Aeterna

Aeterna BSN, RN

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  1. Anti-Intellectualism/Autonomy in nursing

    Aeterna replied to felineRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have never had an issue with increasing oxygen administration just to get a patient's sats up to a decent level! If a patient needs something NOW, then I will do whatever I can - within limits and...

  2. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    Aeterna replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    I once had a patient call so I could move her purse from the left side of the bed to the right. She was in for a fractured foot. I also had a patient call just to ask me if he could re-use his little...

  3. 2nd year Medsurg 2 and transitions

    Aeterna replied to brittany_micah's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I find it depends on your school and depends on your instructor. In my school, third year was notorious for being very difficult and exhausting - a gamut of new skills, re-enforcing the old skills,...

  4. want to be an oncology nurse

    Aeterna replied to cymphilly's topic in Oncology

    Like I said, try for a general medical floor. In all likelihood, you will find some sort of central lines there. Even getting comfortable with peripheral IVs is an asset. Also, check if there are any...

  5. Funny things patients say !

    Aeterna replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    Patient: Did you see Dr. Smith (name changed) today? He was hot! Me: *trying not to burst out laughing* But you saw him yesterday too, didn't you? Didn't you think he was "hot" then? Patient: But...

  6. Dear Coworkers:

    Aeterna replied to Mommy&RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That sounds awesome. The morale on my floor is very low with a high turnover rate, so we have yet to really feel like a true team. Still, I'm so so so so grateful... ...to those nurses who don't laugh...

  7. Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    Aeterna replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ohh man, I have plenty of stories, mostly from working in LTC as a PSW. Best one was probably this one time, when I was walking an elderly woman to her room. Patient: You have nice tits. Me:...

  8. MedSurg Ortho or MedSurg Oncology

    Aeterna replied to Missy BSN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Well, it's hard to say based simply on knowing the names of the units because it's hard to tell how specialized they are, what kinds of services they provide, etc. In my experience, orthopedics and...

  9. I wonder how many nurses out there experienced a needle stick injury

    Aeterna replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I only got myself once but it was a clean needle. I forgot that I had removed the cap of the needle already and, without looking, went to take off the cap again and the needle hit my finger. Yeahhhh,...

  10. What's your nursing kryptonite?

    Aeterna replied to ktliz's topic in General Nursing

    LOL this reminds me of the time a nurse found another nurse washing his hair in the utility room. She asked him what in the world he was doing and he explained he was in a room with a man with a...

  11. What pay are nurses making these days?

    Aeterna replied to BeOne77's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. I'm shocked that a lot of base wages are around $20/hr or so! I feel almost...overpaid Workplace: A large hospital in Ontario, Canada Education: BScN Experience: a little less than a year Base...

  12. want to be an oncology nurse

    Aeterna replied to cymphilly's topic in Oncology

    In terms of specialties, general medicine is probably closest. Get familiar with IVs (including starting IVs) as well as working with central lines. Interpreting blood work (i.e. CBCs, lytes), while...

  13. Not scared of the doctors

    Aeterna replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting, because I find the younger ones are rather stricter and more difficult (maybe because they're not comfortable enough in their roles to allow some give and flexibility?). I recently got...

  14. How does your hospital recognize, reward, and motivate staff (RN, CNA, etc.)?

    Aeterna replied to krystin954's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work in doesn't, as far as I know. On my floor, you end up as charge nurse and get worked even harder for a tiny amount of extra money. At the hospital I did my last two clinicals at,...

  15. Random questions

    Aeterna replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm still getting the hang of all the ins and outs of my floor but I'll do my best to answer. Also, these are specific to the floor I work on and probably won't be the same for all. 1) On my floor, a...

  16. Patient not using PCA

    Aeterna replied to superex's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm a rather inexperienced nurse (a little less than one year, woo!) but I do a lot of pain management with oncology patients, as well as having some school clinical experience in PACU (mostly...

  17. Need advice!!!! I hate my job

    Aeterna replied to moni777's topic in General Nursing

    I can sympathize...really! I'm a little less than a year in my first RN job ever and I can definitely say that it's a tough journey. I remember having two difficult patient assignments in a row (as...

  18. Do you give meds without seeing the MDs order if he MAR has been checked?

    Aeterna replied to canadianRNeducator's topic in Patient Medications

    Are they kidding? Seriously, I can think of one patient who has been on our floor for nearly a year now. She has tons of meds - at one point, her 0900 pills almost filled a 30mL medicine cup. Her...

  19. What's your nursing kryptonite?

    Aeterna replied to ktliz's topic in General Nursing

    Trachs that never seem to stop oozing phlegm. My first trach patient ever was a confused man, so he couldn't even cough into a tissue, so naturally, the phlegm was everywhere. Melena stool is bad,...

  20. Nurse:Patient ratio

    Aeterna replied to creo's topic in International Nursing

    I work on a large (58-60 beds) medical-oncology-palliative unit, so we see everything from "failure to thrive" to "febrile neutropenia" to "below the knee amputation" (why amputations fall under acute...

  21. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Aeterna replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I don't work in the ER but I've certainly heard stories from ER nurses. Best one I've heard was girls (sadly, this doesn't seem to be an isolated case) coming in for pregnancy tests. One former...