ak2190

ak2190

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  1. Saw a nurse yelling at a patient in ICU

    ak2190 replied to inspiredbynavy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Have you ever tried to convince a confused patient to please stop trying to smack you across the face as you try to get her onto a level surface so she won't fall over and injure herself? That happens...

  2. Fictitious Elderly Patient with MRSA

    ak2190 replied to upandatit's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Why do people think it's okay to post their homework on here and ask for answers? You're trying to become a nurse, taking the easy way out won't get you very far in your

  3. How did you feel when you got your first nursing paycheck?

    ak2190 replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I remember feeling rich after having made $9.00/hr at my previous

  4. RN License plate

    ak2190 replied to esrun00's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't want anyone to know I was a RN in

  5. September 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    ak2190 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    "So this is what it feels like to lie

  6. Prejudice

    ak2190 replied to jhawka10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, it's disgusting how people get treated differently depending on how much money they're worth. Our society in general functions like this and it's unethical and

  7. I am struggling with patient families lately.

    ak2190 replied to jennilynn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, I recently had the pleasure of having a family member hover outside the room and harass me to come give a water flush to her dear mom through her peg tube while I was giving qhour pain meds to a...

  8. Learning Spanish is a plus, bilingual? trilingual?

    ak2190 replied to jtoms's topic in General Nursing

    I'm trilingual but dang it if I don't wish one of them was

  9. Too smart for my own good... :-/

    ak2190 replied to AndrewSRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sometimes you have to let your preceptor take the lead even if you know whatever it is they're doing already. Because the person teaching you has more experience and you are trying to gain the...

  10. Dementia

    ak2190 replied to nurseywifeymommy1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I try a non med intervention and if it does not work I give the prn. That's why it's ordered. It's both a safety and environment issue. Other patients have a right to be in a decent

  11. Unexpected instances where your nursing skills came in handy

    ak2190 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nurses Rock

    My grandmother came to visit and one night I walked to the bathroom and found her sitting with the door wide open and she had a dazed expression on her face and couldn't answer any questions. I...

  12. Do you take your work wherever you go?

    ak2190 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Yep. I'm a germaphobe and bleach everything and wipe my shoes and all that. It's ingrained in

  13. Discouraged with Orientation

    ak2190 replied to RoxieRN0511's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You know what, do as much as possible and learn how to manage your time. However if they want you to do every single thing possible so they don't have to do anything, that's where I'd draw the line....

  14. 4 weeks notice?

    ak2190 replied to eileeny21's topic in General Nursing

    Meh, unless you think you will end up back at that place, who cares. You don't owe them

  15. Can i still be a nurse if i am too emotional?

    ak2190 replied to Moko5327benedict16's topic in General Nursing

    I will tell you the truth. If you aren't tough, you will either hate nursing or yourself or you will learn how to be tough. This profession takes a certain amount of being