Zee_RN

Zee_RN BSN, RN

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  1. Survey: Do you work short staffed on a daily?

    Zee_RN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    We are also given the "we cannot staff for what-if" line. Of course, "what-if" nearly always happens. I worked 7P-7A last night. I had 3 ICU patients. Most of the other nurses did too. One RN only...

  2. note to Pittsburgh nurses

    Zee_RN replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, Oramar, I cut that Chambersburg Hospital ad out of the paper and put it up in the staff room at work (my community hospital in suburban Pittsburgh). Can you believe it?! Didn't get a chance to...

  3. Any words of wisdom?

    Zee_RN replied to chaseloff's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with galenight...it's a matter of 'you either know it or you don't' at this point. Cramming won't help. The only thing I did to prepare for NCLEX was to do a cursory review of drug...

  4. Rotating shifts anyone?

    Zee_RN replied to hollykate's topic in General Nursing

    Oh lordy do I hate rotating shifts. We are required to work 6 nights in a 6-week schedule (we mostly do 12-hour shifts). A 12-hour night is just hell for me. I'm switching careers everytime I have...

  5. HEPARIN BOLUS

    Zee_RN replied to rnsprad's topic in General Nursing

    I simply draw up 5000 units (e.g., 5 cc of 1,000-unit/ml heparin) and inject via the heplock and connect my heparin drip to the lock. Viola---he's been

  6. Surgical Recoveries in ICU?

    Zee_RN replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your replies. We just had a recovery here that was just awful. The RN had 3 ICU patients--the fresh laryngectomy post-op, a 6-hr extubated pt who was starting to crash and a pt...

  7. Truly sad- please read and consider

    Zee_RN replied to ShannonB25's topic in General Nursing

    I believe it IS important for 'wannabe-nurses' to know what they are getting themselves into. And for them to search their hearts as to what they really want to do. I love being a nurse. I hate...

  8. Bonus for extra shifts: what are your facilities doing for you?

    Zee_RN replied to timonrn's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing...Nothing...Nothing. No $$$. No time-off. No acknowledgement whatsoever. Wham-Bam, thank you

  9. Are you able to provide "ideal" nursing care for your patients?

    Zee_RN replied to Anita_novice's topic in General Nursing

    p.rabbit...in "the old days" with a lifting device to weigh people? We do that now! In our 18-bed ICU we don't have a single weigh bed or 'critical care bed.' We still use that old lifting bedscale...

  10. rude doctors

    Zee_RN replied to nursesrthebest's topic in General Nursing

    Just more agreement with above posts. I walk away if I'm not directly involved; I remain quiet and calm and look the physician directly in the eye during his tirade and say NOTHING until he sputters...

  11. Doing Without a P.O. Med Nurse - HELP!!!!

    Zee_RN replied to soundsLikesirens's topic in General Nursing

    Sirens, you describe med-surg nursing PERFECTLY. That's exactly how it is. Limited help available to you. And a trip into a patient's room is NEVER a simple visit. That's why I'm now a critical...

  12. Hand pain from opening medication wrappers??

    Zee_RN replied to EJB's topic in General Nursing

    I HATE those wrappers! We are getting a PIXIS (eventually they tell us) but don't have one yet. I've been known to just shove my pen through the back wrapper (yes, avoiding the pill) or at least...

  13. Little help with laryngospasm?

    Zee_RN replied to Miss Mollie's topic in General Nursing

    Only saw it once and we did as HollyKate stated.... bag, bag, bag, medicate (versed, ativan) .... reintubate. Went without a

  14. Pros and cons of closed unit

    Zee_RN replied to Rae's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an 18-bed ICU. Currently, we are only pulled to the Telemetry Unit. The other night, they attempted to pull one of our nurses to Med-Surg and were presented with pending...

  15. Do the squeamish survive?

    Zee_RN replied to ArleneD's topic in Nursing Career

    As a student, the first time I watched a nurse insert an IV into a screaming 90-year-old woman, I nearly passed out. Same again with the first NG insertion I witnessed (again, a moaning elderly...

  16. Are you ashamed of being a nurse?

    Zee_RN replied to Mijourney's topic in Nursing Career

    Why in the world would I be ashamed? How did you come up with this question? Are you a nurse? I'm proud to be a nurse. Do you mean do I feel inferior because I'm not a physician? Nope...I'm as...