SionainnRN

SionainnRN

Emergency Room, Trauma ICU

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  1. What is it with nurses and cell phones? Just a vent.

    SionainnRN replied to fakebee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The martyr mary is right up there with the super mom of dear God if I'm not right at my baby's side (even with the father there or a trusted babysitter) they will not heal. Give me a break. As for my...

  2. I think I made a mistake

    SionainnRN replied to RNikkiF's topic in General Nursing

    That defeats the purpose of PRN meds. What you can do when this situation arises again is look at your PRNs right off the bat when you're having issues. If you had given the hydralazine first and...

  3. Out of State Applications

    SionainnRN replied to c.kelly20's topic in General Nursing

    Talk to your school, I went to school right next to the CA border and it was A LOT easier and faster to get your NV license first then a CA one. Mainly because for in state applications the BON only...

  4. How does this happen???

    SionainnRN replied to snbonbon's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The blood sugar was in the 60's, not dangerously low, actually that's within normal limits (60-100) so it wasn't that. And considering how high the bs went after the amp of D50 and that they had to...

  5. What is it with nurses and cell phones? Just a vent.

    SionainnRN replied to fakebee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Lets see: age 7 hurt myself on my big bro's BMX bike, my Nana was watching us as my mom was a single parent at work. I had a lot of bleeding from my cut ankle, with pressure on the wound the bleeding...

  6. Bullies

    SionainnRN replied to hockeyluv71's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Do you know for a fact that she has bad mouthed you? What exactly did she say? If you go to your manager with this I don't think you have much of a case, you're saying she doesn't talk to you and...

  7. Penalized for Improper Outfit. Help!

    SionainnRN replied to Newgraduatenurse2012's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Anything that has to do with work, especially if it's on campus as it sounds this was, it's better to be over dressed than under. Showing up to something work related in sweats? I'm honestly surprised...

  8. Transfusing blood in an emergency situation

    SionainnRN replied to Enthused RN's topic in Emergency

    Gotta love the Level 1. I started out in trauma ICU and I had a short stint in med/surg and it was such a shock to put blood on a pump! We always either just let it hang or were pressure bagging it...

  9. Short nurse bio for social media (facebook..)

    SionainnRN replied to elenaperod's topic in General Nursing

    FB is not for job hunting. And actually these days it's best that you don't mention anything about work, including who you work for in your profile. If you list the hospital you work for on your...

  10. Wow, I really may need to get out of here.

    SionainnRN replied to gloryfied's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow, you have quite the attitude don't you? I've had docs yell at me about something that's happened on a previous shift and you know what I did? I said I was sorry that it wasn't done and that I...

  11. Denied employment at agency due to ordered prescriptions

    SionainnRN replied to RNwithHonors's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am absolutely behind the hospital for recinding their offer of employment based on either the physical or drug screen. Just imagine OP that something happens at work, you fall or get hurt in some...

  12. Dear new grad...

    SionainnRN replied to smurfynursey's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Honestly ICU is so different from any other floor that it can be hard to go from MedSurg to ICU because you have to unlearn a lot of things while trying to learn all of the new things. This is why a...

  13. Just asking to be fired (posting pics at work to TheChive.com)

    SionainnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I love TheChive.com, great fun pics. Well I came across this pic the other day http://thechive.com/2012/03/15/daily-afternoon-randomness-48-photos-64/dar-thursday-19-7/ cute pic, but now because of...

  14. Facebook almost cost me my job

    SionainnRN replied to ReginaPhalange's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well I can tell you I lost my job because of what I posted on FB. I vented when I shouldn't have. My profile is set so privately you can't even search for me, I was very particular about who I...

  15. Rectal trumpet

    SionainnRN replied to MLB55's topic in Critical Care

    We use them in my trauma icu all the time. They are great! The stool has to be liquid, duh, but it helps keep their skin intact. Heck I had a pt with an upper GI bleed who was A&O x 4 who was...

  16. what are some things you do for family members dealing with grief?

    SionainnRN replied to kimmersRN's topic in Critical Care

    I've found, in addition to tissues, chairs, etc, the best thing I can do for a family is to be near. Sometimes it's as little as laying a hand on a shoulder works wonders. I'm always amazed how many...

  17. Intubated Pt's Using Bedside Comodes

    SionainnRN replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Critical Care

    I work in a Trauma ICU and standard practice is to trach 7 days after intubation, or if we know they are going to be intubated longer than a week to do the trach right away. I have never, ever seen...