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  1. Best Hallucinations Thread

    SwansonRN replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    Caterpillars in rectum is my personal favorite chief complaint. Or when the restrained DTers call you into their room because their girlfriends had their way with them but forgot to set them loose...

  2. All in my head?

    SwansonRN replied to JVoEDrn's topic in General Nursing

    If I had a dollar for every patient I couldn't get blood or start an IV on...I probably wouldn't need to be a nurse it's frustrating, but it shouldn't be something you dwell on! It sounds like...

  3. Pain Dilemma Customer Service?

    SwansonRN replied to RNnur's topic in General Nursing

    Is this a real story? I mean pain is pain, but unfortunately a fresh post op takes priority over a stable patient about to be discharged, so yes I would have done the same thing. The nurse that...

  4. No rapid response for a DNR?

    SwansonRN replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    Never be afraid to call a rapid response. The worse that can happen is some jerky doctor chews you out (even though in this case he's wrong!) Absolutely do everything you can for a DNR that the...

  5. Awful Doctors

    SwansonRN replied to JKimRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Trust me, been there done that, but at the end of the day your patient is okay! The first year is a roller coaster, there have been days when I have cried my whole 45 minute car ride home. I've made...

  6. Would phlebotomy skill be helpful to get a job as an RN?

    SwansonRN replied to hilee119's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, go for it! Even if you don't use it at your new job it'll show interest/initiative to potential employers :). Best of

  7. Is there any truth to this?

    SwansonRN replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm on the fence about this one! I agree that sometimes even low grade temps feel pretty awful. But 98.6? I really can't see myself giving acetaminophen in that instance. I may put a cool rag on...

  8. Picc Line Question

    SwansonRN replied to sophtheorn's topic in General Nursing

    I think the best thing is to know your agency's policy because as you can see practice varies from place to

  9. Spinal stenosis

    SwansonRN replied to seahawks760's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well I could tell you, but then you wouldn't really be accomplishing the point of the assignment! Think about a patient that just had painful ****hint!**** surgery. Is that patient able to move...

  10. Feedback requested before I give 2 weeks notice!

    SwansonRN replied to Nurse-E Girl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I bet that felt good to write!! And trust me I feel you 100%. I would print this out and put it in a journal, take a few days to cool off, and then write another letter calmly explaining the reasons...

  11. You look too young to be a nurse

    SwansonRN posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Is something I hear from my patients constantly. I'm petite with I guess a lot of people consider a "baby face". I am told a lot that I look like I'm in my teens. Thanks? It used to not bother me,...

  12. Picc Line Question

    SwansonRN replied to sophtheorn's topic in General Nursing

    Double lumen PICCs rock :) especially freshly placed and verified. Beautiful blood return and if you need to start pressors or run something like KCl or calcium gluconate you're golden. You can...

  13. Mental health days

    SwansonRN replied to PediLove2147's topic in Health, Stress Management

    A mental health day and just wanting that day off for leisurely reasons are def. not the same thing! Plus workers of all professions take mental health days. Just because I'm a ~*nurse*~ means that...

  14. What's the biggest mistake you've ever made as a nurse? What did you learn from it?

    SwansonRN replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    I left a tourniquet on someone's forearm for about...30-45 minutes. Yup! It was the end of a really lousy day and I needed to grab some blood from a LOL before report. Got the tubes I needed and...

  15. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    SwansonRN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Can I ask that this thread not turn into a RN vs LPN ordeal? We get it. There's good and bad RNs and good and bad

  16. Shift change and visitation in ICU/stepdown

    SwansonRN replied to opossum's topic in MICU, SICU

    We're trying to implement visiting hours. Right now it's open. I will say I think it's very important that nurses are able to give report as uninterrupted as possible. For me this means two nurses,...

  17. So the boss says "When a call light goes off, consider that an error"

    SwansonRN replied to mindlor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This sounds like a very manager thing to say. Or like a person who hasn't actually been at the bedside in a while thing to

  18. Disappointed with my nurse last night

    SwansonRN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think I'd be more perturbed about her not scrubbing my hub (that sounds kinda

  19. What's the biggest mistake you've ever made as a nurse? What did you learn from it?

    SwansonRN replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed with the previous post, a common EKG change with hyperkalemia is peaked t waves. Then you'll see a widening of the PR interval and eventually you'll lose the P wave all together with a...

  20. Tricks of the trade: Diversion- stories of the stupid and sly?

    SwansonRN replied to SuzieVN's topic in General Nursing

    Also be careful about witnessing wastes! You're putting your name on the line. I've heard a story about one nurse that would frequently ask for wastes on IV narcotics. Her behavior became more...

  21. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    SwansonRN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wouldn't put an NGT in a person with known varices...if a doc puts in that order, he can do it himself. That whole scenario makes me shudder. What a gruesome way to

  22. Enucleation. Ever have a patient pull an eye out?

    SwansonRN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh my

  23. Dreaming About Work

    SwansonRN replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I have recurring dreams about forgetting about patients until the end of my shift. It gives me anxiety just thinking about it. My strangest one was my agitated, intubated patient turned into a lion...

  24. Got hired straight into MICU after graduation..need advice!

    SwansonRN replied to LillyBud's topic in MICU, SICU

    Did I write this post last summer?? I got hired straight into a MICU. Starting out as a nurse is just plain hard...lots of growing pains, lots of anxiety, and sometimes thinking that you weren't cut...

  25. Fun poll: Did you get oriented, or did you get orientated?

    SwansonRN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oriented. Never heard the other option. In our new documenting program I use a+ox4 for person, place, time, and "situation"...but I'm an a+ox3 person at heart, 4 things is just too much to ask, I...