ljrn135 ASN

ljrn135 has 15 years experience as a ASN and specializes in ER, Trauma, MICU.

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1. Just a Little Venting

   ljrn135 replied to Kbelle's topic in General Nursing

   UGH. I was just thinking about this last night. I had to call for something dumb, but ordered and I started with, "Sorry I had to bother you so late".... WHY? Why am I sorry? they placed the order, its their job to respond. Why has it come to this? I...

2. CRRT: My Mistake

   ljrn135 replied to BC1441's topic in Critical

   Being a newer ICU nurse I totally get your hesitation; however, accidents happen and this is not that bad of one anyways. You will get past this.... and this ONE incident in no way makes you a bad nurse nor should it affect your employment! Good luck...

3. How would you handle this?

   ljrn135 replied to KellyMPH's topic in Critical

   All facilities will have some kind of reporting system that you should use. The chart needs to have specifics about meds, PPN, lipids ect… but putting in there the condition how the patient was left (full of poop) may or may not be pertinent to the a...

4. Not picking up shifts and feeling guilty

   ljrn135 replied to 3692nurse's topic in Critical

   I'm not PRN currently, and I still feel bad when I don't pick up extra shifts. We are naturally givers.... we give our job our everything for our patients... Just know that the days you do pick up mean the world to some and you are not going to plea...

5. Big bad bullies

   ljrn135 replied to ljrn135's topic in Emergency

   I thank you for your two cents. To hear other nurses two cents is why I started this thread. Do you have any suggestions besides for that it's juvenile I would live to hear them!

6. Big bad bullies

   ljrn135 replied to ljrn135's topic in Emergency

   Scottaprn, I have done an abundance of research into peer reviewed literature and I was looking for other nurses perspectives as well. Thank you for your suggestion!

7. Big bad bullies

   ljrn135 replied to ljrn135's topic in Emergency

   Haha psu_213 that is super funny!!!!

8. Big bad bullies

   ljrn135 replied to ljrn135's topic in Emergency

   Thanks nursemarjorie.... I will bring those ideas to my group! Soldiernurse22, I'm not sure what the newbie should be "corrected" for. Not having as much experience? The newbie did not disrespect anyone unless overselling your skills is disrepect? Sh...

9. Big bad bullies

   ljrn135 posted a topic in Emergency

   I am on a committee to discuss, deal and eradicate nurses eating their young. Hard and impossible task I know; However, something must be done! We recently had a few issues with very experienced nurses belittling our new nurses. Yes, the new nurse ma...

10. Critical Alarms, who answers?

    ljrn135 replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    We have a monitor station and a medic/monitor tech that is assigned to that station 24/7. It is NEVER left unattended. We also have a computer monitor with each rooms monitor on it at each nursing station. That way we can see at our nursing station w...

11. how to prevent burnout...

    ljrn135 replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    I have only been a nurse for 4 years so iI would consider myself to be a new nurse in many ways, on top of that I have only been in the ED for 10 months. I did not have any ED experience, and on the floor all your allowed to "protocol" are bls and ac...