across? My guess is not many. Sounds like you had a cruddy night. Good on you for monitoring your diabetic. Good on you for staying with the other...
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    Shadowing Friday...need some help

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Kendel.G's topic in General Nursing

    Help when you can, stay out of the way if you can't. Remember that this is their territory, not yours so double check before giving food, etc. Ask questions but don't try to follow up with "I do...
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    Bullying

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

    You know how the rumor mill is, right? You don't have to sue anyone, just whispier to a not-so-subtle nurse that you are PREPARING to sue, let them see you taking notes by your locker every once in a...