Simonesays

Simonesays BSN, RN

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  1. When to call a code

    Simonesays replied to JenHRN's topic in General Nursing

    At the place I work at now, the population is such that we have a lot of vasovagal episodes (specialty post-surgical area, specific population). The staff here are very familiar with them and not...

  2. Random question of the day: What's your baseline blood pressure?

    Simonesays replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in Health, Stress Management

    90s-100s/50s-60s. HR is 40s-50s. Sp02 is 100. There seem to be a lot of us who run pretty low in the BP/HR areas on AN! I would have thought that the stresses of nursing would make more of us...

  3. Change of shift admissions

    Simonesays replied to Nurse131382's topic in General Nursing

    This is not an ideal situation, for sure, but as others have said it is most likely not an intentional decision made by the ED nurses. There tend to be extenuating circumstances (bed availability,...

  4. Am I ridiculous or is this somewhat normal

    Simonesays replied to CBlover's topic in General Nursing

    I am feeling this post! Sorry to hear you are going through a rough time! I'm in a (sort-of) similar situation. I moved to a new city (new country, actually) and have found the transition to be...

  5. What's up with all the 'failed NCLEX' posts?

    Simonesays replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    Canadian nurse who wrote the NCLEX in 2014 checking in! I did well on the test (cut off after the minimum number of questions, passed my first try) but did not feel confident after I had finished....

  6. The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

    Simonesays replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I really hate sales so I would say my worst job was the summer I spent promoting an online financial service. Our clientele was mostly elderly regulars and nobody seemed to want anything to do with a...

  7. Never Have I Ever Done That Before

    Simonesays replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in General Nursing

    On a similar note: oddly, I've never actually had to do chest-compressions in the hospital! For some reason, I seem to come across quite a few community emergencies though. The first time I did CPR...

  8. Dialysis Subclavian line antibiotics.

    Simonesays replied to ArvinC EMT's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yep! Agree with what others have said. We were only allowed to access them in emergencies (and in a couple of rare non-emergency cases) for the same reasons listed above. Definitely check your...

  9. 0200 BP's - Dealing with Tired Rude Doctors

    Simonesays replied to Jennifer in Cali's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hmm. I know you're not so happy with the discussion you've created but it's an interesting one! A few things have jumped out at me. - In my experience, as many others have said, a systolic BP is...

  10. New grad RN from Canada seeking US work

    Simonesays replied to aikofaith's topic in Immigration Advice

    Hi! I agree with what the other posters have said. From the sounds of it you are not a dual citizen, right? Speaking as a Canadian applying for jobs in the US, the process is stressful. It took me...

  11. New Grad RN... is this patient load safe?

    Simonesays replied to new.grad.rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I think 6 patients at night seems pretty standard on a med-surg floor, unfortunately. Is it an optimal ratio? Definitely not!! But it's hard to answer if this is a safe ratio, as this is highly...

  12. How many days do you work in a row?

    Simonesays replied to Jaellys's topic in General Nursing

    We do 12 hours shifts of 2 days then 2 nights, 4 or 5 off, and repeat. I like the variety of days and nights but the rotating shift work sometimes does me in. Maybe I missed the answer to this but...

  13. Nursing is a passion?

    Simonesays replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yeah- I agree with what most of the other posters have said. You don't have to be passionate about nursing to be a good nurse. However, I feel pretty lucky to be passionate about nursing. This is...

  14. Most common M/S meds

    Simonesays replied to RNDarling's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yay!! Congrats on your new position :) Another approach to preparing for your job is to start with your most common diagnosis (i.e. etoh withdrawal, chf, pneumonia, sepsis, dka, pancreatitis), the...

  15. The effects of not reporting harassment

    Simonesays replied to Funkymiss187's topic in General Nursing

    So this is a bit of an aside... This may not be the most popular point of view but here it is: While Doctors are not our bosses (we are governed by our own regulatory body), we do literally take...

  16. Administering Tylenol to a friend

    Simonesays replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    Hahahahaha.

  17. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

    Simonesays replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

    We usually get a faxed written report from the ED and our ICU transfer patients are brought to the ward by an ICU nurse so a verbal report is given. If there are concerns/things that need to be...

  18. The sloppy image of nurses today

    Simonesays replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Thanks OP! I'm feeling very inspired to get up at 4am tomorrow so that I can have enough time for my blow-out and make-up application! Hopefully there will be a code so that a large group of my peers...

  19. Embarrassed and depressed

    Simonesays replied to beezwax404's topic in General Students

    Wow. You're definitely not a loser. Quite the opposite, in fact. That's a pretty amazing story and all of your struggles and experiences will definitely be advantageous in your nursing career. You...

  20. Valuable life lessons from an ER nurse....

    Simonesays replied to Momma1RN's topic in Emergency

    Don't ride a

  21. Odd finding (Concerning genitalia)

    Simonesays replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hahahaha. Omg!! This

  22. Shout out to first responders

    Simonesays posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is a post to acknowledge first responders and the amazing job they do under extremely stressful circumstances. I had an incident recently where I was dropping my boyfriend off at the airport....

  23. Shout out to first responders

    Simonesays replied to Simonesays's topic in General Nursing

    @HouTx- so sad! When I worked on an ortho-trauma floor there was an elderly gentleman who tried to do pretty much the same thing. He survived being hit by a car going at a high speed but his...

  24. Top ethical concerns to RNs

    Simonesays replied to BirkieGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting discussion! For me, one of the big ethical dilemmas that I often find hard to deal with are the way code statuses are addressed in our health care system. It seems to me that there has...

  25. learning for your own benefit

    Simonesays replied to guest707142's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. But I am also a nerd:) If you it's something you're interested in, though, and it's not detracting from your school work, why not? But, as one of my teachers told me in my first semester of...