Wrench Party

Wrench Party

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  1. Regular hours?

    Wrench Party replied to maco1's topic in General Nursing

    I worked 5 days a week in a busy clinic. After a year of that, I went running back to the hospital to 12 hour shifts. I always felt like I was at work, and never had downtime to get errands or...

  2. marriage and nursing school

    Wrench Party replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Nursing

    Brutal truth time ahead: IMO, relationships are going to survive, or they're not. There's no "fixing" it during nursing school. The nursing school experience just opens up cracks that were already...

  3. African American patients - a cultural question

    Wrench Party replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm real with any folks like this "Look, I have x other patients to take care of as well, what do you want/need out of today/right now?" Especially if you're alert and oriented, and not in distress...

  4. 2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    Wrench Party replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    1) I HATE being right. I had to enact our infection control policy on a patient because I saw ONE bedbug creeping across her pillow. The lab confirmed it. What IS it with me and my patients with...

  5. Worried about phenergan IV push

    Wrench Party replied to Jaellys's topic in Patient Medications

    I have given aplenty 12.5 mg Phenergan IV diluted in 10 ml NS, with NS flush before and after, pushed slowly, with no other fluids running. No one has complained of any burning and I've never seen it...

  6. "I would never want you as my nurse!"

    Wrench Party replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My response would be "Well, fine then, I guess you're fired as my patient." Actually, I'd love to say that way more than I get

  7. Will I have to deal with a lot of blood in nursing school?

    Wrench Party replied to jusrene88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes, you will see blood oozing out of every orifice, and even orifices you didn't know could ooze blood, all the time. Brace

  8. Confessions of a Hospital Administrator: I Feel Your Pain...Pill

    Wrench Party replied to ServantLeader's topic in Emergency

    ^ Agreed on this point. Off-service providers will barely write any pain Rx for various conditions, and I have to spend a good deal of wasted time arguing with them to even get some Tylenol or oxy....

  9. How many days do you work in a row?

    Wrench Party replied to Jaellys's topic in General Nursing

    I just got off 6 in a row, but I'm going to 4 in a row next month for more work/life balance. I've worked about 5 days/week for the last 4 months and haven't had a social life or exercised the way I...

  10. 1/30 This week I learned: you suck, EMTALA.

    Wrench Party replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    1) What you hear in report is not always what you get. Got a supposedly stable patient back, instantly desatted to 80s on full non-rebreather and we had to call an RRT on him. I'm on to you, cath lab....

  11. Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

    Wrench Party replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    At the least, can they put you into a long day/night rotation if you have to do that? My unit tries to accommodate us with multiple weeks (example: 3 weeks of nights, followed by 3 weeks of days) and...

  12. How do people feel about male nurses?

    Wrench Party replied to Natgurad's topic in Men in Nursing

    No problems with my male coworkers-I don't see them getting their feathers ruffled that much over small things. Guys seem to collect more in cardiac, ER, ICU at my hospital. Also seen a good amount in...

  13. The sloppy image of nurses today

    Wrench Party replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have to say, I did feel pretty 'splendorific' after having the time this morning to bathe my two stepdown patients. Their families were in 'awe' at the event. It was easy with my flowing locks,...

  14. Bulleted statements are the devil

    Wrench Party replied to momohime's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Do you know anyone who recently left your unit? Borrow their resume to get an idea of what to do. Make a bullet point of all that you listed above. -What level NICU? -Technical Skills: ostomies,...

  15. 1/23: What I learned this week: Long, long week. But the bagel was tasty.

    Wrench Party replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    1) Patients can have scabies when they're not in group or homeless situations. Made my skin crawl every time I went in that room, even with gown, gloves and hats. I washed those scrubs in bleach and...

  16. How is it fair to put PRN nurses on call?

    Wrench Party replied to sarabear44's topic in General Nursing

    If you want more regular hours, try to find another part time job that will guarantee this. My per diem facility also offers different tracks that one can take as a per diem employee- working a...

  17. Which tape to use?

    Wrench Party replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the incision on our cardiac surgical floors. The big midsternals get a big hydrocolloid foam/antibacterial type dressing that stays on for up to a few weeks, clamshell incisions get staples...

  18. Hi my fellow cardiac/CT nurses!

    Wrench Party posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Just wanted to pop in and say hello! I'm starting on a CT surg stepdown unit next week, got a 6 week orientation ahead of me. ( Been a nurse for 2 plus years). Any advice besides study my cardiac meds...

  19. Hi my fellow cardiac/CT nurses!

    Wrench Party replied to Wrench Party's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yeah, I hate rotating. I'm on days the next 3 weeks at both jobs- I can't wait to get back to nights! My per diem gig is in cardiology and quite sweet I must say- 1:4 during days, 1:5 nights, aides do...

  20. Student Loan Debt

    Wrench Party replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Students

    I took out about 28K in debt for my first Bachelor's degree and have been casually paying it off since. This year my New Years Resolution is to work like crazy and pay off the remaining 10K. I picked...

  21. Unpaid Mandatory Meetings?

    Wrench Party replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in General Nursing

    I don't do ANYTHING off the clock on the unit, save put my bags down and find my badge. I have no interest in working for free. What if something happens during huddle like a code and you are expected...

  22. Using Both Ports Of Central Line

    Wrench Party replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    News to me then! I've had milrinone, dopa, and another pressor running into a turkey foot through one lumen of a PICC, the other lumen was running 3 compatible Abx and antivirals all Y connected, and...

  23. positive for pot

    Wrench Party replied to my own worst enemy's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Cases like these are why when i saw my coworker light up at a party, I ran out of there like my pants were on fire. I don't want to be asked if I want to smoke up, don't want secondhand smoke, and...

  24. Night Nursing: Precepting & Perception

    Wrench Party replied to Larry2016's topic in General Students

    Re: assessments, I have 3-4 patients on nights based on acuity. I do my own VS, I and Os, often BGs, some bathing/cleaning, assessments with my med passes. All has to be repeated around 0000 and 0400...

  25. Best City to Work/ Have a Career in

    Wrench Party replied to Junebug0710's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a big fan of the Triangle in NC- plenty of work opportunities to be found here, we have some of the top medical centers in the country, and cost of living is very reasonable. I made somewhere...