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  1. Does it hurt to get practiced on?

    cardiacfreak replied to maidinh405's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm okay with needles, as long as they are in MY

  2. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    cardiacfreak replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    I love that word, I often use it when I am at work, " oh mittleschmerz!", instead of a curse

  3. This week, I have learned... (8/8)

    cardiacfreak replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    That your patient can still be alive with a pH of 7.083, co2 of 11.2, and hco3 of.....wait for it, wait for it..... 3.8! ***! Do you hear the Rapid Response

  4. is your immune system suffering?

    cardiacfreak replied to nealiiih's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I wash my hands when I enter a patients room, glove up, do my business, remove the gloves, wash my hands before I leave the room, and then use the sanitizer in the hall. I can't say enough about hand...

  5. Feedback desired orienting new nurse

    cardiacfreak replied to Rnwithwings68's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you are relaying this info to your manager and

  6. What is the least stressful high paying nursing specialty?

    cardiacfreak replied to celtickimba's topic in General Nursing

    Have you tried applying for PCH? (Publisher's Clearing

  7. So...What Kind of Nursing Task Do You LIKE?

    cardiacfreak replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I love pulling anything out, Chest tubes, femoral sheaths, IJs, JPs,

  8. Is it just me, or is this rude, sexist, and condescending?

    cardiacfreak replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This happened on my unit too only the nurse said it in front of all the nurses at the nurses station. Before the man could answer, I spun around in my chair and said, " Did you put it down?" The...

  9. Teamwork...Why do we do this to ourselves?

    cardiacfreak replied to Beachbum671's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't know any CNAs that are drop

  10. What to do when u find an unresponsive patient

    cardiacfreak replied to LucasNewGrad's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've been in more than one code where we were all on the floor. I hate when it happens in the

  11. First code

    cardiacfreak replied to Trama_junky's topic in General Students

    ((((Hugs)))). Find someone to talk to, professional or religious leader if you have one. I've never dealt with a peds death fortunately, but I have used our EAP for a traumatic code I couldnt shake...

  12. Have you ever been abused at work by pt or med staff?

    cardiacfreak replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    I had my thumb broke by a pt who was detoxing, the dayshift nurse had withheld the

  13. This week, I have learned..... (8/1)

    cardiacfreak replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes the cardio thoracic surgeon doesn't care that his post op day 7 patient dumps 600 ml out of his chest tubes in an 8 hour shift when he has usually been dumping around 100. " Well, it's...

  14. Open mouth, insert foot

    cardiacfreak replied to noelly10's topic in General Nursing

    I did the same thing, only I burned the letter with the one my Mother wrote to me so I wouldn't keep going back to reread her letter. Some families are not the Cleavers, I used to say Huxtables,...

  15. This week, I learned.... (7/25)

    cardiacfreak replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    That sleep deprivation can cause an acute psychotic state. (Be very careful fellow night shifters). That 2.5 mg of Haldol, is my best friend when the psychotic sleep deprived patient hits the code...

  16. Special Snowflake!

    cardiacfreak replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Oh! I thought they were snowflakes.....just

  17. Special Snowflake!

    cardiacfreak replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I'm okay with being the Crusty Old Bat on my unit, it is quite rewarding when the sparkly-pants-pretty-princess has to come groveling to me when all the computer systems crash and this Old Hag is the...

  18. Robots assisting nurses?

    cardiacfreak replied to cchao's topic in General Nursing

    To do my charting! You know kinda like the doctors dictating, only in real time. As I am doing my assessment and speaking out loud " lungs clear in bilateral lower lobes, faint wheezes auscultated...

  19. Com'on, you got one...What is your heart wrenching moment?

    cardiacfreak replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    I don't cry very often, but these precious memories have tears streaming down my

  20. Stroke hemorrhagic conversion

    cardiacfreak replied to lassenlake's topic in General Nursing

    Regardless of what one individual believes to be correct, each hospital has a protocol for CVA, NSTEMI, DVT prophylaxis,CAUTI, VAP, etc. those protocols are to be followed. Some hospitals are...

  21. Stroke hemorrhagic conversion

    cardiacfreak replied to lassenlake's topic in General Nursing

    So if you have a PPM, you don't receive antiplatelet and

  22. Are care plans valuable?

    cardiacfreak replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    In theory care plans are important, they are suppose to be driving the care....blah blah blah. In reality, most days I don't have time to update and I just click "care plan

  23. Who is your spirit nurse?

    cardiacfreak replied to chicookie's topic in General Nursing

    I call him my superman, his name is John. The smartest nurse I have ever known. He could teach a 1st grader how to read a 12 lead EKG! His knowledge is immeasurable and I wish I knew a quarter of...

  24. Staffing

    cardiacfreak replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    When will administrators

  25. This week, I learned (7/18).....

    cardiacfreak replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    That a person can remain in Sustained VTach for 5 hours despite all the interventions you try, and still live. Guess who got an AICD the next day. That patient had me on pins and needles all