robinbird

robinbird

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  1. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    robinbird replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    This nurse eloquently said everything that I could not put into words for the past few years. I recently quit my job after 10 years because of the working conditions and the absolute insanity that...

  2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    robinbird replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    This happened about 8 years ago and was told to me by the nurse who experienced it. A elderly patient was receiving palliative care on our cardiology floor and was expected to die anytime. To make...

  3. ER Personalities

    robinbird replied to RN1298's topic in Emergency

    I would say outgoing, flexible, caring, realistic, forgiving, thick-skinned, a good sense of humor and confident. I have been working in the ER for a year now and I have discovered that the people...

  4. Externships worth it in long run?

    robinbird replied to akmt's topic in General Nursing

    I did an externship during my last year of nursing school (as a CNA-II). I got to work all over the hospital. This gave me the opportunity to see the areas I wanted to work in, but more importantly...

  5. CEN, ENA, TNCC

    robinbird replied to yankee nurse09's topic in Emergency

    I just took TNCC (Trauma Nurse Core Course) after working in the ED for 9 months. I bought the book for the course 6 weeks before the course and read most of it. The course was 2 days long, which...

  6. Nurses do you love or hate your job?

    robinbird replied to angelcarmichael's topic in General Nursing

    Love/hate. There's plenty of things I love about it so it makes the things I hate

  7. Putting a mask on a spitter

    robinbird replied to NotFlo's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient in behavioral restraints in the ER who was a spitter. After the first loogie-launch he was placed in a mask whenever we were in the

  8. Is it too late for me?

    robinbird replied to kalinka's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated nursing school when I was 37. I started when I was 34, which was the mean age of my associate degree nursing class. Many of us were second career nurses. Some of us stayed home with...

  9. takotsubo

    robinbird replied to caeRn's topic in Emergency

    When I worked in the cardiac stepdown unit I had a male patient who was diagnosed with Takotsubo, no medical history, clean coronary arteries and and EF of 30%. He traced his Takotsubo to a very...

  10. Rejection is tough

    robinbird replied to mswim's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes things work out for the best. When I graduated from nursing school in 2006 my dream job was working in the ER. I applied and didn't even make it to the second interview. I took a job as a...

  11. Major Vent

    robinbird replied to LouisVRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My mother-in-law came over from Latvia when she was 14. Not only did she learn English fluently, you can't even tell she's wasn't born here. She graduated from college and is adamant that...

  12. Best ER Nurse quotes

    robinbird replied to JennyAS's topic in Emergency

    First time I assisted with rapid sequence intubation. My adrenaline was flowing. I drew up all the meds, finished giving etomidate and was about to give the succinylcholine. I said, "I've always...

  13. when crazy family member is also a nurse

    robinbird replied to rnto?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Know-it-all (and crazy) family members have all different professions, unfortunately some are nurses. You can add to what the person says by saying, "I've found..., I've learned..., In my...

  14. Do you identify yourself as a nurse when you or your family are a patient?

    robinbird replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    In that situation I AM NOT A NURSE. I want things explained to me as if I know nothing. I don't want special treatment or anyone to feel uncomfortable because they may feel I'm judging them....

  15. Trying in vain to get in a vein

    robinbird posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, so I've been a nurse for 4 years and just started working in the ER. I'm off orientation and I am doing fine except for one thing. Starting Iv's. Where I worked before, we had an IV team, so I...

  16. Trying in vain to get in a vein

    robinbird replied to robinbird's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to all who replied. I can't wait to try your suggestions. I'll let you know how it goes.

  17. Wildest lab values you've ever seen?

    robinbird replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    Not a lab value, but wild nonetheless: A 16 second pause (asystole) on telemetry. Pt. fell and hit her head at her nursing home. Came to us in the ED, had a CT of the head (WNL). The doc was about...

  18. Excepted a position in ED!

    robinbird replied to colleennurse's topic in Emergency

    I started working in my ED about a month ago after working for 3 1/2 years on a cardiology stepdown floor. I love it. At times it's overwhelming and I am learning to deal with that by prioritizing...

  19. How do you protect your back health?

    robinbird replied to Silas's topic in General Nursing

    I also do core strength exercises, push ups and I run. The things that I do to save my back: -- Use good body mechanics when pulling a patient up in bed. I step to the side as I'm pulling the...

  20. CABG... highest number of grafts you've seen?

    robinbird replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I sent a patient for a second CABG who had 6 the first time and was going for a

  21. ghost question

    robinbird replied to thongvo89's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse I work with told a story of elderly patient she took care of that was dying. She was receiving palliative care and had said goodbye to her family. She was on our floor because she was in end...

  22. Scribes in the ED

    robinbird replied to whichone'spink's topic in Emergency

    Can you tell me how you become a scribe? My son will be attending the local community college next year and that would be a great job for him while he's in school. What kind of training do you

  23. Gloves and injections

    robinbird replied to cmonkey's topic in General Nursing

    Gloves do indeed protect the injector. Another reason is that they act as a "squeegie" if you do receive a needle stick injury. As the needle penetrates the glove, the glove material slides across the...

  24. Am i too old to start aiming for a nursing career

    robinbird replied to rompril's topic in General Nursing

    I was 35 when I started nursing school and graduated when I was 38. I would say 1/2 of my nursing class was over 30. We even had 2 people over 50! Go for it!

  25. Job interview tips plz:)

    robinbird replied to 1uvakindmom's topic in General Nursing

    I had a job interview for another unit in my hospital this past week. I prepared by rehearsing answers to some common questions. Here are some of the questions I was asked in my interview: Why do you...