Nittlebug

Nittlebug

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  1. How do you deal with a patient slapping you?

    Just smile. It's part of the
  2. What is your favorite part of being a nurse?

    I love ER. The things I love most: Constantly learning new things, bonding with coworkers, helping people - especially the elderly who are generally so greatful to have a helping hand and kind...
  3. Im so sad.

    I can relate ! I'm 26, I spent alot of time alone too. I'm married now, but I still feel alone much of the time. I'm a nurse and I seem to have a hard time making friends. Sure we all get along at...
  4. Do you hold patients in the ED?

    Wow, my situation doesn't even compare to yours. I'm in a small 13 bed ER in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. We too have trouble placing patients sometimes, but not every shift or every day. Sometimes we...
  5. Jay Leno's "joke" about nurses

    People can make jokes about nurses, or say or think whatever they want. It doesn't phase me at all because I know sooner or later they'll come into my ER with a fracture or something worse and then...
  6. Would you get out?

    hey boss, nice to here there's another great place to work out there. I love my job too and I work in an ER where the back biting is kept at a minimum. We are like a slightly dysfunctional family,...
  7. Deescalating aggression

    The hospital I used to work at used a model called P.I.P. Pre-intervention, Intervention, and Post-intervention. Sorry, I don't know how the program was developed or anything about training costs....
  8. DEMISE OF NURSING?

    Wow, sounds like your hospital has alot of problems. Sorry to say I don't have all the answers but I believe your nurses should stand together collectively and make your voices heard. Maybe you need...
  9. SANE training

    Hi ! I'm also a SANE nurse. I took my training in Madison Wisconsin and we have 6 SANEs in our ER. We just started the SANE program this past fall and it works great !! I only had to do one SA...
  10. Feeling like a dummy, re:chest tubes

    Hi Sharon ! I haven't had to use a chest tube in awhile, but we just had a inservice on the new Pleurevac CT system. Stripping is generally contraindicated due to the excessive negative pressure...
  11. Feeling like a dummy, re:chest tubes

    Hi Sharon ! I haven't had to use a chest tube in awhile, but we just had a inservice on the new Pleurevac CT system. Stripping is generally contraindicated due to the excessive negative pressure...
  12. You've been asked this before but.......

    Beth- I really don't know what to say to you. We nurses are generally underpaid and work long hard hours ( holidays and nightshifts ). Yes we get crabby. Yes we get burned out sometimes. Sorry to...
  13. Nurse

    You sound like you want to become a labor and delivery registered nurse. You have several options. 1. The quickest way to do this and the cheapest would be to get a 2 year associate RN degree....
  14. What do you do for yourself?

    Read good books, write in a journal, or do crafts, experiment with different hobbies; knitting or crochetting, painting. Plan and plant a garden. Exercise regularly, walking or jogging( I've been...
  15. What experience is needed?

    Cardiac, telemetry, ICU, peds, med/surg, those are the big ones. I found it extremely helpful to volunteer part time on the local ambulance service and they sent me to school for the EMT basic. I...