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  1. How does compression affect BP?

    macawake replied to Danielle_Nicole887's topic in General Nursing

    Despite not having been a nurse for all that long, I am old school in some ways. I think that a (student) nurse should know how to take a manual blood pressure despite the fact that we use machines...

  2. Are they exaggerating on sepsis or am i wrong?

    macawake replied to stepbystep12's topic in General Nursing

    I have no idea if people around you use the term sepsis too much, but it's certainly true that not every infection or abscess equals sepsis. Sepsis is the body's (systemic) inflammatory response to a...

  3. Called in on days off...what to do?!?

    macawake replied to Kalypso22's topic in General Nursing

    I'm convinced that they do get it, they just don't care and we aren't applying any pressure to make them start "caring". As long as nurses keep accepting overtime shifts (a.k.a. filling the holes)...

  4. nurses who are bad patients

    macawake replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Is the definition that you've provided one that you think describes a good patient? Or do you think that it's the definition that the OP thinks describes a good patient? Or are you asking the nursing...

  5. nurses who are bad patients

    macawake replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well some people are simply rude and demanding/self-centered and being sick, in pain and scared tend to aggravate those personality traits, but don't underestimate the gigantic stressor of being in...

  6. Professional (Dis) Courtesy

    macawake replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    All my patients (along with all other human beings) deserve that I show them respect. I don't really think that my patients who happen to be nurses deserve more respect than my other patients do. I'm...

  7. Yep. Nurses do "eat their young"

    macawake replied to Dianna11's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely agree. I agree. Again :) I think it would be disrespectful (not to mention unsound strategy, professionally speaking) to not give my preceptor my full attention when they are giving me...

  8. Yep. Nurses do "eat their young"

    macawake replied to Dianna11's topic in General Nursing

    (my bold) I can really relate to this. This has happened to me on more than one occasion. Not the MRI scenario specifically of course, but rather situations where I've shown an avid interest in...

  9. Need opinions please

    macawake replied to Caroline123's topic in General Nursing

    At what point in time did you realize that the medication you'd charted as administered had in fact not been given to the patient? Was it as you were giving report to the oncoming nurse? Did you...

  10. Has pain scale contributed to opiate problem?

    macawake replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    And...? I'm a Mensa member and the child of two loving parents, both with PhDs and healthy bank accounts. I only have two Master's degrees but I reckon that still qualifies as reasonably well...

  11. Question about Cussing on the job.

    macawake replied to Roda dendron's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm not a US nurse so I don't really know how the BON would deal with this but I would be very surprised if cussing at a coworker could lead to a revocation of one's nursing license. Your employer on...

  12. Passed NCLEX RN July 2016

    macawake replied to Lnzsay's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Seems like God has a lot more tolerance for txt speak than I do... However, congrats on passing

  13. New Charge Nurse

    macawake replied to Chilled1121's topic in Critical Care

    That's in my opinion not okay behavior. If I was charge nurse I'd tell them that I expect them to be able to work together as the adults that they are. You don't have to love your coworkers, you don't...

  14. The problem with Some new nurses

    macawake replied to princesscoronado's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You really shouldn't be placing the bedpans on the patients. Taking the Earth's gravitational force into account, it kind of defeats the purpose As you've correctly identified you seem to be having...

  15. That Nurse

    macawake replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What's with the underscore/low dash between your words? It lends a slighly robotic style to your communication. Are you experiencing some kind of technical difficulties? Anyhow.. No, reading...

  16. That Nurse

    macawake replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm like a dog with a bone, I

  17. FREE Colleges?! & How it affects Nursing

    macawake replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I think that you're being very dramatic. There are many more factors than whether higher education is free or not that affects supply and demand of jobs. I applied for seven nursing...

  18. That Nurse

    macawake replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes... What's your point? Does naming a post a vent automatically mean that no one may ask for clarification or challenge the contents of said

  19. That Nurse

    macawake replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sorry that you've had a rough week at work and hope that you have some time off due soon to recharge your batteries. You know, morte is correct. It would probably have been a good idea if you'd...

  20. That Nurse

    macawake replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, was the patient experiencing pain that made it difficult to go to sleep? If you think not, what did you base that belief on? What type of pain did the patient say that they had? Acute or...

  21. When you're the patient...

    macawake replied to quazar's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've had about half a dozen surgeries and I have underreported pain on more than one occasion only to have observant nurses lecture me about the importance of adequate pain management. More on that...

  22. Who needs a bigger pat on the back?

    macawake replied to bossman's topic in General Nursing

    Now, where's the fun in that... Cute troll by the way 🙂 Kind of reminds me of what I saw in the bathroom mirror this morning Went to a friend's house last night to celebrate his 40th birthday and...

  23. Who needs a bigger pat on the back?

    macawake replied to bossman's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. OP, you do seem unduly upset by "martyr nurses". You've started multiple threads on the topic. Why do they bother you so much? I'm no fan of the phenomenon either but I solve that by not...

  24. Why is it that nurses always report other nurses?

    macawake replied to Springdaisy04's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That wasn't exactly crystal clear from your original post. We can only respond to the information that you provide. Anyway, I hope that you find the advice you've been given useful. Best

  25. Pet Peeves with Doctors

    macawake replied to BeenThere2012's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To be perfectly honest, I don't have any pet peeves regarding the "generic" physician. I have had problems with individual coworkers (physicians, nurses, CNAs, physiotherapists, dietary staff etc.)...