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  1. feeling threatened

    bemory posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I have now been an RN for 3 years- two spent on a med tele floor and in January I will be completing my first year in coronary intensive care. I feel like Im being bullied by my co-workers. I am...

  2. Charting Bloopers

    bemory replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    I found this once in a physician report Amazingly well considering his erection fraction is

  3. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    bemory replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I was working in the psych unit for nursing school clinicals, there was an older man who had schizophrenia and believed that he was Jesus. He had a really patient sister that would come to...

  4. starting in ccu any tips?

    bemory replied to thatoneguy's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    The most important things I learned about my patients were the things I assessed myself. Before you go into a room 1. look up all pertinent labs 2. check off all medications 3. check off all...

  5. Three More Weeks!

    bemory replied to HillNPStudent's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Lovern I was reading your blog and it is extremely similar to my own story. I worked as an EKG tech/CNA on the cardiac floor for 3 years while attending nursing school. Then worked as a RN there for...

  6. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

    bemory replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a floor nurse and I guess that ICU being more one on one care would entail you sitting or standing in one place for a long time. I guess the best advice to give is to eat something before you get...

  7. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

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

    I had a patient call me in the room because she swore her telemetry box was attacking her. she said I felt it grip my throat and I had to fight it. One nurse answered a call light and asked the...

  8. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    bemory replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    dont let an epileptic prostitute give you oral sex. klondike bars inserted in the lady parts will give you a nasty frostbite your not pregnant if you inserted 5 lbs of crack into your lady parts God...

  9. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

    bemory replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1. use the bathroom! dont hold it in 2. take good care of yourself- your feet especially 3. get some sleep 4. take a minute to take a breath 5. never leave a room saying you will be back in a...

  10. time management

    bemory posted a topic in General Nursing

    I will be completing my one year as a nurse on the cardiac floor and I feel that I have honed a lot of my skills except one...time management. I always see nurses finishing their charting hours before...

  11. time management

    bemory replied to bemory's topic in General Nursing

    Its usually that I can only get to my charting much later. I am not staying hours late like I used to do. I guess the problem is that I just feel like I will miss something if I dont assess...

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

    bemory replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    1. pt who came in with a potato growing in her lady parts, had previously been in for a tennis ball insertion. Her reasons were that the lady partsl weights prescribed were to expensive. 2. pt with...

  13. North Carolina Roll Call

    bemory replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    hi everyone..My name is Tina, I am a cardiac RN and work in a hospital in Wilmington. I am originally from Delaware but have been living here for 4 years. I enjoy the people down here and really love...

  14. what kind of student were u?

    bemory replied to luilui_604's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I made A's in all my pre-req courses and B's in my nursing courses. The tests we had were always multiple choices and our finals were straight NCLEX questions. When it was time to study for the NCLEX,...

  15. i feel like i have no potential in life whatsoever.......

    bemory replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I was going through nursing school, I had deferred from graduate school for biology. I worked at nights as an aide and would watch people years younger then me with no experience boss me around...

  16. Funny Sign In Slips

    bemory replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    I work on a Cardiac floor.. I asked my patient what activity he was doing when he experienced chest pain.. He replied ummm it was either cocaine or

  17. Help with hopeless horrible nurse's aides

    bemory replied to xmaxiex's topic in General Nursing

    when they start paying cna (and nurses) a lot more money- and people realize the importance of their work they will change their work attitude. I worked at a nursing home which was ultraglam and paid...

  18. student with a question-

    bemory replied to obeyacts2's topic in Cardiac

    My patient also had PEA- we were monitoring her heart rate which was normal and then when it slowed, we checked in on her and she had passed. She was very dehydrated and also was spetic. The heart...

  19. nursing assessment forms

    bemory posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know of a website or has a good assessment form that i can use when I make my rounds. We have computer charting and its hard to remember all of my assessment when I have to leave the room...

  20. This was so funny..you had to be there

    bemory posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    A night shift coworker was taking care of a 80ish old patient who was legally blind and had been considered confused. At about 3:00 she wanted to check the drainage from the patient's foley bag. She...

  21. what would you do if this was your parent?

    bemory replied to eph432girl's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Christine...I hope this helps I am a cardiac nurse and this is just some things I learned in the past. I would not recommend carotid massage if your mom had coronary artery disease, or...

  22. Nurse Salary Survey

    bemory replied to nightingale's topic in Nursing Career

    At my hospital, the starting pay is 17.50 for days and then add another 3-4.00 for night shifts and weekends. Its ironic that we have about 4 floors that are critical staffing now. We had a lot of...

  23. New Nurse Needs Shoes

    bemory replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    I have found that my white sketchers are the best so far. We have to wear white shoes at work now but before that I loved my adidas

  24. CNAs with attitudes

    bemory posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As a younger nurse with CNA and telemetry tech background, I never get respect from this CNA on my floor. If I even ask her to fill a water pitcher, she rolls her eyes. One day I asked her to help my...

  25. Tele Techs??? what do they do?

    bemory replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in Cardiac

    A tele tech is someone who monitors heart rates and heart rhythms and is trained at performing EKGs. Most likely you will not need anything but a high school diploma. Your institute should train you...