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ICURN3020

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  1. Why do we hate admissions?

    ICURN3020 replied to firstinfamily's topic in General Nursing

    THIS!!! And trying to tactfully redirect them to keep from going off on tangents without being called "rude" or

  2. When a Mom Miscarries

    ICURN3020 replied to CountryMomma's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am the same way. People coming up and hugging me or giving me well-intended words of support causes me to just break down. When I was in ICU after the birth of my child, on a ventilator and...

  3. You know you're tired when...

    ICURN3020 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have found myself so exhausted at times after a long stretch of 12 hr shifts or a particularly rough shift. A few funnies from my half-conscious, overworked, desperately need a break mind: I've...

  4. When a Mom Miscarries

    ICURN3020 replied to CountryMomma's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It doesn't matter. In her eyes, she saw big healthy bellies and smiling mamas. Of course she'd have no way to know everyone else's stories. The fact that they might be experiencing difficulties too...

  5. Why do we hate admissions?

    ICURN3020 replied to firstinfamily's topic in General Nursing

    I actually don't mind getting an admission most of the time. Of course, if I am in the middle of a crazy shift with a really unstable or busy patient, the last thing I want to hear is that I have...

  6. Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    ICURN3020 replied to JBudd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It is policy where I work to also use caps and not loop tubing back into itself although many still do. Decreases the chance of contaminating the line as it has been shown that most of us do not...

  7. Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    ICURN3020 replied to JBudd's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Let's see.... Leaving vials of medications (especially cardiac meds or things like heparin) in the patients room and not placed back in the med room Leaving wrappers all over while the trash can is a...

  8. Why does this man's personality change instantly

    ICURN3020 replied to Butterfly92xo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks Esme12 for the editing.....won't happen again, I

  9. If I hear this one more time, I'm going to lose it!!

    ICURN3020 replied to pixiedu2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We should all be following and practicing evidence-basednursing. The point of it is that things change, new diseases/procedures/treatments are discovered that are proved to be more beneficial. I'm...

  10. How do you get results without being rude?

    ICURN3020 replied to lisaogden6's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the pp's. There is a lot more to nursing than what meets the eye. Although lazy nurses do exist, most of us are caring and wouldn't intentionally allow someone to unnecessarily...

  11. Why does this man's personality change instantly

    ICURN3020 replied to Butterfly92xo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We're somewhat harsh because we are quite appaled at the treatment of this patient. A patient who is not just being an *******, but is suffering from debilitating, irreversible diseases that are the...

  12. Why does this man's personality change instantly

    ICURN3020 replied to Butterfly92xo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I understand that patients with diagnoses such as brain injury, dementia and Alzheimer's can be challenging to care for. However, it is obvious from your post that you do not understand the processes...

  13. Why does this man's personality change instantly

    ICURN3020 replied to Butterfly92xo's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I understand that patients with diagnoses such as brain injury, dementia and Alzheimer's can be challenging to care for. However, it is obvious from your post that you do not understand the processes...

  14. Family member Hell

    ICURN3020 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    NM should have stepped in and reported that behavior. We once had a physician's wife in our unit and he was trying to give us orders for her care. CN stepped in and told him he wasn't on the case...

  15. Confused Nursing Student

    ICURN3020 replied to AlisaGrace's topic in General Nursing

    Whta do you like about the medical field? What type of personality do you have? Do you want to work with the public would you rather work behind-the-scenes. Do some soul-searching and ask yourself...

  16. What kind of shift report was that?

    ICURN3020 replied to proud nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Another one is "alphabet soup" for someone who has many, many diagnoses: AAA, CAD, CHF, PVD, DM, HTN, CA, MI, BPH, PNA, CRF/HD You know you're going to be

  17. How common is charting ahead in ICU?

    ICURN3020 replied to SilleLu's topic in Critical Care

    That poster mentioned that it was a paper form so that leaves me to wonder if it is assumed that if something goes wrong after the form has been pre-charted, they can just pitch that form and flil out...

  18. How common is charting ahead in ICU?

    ICURN3020 replied to SilleLu's topic in Critical Care

    I always wondered why nurses would chart both patient's assesments at the exact same time. I don't know if they were worried that beacuse we're supposed to assess every 4 hours, both patients needed...

  19. Nurse No More ....??

    ICURN3020 replied to daisy2155's topic in Nursing Career

    You sound like you are compassionate towards your patients and committed to your nursing education. However, I think that anyone who is fired from three different jobs and seems to repeatedly...

  20. You know you're tired when...

    ICURN3020 replied to ICURN3020's topic in General Nursing

    This was actually from a new mothers forum or magazine...I can't remember. But they were talking about having newborns and being exhausted. One lady said she got up in the middle of the night...

  21. I got a loan from this company

    ICURN3020 replied to sherman_k's topic in General Nursing

    Bahahahaaa!!! This is going to be one of those things that I think about and LOL at throughout the day while others look at me like I'm

  22. What kind of shift report was that?

    ICURN3020 replied to proud nurse's topic in General Nursing

    The funniest thing I was ever told in report (from a male nurse, mind you): "I deep-throat suctioned the patient" I was stunned for a

  23. What kind of shift report was that?

    ICURN3020 replied to proud nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, I've gotten reports like that. Really scary considering it's on ICU patients. The worst for me however, is from someone who is scatterbrained and jumps around in no logical fashion. At the...

  24. I got a loan from this company

    ICURN3020 replied to sherman_k's topic in General Nursing

    Roger or Rogers? Most folks don't misspell their own

  25. I got a loan from this company

    ICURN3020 replied to sherman_k's topic in General Nursing

    And it's UNITED