GE90

GE90

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  1. Made mistakes

    GE90 replied to Sith_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    seconded!

  2. ED vs ICU

    GE90 replied to anjelekag's topic in General Nursing

    peds nurse on general peds coming in with popcorn expecting to watch a mma level kinda fight of "ED - the adrenaline junkiess vs ICU - the i'm an icu nurse and i know tons more than

  3. "You're too smart to be a nurse. Be a doctor"

    GE90 replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

    in my experience only those "think i know it-all but in fact you don't know ****" kinda nurse would walk around telling others how people told them they were too smart to be a

  4. Made mistakes

    GE90 replied to Sith_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    i think needing to go right next to a pt to check on the computer is utterly stupid and

  5. Applying for a hong kong license..

    GE90 replied to flymaxwell's topic in Nurse Registration

    first thing first...can you speak fluent cantonese? if not

  6. New nurse and feeling so discouraged

    GE90 replied to KHT's topic in General Nursing

    one thing i've learned after working as a grad for almost 9months is that...if someone is deliberately giving you a hard time or trying to embarrass you, ****

  7. Giving report to the next RN?

    GE90 replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    background major stuff that happened today eg, ot? ct? xr? and so on. obs this shift+previous shift, stable? abnormal? doctor notified? interventions? results? input? output? mobilize? pain? social?...

  8. Wearing Scrubs Outside of the Workplace

    GE90 replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    i wear them to sleep, very comfy

  9. Help me with vital please..

    GE90 replied to sok92's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You patients would have been in great trouble if their HRs are 17-20.... Easiest way, feel their radial

  10. Rationale for full normal diet after tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy?

    GE90 posted a topic in General Nursing

    When I was a student doing clinicals in a children hospital (which was one year ago), every children who had ts&as were only allowed soft and fluid diet for the first day. However now that I'm...

  11. Been worked for 7months but sill making IV mistakes..

    GE90 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Had a 2yr old patient today who was ordered IV fluid bolus, commenced infusion, with 20mins his hand got very puffy so I stopped the infusion and notified the doc who was happy fir me to turn the rate...

  12. Been worked for 7months but sill making IV mistakes..

    GE90 replied to GE90's topic in General Nursing

    Thx for the reply guys. I did think about infiltration right after noticing the puffness. I told the doctor what I saw and she said just turn the rate down, it was dead wrong for me to assume just...

  13. Been worked for 7months but sill making IV mistakes..

    GE90 replied to GE90's topic in General Nursing

    I did and it was flushing well. Then gradually started getting slightly puffy and the reason I felt so guilty was because of the 2 reasons I listed above....and apparently as soon as it gets puffy I...

  14. Is this all my fault??

    GE90 replied to excessively_diverted's topic in Pediatric

    Em, I would have asked the previous RN whether the docs have made a plan or have they put in any modification regarding his

  15. How do you cope when patients are not getting better

    GE90 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad who's been working for 5months in peds, somehow I recently started to feel very powerless when looking after some very sick kids or the kids who are in lots of pain, especially when I'm...

  16. How do you cope when patients are not getting better

    GE90 replied to GE90's topic in General Nursing

    Thx jadelpn for the advice. When I see a problem that I think I couldn't handle I do notify the charge nurse and the doctors, but some doctors are just horrible to work with, they don't seem to care...

  17. How do you cope when patients are not getting better

    GE90 replied to GE90's topic in General Nursing

    Th's for the advice toomuchbalconey, really appreciate it. I work in a general peds Ward where terminal illness is very uncommon, but its just so hard to not being able to do something more to relieve...

  18. O2 administration in RSV babies

    GE90 replied to Zelda, RN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    93-96% is not a bad sats, however with a rr of 50-60, ineffective suction, moderate recessions and head bob = the child is working pretty hard i'll let the team know while trying low flow nc or...

  19. The Bad Shift

    GE90 replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    thats why i do peds never liked adult patients and never

  20. Feeling overwhelmed

    GE90 replied to sungrl01's topic in General Nursing

    i'm a new grad working for almost 5months in peds ward and still feel overwhelmed all the

  21. Burn Patients Who Are Allergic To Sulfa

    GE90 replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    i heard that in some of the silver products they are actually designed in a way so it won't cause the patient to have an allergic reaction, but cant be certain about that, i'd just humbly await the...

  22. When to call a code

    GE90 replied to JenHRN's topic in General Nursing

    dont give a ****, i'd do cpr, breaking ribs or causing pain is better than

  23. Although Women Dominate the Nursing Profession, Do Men Make More Money?

    GE90 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    come on feminists, where are u? time to come out, blame men or the society for ur personal

  24. how not to be an idiot in the ward

    GE90 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So i'm a new grad in a general ward, i've been out for 4 months now. Recently i started to feel like i'm not attentive enough and keep making mistakes, like forgetting to ask the doctor to rechart...

  25. how not to be an idiot in the ward

    GE90 replied to GE90's topic in General Nursing

    sorry, oz terms. ivc = iv cannula ivab = iv antibiotic uss = ultrasound o2 via np = oxygen via nasal prongs WOB = work of