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  1. Does your hospital ID badge have your first AND last name on it?

    SwansonRN replied to Deetail's topic in General Nursing

    I say unless I am going to be addressed by my surname like a physician, (i.e. nurse Smith, nurse Johnson) then I see no reason why my last name has to be on the badge. So my patients can look me up...

  2. The math doesn't add up

    SwansonRN replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    The idea of nurses taking the time to write thank you notes is both infuriating and hilarious. How about your welcome notes? The unit clerks on our unit write sympathy cards to the families of our...

  3. New grad, bullied at report.

    SwansonRN replied to RN2012Newbie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Happens to me. They're just coming in for their shift, you're leaving, two different dynamics and states of mind. It always bugs me when I work my butt off all day and the next nurse comes in and...

  4. The 'what ifs'

    SwansonRN replied to mofomeat's topic in General Nursing

    1) Honestly, my lowest grade in college was anatomy. I think I barely scraped by with a B-. I was very nervous that I wouldn't be able to pass any of my nursing classes, which I actually wound up...

  5. Black - The New White For Nurses?

    SwansonRN replied to JerseyBSN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    While I think all hospitals should have color coded uniforms for the different professions, black just seems grim and morbid. Different shades of blue is probably the way to go: neutral color, not...

  6. How should I dress when I pick up applications?

    SwansonRN replied to NursingBro's topic in General Nursing

    Don't wear that to pick up applications IMHO. Wear that for an interview. If you're just stopping by to pick up an app, wear business casual. Something like dockers and a polo or sweater. As for...

  7. auditing call lights?

    SwansonRN replied to picurn10's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised. Our BA calls the nurses phones directly "so and so wants this". Unrelated, but once I was in the middle of an intubation for one of my patients and I get one...

  8. Dear new grad...

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

    Speaking as a new grad that actually did start in the ICU...get other experience first!! You'll be much better

  9. The Slow Code: Justified?

    SwansonRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Unethical, but I know they happen all the time. Personally I hate having frail, cachectic full code patients in their late 90s. When they start going down hill I always think 'please don't make me...

  10. Be kind to nurses... we choose the size of your IV

    SwansonRN replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    This just doesn't make sense, "aw this ICU patient is so sweet, I guess one #22 will do!

  11. Nasty feet

    SwansonRN replied to Stcroix's topic in General Nursing

    Hahaha mother earth. I think if you work in the ER you may have the most experience with horrible feet. Or if you work on a floor or unit and you get a brand new admission. Otherwise bed baths are a...

  12. Assessments every shift?

    SwansonRN replied to Ntheboat2's topic in General Nursing

    In my opinion I am assessing all day long, every time I'm in the room with a patient. Technically I document a full head-to-toe once, but if something major changes, like the patient gets intubated,...

  13. Do we have to give IV pain meds if patient requests when PO meds are ordered?

    SwansonRN replied to VegRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Fentanyl is dosed in mcg. 50mg of fentanyl sounds pretty

  14. If you could pick your ideal job in nursing, what would it be?

    SwansonRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    My current job with a higher pay...except we'd have visiting hours and the nurses wouldn't be responsible for things like bed baths and bed pans

  15. Speaking of... Getting to work early

    SwansonRN replied to jrsmrs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't come in early. Some nurses where I work do to start gathering information on their patients 20 minutes before their shift starts, but I think it's silly when patient assignments can change at...

  16. Any ICU's ambulating vented patients?

    SwansonRN replied to hodgieRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    We're working on it, but a lot of nurses have reservations about the process. I've gotten a few of my vented patients OOB to chairs and whenever I do my patients and their families are SO happy and I...

  17. So I get a call from the lab.....

    SwansonRN replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    Hate getting calls from the lab. Wish they'd call with good news for once. "That patient whose lytes you've been repleting all night has a potassium of 4.1 and and a mag of 2.0, well done

  18. What to do about refusing Dr. orders?

    SwansonRN replied to nancynurse0828's topic in General Nursing

    Amio thru a central line and and amio thru a PIV are two different concentrations. Obviously, amio is tough on the veins, so that might have been where the Dr. was coming from. You thought the PICC...

  19. Did I just get thrown under the bus? Or I'm a bad nurse?

    SwansonRN replied to proudauntie415's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well you learned a lesson about Lantus that you would be surprised a lot of nurses may not know! That nurse is full of it, she probably forgot and is blaming you so she doesn't look

  20. Different Types Of Coworkers

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

    I am definitely Chicken

  21. How to draw med from ampules effectively

    SwansonRN replied to seks's topic in Patient Medications

    Good question. I've had to give a few meds in ampules lately and a few times I wound up with digoxin all over my hands. I agree, don't inject air after inverting the ampule, that was my mistake....

  22. First Code Blue

    SwansonRN replied to liveyourlife747's topic in General Nursing

    My first code blue died as well I didn't find him unresponsive, but I did watch as he flipped his axis from a normal sinus rhythm to ventricular bigeminy. I was actually explaining to the family...

  23. Written up and confused.

    SwansonRN replied to pageturnstyle's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Agreed...WTH?? I would not want to work in that enviornment. I am a bad nurse for making my patient clean, comfortable, and safe while they're dying? Okay. I can understand not wanting to deep...

  24. Yet Another Pre-Employment Drug Screen Thread

    SwansonRN replied to YouSmellLikeCDiff's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Agreed with the previous posts. I liked your story! Very entertaining :) Some people are so

  25. are there nurses who ACTUALLY care ?

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

    Group projects were the worst. I would be mad if that happened to me, too. Nursing school is nursing school, and nursing in the real world is a completely separate thing. In a few years you'll look...