ClaraRedheart BSN, RN

Ortho, CMSRN

Member

  • Content

    363

  • Visitors

    10,215

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    273

All Content by ClaraRedheart

  1. ClaraRedheart

    Do you have a side hustle?

    ClaraRedheart replied to Mrsvirgomama's topic in General Nursing

    Not really. I've gone part-time and I make as much now as I did as a new nurse working full time. I don't work that many extra hours. Most weeks, my hours are less than 30, but my organization really...
  2. ClaraRedheart

    Your most bonehead moment in nursing. Or 2. Or 3.

    ClaraRedheart replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    This one is truly awful. I was in a patients room, as a new preceptee/versant nurse giving medication to a patient that I had temporarily forgotten was a cancer patient with a hat to cover her...
  3. ClaraRedheart

    Mini Rant

    ClaraRedheart replied to ShadowNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry OP ? Sounds frustrating. You know what they say... hindsight's 20/20. I think the ladder approach, when done CORRECTLY for your area can be a great idea, and save a LOT of money. While, I...
  4. ClaraRedheart

    What's your favorite nursing task?

    ClaraRedheart replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is a fun topic! I love starting sono IV's on hard stick patients. My favorites are larger patients that actually HAVE veins, just deep ones. I do get a bit anxious when I have a patient that...
  5. ClaraRedheart

    Simple Solutions to Everyday Problems

    ClaraRedheart replied to ezckimo's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I have a pen on a badge reel attached to a key ring and carabiner that I wear on my right waistband. Perfect for labeling IV tubing or signing a document without searching for a pen. On the same...
  6. ClaraRedheart

    Alcohol withdrawal unit?

    ClaraRedheart replied to Nurse Pompom's topic in General Nursing

    In the last 5 years, I've taken care of 6 alcohol withdrawal patients that I can think of that actually were in withdrawal. I've done CIWA and had negatives on far more. Out of the 6 patients, 4 were...
  7. ClaraRedheart

    Safe staffing vent

    ClaraRedheart replied to Swellz's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe with they could get rid of the genius that thinks up the expensive frou frou and use the extra money from his salary and the nonsense aesthetics to hire another nurse. That would be cool. Will...
  8. ClaraRedheart

    Was I wrong?

    ClaraRedheart replied to snickers17's topic in Medical-Surgical

    If it is a patient that generally takes their pain medication as soon as it's available, it's polite to assess the patient prior to your leaving to see if they need the
  9. ClaraRedheart

    Nights vs. Days

    ClaraRedheart replied to nurseontheway's topic in Medical-Surgical

    This is an older post... but I've worked both nights and days on the same unit. Here's what I've noticed. On nights, you hit the ground running. People want to get their last walk in. You have one...
  10. ClaraRedheart

    23 Employees on Leave from Ohio Hospital after giving Excessive Pain medication

    ClaraRedheart posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/30/health/ohio-fentanyl-death-employees-on-leave/ A quick summary: Several employees are on leave for giving lethal and potentially lethal doses of medication to dying...
  11. ClaraRedheart

    Repositioning end stage of life hospice pts

    ClaraRedheart replied to Sheyi1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you! Good to hear this from a hospice patient! I am not a hospice nurse, but I had a patient that would be transferring to hospice the next day. The patient would scream any time you tried to...
  12. ClaraRedheart

    Med-Surg Certification

    ClaraRedheart replied to FeliciaRNCPN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I waltzed in there thinking that I had already ran into it all, and should know it by now. I passed... but not with an amazing grade. Kind of barely. I had a few questions each on erectile disfunction...
  13. ClaraRedheart

    Why do you love being a nurse?

    ClaraRedheart replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in General Nursing

    I enjoy getting to know different people, and as much as I hate seeing them back in the hospital, it's nice to take care of someone I've met before. I'd rather see them out and about at Walmart! I...
  14. ClaraRedheart

    Religion & Ectopic Abortion

    ClaraRedheart replied to Happy.Nurselet's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I am very pro-life, and a conservative Christian, but as others have echoed, the pregnancy is not viable if it is truly ectopic. Baby and mom will both die if it continues and it is only currently...
  15. ClaraRedheart

    No one to talk to about nursing... Am I crazy?

    ClaraRedheart replied to EdenAndEve's topic in General Nursing

    You might ask your supervisor/boss if there are any committees that you can get involved with. There are lots of committee's within my hospitals system and I learn so much by working with them! One...
  16. ClaraRedheart

    Low cumulative GPA but high Prerequisites GPA. Afraid of not getting admission anywhere.

    ClaraRedheart replied to OhThePlacesYoullGo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had a poor GPA from two previous colleges when I decided to go to nursing school. The university that I wanted to get my BSN from just didn't transfer any credits with C's, so that raised my GPA...
  17. ClaraRedheart

    Vaccine controversy

    ClaraRedheart replied to degfnp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As a mom myself, and a nurse... I've admittedly been late on some of my son's and daughters vaccinations. I think that reminders via text would be awesome! Or maybe at the office, they could set your...
  18. ClaraRedheart

    Increase in Ehlers-Danlos (especially hypermobility type) patients?

    ClaraRedheart replied to ArtClassRN's topic in General Nursing

    Same here! Haha! I think they call themselves spoonies cuz they all clearly have the Munchies... Munchhausens, I mean. I'm sure that some have some legit illnesses, but this is just
  19. ClaraRedheart

    Opposite Sex Coworker Social Boundaries

    ClaraRedheart replied to cyc0sys's topic in General Nursing

    I read the first page of posts, so.. I'm sure someone else echoed this. Who have you committed to live with and stay beside through life with? Your wife, or your co-workers? You ALWAYS side with the...
  20. ClaraRedheart

    Nurses Eat Their Young

    ClaraRedheart replied to Dairian's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Maybe they're oblivious to it? I don't know them personally, and can't judge. But I never would have believed that some of my co-workers could behave in the way that they do if I didn't start...
  21. ClaraRedheart

    Nurses Eat Their Young

    ClaraRedheart replied to Dairian's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I had one nurse who I got the feeling did not like me when I was a new nurse. Nothing specific, until she obviously rolled her eyes at me when I came up to the desk to ask her a question one night...
  22. ClaraRedheart

    Grossed out for the first time this year

    ClaraRedheart replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Try not to judge the parents too hard... my siblings and I all have terrible teeth and are very cavity prone, and we brushed twice a day. One brother kept breaking his teeth before being old enough to...
  23. ClaraRedheart

    7 Questions About Near Death Awareness

    ClaraRedheart replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    My great grandmother, sick with brain cancer, got up and got dressed to the nines one Sunday morning and told her daughter, when she was asked what she was doing "My honey is coming to pick me up for...
  24. ClaraRedheart

    Bsn no experience parkland hospital dallas tx

    ClaraRedheart replied to plastic100%'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm nearby. I know that our hospital is on a hiring freeze system wide right now. Maybe other systems are the same now? I wish you success in finding a job! It's hard out there right
  25. ClaraRedheart

    Should a new grad go into med/surg or into the specialty that they would love to be in?

    ClaraRedheart replied to StudentRNmt's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I was fortunate to work as a float PCT during nursing school on a variety of units, Med-Surg, PCU, ICU, Post-Partem, Med-Surg, psych, CSU, NICU. I will admit... NICU was one of my favorites. However,...