SubSippi

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  1. Why isn't pain with physiological needs

    SubSippi replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    You don't put pain in the first tier, because pain never killed anyone. In he real world, I would address someone's pain before I worried about their diet because they probably won't be eating if...

  2. Snag the new grad

    SubSippi replied to zephyr9's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The pros you listed aren't exactly pros, they're more like bare minimum requirements. What's the job market like in your area? I'd wait it out if I could, if they're that hard up for staff they'll be...

  3. The Six Month Scream

    SubSippi replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I transferred to a CVICU after seven months on a tele unit. I've never regretted it for a second. I was a little worried about making people mad, but there was so much turn over in my unit I don't...

  4. let go during orientation, needs advice?

    SubSippi replied to sheepingarden's topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only one who doesn't think he journal is inappropriate? That nurse is probably required to give reasons why she thinks her preceptee needs longer orientation and/or to be let go, so I can...

  5. Does everybody want to be a NP?

    SubSippi replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I don't particularly want to be an NP, but I don't think I can keep doing what I'm doing now forever (CVICU)...I don't want to work in management, and I don't want a desk job. So I will probably go to...

  6. Never Give Up -- My Story

    SubSippi replied to MrMango's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Personally, I think the limit should be two times. It might be a little different if we were hurting for nurses, but since there seem to be plenty, let's make it a little harder to be one. But...

  7. Night Shift Relationship Woes

    SubSippi replied to applesxoranges's topic in General Nursing

    Some people have this attitude that you chose to work the night shift, so nobody should have to make any sort of effort to accommodate your sleep schedule. I think that these people should only be...

  8. VTach Orders

    SubSippi replied to CNSnurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I've never seen an order like this, but I wouldn't have called the doc. If VT runs were starting to increase in frequency, or if the patient was symptomatic, then I WOULD have called regardless of an...

  9. Pregnancy Work Woes

    SubSippi replied to Barbie8808's topic in General Nursing

    The pregnant women I've worked with didn't ever refuse to do their job. Obviously, they wouldn't get a patient with shingles, and we had one woman whose OB didn't want her to have flu patients. It...

  10. The state made a weird request

    SubSippi replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    Put the coffee in a less coffee-like container. There are lots of thermos type things that look like something you drink water out of, but also work for hot drinks. I think it's probably not that big...

  11. Bartender...hospice...next?

    SubSippi replied to pizzaanddisney's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Look into community health nursing, they do a lot of education and talking. Or if you thought you could be a social worker, you can always look into care management, which is something lots of people...

  12. Can this be put on the homepage or SOMETHING?!

    SubSippi posted a topic in General Nursing

    icuRNmaggie has been reposting and reposting the link to the petition to have mandated nurse to patient ratios, but there are STILL only about 20,000 out of the 80,000 signatures needed by October 17....

  13. Apologies for using the term "NETY"

    SubSippi replied to Perisoreus's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are so many broad generalizations in this thread! As far as I know, there hasn't been a nation wide study done on the age of bullies in the workplace, so I don't see why people are so convinced...

  14. Ambulating a pt while on vasoactive drugs?

    SubSippi replied to nurs1ng's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    It depends on the pressor and it depends on the patient. You're getting mixed responses because there isn't a straight answer. Your best bet is to take things slow, and see what the patient can...

  15. Nursing program and pregnancy

    SubSippi replied to eleah2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    At most places you start clinicals in the first semester. If you did give birth in November, there's a good chance you'd end up missing some, and at every school I've ever heard of, you get dropped...

  16. Can this be put on the homepage or SOMETHING?!

    SubSippi replied to SubSippi's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah...people looooove posting long whiny rants about a random, insensitive comment made by some idiot but it doesn't seem like too many people are invested enough to just sign a

  17. Annual Raise - Philly area nurses

    SubSippi replied to majitu's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Last year the nurses at my hospital got their first raise in seven years...2%...which for me, was about 40 cents. Not from

  18. How to cope with poor memory

    SubSippi replied to morningland's topic in General Nursing

    I have an AWFUL memory, I've been notorious for it since I was little. I over compensate to the point where I appear really organized and on top of things. I write everything down, always, and when I...

  19. Management of heart failure patients presenting with severe sepsis/septic shock

    SubSippi replied to mgp6's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Like MunroRN said, the main issue is the lack of room to overshoot volume replacement...for this reason, I think that these patients would benefit from having a PA line. Unfortunately, at my facility,...

  20. 6th Vital Sign

    SubSippi replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    On a scale of 1 to 10, can you tell me how special I've made you feel since my shift

  21. Did I say something wrong?

    SubSippi replied to Pkin1477's topic in General Nursing

    All this please-and-thank-you business drives me nuts, I feel like it's condescending to thank a person for doing their job. I have a few docs I work with who are always thanking everyone, and I know...

  22. Can a doctor "order" a nurse to not assess something?

    SubSippi replied to SilleLu's topic in General Nursing

    Was this an actual order, or was the "stop it" more of a suggestion...like the doctor telling you he/she didn't think it was necessary anymore? I'm curious to know if the doc would feel the same way...

  23. Going "Above and Beyond" UGH

    SubSippi posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At my hospital, there has recently been a push for nurses to "go above and beyond" when providing patient care. They send out emails, put up little signs and posters, and will occasionally show up in...

  24. #NursesUnited: Can we continue the momentum for necessary change?

    SubSippi replied to Rose_Queen's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe instead of petitioning the government, which I'm sure is already well aware of unsafe staffing issues and clearly doesn't care, we should be writing to Johnson & Johnson with requests to...

  25. An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

    SubSippi replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

    This is the way I feel...the fact that SO many people have lost their minds over a flippant comment that some d-list celebrity made on a daytime talk show makes nurses look like the have an enormous...