bbuerke

bbuerke has 7 years experience and specializes in Oncology.

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1. The Slow Code: Justified?

   bbuerke replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   How does that work? If someone stops breathing but has a pulse, unless you do something about it, eventually they will have no pulse. Are you supposed to just stand around and wait for the pulse to...

2. The Slow Code: Justified?

   bbuerke replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   quote from akulahawk: I don't know that this is universal yet. I know a lot of hospitals are moving to this model for definition of DNR, but I don't think all have caught up yet. Some people...

3. I got fired today...

   bbuerke replied to patrickh_rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Quote from Samadams8: I'm a little disturbed by this line of thinking. It sounds, I don't know, paranoid maybe? I don't mean to pick on you in particular, but I've noticed this type of general...

4. I got fired today...

   bbuerke replied to patrickh_rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I'm so sorry this happened to you. You sound like someone whose heart is in the right place, judging by your level of humble introspection - very mature, and not often the case when someone is fired...

5. Have dress codes changed for clinical prep?

   bbuerke replied to DoeRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   So glad I'm not the only one who didn't have clinical prep work. As I was reading this post I was thinking "what the?!?!? Did I miss something when I was in nursing school?" The idea of coming in the...

6. Working long hours to buy gifts for everyone...

   bbuerke replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

   I don't do obligatory gift giving. Not for Christmas, birthdays, anything. It feels fake to me. If I see something I think someone will enjoy, I'll get it for them, just because, doesn't matter if...

7. The new person is a germaphobe.

   bbuerke replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

   Had a co-worker who was a total germaphobe. The thing was not only did she have all those rituals, she would talk about it incessantly, how everything grossed her out. Seriously, it would occupy a...

8. Working the holidays to get away from family...

   bbuerke replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

   Jean Marie, What a sweet story. I think all children should have exposure to those who are less fortunate, whether they are poor, sick, elderly, disabled, etc. It builds empathy and compassion at a...

9. The Slow Code: Justified?

   bbuerke replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   elkpark: Yes! Coding people is, in a way, fraudulent. It's providing care that has been shown, time and again, to be largely ineffective. How is that practicing evidence based nursing/medicine?...

10. How to Determine Whether a LTC / SNF is Well Run

    bbuerke replied to vintagemother's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think the biggest endorsement for any facility comes from the customers. I will never forget when my sister joined the Little Sisters of the Poor. They run nursing homes for impoverished elderly,...

11. Should Healthcare Be Funded As A Basic Human Right?

    bbuerke replied to jayp's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "For instance, I read up a few days ago on a program called "Does Jesus care for Klingons..." it cost just over a million $." It was one session of a larger workshop run by the DOD that totaled...

12. blame the morphine

    bbuerke replied to pnhopeful's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    This can be a truly challenging thing to discern, even for those who are trained! All it takes is one encounter with an over-sedated patient who was discounted as actively dying to make someone gun...

13. Nursing Interview Questions (Part 2)

    bbuerke replied to TheCommuter's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Reply to cienurse: "Do you fear the unknown?" Interesting question. I fear that you would not give me a job, for my answer would be yes. However, I would follow it up with my definition of bravery:...

14. Happiness vs more money

    bbuerke replied to adamsmom2's topic in General Nursing

    This is a toughie. I understand the wish to not saddle your child with enormous debt after school, especially since he'll have to go for 8 years! While I agree with the above posters, I am also...

15. Pulled from floor by "Men in Black"

    bbuerke replied to mikala3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The OP did not say she answered the questions. She simply stated that she was pulled into a room and asked questions, not whether she answered them. Either way it's weird, and of course we can't...