jk2185 BSN, RN

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    My Burnout Story

    jk2185 posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've been crying all morning coming from a pain so deeply repressed and locked inside me. I watched my last patient die three days ago and leave in his wake a broken family truly taken to the depths...
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    Holding "Ordered Meds"..... What are the rules?

    jk2185 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Often, in my short career, I've encountered times when prescribed medications are ordered, but questionable. We've all been there, beta-blockers ordered with vital signs barely above the "OK to give"...
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    Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

    jk2185 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is my least favorite "go-to" that I hear all to often. Why even have monitoring in the first place? I trust the monitors more than my own ability to intuitively know a patient's condition based...
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    Seeking advice from all you Introverted nurses out there...

    jk2185 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've been a nurse for 6 years and I'm pretty decent at it. I've achieved pretty quickly, got the good jobs, won awards, and even saved some lives. Sounds like I should like my job. What I've...
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    Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

    jk2185 replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    I wish people on this site wouldn't ask damaging things such as,"are you a nurse?" or "how many years have you been a nurse?" just bc you disagree. I find this very childish and cutthroat. I wish we...
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    Tired of being angry

    jk2185 replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    PREACH!!!!!!! Tired of being tired....well put; I've said that myself. Hobbies help-lots of them A good therapist helps, really really helps A little bit of dissociation from others, which is...
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    Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

    jk2185 replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for weighing in....this post didn't go where I thought it would, I apologize for the
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    Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

    jk2185 replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    Well no duh!!! Of course if your patient looks horrid and the monitor doesn't reflect that you should most definitely perk up and do some investigating. Im regretting this post! Your assessment...
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    Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

    jk2185 replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    The fact, though, is that you do not know how to use physical assessment skills and what you will be able to do if you master them. Sorry. wow..thanks for the encouragement. I can't help but feel very...
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    Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

    jk2185 replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    "Look at the patient, not the monitor" doesn't work for me either. I've seen plenty of patients that look fine chatting away with a CI of 1.8 or an SBP around 200. So...as long as my equipment is...
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    Pushing Code/Emergent Drugs

    jk2185 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Here's the question... Are there times in emergencies when you still push drugs over 2 minutes? Like during a code: Epi always seems to be pushed as fast as possible, but what about the...
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    CSC help

    jk2185 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm taking the CSC pretty soon....what did all you fantastic people that passed use to
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    Malpractice Insurance Question

    jk2185 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What does a 2mil/6mil aggregate coverage entail? Im not sure how all this works...what's the difference between the 2mil coverage and aggregate
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    Tattoos?

    jk2185 replied to heronurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Nah...I've had no problem getting jobs and both my arms are sleeved. I did have to wear long sleeves ALL THE TIME at my last job which was awful at times, overheating and sweating like crazy. It's...
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    Question about Cussing on the job.

    jk2185 replied to Roda dendron's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    doubt it....Can't say I've ever cussed at a coworker, but I've cussed out a few patients, family members, and doctors.......in my
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    Seeking advice from all you Introverted nurses out there...

    jk2185 replied to jk2185's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow, lots of response. Thanks to all for participating and doing my biased poll, it's just nice to know there's introverts out there silently suffering
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    Diluting your IVPs??

    jk2185 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Met a nurse the other day that dilutes everything. My question is................ Say you have to give Dilaudid 0.5mg IVP and you are supplied with 2mg/ml ampules. So you draw up the one ml and...
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    Diluting your IVPs??

    jk2185 replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    No no no...just one syringe at a time. Fentanyl is our first-line drug so I'll have a syringe with 100 mcg in it and give 25-50 mcg boluses every 10 minutes as needed. If I'm done with that drug for...
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    Diluting your IVPs??

    jk2185 replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    Good point....my example is from a PACU where nurses commonly draw up an entire vial and give boluses as needed instead of wasting for every administration due to the higher volume of IV narc pushes...
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    Burnout after 1 year?!?

    jk2185 replied to S_q_u_i_r_e_l's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Sounds like an existential crisis. I can relate. Here's my question....if money were no object, what would you do with your life (for work especially)? and I don't mean buy a yacht and move to the...
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    Passing the CCRN

    jk2185 replied to AFnurse211's topic in Critical Care

    Unfortunately, you cannot. You can sit for the PCCN
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    Seeking advice from all you Introverted nurses out there...

    jk2185 replied to jk2185's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Daytime ICU, occasional daytime PACU.....nights would be better for sure, schedule is hard
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    Blood Transfusions Question??

    jk2185 posted a topic in General Nursing

    How fast do you run in a unit of PRBCs? CHF patient? Elderly patient? What's the fastest you've run PRBCs in?Do you always pre-medicate? and if so, with what?Ever found it harder to infuse through...
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    Do you overspend on luxury items as a nurse?

    jk2185 replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    2
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    Blood Transfusions Question??

    jk2185 replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    Often it says briefly "transfuse 1 unit