Julius Seizure

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    Fed-up: Admin will not even meet with me so I can withdrawal. A warning to others.

    Julius Seizure replied to reluctantrn's topic in General Students

    My nursing school had some good professors, and some that were rather manipulative and controlling. Unfortunately, they were the ones with the most power there. At the beginning of the program, I...
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    "He wants his Ativan? Well I'm not giving it to him"

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

    I would say that it is somewhat more nuanced than this. If my patient was complaining of pain and asking for their PRN pain med...I MIGHT (depending on the circumstance) offer some non-pharmacologic...
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    Cleaning up lines

    Julius Seizure replied to nursingjudgment's topic in Critical Care

    IF making your own, do use caution and check frequently that they do not become disconnected (lots of places to come loose when you make your own manifold). You can easily have your dopa gtt running...
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    Forgetting to prime peripheral IV line...

    Julius Seizure replied to lpnmommy86's topic in Emergency

    It definitely should prompt a discussion on this. In fact, that is exactly what the incident report process is meant to do. Hopefully an incident report (as well as physician notification) was done...
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    At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    Julius Seizure replied to nursehunnie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have heard this point used a lot, not only in relationship to this topic, but others as well. I think the elderly arent given enough credit. Yes, of course, there are some who suffer from...
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    Do the elderly even have bowel sounds?

    Julius Seizure replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in General Nursing

    This is a good question. Are you listening for long enough? For example, you cant officially say bowel sounds are absent unless you have listened for like 3-5 minutes in EACH quadrant. Lets be...
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    Nurses forced to work as aides

    Julius Seizure replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Let me start by saying that I work in ICU and for most of my career I have done total care with no aides on the unit. So, no, I don't mind or find myself above doing what some call "aide work". But...
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    Would you have called out?

    Julius Seizure replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    I once requested a day off, and my manager literally said no and then told me that if I really needed it off, I should call in that day. So I did. She then tried to use it as cause for giving me a...
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    Would you have called out?

    Julius Seizure replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, would not have called out. Would have been irritated with my family, though, for thinking my previous commitments were apparently not
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    Help! I look young!

    Julius Seizure replied to hella_RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My favorite reply to those questions is, "No of course not! They make you practice first. Its my second
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    Help! I look young!

    Julius Seizure replied to hella_RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I can relate to this! I've gotten the subtle line of questioning many times.... "so how long have you been a nurse? and how long were you in nursing school? hmm and did you start right after high...
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    Being an individual

    Julius Seizure replied to Circulate's topic in Men in Nursing

    I've worked in hospitals where one could wear anything the wanted (with common decency applying), didn't even have to be scrubs actually. I've also worked in hospitals where you had to wear scrubs...
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    IV bolus ordered because pt hypertensive

    Julius Seizure replied to Are Enn's topic in Patient Medications

    Same thought that I had. CVICU nurse here too, and unless its a cardiac patient, in any other kind of shock, dont you give fluids pretty
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    The Nightingale Pledge - Still relevant today?

    Julius Seizure replied to Julius Seizure's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It seems a lot of people were giving the option of participating or not. I had no idea that was so common. All I knew was MY nursing school....and mine was not an option. In fact, I didn't buy a pin...
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    The Nightingale Pledge - Still relevant today?

    Julius Seizure replied to Julius Seizure's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have no idea who would write a new one. It will probably never happen, and maybe the original will stick around or get phased out. Who knows. This is definitely not the biggest fish to fry, I agree....
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    Family member hurt my somewhat fragile new grad confidence

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

    This happened to me a lot as a new nurse. Really, for years, because I look kind of young. I would always say "I've been at this hospital for however much time". If they probed, I would play up the...
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    Family member hurt my somewhat fragile new grad confidence

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

    This is so true. :) Gosh I love cardiac surgical ICU,
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    The Nightingale Pledge - Still relevant today?

    Julius Seizure replied to Julius Seizure's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Yes, my class took the pledge too, in 2003! I totally agree that its not ALL bad. I don't want to trash it all....just update
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    Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    Julius Seizure replied to advor's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think this would be how it could work with RNs too. Still paid hourly or whatever per contract, but there is a bill specifically for nursing
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    Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    Julius Seizure replied to advor's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    But we essentially do this already. When you chart a central line dressing change, it is not JUST to document the care that the patient received. It is also to show that a dressing change happened...
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    Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    Julius Seizure replied to advor's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Its true. And if PT can't get to all their patients on Monday, some get moved to Tuesday, etc. Some patients only get seen 2x/week instead of 3x. They bill per visit, and they fit in what they can,...
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    Nurses as Costs for Hospitals

    Julius Seizure replied to advor's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes! Physicians and mid-levels bill for their services. If RN hours were billable, that would be a big
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    Family member hurt my somewhat fragile new grad confidence

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

    It rattled my confidence the first time that this happened to me, too :) And I wasn't even a new grad, so don't worry! Seriously, her reason was that you didn't "connect"? It wasn't a date! From...
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    Acute Care PNP - Schools with best reputations?

    Julius Seizure posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi, Im trying to narrow down my list of school options. Ive been looking at cost, location, length of program, etc. But its hard to find a lot of info (especially for acute care PNP) on the...
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    PCT jobs harder than they once were?

    Julius Seizure replied to funtimes's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    This was an interesting comment, to me. I don't know that I've seen it in my experience that techs kiss the RNs butts. Many techs are friendly and helpful, but I wouldn't call it butt-kissing. And...