TopsDrop RN

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 messed up, so hopefully that continues. We stopped visi...

So the other day I was in the middle of packing a terrible sacral wound on an unfortunate old soul brought in due to said wound not healing. And just had one of those moments where you look back on your life and think to yourself "how did I end up d...

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 best nurse ever and make them indeed start dialys...

Open a gym with a large kitchen as one of the main features in front of the weight and cardio areas. I could then offer cooking classes and try to teach people that 70% of transforming yourself starts in the kitchen and that no amount of working out ...

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 what I hear from co-workers. I do switch to a "normal...

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: First off, your body doesn't care what time it is,...

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 that.

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 will hear anything other than "the nurse failed to ...

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 that stick out in my mind

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 career paths reading the stuff we post. I had one of...

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 significant improvements in these scores. Here is a bri...

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 feel getting your CNA and starting "at the bottom" is...

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 other field. You need experience, or a foot in th...

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 though.

Pt. came in with chest pain, went to cath lab, no interventions were needed, so he was supposed to come to floor and get 2 hours of bedrest and head home. We pull his sheath, hold pressure for ~40 min. Still oozing from site, okay hold a little more ...

ATTN: Don't ruin an awesome thread with this pain scale and your personal views on it's usefulness or views on patients abilities to use it appropriately. Start a new thread to discuss this if you must. This has been a very entertaining read, let's n...

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

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 had is arrogance. One newer nurse knew it all and di...

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 young lol. Oh well should be student loan free in a...

Thought I was going to hate night shift when I started about 2 years ago. It is actually perfect for me. I've always been more of a night person anyway. Once I figured out my sleeping and got family to understand (for the most part) my schedule. I ha...

First off: Congrats!! Second: Listen to your preceptors/educators, they know their stuff. Don't rush through orientation. Make sure you're ready for the full load before you are to be alone. Learn your cardiac rhythms/dysrythmias. Know the interventi...

No worries, but your comment just made me roll around laughing trying to envison doing that and how massive a "pimple" that would be lol

I'm not judging anybody, stating my opinion. In fact the bolded line re-enforces my first sentence. I apologize I struck a nerve, I didn't mean to, I feel my breakdown is fair. I have not taken a break since I became a nurse, so I understand, I reall...

I'm sorry, but if you don't have time to drink water or go to the bathroom then there is a problem with either your time management or staffing imho. Let's break this down. It takes at max 15 seconds to grab some swigs of water and a max of maybe ~3 ...

If it's in the AC or wrist, I try to place a new one right away if they are going to be on continuous fluids or frequent ATBs overnight because I know when that beeping starts during bedtime it's going to be a very unhappy camper. I always prefer inn...