Julius Seizure

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    Travel nursing with an existing health condition?

    Julius Seizure posted a topic in Travel

    I've always been interested in travel nursing, but feel like I can't do it because of my health. I take daily and PRN medication and see a dr monthly. How does insurance work? I'll admit my...
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    Travel nursing with an existing health condition?

    Julius Seizure replied to Julius Seizure's topic in Travel

    Thanks for the great reply. Yea, not having insurance isn't an option sadly . Wish I could do the phone consults with my current doc and still have it be covered as in network no matter what!...
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    Charting...what to say?

    Julius Seizure replied to chrisrn24's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught never to use "I" but I guess I couldn't really tell you why it's wrong. I definitely agree with the other poster who said EMR charting that has done away with narrative notes has...
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    Should you become a nurse if....

    Julius Seizure replied to MaybeaNurse7's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I've always been quite shy and an introvert. Nursing has helped me with the shyness, though I am still very introverted. I don't care for small talk or meeting new people, never have much to say....
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    Peer Evaluations- Venting

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

    Those are really good points. My unit has been without a manager for over six months now.....so you can imagine what kinds of things will be in the peer reviews since nobody has gotten to complain...
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    Peer Evaluations- Venting

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

    We do anonymous peer evals and I don't mind them. I think it's a useful way to evaluate SOME things, like if the person is a team player. This isn't an after school job at the mall, we are...
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    Refusing Orders.

    Julius Seizure replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Nursing

    Something that comes up in our ICU from time to time is that a doctor will get sterile for a procedure and then want you to push ketamine or propofol for them. We can't do that, not allowed. They...
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    Difficult orientee

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

    I had a hard time with my orientation. What nearly ended my career before it started was that my preceptor didn't share her concerns with me....she went to the educator and told them I was no good,...
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    What if the Boston bomber was your pt

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

    I think that's definitely a fair reason to ask for a different assignment. Just the same as it would be difficult to care for your own family member who was seriously ill. I'm not saying every...
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    Pediatric Straight Catheterizations

    Julius Seizure replied to JVoEDrn's topic in Pediatric

    Great advice
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    What if the Boston bomber was your pt

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

    I'm no mother Teresa either. But he sure as heck is still a human being and YES I will treat him compassionately. Even if he had already been found guilty in court, I would do this. And for all...
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    Best Hallucinations Thread

    Julius Seizure replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    Had a patient on my unit the other day that tried to elope because she thought the nurses were plotting against her. She complained that she couldn't trust the nurse that had her that day because the...
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    What if the Boston bomber was your pt

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

    My nurse friend and I were just talking about this. Se said that she would take decent care of him, but wouldn't exactly be running to get him his pain meds as fast as possible. I couldn't agree...
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    You are not my only patient

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

    I have had two families complain about me in the past five years, the second was just the other week. I work in a pedi ICU and the patients mother asked to speak to the charge nurse around 6:00pm and...
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    Discharge Planning

    Julius Seizure replied to Julius Seizure's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Sounds like a more "fleshed out" version of what we do...we just need to implement better. Our pre-Glenn's also get pulse ox probes and baby scales :) hopefully I can build on what we have to make...
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    Discharge Planning

    Julius Seizure posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    My unit needs to improve on this. What works for your complex patients? (My population is post op complex congenital heart
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    Nurses Talk To Nurses. Doctors Talk To Doctors

    Julius Seizure replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    There were signs all over the nurse's station saying "No drinks allowed". When he came out, his coffee cup was gone and I was trying not to smirk. He looked at me and said "Where is my coffee?!?"....
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    Terrible Medication Error

    Julius Seizure replied to rekea526's topic in Patient Medications

    You learn and move on. It's ok. The patient is ok. I know it's embarrassing, but you did the RIGHT THING by self-reporting and putting the patient first. Good job! People will forget about it sooner...
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    Quit my first Job during orientation

    Julius Seizure replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The manager obviously sees something in you if you are being given this chance, so take it. It probably not a good thing to leave right now....that decision could come back to haunt you when trying to...
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    Tampa, FL Hospitals: HELP!

    Julius Seizure replied to rachel3332's topic in Florida Nursing

    Baycare has lots of new grad options, and the orientation experience for a new grad in pediatrics is really great. Not so much of the nurses eating their young thing there, in my experience. Just...
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    Nursing Demand in Tampa Bay Area 2013

    Julius Seizure replied to clearwater2144's topic in Florida Nursing

    I would definitely suggest a BSN.....it's going to be the standard more and more in the future and if you don't get it now, you may have to do it in the future again so might as well just do it. I...
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    Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

    Julius Seizure replied to marisatheresa's topic in Critical Care

    I'd also add that I think many hospitals have poor staffing levels, as we all know.....if you have 9 patients and don't have time to read up on their histories and they nurse before you gave a poor...
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    Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

    Julius Seizure replied to marisatheresa's topic in Critical Care

    Wow. As an ICU nurse, I feel really beat up on in this thread. I'm sorry that so many of you have had bad experiences, but this isn't how it is at my hospital at all. I often hear ICU nurses say...
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    Discharge Planning

    Julius Seizure replied to Julius Seizure's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Sure! I work in peds cardiac surgical ICU.....we started giving our hypo plastics binders to take home that included med schedules, formula instructions, follow up appointment schedules, and a...
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    Pros and Cons of Adult vs Pediatric Critical Care Nursing

    Julius Seizure replied to meraki86's topic in Critical Care

    Sounds like my current favorite patient- 5 weeks old DORV with side by side great vessels, bilat choanal atresia, severe reflux, colobomas....yes CHARGE, but the parents don't accept the