All4Seasons

During phone report to the receiving nurse on an ortho floor to whom I was discharging my pt,the nurse tried to lecture me about giving water in PACU without listening for bowel sounds first -I was already a bit irritated with him anyway -he is one o...

That's a low brow response from you,isn't it, Linear Thinker? I thought you prided yourself on your intellect. Perhaps you didn't understand the question In any regard,I am through with AN. To read so much caustic,sarcastic,bombastic drivel....well,...

Yawn... you did nothing different from what I (and likely most other student nurses) did,except,obviously,experience what happens on a typical night shift...just for the heck of it

I take it,then,that you were never assigned a night shift as a student? That's odd. Odder still if your instructor came in and did it with you,instead of you being buddied with a floor nurse.

Linear Thinker says," the reason nursing isn't respected is" ; my question for him/ her is, isn't respected by whom? That is a massive generalization.

Mindlor, excellent posts. You will make a very fine nurse. Disregard the flotsam and jetsam expressed here -I quite happily do so. Thankfully,developing a cynical and hard-nosed attitude is not a given in this profession -and I'm speaking 30 years i...

Reading the terse,dismissive replies you've received here,the question which begs answering is "WHO taught them when they came onto the wards as overwhelmed,excited student nurses?"

OP,I get where you are coming from - it is just such an awful feeling to be treated shabbily by someone who is supposed to be mentoring you.Some nurses,like myself,love to teach; others find it just cumbersome. My advice is if you find yourself with ...

Experience with cardiac moniters,i.e. interpreting cardiac rhythms- that's what's meant.

Not all units are this horrible. I've learned, the hard way, to listen to myself. I knew I had to leave a unit,I'd had it. I searched and searched the hospital looking for a department which interested me and was a good fit schedule-wise. I stumbled ...

@Lilaclover - I'd suggest documenting on this care worker.If she hates her job so much that her response to toileting a pt or two is to try to ignore them, and then when pushed to do it, groans audibly- her behind-the-scenes care is likely to be atro...

If I were in your position I would not give up your chance at workng days- you have done your stint on nights.The other nurse will need to sort out her situation. Very few nurses aren't sleepy,_to some degree,after night shift. And please don't burde...

Please continue to follow your heart through your nursing practice,caring is what it's all about. Based on your description of the event, this person is seriously misguided;good for you for questioning what you were told. If I had a dime for all the ...

I don't even know where to start with this train wreck....the lack of good judgement, all around,_ is spectacular.

Where I come from,nurses wanting to work in the ED must complete an emergency nursing certificate program- unless they have been seasoned for a minimum of one year in one of the critical care areas. That's a pretty common requirement.

why in the world would i want you to pm me your name?? you are either being deliberately obtuse or....whatever. you obviously have or have had bullying issues -fair enough - but that is not anywhere near being the central issue here; why in the world...

The bold face type in the quote above is mine - the sarcasm hasn't been lost on anyone. If you'll refer to page ONE of this thread, comment number 8 - by the OP, jesskidding, you can see for yourself that she has put forth her own solid ideas early ...

Your posts are an example of exactly what I'm talking about - jumping to conclusions.It behooves you to have your facts straight if you want to intelligently participate in a discussion. It was I,not jesskidding,the OP, who referred to bullying of he...

You've pretty much described the health care here in Canada as well. I'll take the higher tax rate any day over losing the federally supported system we have here. Of course it's not perfect,wait times can be a trial, but there are continually update...

Respectfully,you are naive if you think there is anything about the effect of cynicism that could be described by the word 'merely'....it is a destructive mindset which at best,clouds objective,critical thinking; as such,it has NO place in the nursin...

Cardiac interventions could be procedures like ablations,cardiac catheterizations, balloon angioplasties,pacemaker,defibrillators,and loop recorders... I expect you might do pre procedure preparation ( vitals,preop meds, etc) and LOTS AND LOTS of po...

Ah,some of the finest characteristics on display here: passing judgement,casting aspersions,jumping to conclusions,then there is just the plain old mean spiritedness.Yes,by all means TRASH a stranger so you will have the satisfaction of knowing you...

If both are equal in interest to you,I'd suggest you look at differences in salary,benefits,and commute time. Good luck!

A chest tube and pleur-evac will not be needed in every case of flail chest,only in those cases in which the pleural membrane has been torn by a broken rib. Then the CT and pleur-evac would be the route out of any air and blood in the pleural space...