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  1. I did. I worked Home health part time. The people let me practice the head to toe assessment on them. One guy actually came to graduation for nursing school. I still talk to his wife 8 years later.
  2. Mandated Nurse-Patient Ratios

    My patient tonight asked me why the nurses had so many patients, she was concerned she hasn't been taught what she needed to know to take her preemie baby home. How do you explain that management doesn't care if we are under staffed and over worked. ...
  3. "I Narcanned Your Honor Student"

    You are new. As the years go by as a nurse there are many oxymoron in a carrier. Our humor is dark because most of what we deal with is dark. I thinks it's funny. Some of the outside world look at things in example an A student and feel it's great, b...
  4. Is bedside nursing still a lifelong career option?

    I don't see me being a bedside nurse forever. The work load and acuity level has increased since I started nursing. The stress level is increasing and I don't see punishing myself for another 15 years until retirement. My next goal is being a NP in a...
  5. Nurse with ADD :(

    I was diagnosed with bipolar in 2000. I take my meds every day. I can't function at full capacity without them. I know I have a chronic medical condition. Its not any different from diabetes, heart dx, hypertension. You need to look at it as a diseas...
  6. Day 5: 2016 Nurses Week Mashup Contest

    VagFB- vaginal foreign body, yes I work in OB
  7. Day 4: 2016 Nurses Week Top 5 Things Contest

    1) Purchase a pair of orthotics specially made for you. Its worth the money for happy feet. 2) Teach your patient about their condition and medication, your less likely to see them back. 3) Treat your coworkers like you want to be treated. Its a roug...
  8. Day 3: 2016 Nurses Week Meme Contest

    Please Lord, give me the strength to finish this day.
  9. Day 2: 2016 Nurses Week Fill In The Blank Contest

    Patient is requesting a can of Coke and 2 family members are in the room watching television
  10. Day 1: 2016 Nurses Week Caption Contest

    Shhh Listen, I think I heard it thump thump.
  11. Male student nurse interviewing for Postpartum..

    In the dept I work in we have 1 male nurse he mostly works with the newborns. Most of the mothers request to not have a male nurse. Primarily because of the help needed with breast feeding. NICU might be a better fit. You will be working with the mo...
  12. Question from a doc on NP education

    I am a RN I have worked with many NP. The one thing I have found is some of the NP have no nurse training, they went straight from high school to NP school. If they did this they had book knowledge but not hands on knowledge it scared me to work with...
  13. Would you do it all again?

    I work in acute care now I don't think I would do it again. Teaching is what I enjoy I think if I would have went to school to become a nursing instructor I would have enjoyed it more, but hind sight is always 20/20.
  14. Why are nurses so backbiting?

    I have worked in many different areas only a couple were bad. I think if there are more employees it doesn't occur. When I worked with less than 5 it was horrible. If personalities clash stay away, don't allow them to intimidate you. Some feed off of...
  15. Where in the US do they need RNs really bad?

    I live in North Dakota, nurses are needed here badly but that means we're short staffed. Large sign on bonus but you will need to contract with the hospital system for 2-5 yrs. CEU requirements are not bad 14 hr per 2 yrs. Lots of specialties open. W...
  16. I don't want to clean poop

    Has she worked around the mentally ill? I have and some like to throw poop at you or other bodily fluids like semen in inpatient settings or vomit on you after having an ECT treatment. The only place she might be safe is in the clinic.
  17. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    I worked in a mother/baby unit. Names I heard or saw made me laugh or scratch my head. Tie''re, K8tieray, Larson the father of the baby was there shackled and had been charged with larson and strong arm robbery. Twins named He and She. Joel for a fem...
  18. The first patient threw a fit when doc told her no xray. How do you want me to deal with this pain I need something for the pain. She wouldn't leave the office until we did something. I put lidocaine cream on the area and a bandage, she finally was s...
  19. What I have learned this week as a nurse. Patients who have Medicaid insurance have no regard what is necessarily needed to be treated or take care of yourself ie. Saw a 23 yr old with a hang nail for pain and throbbing in finger. She wanted an xray ...
  20. Tattoos in Nursing

    I have 2 tattoos both are not visible I was unable to show them in my last job. My current job allows them to be visible but I feel it's more appropriate to keep them covered. I do have a haircut that allows me to keep it spiked and out of the normal...
  21. Least Favorite Things Patients Say

    My favorite is " I take medication for my sugar" I ask what do you take " a small white pill" do you know the name "no" Are you having pain? "Ya" Is it sharp, sore, radiating and rate the pain level number 0-10. "I'm not sure" Do you use tobacco? "K...
  22. Question about weekend schedules

    When I worked in the hospital it was every third weekend either Friday-Sunday or Saturday- Monday. Now I work in a walk in clinic we work every other weekend and the same Friday -Sunday or Saturday-Monday. I like the hours because I have 3 days after...
  23. Is clinic nursing a dirty job?

    I work in a walk in clinic. We see oozing stinky abscesses in all body parts. Step throat stinch, lice, scabies, women with impacted tampoons, oh and std filled vaginas and penises. People who haven't showered in days. Impacted ears we have to flush....
  24. Dont know if I can do this at 49!

    I worked in a same day surgery admit /discharge dept for 9 months and left I am 45 yr old. I'm not sure if it's like this everywere but it was a numbers game the more patients we pushed through the better off we were. We had 30 minutes with each pati...
  25. Nurse Retention ideas

    This is why I left my most recent job. 1. Nurse to patient ratio on average I had 10 to 12 patients each shift. As soon as I would discharge one I had another admission added. There is so much computer work to discharge a patient it could take up to ...