SleeepyRN

....yadda frickin yadda. It's because we are human too and the very reason we have a place like this to come and vent to instead of reacting in the moment with patients. I'm pretty tired of the nurses should be better than everyone and the angels of...

I had to disclose my meds during my physical right before my drug test for my current job.

I'm confused as to why you quoted me in your ramblings. Anywho, ordering Lasix is fine, but the resident should have ruled out other causes as well. I'm not saying mistakes aren't expected. In fact I made the disclaimer that I have made the dumbest ...

Ughhh. Thanks for the reminder. It's almost time to renew my BMI card. I've gotta get to working on that. Meanwhile I'm currently eating a croissantwhich from Burger King. Hee hee

Don't eat, don't drink, take hydrochlorothiazide, and give yourself an enema before your weigh in. Oh, and push out all the air in your lungs when you step on the scale. I'm having way too much fun with this.

Much of the time their anger is absolutely justified....and I'm angry FOR them. I stand up for them to management and when I'm not at work I'm educating the public of the state of healthcare today and what we all can do about it. The times I take it...

Sleeepy was up all night stalking on Allnurses. Here I am still awake having to go to work in a few hours. Sleeepy is right! Yawn. Just can't sleep.

Sweet...I'm in!

That is actually EXACTLY what I did. To a T. Then proceeded to be yelled at still for "d...ck...ing around out there." I ignored it and hurried out, got his medicine, asked if there was anything else I could do for him and left to the next patient wa...

Yes, I completely disagree with the BMI calculation based solely on height and weight. At 5'5 155, I'm muscular and in great shape. I would be SICK at 130-140.

You're right. The nurse practice act states that hair style is specific to race and ethnicity. However, current research is being conducted into which race makes for a better nurse. They are close to an answer, so we will soon see a weaning process o...

Yes, flight nursing is obviously an exception.

Yep. I have to regularly pay a lot of money at the salon to maintain this critical requirement. I just tell myself as I hand over my debit card, "It's making me a better nurse."

Yes. You have to have a BMI of 20 for women and 22 for men. Studies show critical thinking and task performance are directly related to weight. I personally refuse care from a nurse who is overweight, as he/she cannot possibly care for me safely.

Before continuing to read your post, I first read your assessment and considered what I would have been thinking and what I would have done. I immediately suspected PE so I thought, OK, check for that and r/o MI. So I read on. I'm a *relatively* ne...

I'd like to say, "UNbelievable. Sadly, I believe it. What is WRONG with people? Were these instructors themselves B-C students who always felt intimidated by A students and gave them self esteem issues in their day? Do they look at this as an opportu...

I hear you about grad school and am in no way trying to discourage you from pursuing that avenue. I don't know what kind of nursing you want to do post grad, but I'll give the example of our nurse practitioners we work with in sub-acute rehab and nur...

I don't have any advice, just an empathetic ear. I too work sub-acute rehab, and in my year there, our load has gone from 13 ish patients to 17-18 WITH admits and hospital send outs. I really shouldn't say this on here, but I will anyway. I'll leav...

I kind of like the answering service people. We have to call so frequently, we even joke about such and such MD or NP having to be paged yet again. Just my personal preference, but I prefer the person to say you're welcome, have a good night too. But...

Oh, and not being able to hear the overhead pages in the halls let alone patients rooms when a doc is trying to call me back about something serious. Drives. Me. Crazy!

1) Rude, entitled patients and family members that take time away from dealing with real medical issues. 2) Short staffing and then being told it's poor time management 3) Lack of supplies. Need to insert a 16 French catheter? Can only find 6F. Wth?

I've gotta know. What is pink lady?

Infuriating. I wanted to reach through my screen and choke some sense into that abhorrent CEO

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I second Mr. Chicago. Thousands of new grads are being spewed out of schools each semester. And then even with a BSN, my classmates, 3-4 years after graduating, are only just now starting to get positions. And those positions aren't high acute care p...