SwansonRN

SwansonRN

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  1. What's the worst you've ever been dumped on?

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

    "Remove this foley or I'll pull it out myself!" Do it. I dare

  2. Have you ever performed CPR? Results?:

    SwansonRN replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Only been a nurse for a bit in the ICU, but I've done some chest compressions. I'm really not the best choice for that role unless I'm the first responder. I always have to crawl onto bed with the...

  3. Has this ever happened to you?

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

    I would adore working with a person like this. The best laughs are had at night. One of my night coworkers once ran out of the staff bathroom to ask the unit secretary to call the chaplain. When she...

  4. Early prandial administration to hyperglycemic patient?

    SwansonRN replied to NurseCollins799's topic in General Nursing

    I see. That's pretty problematic. Where I work CNAs aren't required to do anything, technically, so if we want a finger stick, we have to find one, ask, and hope it actually gets done . I'd write an...

  5. One huge reason I want to be a nurse

    SwansonRN replied to mrnightinggale's topic in General Nursing

    Awwww...enjoy the ride and keep that compassion for as long as you possibly

  6. Early prandial administration to hyperglycemic patient?

    SwansonRN replied to NurseCollins799's topic in General Nursing

    This seems like a lot of trouble for no reason. Because its convenient for the CNA to get the blood sugar approx 90 minutes before the insulin is theoretically supposed to be given? It takes 30 sec...

  7. day/night rotations

    SwansonRN replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    Not to bum you out, but I'm 8 months in to that exact schedule and I am fading fast. My whole life is being affected work, social, health...it's good for the wallet, bad for the soul. Looking for an...

  8. Norovirus

    SwansonRN replied to sweetstrwbrry1's topic in General Nursing

    Norovirus is a violent little one! I will NEVER forget that night. Simultaneous vomiting and diarrhea every 20 minutes for 12 hours is a pretty humbling

  9. antihypertensive advice.

    SwansonRN replied to nextdoorguy's topic in Patient Medications

    I would have done the same thing. He probably had something else going on that made him respond to the medication like that. Maybe he was

  10. Can I practice on you?

    SwansonRN replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I put a 20g IV in my dad at a family party. I had never done one and my aunt was like you need to learn before you graduate. Don't ask. My dad is a great sport with wonderful veins, you could get a...

  11. Work bags: What do you take and what's in it?

    SwansonRN replied to PediNurse3's topic in General Nursing

    Pens, mechanical pencils, folder full of project papers, nice critical care book that I got for Christmas with drip tables, ACLS guidelines, etc. (although I never seem to to actually use this on the...

  12. Is it Safe for UAP's to manage G-Tubes?

    SwansonRN replied to antropov87's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I think it's safe. Once established g-tubes are actually pretty straight forward. I'm sure your group home has a nurse that oversees the house if anyone has questions/needs training and you can...

  13. Nicknames unprofessional?

    SwansonRN replied to blackvans1234's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Ugh the woman who said that to you sounds insufferable!! It's a name. And who asked her opinion on what people call

  14. Can't get over my past

    SwansonRN replied to niko1999 RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    You have to forgive

  15. More Proof That Surgeons Are HUGE JERKS!

    SwansonRN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry I am having a hard time following the story. The surgeon does sound like a jerk, but I don't think this is worth leaving medicine over. It's like a toddler throwing a temper tantrum, you can't...

  16. Can visitors be 'forced' to wear PPE?

    SwansonRN replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    I have gotten attitude when I ask people to wear PPE "you don't understand that's my cousin, I don't need to wear that" but they have always complied after I explain that it's not just to protect...

  17. Only nurses would have lunch conversations like this...

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

    Oddly enough I had bacon and cottage cheese for breakfast. Or when someone comments that their pasta sauce looks like the GI bleed that just got admitted. We are

  18. Night Shift Question/Advice/Tips

    SwansonRN replied to EMEddie's topic in General Nursing

    I rotate! 2 weeks days 2 weeks nights I know it probably sounds crazy, but I'm young and so far my body is putting up with the abuse. When I'm working nights I sometimes drape towels over my...

  19. blowing veins during IV starts

    SwansonRN replied to queenjulie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad as well. Not only am I bad at IV starts, but I'm also bad at blood draws I work in the ICU so a lot of times my patients will have central lines, so that only compounds to the...

  20. Hyperthermia

    SwansonRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am curious about your patients with extreme hyperthermia. What was their Tmax? What was the cause (environmental, drugs, infection...) and did the patient survive? I have been very interested in...

  21. i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

    SwansonRN replied to Jenni811's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hear ya. I am very lucky to have my job (or a job at all), my managers are great, my coworkers are mostly awesome, but sometimes I am so sick and tired of the patients and the families. I am...

  22. Hyperthermia

    SwansonRN replied to SwansonRN's topic in General Nursing

    GrnTea, what a devastating way to die. Mine was around 42-43. Sickest patient I have ever

  23. Worst start ever

    SwansonRN replied to thelema13's topic in Emergency

    I might win this one...my loving boyfriend was kind enough to offer me his expensive car to take to work the other night during the huge blizzard because he has all wheel drive and my car is a sloppy...

  24. How to correct a critical (high) INR?

    SwansonRN replied to nurs1ng's topic in General Nursing

    FFP (fresh frozen plasma) transfusions will get the INR down to ~1.5, vitamin K will lower it even further, but it takes longer. The MD probably ordered normal saline to tank up your patient with a...

  25. question: can you chart on a pt. being rude?

    SwansonRN replied to aligar89's topic in General Nursing

    I have written things like irritable, frustrated, resistant to care, combative, demanding, although I agree it's important to be as objective as possible. Quotes are great. & that patient seems...