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    What I Learned This Week: Retired Nurses-Where Two Or More Are Gathered...

    OlivetheRN replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    I had a 24 year old guy come in with EMS at 4 am because he had a splinter in his foot. A splinter. And then he threw a fit when we sent him out to triage and promptly left without checking in. All...
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    The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

    OlivetheRN replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as a kennel tech at a vet for a summer. So. Much. Dog. Poop. Dog poop is bad enough by itself, but in a pretty warm area, the smell is awful. I remember around 4th of July they were getting...
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    The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

    OlivetheRN replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Drunks and perverts? Sounds like a standard shift in the
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    What I Learned This Week: Retired Nurses-Where Two Or More Are Gathered...

    OlivetheRN replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    I found a gerbil after 6 months. He was still alive. A lot more feral but still
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    What I Learned This Week: Retired Nurses-Where Two Or More Are Gathered...

    OlivetheRN replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    What I learned this week: - I have a doctor I have to add to my list of who I never want to treat me, particularly if I have to be emergently intubated. - I prefer my patients in the PACU to have...
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    Never Have I Ever Done That Before

    OlivetheRN replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in General Nursing

    I took a class on that and now it's been so long I probably couldn't do it if my life depended on it I had gotten pretty good at using the ultrasound to put them in on real live patients with crap...
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    Straight Caths

    OlivetheRN replied to LibertyTX's topic in General Nursing

    Trendelenburg can help as calivianya said. Another thing that can help is asking the patient to cough. Doing that will help the urethra "wink" at you. Just watch out for those women who have stress...
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    Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    OlivetheRN replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    ....it was upside down?!? Are you serious?! ...what...I mean...how....why....how does that even happen?! I can understand getting it turned around as in from the head end from the foot end but upside...
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    How to stand out?

    OlivetheRN replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in General Nursing

    Prepare by knowing your audience. By that I mean do your research. Know the values of the hospital and what they are about as a company. It shows that you are genuinely interested in the job. It also...
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    tattoo or no tattoo?

    OlivetheRN replied to BRing914's topic in General Nursing

    That will largely depend on where you work, their policies and the workplace culture there. I have a small tattoo (a word) on the back of my neck that I had done before I really knew that I wanted to...
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    Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    OlivetheRN replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    We have a doc who, when he's sitting at the desk doing notes and such, will answer our phone if we're all tied doing stuff as we don't have a dedicated unit secretary. If the person being asked for...
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    Never Have I Ever Done That Before

    OlivetheRN replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in General Nursing

    I hate sticking peds, especially the babies. For one thing, the crying breaks my heart. The other thing, you can't explain to them to hold still. On the other hand, if they are still, it's holy hell...
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    Advice for a psych nurse wanting to transition to the OR

    OlivetheRN replied to lyttlemomma's topic in Operating Room

    Yea, I ultimately got my foot in the OR door through PACU. I'll be moving into the OR in a few
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    Never Have I Ever Done That Before

    OlivetheRN replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in General Nursing

    The first time I had that happen, the guy crapped out on me while I was cleaning up his, well, crap. He had been complaining the entire time he had been in the ER and I was cleaning him up before...
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    Never Have I Ever Done That Before

    OlivetheRN replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in the ER I would go AC in an emergency in a heartbeat but if I had any guess the patient would be admitted I would try my best to look for something other than the AC. Less hassle for the...
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    Advice for a psych nurse wanting to transition to the OR

    OlivetheRN replied to lyttlemomma's topic in Operating Room

    What does this class do for you or how it would help you get a job in an OR in your area? Does taking this class often lead to people getting a job in the OR? I haven't heard of a class like this...
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    Advice for the new hire (hint: don't show your faults for awhile 😇)

    OlivetheRN replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I LOVE that. I brought a patient from the PACU to the floor one time. Big open belly case. Poor guy was hurting like crazy. I tell the nurse that I gave him 4 mg of dilaudid total in PACU and the look...
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    Words You Hate

    OlivetheRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    One of our anestheiologists used that recently and I looked at her blankly for a second before my brain
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    New to OR -need advice -arrogant rude surgeon

    OlivetheRN replied to ORGeek's topic in Operating Room

    I'm getting ready to move to the OR from PACU. Super excited. But back to the point. When I was new in PACU one of the other nurses had just gotten a patient and it was an ortho surgery so I was...
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    Stupid things that nurses say

    OlivetheRN replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I took a pt from PACU to their room. After going over the surgery and history (which included bilateral aka) the nurse I reported to asked if the patient could walk without assistance. As I stood...
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    List of level IV NICU's

    OlivetheRN replied to guest769224's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC is level IV. I have an interview there at the end of the month (which would be a move from the ER) and I'm super excited and
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    Cone Health NEW GRAD program

    OlivetheRN replied to wootwoot's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I work in the Cone system and from what I'm hearing from the academy new grads we've had coming through (we're on round 2) they're mostly ending up where they want to be, and I say mostly because even...
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    RN-BSN

    OlivetheRN replied to rdugirl's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I'm doing mine at UNCW. I like it because it's all online and I will be finished in just over 12 months. The only thing to know about UNCW is that they do require you to take a foreign language, so...
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    IV Calculation Help!

    OlivetheRN replied to SweetSouthernLove's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The way I would calculate these are to first figure out your mg (or mcg) per ml. From there you would just have to multiply the mg/ml by the ml/hr. Hope that helps
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    What NC nursing school did you choose and why?

    OlivetheRN replied to bekahinpink's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I graduated from Alamance community college. For me it was proximity to my home and also cost. I went with ADN for price. I'm currently finishing my BSN at