LibraNurse27

LibraNurse27 BSN, RN

Community Health, Med/Surg, ICU Stepdown

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  1. Questions for med/surg nurses. (school assignment)

    LibraNurse27 replied to Technicasualty's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'll answer it since I'm sheltered in place LOL but check with your instructor first if online forum is an OK source

  2. IV infiltration

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to both of you! I never thought about their labs being chronically low... about 90% of my etoh pts have low mag, K and

  3. IV infiltration

    LibraNurse27 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, with nothing to do at home I have plenty of time to ruminate over every little occurrence from my last shift ? I had an alcohol withdrawal pt. who was hallucinating, ripping out IVs and...

  4. Genuine question that I know is going to make me sound like a TERRIBLE nurse...

    LibraNurse27 replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Discharges can be a mess but I don't think it's the providers' fault. Some patients are so sick when they come in they can't get a social history on admission so they don't know pt lives alone, is...

  5. IV infiltration

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I love your answer, thanks so much! I agree many of these patients are very nice when they come out of the withdrawal. Many have been through hard times and are in difficult circumstances and I...

  6. IV infiltration

    LibraNurse27 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I think with too much time on my hands I'm over thinking things. Update is the pt is fine and his arm is fine. Well fine other than still withdrawing and dealing with etoh addiction ? I wanted to...

  7. Future Nurses are Brighter Than Ever

    LibraNurse27 replied to M1ST3R3DW1N0_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree. Some private nursing schools are ripping people off, advising them to get a DNP with no bedside experience and telling them they can become "clinical nurse leaders", educators and...

  8. Future Nurses are Brighter Than Ever

    LibraNurse27 replied to M1ST3R3DW1N0_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I did a case management rotation with a nurse in her 70s. She did a diploma program at a hospital and said by her second year the nursing students were running the ER and Med/Surg floors on night...

  9. Genuine question that I know is going to make me sound like a TERRIBLE nurse...

    LibraNurse27 replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses have to review all MD orders anyway since we are the ones implementing them, so it's not extra work to look at the orders. If I see something that doesn't look right I'll ask the doctor for...

  10. Unprofessional Conduct Online

    LibraNurse27 replied to Anon4thispost's topic in General Nursing

    There is also a feature on facebook and other social media where you can anonymously report the content to administrators as offensive. facebook will look into it (they have a whole department...

  11. nursing jobs

    LibraNurse27 replied to nghi's topic in General Nursing

    I found working as a CNA helpful. Phlebotomy, medical assistant and other jobs in the medical field might also be good

  12. Future Nurses are Brighter Than Ever

    LibraNurse27 replied to M1ST3R3DW1N0_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with many above that GPA and test scores do not mean you will or will not be a good nurse. They may show you are good at taking tests and don't have test anxiety. And as stated above someone...

  13. RN fired from ICU and not offered transfer to another floor.

    LibraNurse27 replied to HansRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry for your bad experience, sounds really stressful and seems like you were not in a supportive environment. I have been on allnurses more than usual lately due to the quarantine! I've seen...

  14. Progressive Care Unit

    LibraNurse27 replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a PCU and we can take stable chronic vents (but haven't had one in 3 years!). We don't do pressors. We have patients on drips and titrate but certain drips (mostly those that require...

  15. Connection

    LibraNurse27 replied to CorrinG's topic in Disaster Preparation

    FaceTime, Zoom, phone calls... with my mom social distance visits where we sit in the yard six ft apart with masks on. One of my friends who lives alone got so starved for physical touch that she went...

  16. Why did you choose your specialty?

    LibraNurse27 replied to MarkMyWords's topic in General Nursing

    I was all over the place, started out in Med/Surg, got overwhelmed (was only 22 and immature!), went to a clinic and grew up, back to Med/Surg and did better this time. Then I wanted a position on my...

  17. Will it be hard for me to get a Girlfriend during this Pandemic since I am dealing with sick people?

    LibraNurse27 replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Aww that is sweet! I have lots of single female friends who would be happy to date a male nurse... someone with a job, stable income, desire to care for others?! Be yourself, be confident and be proud...

  18. Official PPE

    LibraNurse27 replied to EDNP100x's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We wear full PPE in the tent, except when we are just the "gatekeeper" asking screening questions (from 6ft away) we don't have gown and gloves. We are wearing a surgical mask all day (one per shift)...

  19. TikTok Nurses Drama

    LibraNurse27 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Who uses TikTok to talk about religion and politics?? It's for dancing! LOL When I worked in community health I answered questions from young pts about sex, birth control, STDs and pregnancy. I never...

  20. Trying to get more experience. Help

    LibraNurse27 replied to Grande_latte04's topic in General Nursing

    I took a phlebotomy class (like for people who are getting their phlebotomy license) to get practice accessing veins. Drawing blood is not the same as IVs but it still helped. I watched tons of videos...

  21. Blood administration

    LibraNurse27 replied to Serotonin2's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen other people get impatient about waiting for the blood to go in and they set the rate at 999ml/hr like a bolus and wait for the blood to get close to the IV, then set the rate to whatever...

  22. Blood administration

    LibraNurse27 replied to Serotonin2's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, get it all in the patient! I have also never seen an order for a specific amount of milliliters of blood, just units. If a patient is anemic it won't hurt them to get the full bag instead of part...

  23. Drawing blood from IV line policies

    LibraNurse27 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I have asked about this at my job, where we don't have a clear policy. Some pts have saline locked 18G IVs with great bloodflow. Some pts are hard sticks so we try to put in IVs in larger, deeper...

  24. Need some advice

    LibraNurse27 replied to LH366's topic in General Nursing

    WOW!! 5 ICU pts is NOT safe and sounds SO overwhelming. 8 sick patients is also a nightmare. Props to you as a new nurse for sticking it out to help during this crazy time. I say prioritize...

  25. What's your dream specialty?

    LibraNurse27 replied to Lynker's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with ICUman, the procedural have less turnover than Med/Surg/Stepdown/ICU. Right now nurses from procedure areas are floating to my step-down floor to help with the surge, and many of them...