Julius Seizure

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    Eating Their Young

    Julius Seizure replied to futurelnd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This just caused me to wonder....the poster seems to imply that the reason a coworker should be treated with compassion/kindness is because they might someday be a patient. Shouldn't fellow humans...
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    I can't get "poop" taste out of my mouth?

    Julius Seizure replied to Philly85's topic in General Nursing

    I was just thinking about this exact thing,
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    I can't get "poop" taste out of my mouth?

    Julius Seizure replied to Philly85's topic in General Nursing

    Now I just want to know how the cat managed to pee on her cast (in her
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    New Grad Tele job no contract vs OR Fellowship 3 year contract

    Julius Seizure replied to SAS2016's topic in General Nursing

    Does the tele job also involve a residency? How much training are they offering? If the tele job has no residency and the OR job does, that would make me learn towards the OR job. But yes I freeze...
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    New Grad with Crummy Ankle

    Julius Seizure replied to Newgrad1984's topic in Emergency

    What is it that attracts you to the ER? Is it the pace, the acuity, something else? I ask because ICU doesn't have the pace of the ER but if you are interested in high acuity maybe you would enjoy...
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    I can't get "poop" taste out of my mouth?

    Julius Seizure replied to Philly85's topic in General Nursing

    It isn't so much that its okay to "cut corners and do a poor job" just because you have been a nurse for 20 years. But sometimes working as a bedside nurse in the hospital is a little bit like the...
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    I can't get "poop" taste out of my mouth?

    Julius Seizure replied to Philly85's topic in General Nursing

    Wait....but if I get off MY horse, are YOU going to get off your your high horse? I'm just saying, while it would be preferable to have meticulous sheet-changing methods, the nurse probably was...
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    "Can I give you report?"

    Julius Seizure replied to future_RN, CNA's topic in General Nursing

    I might be wrong, but I think your username is okay because it said "future RN", not "current RN"
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    Adult and Peds ICU

    Julius Seizure replied to al3x117's topic in Critical Care

    I can't speak for adult ICU, but in pediatrics we see a lot of respiratory illness in the winter and trauma in the summer - swimming accidents, ATV accidents, etc. We also see non-accidental trauma...
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    What was the REAL reason you called off

    Julius Seizure replied to Orion81RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't recall exactly what I told them, but basically the truth. They looked at me like I was an idiot and I couldn't really argue with them on that
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    What was the REAL reason you called off

    Julius Seizure replied to Orion81RN's topic in General Nursing

    I once called in (on short notice) and told them that I couldn't get to work because my car had apparently been stolen. It wasn't an intentional lie - I just forgot that I had parked on the totally...
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    Understanding different gtts for sedation: Propofol vs Precedex vs Versed vs Fentanyl, etc

    Julius Seizure replied to Catticus11's topic in Critical Care

    We sometimes will also use a morphine/ativan combination. Sometimes, in a patient that has been intubated for a long time and their gtt doses keep needed to be increased, the docs will change them...
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    Understanding different gtts for sedation: Propofol vs Precedex vs Versed vs Fentanyl, etc

    Julius Seizure replied to Catticus11's topic in Critical Care

    I don't think that PRN paralytic doses are a ridiculous order in all cases. Some experts actually say that intermittent dosing is the preferred method. I have seen it used in patients that had lung...
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    Crisis Pay

    Julius Seizure replied to gemmi999's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I've seen everything from $5-80/hr
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    Should I quit nursing school?

    Julius Seizure replied to Guest1005095's topic in General Students

    You sound VERY much like me when I was going through nursing school. I literally considered quitting every semester once we started clinicals. Every. Semester. Even when I graduated, I considered...
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    "Is it OK if I" vs "I just need to" vs "Could you please"

    Julius Seizure replied to Philly85's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would suggest that whenever possible, you have the patient touch their own intimate areas. For example, the patient can usually lift her own breast out of the way for you to auscultate. It will...
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    Nurses pulling rank on assignments

    Julius Seizure replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    I've experienced this. At least one placed that I worked, there were a certain few ICU nurses who never, ever had a paired assignment, let alone
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    New RN/inexperienced nurse considering nurse externship

    Julius Seizure replied to MarshaRabbit's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think the comment about the tuition check is meant to imply anything about your skills or effort. It's more of an expression of disappointment at the low bar that has been set for schools....
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    Foreign-trained physicans have lower patient mortality

    Julius Seizure replied to RiskManager's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't there a member here who is very anti-FMGs? Can't wait to see what they have to say about
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    Gave a med I shouldn't have given... worried about repercussions

    Julius Seizure replied to tired_panda's topic in Patient Medications

    They are both types of beta-blockers, but they are not identical in mechanism of action. Metoprolol selectively blocks mostly beta-1 receptors in the heart. So it lowers BP by decreasing cardiac...
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    Pulmonary Embolism response team or PERT Team

    Julius Seizure replied to deweydecimal13501's topic in General Nursing

    It seems to be getting complicated, having to have separate teams for stroke, PE, MI, etc. Is it so much better than having just a general rapid response team? I guess maybe, but it sure sounds...
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    Injecting into a cannula; does syringe size matter?

    Julius Seizure replied to Thankgodforativan's topic in General Nursing

    Not only does it take time and supplies, but every time that you are unnecessarily transferring your drawn up sterile med, you are risking inadvertent
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    How to protect yourself from infections after work?

    Julius Seizure replied to NurseIAm0613's topic in General Nursing

    I shower before going to work and right after I get home. But not because germs. I just feel gross and want to freshen up after 12 hours in scrubs. And I need to in the morning to make myself wake...
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    Nurses pulling rank on assignments

    Julius Seizure replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    I can at least see that reasoning a bit. But when the charge comes up to you and cockily says "I'm tripling your assignment. That's why you make the big bucks." Well, that's harder to find...
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    How to protect yourself from infections after work?

    Julius Seizure replied to NurseIAm0613's topic in General Nursing

    If this is an OSHA rule, then my hospital has been slacking. I've never heard of this. Is it for all body fluids or just blood where you