richardgecko

Just realized today that I can't stand ostomy appliances. It's not the poop, it's just cutting and sizing the appliance and that messy paste. Tedious and irritating but somebody's gotta do it. How about you?

3 12s/wk, however I work extra because I'm buying a house soom

i agree with this, but throughout this country wealth is typically stratified by race, so it's not too far fetched to say that the behavior that T/S is referring to is pretty typical of your affluent white person. And you're more likely to receive t...

1. I traced in a stressful toxic work environment for one that has complex ethical issues. Either way,it's going to take a mountain of maturity to function in either environment. 2. Nurses are horrid patients

No camming, although I knew several who did.

Bartender and stripper by night, nurse intern by day. All the way through nursing school. True embodiment of the stereotype that every stripper is in nursing school.

That nursing instinct is real even when you're a new nurse. my preceptor wanted to extubate my emergent c-mag pt because he was "doing so well" but I wasn't convinced. True he was responding to commands and on 40% fio2 but he still didn't look "righ...

I'm considering taking one in a few months. The pay is 50% more, I don't take benefits from the job anyway so that doesn't bother me, and I have a kid going to school next year so it seems as though it'd be easy for me to spend more time with him if...

The unit I'm currently on: cardiopulmonary transplant ICU. i told my manager she's going to have to pry me away from this job to get me to leave

1. Nonpulsatile LVAD/RVAD/BiVAD pts have funky looking rhythms/art line waveforms and I really have to attune myself to it. It freaked me out to see nurses silence alarms on a heart rate of 0 and a clear vtach rhythm...but the patients sitting up wa...

As a person who recently bought out of a new grad employment contract, I highly suggest that you investigate the contract thoroughly and decide if the contract, the unit, the facility, and the organization is best for you.

I'm not going to insinuate that the comment isn't offensive because no one can say what personally offends you; however, i think you should take it up with your manager personally first.

Don't think I want a nurse taking care of me that doesn't have a grasp on basic math, reading comprehension, and science...

What are some red flags to look for when interviewing on a new unit? 1. Poor communication with the HR department. 2. Mass hiring into one unit (why did so many people leave in the first place? Things that make you say HMM?) 3. Not being able to g...

*call light dings* me: how may I help you? pt: I need my nurse. me: what can she/he bring you? pt: I need my nurse. *enters room* pt: can i get a second blanket? And can I get more pain medicine yet? Me: sure! *walks to the clean linen room and then...

^^^omg this applies so well to my last job. The vast majority of the staff had many nights the most experienced person on the unit was the NP and we came to them with issues we should have been able to go to the charge nurse with, except our charge ...

This makes me so happy! I love seeing others happy. Hopefully after my 1st 100 days I can post something equally refreshing. I'm still in nursing orientation and struggling to stay awake.

Your description is TRIGGERING!!!!

Gotta second eye injuries. It started with my older brother who has glaucoma...I watched him go through plenty of eye surgeries when we were young kids so my phobia started there. Eye patches freak me out till this day. I'm in trauma so I see a lot...

I dont mind feeding patients, but the last time I had to feed a patient it took like 45 mins and the pt insisted I cut his meat into small triangular chunks with no gristle, alternate each bite between starch>veggie>sip of tea>meat>sip of...

the only thing that genuinely frightens me about trach care is when you replace the inner cannula and you activate that cough/gag reflex and a nice sticky steaming ball of sputum goes flying across the room. everybody should take cover. once timed i...

I usually sleep for 16+ hours straight. I work 4 or 5 in a row, usually.

Yeah, you heard me right. I got offered a job and I can feel myself sinking into depression because of it. Im married with 1 kid, my husband works nights and I work days full time. I've been a nurse a little over a year or so, and I was blessed eno...

Didn't know what shift it was, wasn't listed on the job website, I found out when I went on the interview