NightNerd

NightNerd MSN, RN

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  1. Gift from nursing students

    NightNerd replied to ap16's topic in General Nursing

    Awwwww yiss, food is definitely the way to go, lol. The one poster was extra cool suggesting homemade stuff, and I think people are always happy to see some healthy options (e.g., fruit like in an...

  2. Patient going to send nurse to Concentration Camps??

    NightNerd replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    For clarification, management is saying that you can't leave the room and come back when the patient has pulled himself together? I've had some luck - not all the time, but occasionally - with...

  3. Did you leave bedside nursing?

    NightNerd replied to NurseMegIBCLC's topic in Nursing Career

    Ooh, I would love to hear more about your current position! I'm very passionate about foster care and would be very interested in working in this capacity someday. I keep stalking my county and state...

  4. Did you leave bedside nursing?

    NightNerd replied to NurseMegIBCLC's topic in Nursing Career

    I haven't left yet, but I'm considering changing to something in public health in a year or two. I can kinda-sorta identify with the feeling you're alluding to, but I overall have to disagree with it....

  5. Day Shift VS Night Shift for New Grad

    NightNerd replied to klove390's topic in General Nursing

    I also have anxiety and am in my last semester of online RN to BSN. I have found night shift to be just fine for me. The teamwork on my unit's night shift is fantastic and took a lot of the fear out...

  6. nurses love

    NightNerd replied to jamiemill's topic in General Nursing

    Why is this framed as an either/or question? Why can't I love both? If it ever came down to a choice, you better believe bae would win every time. I can think of several careers I would enjoy and feel...

  7. Is $800-920 a month too much for rent as a new nurse?

    NightNerd replied to jjas9's topic in General Nursing

    Same as above, plus just wanted to say that you will LOVE living on your own! There's something so thrilling about knowing you can support yourself, and having your own space after those twelve hour...

  8. can confused pts refuse meds?

    NightNerd replied to cwilliams032's topic in General Nursing

    They can refuse even when confused. It takes extensive discussion and work to be be able to medicate a patient against their will. As others stated, I try different tactics of convincing them to...

  9. Dangers of teaching kids they can be boys or girls

    NightNerd replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    To be honest, this is the more confusing/outlandish scenario to me. It makes actual scientific sense that people can be transgender. I don't know of similar theories regarding race and am inclined to...

  10. Dangers of teaching kids they can be boys or girls

    NightNerd replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm missing the part where being transgender is a harmful state in and of itself. If tomorrow I start living as Night Nerd Ned instead of Night Nerd Nancy, the only problems I anticipate are from the...

  11. Meyers Brigg, Have you done it?

    NightNerd replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    INFJ here. I'm in med-surg/tele, but I gravitate toward the patients who have comorbid psych issues, dementia, are at end of life, etc. Those are the things that make it fun for me! I briefly tried...

  12. What would you be in another life?

    NightNerd replied to NurseYoshi's topic in General Nursing

    I can agree that sometimes it's better to keep your creative side in your personal time. It somehow wouldn't be as refreshing if I had to do it on command! Yeah, I doubt I'll leave nursing at this...

  13. What would you be in another life?

    NightNerd replied to NurseYoshi's topic in General Nursing

    Is it a bad sign that I think about this almost constantly, lol. If nursing hadn't worked out, I probably would have gone through with my original plan and gotten my Masters in counseling or social...

  14. Night nurses, question about how you manage...

    NightNerd posted a topic in General Nursing

    ...those inevitable early mornings on your days off? I am super lucky in that, most of the time, I can sleep in late on my days off. I have been able to pretty much live on a night's schedule, and the...

  15. Night nurses, question about how you manage...

    NightNerd replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, everyone. I was going to try to stay up today, but the past couple nights were a little busier than usual, so I'm gonna try to get a REM cycle in. Hopefully I can drag my butt out of bed by...

  16. When to delegate to CNAs?

    NightNerd replied to Alexx_xox's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When delegating, I keep in mind the following: -I love the techs on my unit BECAUSE I know they will do anything and everything for our patients, so I know they don't automatically resent me for...

  17. Night nurses, question about how you manage...

    NightNerd replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, I'm just hoping to get some ideas of what works for others. For this situation, I'm leaning toward staying up all day so I'll be extra tired that night and can sleep. I just reeeeeaaaaally suck...

  18. What are some creative nursing careers?

    NightNerd replied to MJPN2012's topic in General Nursing

    If you enjoy wound care and IVs, maybe get your certification in one of those areas and get a job doing just those things. Most hospitals have a wound/ostomy nurse who consults on cases throughout the...

  19. Work place friendships, OR avoid like the plague?

    NightNerd replied to Alexx_xox's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a tough one. I'm inclined to be cautious with work friendships, but I definitely have some. I try not to share a ton of personal stuff at work and I don't want to be on the receiving end of...

  20. Would you have gone to nursing school....

    NightNerd replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    I would do it again if only because I met my boyfriend at my first nursing job, and he's pretty great! Without that...maybe. There are days when I really love my job and feel like it makes a...

  21. Help me before I turn into a career student

    NightNerd replied to zynnnie's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely practice at the bedside for a few years. This experience is CRUCIAL to making an informed decision about the next step in your career. Nursing is nice in that you can sort of try before you...

  22. Do you have a previous bachelors degree before going into nursing? (RPN/RN/LPN)

    NightNerd replied to suits2scrubz's topic in General Nursing

    I had my bachelor's in psychology, planning to be a counselor. I got distracted by the apparent glamour and simplicity of a two-year nursing degree, lol, and did this instead. I started nursing school...

  23. What do you wish you were told prior to graduating nursing school

    NightNerd replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Students

    I definitely echo "don't take crap from anyone." I'm here to help, but don't take advantage. Learn to give yourself credit, even when others don't recognize your hard work. Sometimes it has to be...

  24. Nursing nightmares.

    NightNerd replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    The cast varies from dream to dream, but often between shifts I'll spend my whole sleep being cursed out non-stop by whoever the nastiest patient on the unit is. I wake up already in a terrible

  25. Whats your favorite part of nursing?

    NightNerd replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

    My work family, the fun and zany stories I get to be part of, and all the possibilities this work offers