SleeepyRN

SleeepyRN

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  1. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    SleeepyRN replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    CO2 the molecule isn't acidic. Blood is acidic when CO2 is

  2. He/She Said What!?

    SleeepyRN replied to BritBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. I keep the job to have it on my resume for applications for other office positions. Meanwhile, my "bread winning" job is

  3. He/She Said What!?

    SleeepyRN replied to BritBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    It seems like some doctors want it both ways. They don't want to give us any autonomy, yet at the same time are annoyed when we LEGALLY have to call them for an order. Yes, it may be a simple order....

  4. I Hate People (my rant)

    SleeepyRN replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    LOL ok,

  5. LVN Program in Texas & Background check?

    SleeepyRN replied to N_Dawn's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Hmm not sure. I was arrested years before I applied to take the NCLEX. It was driving on a suspended license which was a mistake on the court's part. My license should never have been suspended. I had...

  6. He/She Said What!?

    SleeepyRN replied to BritBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    The most insulting thing for me is at my PRN job, the doctor does not trust me to do intradermal allergy testing. I'm like..."I LEARNED HOW TO GIVE INTRADERMAL INJECTIONS 6 YEARS AGO!!!!" I've worked...

  7. He/She Said What!?

    SleeepyRN replied to BritBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. It's not the doctor's assessment of the patient that leads to his/her dx of pneumonia and thus put on ABT and then recover. It was MINE. Try training a monkey to assess when your pt just isn't...

  8. So...What Kind of Nursing Task Do You LIKE?

    SleeepyRN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Assessment and f/u interventions. I LOVE assessing patients and implementing care. Like last night. I had a pt who was supposed to be on her last day of IV ABT. But through my assessment,...

  9. WDYT? Sticking up for myself or...

    SleeepyRN replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. This is a liability issue on both your end and the patient's. Shadowing should NOT be hands on in any way shape or

  10. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    SleeepyRN replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    I actually use this a lot for smoking cessation education. I dumb it down of course. I say how the cilia is damaged, therefore the trachea is unable to bring all the gunk up and away from the lungs....

  11. How to learn to start IVs?

    SleeepyRN replied to Momma1RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sooo many nursing programs do not truly learn how to start IVs. In my program we had a dummy arm with the vein SO easy to see and palpate, that we spent literally 1 hour practicing it. There was only...

  12. Floating as a new nurse

    SleeepyRN replied to guest114's topic in General Nursing

    This is completely normal to feel this way. It is HARD being float, because you don't know them like their "regular" nurses do. I too spend so much time looking for supplies that that in itself can...

  13. I Hate People (my rant)

    SleeepyRN replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Was this sarcasm? If not, these are your exact words from another comment of yours. So which is it? "Well, sorry you have "no other option" but to work in a hell hole of abuse. It's clearly made you...

  14. I Hate People (my rant)

    SleeepyRN replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    She didn't say she NEVER experienced abuse. She said she hasn't spent her career being abused. Per chance, due to an ability to create boundaries with patients and family? Maybe she learned very early...

  15. How to read allergy test results

    SleeepyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in an asthma/allergy office and we do a lot of allergy testing. I'm confused on how you measure the results. The scale we use is 1+ to 4+ for a reaction. But thats not in mm. I asked my nursing...

  16. How to read allergy test results

    SleeepyRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, it was DEFINITELY the work environment. It bothers me when I hear nurses say office nursing is less sttessful. Not in my experience. Its just a different kind of stress than bedside. I filled in...

  17. Special Snowflake!

    SleeepyRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    LOL. But that would further perpetuate the "nurse eat their young" phrase you all love so much.

  18. Special Snowflake!

    SleeepyRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Perfect!!! Ayy

  19. Com'on, you got one...What is your heart wrenching moment?

    SleeepyRN replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    "Or maybe not." Did he tell the story? It's one thing to make a thread where we can share our "gut wrenching" stories. But to pry and insist a person who basically said "peds, flight nurse, nuff said"...

  20. Why do Nurse Managers refuse to hire an Admissions/Discharge Nurse?

    SleeepyRN replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sorry...typos

  21. Why do Nurse Managers refuse to hire an Admissions/Discharge Nurse?

    SleeepyRN replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    My work just started hiring "unit secretaries" that are LPNs. The rest of the staff are RNs only. LPNS are not allowed to work the floor, because almost Every patient has peripheral IVs, PICC lines,...

  22. morbidly obese patients

    SleeepyRN replied to blackribbon's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Watch the series My 600 Pound life. Then you'll get it. Family and friends provide them with the food and enable them. Dr. Nowzaradan flat out, during the first patient appointment, asks those sitting...

  23. Com'on, you got one...What is your heart wrenching moment?

    SleeepyRN replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    He may not really want to tell it. Put the pieces together. Peds + flight nurse (sounds to me a kid in critical condition) = a situation you may not wish to re-live as a nurse. Analogy. Think of a...

  24. Health Assessment prior to starting my first RN job...

    SleeepyRN replied to NowImaNurse's topic in General Nursing

    When I had my physical and drug screen, I was upfront about a med and the high dosage I take. I felt the doctor should have minded her own business, because she said how there are other meds out...

  25. Sub-Acute Rehab to Med-surg

    SleeepyRN posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi everyone. I was wondering what your opinions are on my line of thinking. I graduated 3 years ago from my associates program. I have 1.5 years experience in an asthma, Allergy Immunology office. 6...