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  1. How to become a lactation consultant??

    gvrn13 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I'm currently an emergency department nurse.... While I enjoy this very much, every time I interact with a post partum mother who is nursing, I get so happy by being able to offer them support,...

  2. Triage question

    gvrn13 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi, so I have a long question about a pt I triaged the other night and was hoping to get some insight from some experienced nurses. On a side note, I've been an ER nurse for almost 2 years, only been...

  3. Triage question

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Emergency

    Thanks. I've only been in this er for about 3 months. This particular dr is very much into pointing out EVERYTHING that you did or didn't do.... If you take initiative and do something it's why didn't...

  4. Triage question

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Emergency

    Thanks. I've only been in this er for about 3 months. This particular dr is very much into pointing out EVERYTHING that you did or didn't do.... If you take initiative and do something it's why didn't...

  5. Triage question

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Emergency

    Great points by everyone!! I think I'm doing ok but there is usually one case where I'm going back and thinking what I should have done differently so I can be better. I wasn't necessarily trying to...

  6. Triage question

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Emergency

    Wow thanks all for your input!! Like I said I'm new to triage so still unsure. The reason I didn't put "chest pain" is because the day before while working with a full of himself dr, he got annoyed at...

  7. Triage question

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Emergency

    Thank you nurses for your feedback!!! Just curious if either of you would have thought twice about the

  8. Do nurses eat their young?

    gvrn13 replied to Pumpkinn's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I have been a nurse for 2 years, I have not experienced this "nurses eat their young". If anything, it has been the exact opposite and I have had nothing but people who have been open and receptive to...

  9. What does it take to be a good ER nurse?

    gvrn13 replied to chefjordan's topic in Emergency

    The great ED nurses that I've worked with have the ability to take care of 10 patients, and somehow treat each one of them like they are their only patient. When you've reached this mastery of...

  10. Pain medication and the dying patient

    gvrn13 replied to khall7398's topic in General Nursing

    As shocking as it may seem, waiting 2 hours for an order is not long in my hospital. Once the pt is admitted, I can no longer ask the ED doctor for an order, I need to call the admitting doctor, which...

  11. I think I'm going to quit during orientation

    gvrn13 replied to withorwithoutyou's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with the other comments that you shouldn't quit while on orientation. You didn't say how long you've been at the hospital (I didn't see if you did), but everything changes when you're off...

  12. NG tube insertion question

    gvrn13 replied to asaka6's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is interesting to me. I'm a newish nurse in the ED, and anytime I've placed one it has always been with a seasoned nurse, and we have always used the swallow small sips of water trick. Not a full...

  13. Mixing meds

    gvrn13 replied to dreamrider212's topic in Oncology

    Hi, my first job out of school was an outpatient oncology center where I, along with the other nurses were responsible for mixing our own drugs. I actually wrote a similar question on here about the...

  14. how hard is it to take a BP????

    gvrn13 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So last night in the ED during a trauma alert with a pt who had gotten punched in the head and was post ictal I was trying to get a BP because the automatic was coming up 198/100.... well, I wasn't...

  15. how hard is it to take a BP????

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for responding!!! Just needed some reassurance, that it really is ok! I'm new at this job, and still meeting people, and just really hate to look incompetent.. I really want to be one of...

  16. accessing a port for just one blood draw

    gvrn13 replied to Ted D's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in oncology I would always ask the pt their preference. Some of them don't want to be stuck in the peripheral, and some have really bad IV access, so why wouldn't you use the port? A...

  17. If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans

    gvrn13 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for a year, I was lucky enough to find a job straight out of school. After 9 months at my mediocre first job, I was lucky enough to land my dream job... overnights in the ED of a...

  18. If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all the advice!! I really do enjoy learning how other mothers have done it, and how even though it's hard (what isn't?), it is doable and will be ok. And sistermoon, congratulations on...

  19. If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in General Nursing

    And now I'm four months preggo And congratulations to you prnqday!! Motherhood... it's a roller coaster like no other, but you will love the person that you become from

  20. If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for the kind words! What a comfort to hear from other nurses that I have time to prove myself, and that a baby, and maternity leave is not the end of a career. Right now I'm just going...

  21. If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans

    gvrn13 posted a topic in Emergency

    I have been a nurse for a year, I was lucky enough to find a job straight out of school. After 9 months at my mediocre first job, I was lucky enough to land my dream job... overnights in the ED of a...

  22. If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Emergency

    Thank you all for responding. Honestly I've been so overwhelmed, and I teared up when I read all the kind words and telling me that it is doable. I have had such a hard time with the "mothers guilt".....

  23. Photo on a resume?

    gvrn13 replied to AdventureLover's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The first interview I went on, they actually asked if they could take my picture for this reason exactly (I wound up getting this job)... While I understand why they did it, and I do think it is and...

  24. Lab values and nclex

    gvrn13 replied to Toadd35's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I would focus on knowing the normal range for a CBC and a CMP, specifically

  25. Quit my first nursing home after 1 day!

    gvrn13 replied to Trixyp's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've never worked in a nursing home, but that sounds crazy. I would have a hard time working there too. Sounds like it's a disaster waiting to