GundeRN

I thought my anxiety was related to school and that it would go away once I graduated but it has only gotten worse as I have continued my nursing career. I probably would have picked another profession had I known how ill equipped I was to handle the...

Another thing to consider is that you are often required to be cross trained to other departments. I for example am a radiology nurse, infusion therapy nurse, and help with stress tests.

I have been an RN with a small rural hospital, working in the Infusion therapy department. We recently had COC survey our facility and found us deficient in a research coordinator. They have asked me to fill the position but as I would be the first o...

So a lot of the nurses I have spoken with believe they have a greater chance of being given a warning, instead of a ticket, for speeding if they have their RN badge visible when they are pulled over. Who here has been pulled over on their way to or f...

So I know as nurses we are supposed to keep conversations about the patient, but what do you do when they don't remember anything about themselves or are unable to communicate anymore? I mean I can only talk about the weather for so long. Is it ok to...

I am talking about people who are incapable of talking about their past. I am in hospice and work with end stage dementia patients.

So my plan was to stay per diem until I had worked a full 2 years in med surg before going into case management. I wanted a clear understanding of the job before going full time. But they needed a case manager sooner so I jumped and now I am regretti...

Last day today. I am not leaving hospice nursing but I am definitely done with case management. I think I will just do the per diem and casual at the hospital for a while until I figure out what kind of nurse I am. There has to be somewhere I fit.

I think we as nurses need to get over our fear of offending the doctors. Sometimes we DO know better what is best for our patient because we are spending more time with them, or they are opening up to us more. Doctors make bad decisions and whether i...

It isn't a matter of whether or not it is respectful to look at someone's body after death without their consent. This is about encouraging the execution of people for the sole purpose of making this "art" the claims are those bodies were sold by the...

I don't know, there is some shady business behind how they get those bodies. It creeps me out.

Stupid NCLEX, never matches real life. Morphine will never be first because you aren't going to make the person wait to get their oxygen while you mess with putting in an IV. One nurse is going to be giving O2, nitro, and aspirin while another starts...

Well I can see why in the middle of a code people would be too busy to notice him filming. It's hard with people being able to use their phones.

Excuse me, all hail the nurses who share their last names for they are far better nurses, and people in general really.

I make sure my patients are pottied, positioned, and pain controlled, if lines are due to be changed I change them, if their bag of fliud will run out in the next hour I scan and hang a new one so it's ready to spike.. of course this is all if I hav...

I would not want my Pts knowing my last name.

I think that sounds great! Good luck!

Besides, most people want day and it's just not feasible. They aren't going to give them to a new nurse.

I know exactly how you feel, and I was just given a full time case manager position with hospice this week :) First of all, this is not going to be your life. Tell yourself this every day. There is a light at then end of the tunnel. It is temporary ...

I would break it down into five topics and talk about each one for two minutes. Comfort of the pt, communication between team members, time management, and thorouogh documentation. I would close with the comfort of the pt though. Since this is the pr...

So I have come across this a few times. I am holding a straw to a persons lips and they drink and drink and drink and pretty soon they are waving their hands for me to stop. Stop what?! You don't have to keep sucking on the straw just because it is i...

People ask me how I can work for hospice with all that death. Well I work in the hospital too and let me tell you, I sometimes much prefer dealing with death than the suffering that happens at the hospital. Those people are not dying any less because...

This is encouraging to read. I am new and can't sleep when I'm on call even if I don't get a call. I am anxious about the phone ringing. Even my personal phone makes me jump. Right not it is almost 2am I have only gotten one phone call tonight and di...

I didn't know anyone used Demerol anymore.

This is one of the reasons I am planning to leave hospital nursing. I want a normal schedule.