Wrench Party

Wrench Party has 3 years experience and specializes in Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgical.

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1. Having doubts about nursing school. I'm desperate, any advice appreciated.

   Wrench Party replied to College_girl's topic in General Nursing

   Newsflash: we work in a stressful job, especially these days, and the stress spills out out sometimes. You're going to hear the same buzz in the background no matter what field you work in- I've...

2. Conflict with Charge - 6 Month Review

   Wrench Party replied to Roggae's topic in General Nursing

   &%% this place. It sounds like you're making sound nursing judgments, you've prevented some medical errors from some dangerous coworkers, and you know how to nurse after a few years of working in...

3. Be Our Guest

   Wrench Party replied to BabyFood26's topic in General Nursing

   Home health for sure I did decline gifts, but we will accept homemade food in the breakroom of the hospital, like cookies. No one has gotten sick that I know of. Families are much more likely to bring...

4. racist patients

   Wrench Party replied to Rn 1979's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Totally can empathize. I'm white, and sometimes gets stuck taking care of these racist idiots after they reject a nurse or aide of color. I refuse to let the aides go in the room by themselves, lest...

5. Electronic Charting

   Wrench Party replied to Mar010891's topic in General Nursing

   We have the opposite problem- everyone is so well trained to electronic charting! The providers about damn near had a meltdown when Epic went down for 4 hours on a Saturday night for its 2016 update...

6. Job Market for Experienced Nurses in Denver

   Wrench Party posted a topic in Colorado Nursing

   What are the pay rates, differentials, union/non-union, etc. for hospitals in the Denver area? Particularly for a cardiac nurse who works the night shift? What do the wages buy me relative to the...

7. What do you call the tracking device nurses sometimes wear?

   Wrench Party replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   One place we use Vocera, another place we use the Cisco phones and Hill Rom locators. Personally I prefer the Cisco phones and GPS locators; I find it less interruptive to patient care. The...

8. Husband became a RN

   Wrench Party replied to NurseLady1210's topic in General Nursing

   Eh, might be time to bury the hatchet. Now that the dust has settled and the husband has achieved end goal (a nursing job), the OP can move on and get the job she wants. I'm not sure she'd be able to...

9. Do you still have energy to cook after a 12 hour shift?

   Wrench Party replied to chunkalunk's topic in General Nursing

   Cooking?? Heck no, that's what husbands are for. I usually make myself lunch for work (I work nights) and then I might make something simple like eggs when I get home in the morning. Husband will cook...

10. Leaving Nursing for Another Career

    Wrench Party replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

    I WAS a lab manager and research scientist...so maybe if I I popped out some kids and wanted some mommy hours, I'd go back to academic research. If you can find a good PI to work for and field to be...

11. 5 interviews 4 job offers!

    Wrench Party replied to Goldskinned_Nurse's topic in Nursing Career

    Postpartum, if L/D is where you ultimately want to do. You'll gain some adult med surg skills in neuro/tele, but personally I don't know how applicable those skills will be to PP and L/D. We get...

12. I really dislike my co-worker

    Wrench Party replied to ThatsNotMyName's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you full time here? Do you really like the program? Is this the only nursing school in the area? I might leave before your reputation gets dragged down with this woman's, especially if she doesn't...

13. "I work in the medical field"

    Wrench Party replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I've had quite a few nurses here and there as patients (3 Level 1 trauma centers in the area), and honestly the vast majority of them were pretty chill about letting me do my care. If they need...

14. Critical Thinking

    Wrench Party replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I always thought it was my complex, higher order thinking that makes my brain hurt. Last night's example: "what are nursing interventions I can use to get my lung transplant's pCO2 down without her...

15. One thing i dont understand(at the nurses' station)

    Wrench Party replied to BellaCat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Forgot to add, my bilingual coworkers NEVER speak their other languages in front of patients, always at the nurses' station amongst themselves. They have the common sense and respect to speak English...