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SwansonRN

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  1. Made it through three night shifts on my own...then...

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

    I'm also a new grad in the first month on my ICU orientation. I made the exact same mistake! I almost bolused my patient with the wrong IVF. Just as I pressed run on the pump I noticed D5 was...

  2. Communication with patients and families

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

    I've found that inconsistency between care providers is a big culprit. I work in the ICU. Some physicians are realistic, some are more on the ideal side. Families in crisis will hold on to the...

  3. Amazing Classmates

    SwansonRN replied to runforfun's topic in General Students

    Great classmates, indeed! I read a lot of things about cattiness in nursing school, but that was never my experience. We were always there for each other. I'm still friends with a lot of them!...

  4. Why I became a nurse, the down and dirty

    SwansonRN replied to libran1984's topic in General Nursing

    Cupcakesss, I feel that way! Only difference is that I do have a tragedy that caused me to want to be a nurse, but more because I was so impressed with how bad A the nurses were at the hospital when...

  5. How do ya'll wear your hair? can you have bangs?

    SwansonRN replied to Reckless96's topic in General Nursing

    I throw my hear into a high ponytail/bun and I usually always wear a headband just cause I have to look at least a little cute Most employers aren't too strict on hair. Nursing school will have its...

  6. Blood clot questions...

    SwansonRN replied to aachavez's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I agree with everything the above poster has said Yes, some people are definitely genetically prone to forming blood clots and there are certain situations or states of health that put a person at...

  7. Confused -phlebostatic axis

    SwansonRN replied to 3UNC's topic in General Nursing

    If your facility does not use the IV sets to level the transducers then yes you place the transducer at the 4th ICS midaxillary position, so actually elevating the transducer itself against the...

  8. Is PVT still working?

    SwansonRN replied to johnybhoi24's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It still works I'd wait to start poppin' champagne bottles until you get the unofficial results in a few days, but you can definitely relax a

  9. CNAs no longer doing vitals on our floor

    SwansonRN replied to new_grad_RN's topic in General Nursing

    My personal philosophy is that I do everything I can by myself. This includes vitals, fingersticks, answering call bells, bed pans...I only have 1-2 patients now, but even when I was on a busy...

  10. Shift-to-shift report in front of patient and family

    SwansonRN replied to Piglet08's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There's no way I would be okay with doing the full report in front of the pt/familly! I think in theory it sounds like a good idea, but I just don't think you can give a 100% thorough report with an...

  11. SO mad...and not sure I should be.

    SwansonRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I only support abortions when they're absolutely necessary...like when a woman is pregnant and doesn't want to be ...sorry I can't really be on your side on this

  12. What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    SwansonRN replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    All these people who have goals and are passionate about them, YIKES. NO

  13. What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    SwansonRN replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    Like me! I got hired into an ICU the day after I graduated. I don't know what you mean in this post? My post was coming from experience when I mistakenly admitted to a few preceptors that I wanted...

  14. What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    SwansonRN replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    THIS. I wish I could show every nursing student in clinical this post. Dream to the moon and back, the world is your oyster, but when a preceptor asks, "I just want to learn" is all you should say!...

  15. To the nurses: Can you be a great nurse if you're very shy?

    SwansonRN replied to chariot's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad to see some positive responses to this post. I'm a new nurse and, like you, I am naturally very introverted and sometimes deal with social anxiety. Communication has been my biggest...

  16. It would be from a nurse not you.

    SwansonRN replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have to say I idolize 99% of my coworkers in the ICU and my preceptor from back in school on a gen. med floor. I'm very lucky. I'm endlessly impressed with the nurses I get to work with and learn...

  17. What a coincidence. . .every single student nurse who shadows me. . .

    SwansonRN replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly why I never told anyone what my career aspirations were in nursing school judge judge

  18. My friends have medical questions at all hours of the day...

    SwansonRN replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I typically get two types of questions/complaints from people: 1. poop 2. my ankle,knee, hip hurts/pops out when I go like this The poop questions I don't mind so much, but I hate the latter! I am...

  19. Do nurses have a responsibility to keep their Facebook professional?

    SwansonRN replied to Bortaz's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My personal philosophy with any social media website is less is more. You don't have to be a saint after you leave work. By all means go bar crawl, do keg stands, swear, laugh at immature/off color...

  20. Misogyny in Nursing

    SwansonRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What I wish some would realize is that your experiences do not give you the credibility to make huge sweeping statements about female behavior as a whole. I, as a female, find that offensive. "I've...

  21. Removing a tic from a patient

    SwansonRN replied to kellycinalli's topic in General Nursing

    Didn't mean send it to the hospital lab. And I'm not a male, it's just my avatar! We always save ticks where I

  22. Removing a tic from a patient

    SwansonRN replied to kellycinalli's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had this happen at work, but I would remove it and save it to send to be tested for diseases. I don't know if this is the right answer, but that is what I'd

  23. Misogyny in Nursing

    SwansonRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wish I could like this post a thousand times. Internalized misogyny is something that really upsets me. In our society it is ingrained from a young age that women are worth less than men. Women...

  24. Are nurses allowed to have their nails painted?

    SwansonRN replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    We're not supposed to for reasons that others have highlighted, but a lot do and get away with it. Me, I'm trying to embrace my newly ugly/rough hands as a part of the job, but it does make me sad...

  25. Uncomfortable waistline

    SwansonRN replied to OKNurse2be's topic in General Students

    Wish I saw this thread when I was in nursing school! I hated my Cherokee scrub bottoms. They'd either hang too low or I'd have to tie them high and tight and that would make me feel sick. I...