ixchel

critical care

Member

  • Content

    4,547

  • Visitors

    60,033

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    169

All Content by ixchel

  1. ixchel

    Lied to in Interview

    ixchel replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    I get the frustration over getting called in, but I otherwise feel it is absolutely none of your business who you replaced or why/when they left. I'm not sure why an interviewer would mention it, and...
  2. ixchel

    Epic electronic medical records

    ixchel replied to Nasir Awan's topic in General Nursing

    My brain immediately went to hacker as well. What a suspicious
  3. ixchel

    A&P: Favorite topic? Least favorite topic?

    ixchel replied to UCFAshley's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Ohhhhhh love
  4. ixchel

    Has nursing made you negative?

    ixchel replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    I now have an excuse for my ridiculously dark and twisted gallows
  5. ixchel

    A&P: Favorite topic? Least favorite topic?

    ixchel replied to UCFAshley's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Immunity was fascinating. Cardiovascular was my favorite. Muscular and skeletal were for the
  6. ixchel

    Can a nurse cut patient's hair without consent?

    ixchel replied to runslikeanose's topic in General Students

    OP, in all honesty, your professor may have been requested to take care of the matted hair by the patient's primary nurse. If there is an infestation, matted hair increases places for creepy crawlies...
  7. ixchel

    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    ixchel replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    I had one on night shift who refused to stop until the doctor arrived. That was a very, very long
  8. ixchel

    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    ixchel replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    Will you press your button while staff is in the
  9. ixchel

    Do Antidepressants Work? Maybe Not.

    ixchel replied to Zyprexa_Ho's topic in Psychiatric

    If they include locators, I'm in. The libertarians are gonna be mad,
  10. ixchel

    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    ixchel replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed, but for some reason at this age, it is
  11. ixchel

    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    ixchel replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    The first time I saw a nurse do this, I thought to myself, "what the ****!" BUT! The LOL absolutely loved that she was helping us, her fidgeting urge was satisfied, anxiety/agitation was reduced, she...
  12. ixchel

    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    ixchel replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    I plan to be a non-violent potty
  13. ixchel

    Has nursing made you negative?

    ixchel replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    P.S. About two years in on my job, I lost a large degree of my Muchness and that WAS related to nursing directly. I had enough emotionally heavy patients in a small enough period of time that it just...
  14. ixchel

    Has nursing made you negative?

    ixchel replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    Your wording is confusing - I assume you mean nursing school? My third year of school was my first year in the program. At the beginning, I was diagnosed with one lifelong condition that devastated...
  15. ixchel

    Quit job to go to nursing school - resume help?

    ixchel replied to Raven Sierra's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You will be interviewed by nurses, and hired by nurses. Relax, love! Explain to them that you wanted to have more time to focus on school, and you didn't realize up front how much nursing school would...
  16. ixchel

    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    ixchel replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    I am so, so sorry [emoji17] That's exactly what it was. Definitely get a second opinion. I'm so sorry for this ongoing struggle.
  17. ixchel

    Libertarian Healthcare

    ixchel replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Apparently a whole bunch of libertarians think that public health and "in the name of health" is the worst possible offender to our civil liberties. I'm going to go cough my TB all over that guy and...
  18. ixchel

    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    ixchel replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    I saw an image that I'm not allowed to share here. It said something like, "parenthood is... whispering "for ****'s sake" before answering to your name". I saw that image about an hour after I got...
  19. ixchel

    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    ixchel replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    And you need to use punctuation. I actually just realized your F is
  20. ixchel

    Inadequacy and Incompetence

    ixchel replied to vampirella's topic in Emergency

    I had a guy sent to me. Active abdominal bleed. Rushed up from ED. Spent the night just keeping him alive (on step down, mind you, not ICU). Next morning during report, receiving nurse says, "what did...
  21. ixchel

    Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    ixchel replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen enough of these go horrifyingly wrong that I get more nervous when they skip the
  22. ixchel

    Nurse/Doctor Friendships

    ixchel replied to RVRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At my facility, it's
  23. ixchel

    Nurse/Doctor Friendships

    ixchel replied to RVRN2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Don't singe the resident without a safe
  24. ixchel

    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    ixchel replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for starting the thread this week, crackle! Your #10 - you need to see your MD asap! This week I got to learn (in writing, no less) that I am officially employed. What a horrible...
  25. ixchel

    4/2 WILTW: Disney Edition

    ixchel replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    It is okay, and thank you.