CheesePotato BSN, RN

Sleep medicine,Floor nursing, OR, Trauma

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    Dear Nursing Students/Orientees: A Love Note from the Preceptor from Hell

    CheesePotato posted a topic in General Students

    Warning: The following post is rife with brutal honesty and frustration. Read at your own risk. Memorandum from the desk of Your Friendly Neighborhood SociopathDear Nursing Student/Orientee: Allow me...
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    Let's Learn About Sutures!

    CheesePotato posted a topic in Operating Room

    Ah yes, the joy of learning suture. ::cracks knuckles:: Let's talk some suture, shall we? First and foremost, allow me to disclose that my place of employ utilizes Ethicon suture (as have other OR's...
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    Calling all nurses: Enough with the high-velocity urination contest!

    CheesePotato posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Can we please call for a ceasefire on the "real" nursing bull crap? May we all come to an agreement that all nurses are "real" nurses? I just talked to an office nurse about a diagnostic exam result...
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    How to be excused from clinicals

    CheesePotato posted a topic in General Students

    Sick of clinicals? Traveling all over from hospital to hospital in hopes of gleaning knowledge from experienced nurses got you down? Are you tired of all the observing of boring surgeries, pointless...
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    How to be excused from clinicals

    CheesePotato replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

    I do declare ya'll are killing me! I just legit laughed out loud and seal clapped flour all over my keyboard! Let's just say the fainting style of the individual in question was a mix of: and...
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    Calling all nurses: Enough with the high-velocity urination contest!

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

    Thank you to all who took the time to read, comment, and/or like. I'm always tickled beyond reason whenever something I've posted gathers even a glimmer of attention. The answer to the real...
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    Stupid Nurse Tricks (Or How To Look Incredibly Stupid)

    CheesePotato replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my god, yes please to this thread. Yes. May I? ~~ Call a code and begin CPR on a sleeping patient. Continue with CPR (I'm talking compressions and everything, people) after code team arrives to...
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    Acetaminophen: Why?

    CheesePotato replied to seks's topic in Patient Medications

    Good question. First, a pre-answer disclosure statement: ~~ Please keep in mind that the answer I am giving only speaks to pain management. ~~ Without knowing your individual patients and their...
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    New nurse anxiety

    CheesePotato replied to SarahWRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Welcome to Allnurses, Sarah, First of all congratulations on surviving nursing school and all that other horsehockey. Most good. To begin with, know the feelings you are experiencing are very normal...
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    Learning from the Past - Resolutions for a Better Year of Nursing in 2014

    CheesePotato replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nurses Rock

    Although I can see your point, and I agree that self reflection is critical to evolution of self in both a professional and personal context....personally, I like to set the bar...shall we say a bit...
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    When assessment skills go wrong

    CheesePotato posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Right. So today I was waddling out of work after being called out all night and a good chunk of yesterday and my coworkers, bless them, caught me by the elbow and reeled me back into the office to...
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    And then some days it's more like this:

    CheesePotato posted a topic in General Nursing

    Too long on call. Short staffed. Even shorter tempered. Nothing has gone right. Not one thing. Wondering why in the @#$% you do this for a living. ED is swamped with a capital S. On the cart is a...
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    I need help, advice, support, anything you can give

    CheesePotato replied to TheLiberation's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Warning: Long !@#% post ahead. Skip if it bugs you. I regret nothing. I am glad to hear you are not contemplating suicide as an answer to your current situation. I may not have much more than a...
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    Pregnant! When to tell supervisor?

    CheesePotato replied to trauma_lama's topic in General Nursing

    First and most importantly: CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS and best wishes to you and your lil' brineshrimp. Secondly: As an OR nurse to an OR nurse, it is imperative that you inform your charge/manager as soon as...
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    That awkward moment when....

    CheesePotato posted a topic in General Nursing

    It's a stormy night and you are quietly looking over orders in the ED, minding your own business, and suddenly from bay 4 you hear a little girl sing-song: It's raining, It's pouring, The old man is...
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    That awkward moment when....

    CheesePotato replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Nursing

    .....why does my brain immediately supply thoughts of you following these gents through a parking lot in something like this: All while crooning out the window that you won't hurt them. You just...
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    Good News!

    CheesePotato replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Booyah! Knew there was something out there for you, you wonderful being you. Blah blah closing doors, opening windows, blah blah. And now..... Now is the time on Sprockets when we
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    Am I a failure

    CheesePotato replied to Rncaligirl88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Take a breath, my friend, you did just fine. I'm going to be really honest with you, this horse was well out of the barn at word go. Really. Look, a rapid response is going to get more eyes on the...
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    Public's lack of knowledge about what nursing actually is

    CheesePotato replied to priorities2's topic in General Students

    I blame the media. Per the rules of House and Grey's Anatomy, nurses only exist to be catalysts to a doctor's heroism, utilized as sexual fantasy, or serve as physician chew toys. Those who choose to...
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    My heartache and hiatus...

    CheesePotato posted a topic in General Nursing

    Good morning-- There are those that are aware of what has transgressed with my family by following my articles and threads. It is my sorrow to say that my dad left us earlier this week. I would love...
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    I Ask For "Nothing".

    CheesePotato posted a topic in General Nursing

    When it comes to nursing, I respect the profession for what it is, what it has been, and where it is headed. Am I proud to be part of the profession? Sure, in a subtle, I'm proud my hair is long kind...
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    I Ask For "Nothing".

    CheesePotato replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Nursing

    To those that took the time to read and comment, I thank you, truly. Dear Nascar Nurse-- First of all, I think I may have blushed myself stupid with your compliment. It is too kind. Secondly, may I...
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    When the patients aren't looking..... Rockin' ER video

    CheesePotato replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in Emergency

    What.....I can't even....... I think my brain just melted from overexposure to pure liquid awesome. Congratulations, you just won the internet. And a unicorn. How to I send this to Ellen? Or Tosh?...
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    It's Finally Happened!

    CheesePotato replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As someone who performs evaluations, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that there is no reason to bring the online material into play with the following exceptions: ~~Material posted is in clear...
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    To The Beginning

    CheesePotato replied to SoldierNurse22's topic in General Nursing

    As always, nice writing ma'am. Congratulations on your engagement--very exciting. For the record, be grateful I do not know where you are...I would totally crash your wedding. Because I can....