TopsDrop RN

TopsDrop has 14 years experience as a RN and specializes in Cardiopulmonary Stepdown/Cath Lab, ICU.

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1. What is it like in your hospital right now?

   TopsDrop replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in Disaster Preparation

   We have the calm before the storm thing going on here too. We have 4 positive COVID patients in my ICU. All are vented and 2 are being proned. They seem to be slowly improving, but this virus is...

2. What I learned this week (7/4/15)....

   TopsDrop replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   I learned that: A long dilaudid-induced sleep can completely change someone's outlook on their situation and make them realize everything might be okay. Helping above person finally rest makes you the...

3. If you work nights, what are your days off like?

   TopsDrop replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

   I've always been a night person. So nights works well for me. Days off I usually sleep until 11 or Noon and stay up until 3 or 4. I almost always get 7-8 hours of solid sleep, guess I'm lucky from...

4. How to eat on night shift

   TopsDrop replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

   I'll preface my post by saying this: EveryBODY is different, you'll have to try some of the very good suggestions and find what works for you. Here is my advice and what's worked for me for 3+ years:...

5. Nursing shoes that aren't clogs

   TopsDrop replied to BeachsideRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I wear bright blue and neon green Nike trainers. Can walk all day and my feet don't hurt. Plus they start a bit of conversation. Less than 50 bucks at the outlet, can't beat

6. Ebola here in Dallas USA

   TopsDrop replied to HappyWife77's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Of course it was the nurses fault. Why would the media report that sometimes the almighty physicians make mistakes too... While it is possible there was a failure in communication. I highly doubt we...

7. You know you're tired when...

   TopsDrop replied to ICURN3020's topic in General Nursing

   Signing "RN" after my name at the store on the rent/bills etc. usually after a few days of work Waking up in the middle of my sleep because I swore I heard the bed/chair alarms Those are the main ones...

8. Why we do this...

   TopsDrop posted a topic in General Nursing

   I figured I would post a positive story today because there are enough rants (I understand) and I am sure some graduating nurses/nursing students are probably second guessing themselves about their...

9. Discussing medication side effects

   TopsDrop replied to joslina's topic in Cardiac

   We recently undertook a pretty large intiative on this very subject at my hospital. Our HCAHPS scores were pretty low on the medications side effects portion. Over the past 6 months we have seen...

10. Is nursing worth it?

    TopsDrop replied to RainbowHead's topic in General Nursing

    It is very hard to tell someone else if it's worth it. Most people honestly have no clue what a typical bedside nurse has to put up with on a daily basis, including probably yourself. I personally...

11. Carrer switch to nursing

    TopsDrop replied to sfelvey's topic in Men in Nursing

    Don't believe the hype as far as "stability in nursing" or "nursing shortage" blah blah blah. While nurses are in short supply in some areas, it's not everywhere. Nursing is just as competitive as any...

12. Runt of the Litter

    TopsDrop replied to elijahvegas's topic in Men in Nursing

    If the 5 foot 110 pound nurse can help me boost/turn/clean my patients I think you'll be fine... Hitting the gym is never a bad thing for your health

13. New nurse- Over thinking everything

    TopsDrop replied to tinkerlove's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is usually how I start report after the day shift nurses ask how the night went

14. Orientee Horror Stories?

    TopsDrop replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    AHHHH that is awesome...seriously started laughing out loud as I love all zombie material... I've only been a nurse for 1.5 years but have been given quite a few orientees lately. Only issue I have...

15. How much do you owe in student loans?

    TopsDrop replied to Glenna, LPN's topic in General Nursing

    For my ADN it was ~10k. The 2 years I spent "enjoying the college experience" was 15k... So total was around 25k. Been working a year and a half and have 19k left... I should have 0 debt, but I was...