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  1. Did anyone judge you for being a male nurse?

    joe007 replied to ddane94's topic in Men in Nursing

    Yes. It has happened a hand full of times since I started my job in the ER 14 months ago. Many of the judgers are older male patient who are slightly insecure about their own manliness. I am sure...

  2. job is getting to me today

    joe007 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello, I am a relatively new nurse with a little over a year in the ER. I had a suicidal pt. the other day who was coming off of his ETOH elevation as a chronic alcoholic. I gave him 1mg atvian IV...

  3. job is getting to me today

    joe007 replied to joe007's topic in Emergency

    Thank you all for the replies. They have made me feel better because I am getting differing perspective. I had a preceptor who told me to not waste ativan if you knew they would need more. So,...

  4. Union Intent on Improving the Lot of Nurses Nationwide

    joe007 replied to herring_RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It would be nice if my hospital properly funded retirement, but they don't. I know people in their late 60s who will work until they die or can't work anymore because they have no retirement. I know...

  5. Union Intent on Improving the Lot of Nurses Nationwide

    joe007 replied to herring_RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    My mother is a teacher. She works normal day shift. She gets EVERY weekend off. She can have a life outside of work. She gets summers off. Her stress level is much lower than mine teaching 5th...

  6. HIPAA violation

    joe007 posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Is it a HIPAA violation to give report with no identifying factors on another pt. in another room in the room of a pt. with

  7. Stroke vs overdose

    joe007 posted a topic in Emergency

    So I had a very interesting case last night. I had a 66 y.o. female come in who had hx, DM, pvd, CABGx3, and heart cath... no stroke history. Anyhow, it was reported to me by EMS and family that the...

  8. Nursing occupation, politically ineffective due to inequalities of both gender?

    joe007 replied to Yusrie's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am a male. Yes, I do believe nursing is an abused and underpaid profession. I think that females put up with a lot of **** they shouldn't. It seems that they deal with stress by tearing one...

  9. Union Intent on Improving the Lot of Nurses Nationwide

    joe007 replied to herring_RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    It seems to me healthcare is run by big insurance for big insurance... hospitals and healthcare workers are merely a bother to

  10. Union Intent on Improving the Lot of Nurses Nationwide

    joe007 replied to herring_RN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I am an ER nurse and make $52000 a year with an employer 401K contribution of 3% per year (only 90% of one year's pay over a 30 year career total) and horrible health insurance coverage that doesn't...

  11. How to remember everything, when giving report?

    joe007 replied to SeaH20RN's topic in Emergency

    We use Epic in the ER which has an area for the doctor's notes, which includes pretty much all of the labs, scans, diagnoses, history, etc. I give report from

  12. When is your shift over

    joe007 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello. I am an ER nurse going on 7 months and am still a newbie, obviously. I wanted to know when you think your shift is over. What sparks this question is what I have been told by various...

  13. Assault?

    joe007 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello. I am a relatively new ER nurse and thinking of leaving the profession. I was in a round about way accused of assaulting a pt. by coworkers. A pt. came in around 2200 last night high (had blue...

  14. Assault?

    joe007 replied to joe007's topic in Emergency

    Thanks. I already wrote down my narrative and emailed it to myself with time stamp as to what happened last night in case there is any issue in the future. I also informed nurse manager and charge...

  15. Assault?

    joe007 replied to joe007's topic in Emergency

    Thanks.

  16. When is your shift over

    joe007 replied to joe007's topic in Emergency

    OK. I will definitely rethink what I am doing and some of the advice I've been

  17. What is the problem with nursing school?

    joe007 posted a topic in General Students

    I have finally figured out what I dislike about nursing education. I have noticed nursing continually only focuses on immediate outcomes/observations of disease processes. Their idea of "critical...

  18. Low HR

    joe007 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ethical dilemma. I work at a hospital in the south east of the US. About 2-3 months ago I had an experience that made me feel uncomfortable. I was working a section with preceptor oversight when I...

  19. Low HR

    joe007 replied to joe007's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Silver... in the ER you always start assessing and doing things w/out a doctor's order... they're called standing

  20. Low HR

    joe007 replied to joe007's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Muno. Bradycardia on the monitor. I wanted to take EKG to get different views, but was stopped by preceptor. Suanna, HR was still low on discharge. Tricia -- if it weren't for my military...

  21. Low HR

    joe007 replied to joe007's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    How do you go "around your chain of command"? I did take a full set of vitals. It is standard w/ all of our discharges. That is how I found out he had a HR so low. I figured if I had 3 sources...

  22. Low HR

    joe007 replied to joe007's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My personal feeling is that this person was discharged because the doctors like to have high turnover and they tell me that we should only really assess and treat problems that the person comes in...

  23. Low HR

    joe007 replied to joe007's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It was low on both, plus verified by radial

  24. What is the problem with nursing school?

    joe007 replied to joe007's topic in General Students

    Yes, NuGuyNurse2b. That is what I'm talking about. We don't get much deeper than that. If you ever watch a medical lecture, they have to memorize the entire process, not just know about a beta...

  25. diltiazem drip

    joe007 replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Cardiac

    I work in an ER. I have noticed that Cardizem may not always drop an afib pt's b/p. I have 1 pt. prior and a pt today who had rapid afib (150s HR) with a low bp (80s/50s). the Cardizem drip...