NurseOnAMotorcycle ASN, RN

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 already done 4. The 3am giggles 5. Never need a sitte...

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 (Almost) Opioid-Free Emergency Department "...One e...

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, and then sometimes two more before you feel so smo...

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 actually feel relieved when someone tells me they are a m...

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 doctor?"

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. Handling escalating situations/ de-escalating techniqu...

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 BVM... - High Performance EMS | Facebook

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

Another dose of body shaming.

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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 air. You are in the healthcare business, not the "...

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 encourages laziness among caregivers which increases the...

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 help.

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 will help you. Hang in there, find another RN who ...

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 disagreed with her opinions but she has never lashed out...

Seriously, just apply. The worst they can say is "not until you have more experience". Just do it.

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 about to start my 7th year. Except for my first, ...

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 Nightengale hours on a patient who can't decide to be observ...

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 previously encountered.

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 mark what you gave and it is all automatically put i...

I thought this was relevant: "...Last updated on: September 15, 2016"

Are you responding to something from a different thread? I can't see any previous replies that match your post...

Lol. You answered just as I tried to fix my reply!

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

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