nola1202

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1. 1st RN Job, feeling discouraged and disappointed

   nola1202 replied to NewbieNurse1's topic in Long Term Acute Care

   Hang in there baby! It's not you it's Health Care these days (profit driven, not acuity driven.) Survive for a year then get out! Look for a Hospital position that lives up to it's Magnet Status PR...

2. 1st Psych Nursing Job starts Monday, any advice?

   nola1202 replied to ChelleNurse's topic in Psychiatric

   Be afraid, be very afraid

3. April 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

   nola1202 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

   "He says he was replaced by someone named Jimmy

4. If you could do it over again, would you still have gone into nursing?

   nola1202 replied to jay65's topic in Health, Stress Management

   Hee, Hee, Hee, we talk about this at work all the time....my answer is yes, no, yes, maybe, no...mmmm I'll get back to you on that. Like many other "lifers" (over 24 years) I have taken time off to...

5. Is this what night shift really does to us?

   nola1202 replied to gloryfied's topic in Health, Stress Management

   I do nights, but I feel it. The sleep deprivation is the hardest, even when I sleep well I still feel deprived. Usually I come home, stay up about an hour or two, lie down around 9 or 10, sleep till...

6. Heel stick on side of foot/medial ankle

   nola1202 replied to beautifulbyHisblood's topic in Pediatric

   Excellent advice from all the other posts, just wanted to address your anxiety. Thankfully, 99.9% of our less than stellar interventions have no adverse effects. You are learning and that's what's...

7. Tips & Advice for a Brand New RN Starting Out in Pediatric Med/Surg

   nola1202 replied to YouSmellLikeCDiff's topic in Pediatric

   Respiratory failure in kids can be easily missed. They compensate very well for a long time, then poof! Respiratory arrest. I was a new grad who had the wonderful fortune to have a Ward Clerk who...

8. Tourniquet with heel sticks?

   nola1202 replied to beautifulbyHisblood's topic in Pediatric

   I also had this experience, and wondered about it. I guess there's the prefered method, and the unconventional that works that one time. Glad the labs ended up comming out

9. Peds nurse with no kids

   nola1202 replied to Kaci82's topic in Pediatric

   Also childless, mostly by choice. I was on the fence about having kids, never really was in a good enough relationship to want to risk it. If I had it to do over again, I think I'd think more about...

10. Spiritual interventions...(When things happen we or the Dr. can't explain)

    nola1202 replied to camtrom's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    For the longest time I would start to walk in a geriatric patient's room and she would wake and holler "look out for the dog!" I would stop mid-step and lurch to the side in an attempt to avoid the...

11. Words and phrases that I didn't know before I became a psych nurse

    nola1202 replied to Kay28's topic in Psychiatric

    "thanks for

12. How to promote tolerance and support teamwork,

    nola1202 replied to Teacher Sue's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ditto. I thought I'dfound the perfect job, now I find out someone has lied about me to management and mangement believes them. I'm stuck with a "performance improvement plan" and having to go through...

13. Dayshifters - do you take a breakfast break as soon as you get to work?

    nola1202 replied to Snugglibumkins's topic in General Nursing

    rofl. This seems to be really common. The other most common is the grab a quick break after am report, chart checks and assessments. I used to get so annoyed at the smoke break and breakfast break...

14. How to explain depression/PTSD to young children

    nola1202 replied to verivici's topic in Patient Education

    dad/mom is sad. It's not your fault, and it's not your job to fix their sadness. You don't have to be extra good to make things better. PTSD: Something bad happened to mom/dad and sometimes something...

15. I'm grateful for you crusty old bats

    nola1202 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Every time a bell rings a baby bat gets their wings. (very loose quote from "it's a wonderful