IdrilRN

IdrilRN BSN, RN

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  1. We are human too

    IdrilRN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    #justnursinghomethings. #weepy #justnursethings #beanursetheysayitwillbefuntheysay #veryrewarding When you hope the medication is enough. When you hope your touch is enough. When you hope your...

  2. We are human too

    IdrilRN replied to IdrilRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And old as **** frail elderly resident in the nursing home I work in who was half dead the other night and has no family but the people who take care of

  3. Different Types Of Coworkers

    IdrilRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Polly policy. And I say that with great admiration. As she knows the policy book backwards and forwards so it is quite helpful! Me, I would be, saftey queen. Very rigid on my unit with issues...

  4. This semester of nursing school not going well for me - unbelievable

    IdrilRN replied to Nogoodmood's topic in General Students

    Not going to sugar coat it but you are lucky not to be kicked out of the nursing program for doing a tube feeding with a nurses aid, or nurse like person. In other words not with your instructor....

  5. Patient Reported Me To Nurse Manager

    IdrilRN replied to giantumbrella's topic in Psychiatric

    Please please don't take things patients say about you personal. You will burn out very quickly. I've had patients rip the cuff off and storm off while calling me every name in the book and...

  6. How to get a job in Correctional Nursing?

    IdrilRN replied to ThinkAgain's topic in Correctional

    Yes it is possible for RN's. I just got hired on perdiem. And will often be the only RN on besides the charge

  7. How to get a job in Correctional Nursing?

    IdrilRN replied to ThinkAgain's topic in Correctional

    Find out who the company is that provides medical care for the DOC. I just got hired on per diem at my local prison. It's not through the DOC it's through an out side company. Could be as easy as...

  8. Total Disregard for Visiting Hours

    IdrilRN replied to DYLANB's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh yes. 6p-8p M-F and 2-4 and 6-8 on weekends. And even better if the pt is on any type of detox protocol. They get no visits unless it is "therapeutic" And even then requires an md order and...

  9. What to wear on a unit where nurses wear street clothes and not scrubs?

    IdrilRN replied to tareija's topic in Psychiatric

    I wear boring jeans and boring t shirts or shirt, and sneakers. But then again thats my "style" or lack of style, anyway I work on a forensics unit and as a nurse I would never wear a dress or a...

  10. Degree level required to work as a psychiatric nurse?

    IdrilRN replied to Alexanderjitsu's topic in Psychiatric

    I worked as an LPN on a psych unit. Now as an ADN, I work in a private psych hospital. Psych nursing is not at all slow paced, except maybe on night shift and that's only if everyone is

  11. Types of units at your hospital

    IdrilRN replied to Topaz7's topic in Psychiatric

    It's for people who have commuted a crime and at some point are suspected of having or already have a diagnosis of a mental illness. They come to the suit usually psychotic (they've been off their...

  12. Types of units at your hospital

    IdrilRN replied to Topaz7's topic in Psychiatric

    Child, adolescent, LGBT, Detox, 2 adult units (regular) and one forensic. A uniformed service program, intensive outpatient program for adults, children and adolescents and residential programs for...

  13. Waking up the crabby butts

    IdrilRN replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that if they were well enough not to be checked on they are well enough to be home. I remember after a 5pm surgery, I was up all night going to the bathroom anyway, they didn't need to come...

  14. Looking to relocate to central Vermont, concerned about pay/working conditions

    IdrilRN replied to acourser's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at Central Vt hospital. I enjoyed it very much. We didn't have a union but our pay was decent and the benefits great. I enjoyed all the people I worked with, and all the people in the...

  15. IM injections - divide into 2 or keep as 1?

    IdrilRN replied to samyaira's topic in Patient Medications

    If I'm getting a shot, I only want one and only one shot, as long as it's appropriate. It's a needle getting stuck in my skin, of course it's going to hurt. Some years my flu shot hurts, some years...

  16. Is this new nurse culture shock or is this plain out blasphemy?

    IdrilRN replied to Marie.rn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The aids are not d/c ing the pain patches, the people taking them off are drug addicts and using the patches to get high. That needs to go to the attorney general/state board of

  17. Dear Pysch Nurses

    IdrilRN replied to Crazed's topic in Psychiatric

    Is their a tv show or movie that glorifies psych nursing in a good light? I bet if their was maybe we wouldn't be seen as the bottom of the barrel. I was the only one of 36 in my class that liked...

  18. Is it something in the water? Inappropriate/rude patients.

    IdrilRN replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If a patient apologizes for their inaprop. behavior toward me, after I redirect them,I do not say, "It's all right, or don't worry about it".... I accept it and move on. To say "it's all right...

  19. A Rough Nursing Shift...

    IdrilRN replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    This is how I was before 8am today, and it was downhill all day. But then I got to leave at 330pm, so all is

  20. Forced to be in charge before I'm ready.

    IdrilRN replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

    I was in charge this weekend for my first time. It was with out warning. Our hospital is expanding so there are a lot of new staff, nurses and mental health workers alike. I have a lot going on in...

  21. latuda

    IdrilRN replied to Davey Do's topic in Psychiatric

    It has to be taken with food for proper absorption. That's about all I

  22. Taking a psych tech job on a locked unit with occasionally violent adults...advice?

    IdrilRN replied to CeCeInMI's topic in Psychiatric

    I've worked in 3 psych units. There is always the potential for violence. Each place I've worked has a non violent crisis intervention program they use. Pro Act, CPI, NAAPI All teach us how to to...

  23. How does your facility search for and/or handle contraband?

    IdrilRN replied to cfaith's topic in Addictions

    we lock it in a closet that the patients can't access during their stay, then it's given to them upon d/c. Illegal drugs are given to the med nurse and then the police come and collect it to dispose...

  24. First job in Psych nursing

    IdrilRN replied to beachhorizon's topic in Psychiatric

    At my place, the med nurse passes the medications, educates the patients about the medications, hopefully convinces the paranoid patient to take their medication, does all the detox assessments and...

  25. Any Info on Brattleboro Retreat?

    IdrilRN replied to Preeps's topic in General Nursing

    The rent is expensive, some of the neighborhoods real bad. There are a lot of hippy type people here. The farmers market is a big thing here. It's an artsy type town, There is a lot of recreation....