OlivetheRN ADN, BSN, RN

Member

  • Content

    382

  • Visitors

    7,120

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    7

All Content by OlivetheRN

  1. OlivetheRN

    PACU nurses, I need your opinion.

    OlivetheRN replied to amonasterio5's topic in General Nursing

    I've regularly wrestled kids who are waking up from anesthesia. Not boring. Especially when the toddler is half my weight.... It will really be facility dependent on how "boring" it is. Are you...
  2. OlivetheRN

    Should nurses be able to listen to music at work?

    OlivetheRN replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. I used to work OR and the music variations where interesting. Probably my favorite was the vascular surgeon listens to things like Drowning Pool while doing amputations. It was perfect timing...
  3. OlivetheRN

    What is your Nursing Super Power?

    OlivetheRN replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I am great at doing a kids' first IV when they're in the 5 and up age range. I always let them see what an IV looks like and I retract the needle so they can hear the noise and see what's actually...
  4. OlivetheRN

    What did you do in the ER today?

    OlivetheRN replied to Kinda Flustered's topic in Emergency

    Last night I was in our behavioral area. I had 7 patients who were not going to be going anywhere anytime soon. I did my assessments, my room checks for the shift, pulled what seemed like 100 pills...
  5. OlivetheRN

    Which field of nursing is the most technically hard?

    OlivetheRN replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

    What will be challenging to one person may not be challenging to another based on a variety of factors, i.e. their strengths, their weaknesses, their background (have they worked in the medical field...
  6. OlivetheRN

    Did I harm the patient??

    OlivetheRN replied to RN3468's topic in General Nursing

    I think that will depend on the type of acute care area you work in. Working in the ER, yes, I give a TON of IV meds, but if I'm working in our fast track area (or depending on how the night is going...
  7. OlivetheRN

    How do you deal with the name calling?

    OlivetheRN replied to pixierose's topic in General Nursing

    Working in the ER we get patients and family members who are in high stress situations or, more often, are just impolite people who don't understand that their ingrown toenail does not take priority...
  8. OlivetheRN

    Discharge patient with Foley, but forgot to give the syringes to remove foley

    OlivetheRN replied to Bamafan2011's topic in General Nursing

    When I was working in PACU and would occasionally do days in post-op, there was one urologist in particular who wanted us to tell EVERY patient who was going home with a foley how to cut the port in...
  9. OlivetheRN

    Help Please!! APA format for personal statement letter?

    OlivetheRN replied to nurserissy09's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I recently applied and USA specifies APA for your personal
  10. OlivetheRN

    What's wrong with me??

    OlivetheRN replied to vxxen's topic in General Nursing

    Girl (okay, I'm assuming here, forgive me if I'm wrong), it's been like 4 days! You gotta give yourself some credit where credit is due! The number of patients that you're juggling at one time is a...
  11. OlivetheRN

    Have you or anyone you know ever sued for not having a lunch break?

    OlivetheRN replied to YoutubeTheNP's topic in General Nursing

    We have the same system of when we clock out we're asked did we take a 30 minute uninterrupted lunch break. My typical policy is to say yes if I did or if I didn't but had the opportunity to and...
  12. OlivetheRN

    Frustrating... ED is Not Critical Care

    OlivetheRN replied to bgxyrnf's topic in Emergency

    I have yet to come across
  13. OlivetheRN

    What is the grossest thing that's happened to you???

    OlivetheRN replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing

    Pt had came in with complaints of constipation and abd pain. Had taken Epsom salts at home the night before and that morning. Wadled over to in room toilet with my assistance and had explosive...
  14. OlivetheRN

    Assertiveness Training Needed

    OlivetheRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

  15. OlivetheRN

    Help, did I get hired onto a sinking ship?

    OlivetheRN replied to skydancer7's topic in General Nursing

    Dude. I need to move. Most nights I'm lucky if I get 15 minutes to stand in the break room an inhale something. The other night my lunch was me eating a Tupperware container of strawberries and...
  16. OlivetheRN

    Urine specimen collection from indwelling catheter

    OlivetheRN replied to Miossy's topic in General Nursing

    Our in and out kits don't have bags. Our female kits go into a tube and our male kits have a sterile urine cup in them. Everything in an in and out kit is sterile. As posters above have said, urine...
  17. OlivetheRN

    looking for on-campus MSN/DNP(NP) degrees in the U.S

    OlivetheRN replied to Edisonaidor's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    UNC Chapel Hill is on
  18. OlivetheRN

    Thinking about switching to ED

    OlivetheRN replied to Koalified's topic in Emergency

    Fortunately the number of IVs I have to do on kids is limited, because we don't have a peds ED associated with our ED. With that being said, I have had a run lately of about one shift a week I have to...
  19. OlivetheRN

    Chest and arm pain/ er doesn't know

    OlivetheRN replied to sameishafate's topic in General Nursing

    Per terms of service we can't give medical advice. I would look at your discharge papers and see who they told you to follow up with, or go to your primary care doctor for further care if they didn't...
  20. OlivetheRN

    Not Sleeping Anymore!

    OlivetheRN replied to ekullerd's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'll agree with a PP about flipping back and forth wrecking havoc on your body. I understand how much it sucks to be on an opposite schedule from your husband, so on your off days you want to have a...
  21. OlivetheRN

    Thinking about switching to ED

    OlivetheRN replied to Koalified's topic in Emergency

    Obs units can be different from facility to facility. I have had the same PITA patient more than one shift in the same week either because they came in more than once or because they were still there...
  22. OlivetheRN

    Thinking about switching to ED

    OlivetheRN replied to Koalified's topic in Emergency

    Obs is probably not for boarders, it's probably for observation patients that can, as you said, do self care. In the ED, depending on the facility, it's not unusual to have patients waiting for a...
  23. OlivetheRN

    Job offer without telling me pay rates

    OlivetheRN replied to nekoneko's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    That is really, really very odd. I've never gotten a verbal job offer from HR without getting the pay details at the same time. Heck, when I was going BACK to a hospital system from another hospital...
  24. OlivetheRN

    Psych pts protocol

    OlivetheRN replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in Emergency

    We do the same as PPs. All belongings are taken in triage and bagged, and they are changed into hospital provided clothing all the way down to their underwear. They get mesh underwear, paper scrubs,...
  25. OlivetheRN

    Should Female Muslim Psychiatric Patients Be Allowed to Wear Hijabs?

    OlivetheRN replied to purplegal's topic in Psychiatric

    We had a particular patient who was in the locked area of our ED where the rooms are camera monitored (including the bathrooms but the toilet area is blocked out) and he was being a particular moron...