Wrench Party

Wrench Party

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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...

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

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

    You seriously think they're wasting their time talking about you? Probably discussing recipes or their kids or something. I work with Filipino and Nigerian nurses, and personally I find their...

  17. Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    Wrench Party replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    I had a crappy, laid-up-in-bed-for-3 days reaction to the flu shot last year. First time that happened. Since I don't like drama, I'll take some Benadryl and get my shot. Vaccine reactions suck, but...

  18. Hobbies off duty as a Nurse?

    Wrench Party replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    #doallthethings yoga, ride bikes, running, swimming, gardening, trap shooting, raising livestock, sew and knit, volunteer go to shows, occasionally play my instruments, hang with

  19. Navy wife: suggestions on nursing school in Hawaii

    Wrench Party replied to Gstarlantz's topic in General Nursing

    Ask Aholahawk (sp?), isn't he a nurse in Hawaii?? Also ask in the HI state forum. I'd be mainly concerned about being able to finish while still stationed there. I'm sure you can figure out childcare...

  20. What do other hospitals do regard to scheduling staff for weekends?

    Wrench Party replied to Metalchild's topic in General Nursing

    At my FT job, we have to work 4 weekend shifts in an 8 week schedule, weekend being defined as 1900 Friday to 0700 Monday. I do mine clumped together so I'd have more whole weekends off. It helps that...

  21. New Hire Help...

    Wrench Party replied to Sweetlillove's topic in General Nursing

    No nurse should ever work for free, unless he/she is specifically volunteering for MSF, the Red Cross,

  22. You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    Wrench Party replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    When you're literally not even on the unit, and you see your coworkers rush by with the code team and the surgeon, ready to take the patient back to the OR, and then you walk onto said unit, and...

  23. day in the life of a tele/cardiac (not cvicu) nurse?

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

    My cardiology unit sees: non-tritated pressor drips, lots of Lasix, lots of heparin, chest painers from the ED, CHF exacerbations, 2nd and 3rd degree heart blocks that get pacers/ICDs, losts of...

  24. LVAD patients in travel position

    Wrench Party replied to sarena33's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    My facilities deal with Hearmate II, III and Heartwares. Both places send you to classes. Can you ask to get precepted on these devices? They're fairly straightforward once you understand the pump...

  25. Crushing meds

    Wrench Party replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    We use the Silent Knights. Many of our transplants/esophagos come out of the unit with feeding tubes, so we always use sterile water on those. One trick I've learned is to crush the meds, get them...