NightNerd

NightNerd MSN, RN

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  1. Setting my orientee up for failure?

    NightNerd replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    @Jedrnurse maybe "fail" is an excessively dramatic word choice, LOL. I've been trying my best and have put a lot of effort and thought into how to help this nurse. However, I'm also really glad I...

  2. Epic Rover

    NightNerd replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    We used these at one of my former jobs. I liked them when they worked correctly, especially for iso rooms when I didn't want to take the whole computer in and have to wipe it down afterward. The major...

  3. Setting my orientee up for failure?

    NightNerd replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    @NurseBlaq yeah, this is a med-surg/telemetry unit, ratio 1:4. We are up to four patients in week 8 per our educator's grid, and I asked if I could bring her back down to three or even two for a...

  4. Setting my orientee up for failure?

    NightNerd replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    @JKL33 thank you for your reply. We probably haven't been meeting with her as regularly as we should as a team, though I try to touch base every week to see how she's feeling about her progress and if...

  5. Setting my orientee up for failure?

    NightNerd replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    @Closed Account 12345 thank you, that is really important to hear! I do think she will be a great nurse someday, but this is a smaller, weirdly fast-paced unit where she will not have the kind of...

  6. Nurse Personality Change

    NightNerd replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that my personality has changed so much as my expectations. I was more idealistic and hopeful as a new nurse than I am now. I still bring some optimism with me every day and like to...

  7. I don’t know if I want to be a nurse anymore

    NightNerd replied to Vigirl465's topic in General Nursing

    "Helping people" and "the art of caring" cover a lot of ground. What specifically do you enjoy about caring for people? Teaching new knowledge and skills? Helping with ADLs? Using science to help...

  8. Memorable Firsts

    NightNerd replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    One of my most memorable firsts is very similar to yours! I was six years into nursing before my first code blue, and I'd been dreading the day it would finally happen. I had just been transferred to...

  9. Providing Education and Training on Topics and Skills Outside of Your Comfort Zone

    NightNerd replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Are we talking more in a situation like precepting, or actually providing an in-service? If it's the former, I always try to teach my orientee *how* to find the answers they need, in addition to what...

  10. Fostering as a nurse/student?

    NightNerd replied to biochembabe's topic in General Nursing

    I also hope to foster now that I'm done with my MSN! It may be a little while yet in case we decide to have a biological child first, but I'm at least starting to investigate what I need to do. I...

  11. Breakroom Pet Peeves

    NightNerd replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to basically all of the above, I'm sick of eating my food with a poster of pressure ulcer staging, complete with photographs, right at eye level. I'm not a particularly squeamish person,...

  12. Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

    NightNerd replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I *love* taking care of these patients! Though I totally understand the two experiences you shared being absolutely frightening. =/ My first med-surg job was on a unit where we always had at least a...

  13. Which patients are you most scared to take care of?

    NightNerd replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a total 'fraidy cat. Anything I haven't seen before scares me. Fortunately after seven years I've seen enough that now I know 1) who and what my resources are, and 2) I'm a prudent nurse and I'll...

  14. 10 Essential Tips for New Grad Preceptors

    NightNerd replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I was just told I'm going to have a new grad orienting with me for a month before she goes to night shift. These tips will be super helpful. Thank

  15. Getting fired by a patient/ family member

    NightNerd replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I think I've only been fired once. I was never able to do anything right for the patient's son, and the last straw was when I told him I had to wait for an MD order before giving a new pain medicine...

  16. National Healthcare Decisions Day

    NightNerd replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I've got my advanced directives all filled out, and have for years. It's something we should all do, even if perfectly

  17. The Needy Patient

    NightNerd replied to Nurse Pompom's topic in General Nursing

    They sure don't! There is honestly not much else to be done, unfortunately. In these situations, my goal is to be a good nurse to all my patients, including the needy ones, and also to retain some...

  18. Next Steps When You're Not Ready to Be Done with School

    NightNerd replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    My first impulse is to congratulate you!! That's so exciting! I used to love school too, but my MSN has finally ruined it for me. ? It's not even all that bad, necessarily, but my priorities have...

  19. Other than Nursing, what other passions/hobbies do you like?

    NightNerd replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    Genuinely wondering - *how* do you love public speaking? What do you enjoy about it? I so wish I could develop this

  20. Other than Nursing, what other passions/hobbies do you like?

    NightNerd replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    It's funny; I definitely have a handful of coworkers whose lives seem quite centered around work - like to the point where they are so bored at home they regularly pick up overtime. No judgment if...

  21. Have you ever requested a patient be removed from your workload?

    NightNerd replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient goes back to your unit, can you request that this other nurse manager offer a second opinion on the plan of care? To me, it would be beneficial to hear how someone else would handle the...

  22. Medications Mixing and Nasogastric Feeding Tubes

    NightNerd replied to kjeanw's topic in General Nursing

    I have honestly just mixed them all together and gave them, never had any issues. You cannot give anything coated or sustained release through an NGT. If this is ordered, contact the provider to...

  23. The Good Moments

    NightNerd replied to CalicoKitty's topic in General Nursing

    Giving COVID vaccines is soooo uplifting! It feels great doing something that will hopefully help end this nonsense (or at least slow it down)! And people are so grateful and happy when they receive...

  24. The Good Moments

    NightNerd replied to CalicoKitty's topic in General Nursing

    A couple good moments recently: -Advocated for a patient and family who chose comfort care. Patient had advanced dementia, was declining, had pulled out some IVs, and docs wanted to restrain her...

  25. Vocera! Can you talk to...?

    NightNerd replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    UUUGGGGGHHHH Vocera. Sometimes it can be kinda handy. Most of the time it's a pain in the butt. My personal hell is when I'm trying to call, say, pharmacy, and it keeps trying to send me to random...