BeatsPerMinute

BeatsPerMinute BSN, RN

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  1. Nurse murdered patients with air in arterial lines?

    BeatsPerMinute replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    I am sincerely curious. I'd rather be wrong here and now vs in a clinical situation. What are your thoughts about the link I posted earlier in the thread? Its:...

  2. I'm a total dumb dumb....

    BeatsPerMinute replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    False alarm... No nicotine test - just a standard urine collection for illegal substances

  3. How long does it take to be competent

    BeatsPerMinute replied to Nmink's topic in Critical Care

    I also started as a new grad in the ICU - approx 6/7 years ago. It took approx a year. Journaling always helped. Sometimes it'd be a 5 min rant and sometimes it'd be nearly a novel of every...

  4. What happened to ICU while I was gone?

    BeatsPerMinute replied to Milkofamnesia02's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for 7 years and started in the ICU as a new grad. have done a couple of things too... this def seems to be the growing trend in the ICU and in an number of other specialties. If you...

  5. RN -> interim Director -> Director -> pushed out. Could I, or should I, have helped?

    BeatsPerMinute posted a topic in General Nursing

    Reflecting and sharing random thoughts tonight ... I've worked in a few different units and hospitals in the last 7 years as a nurse. I've had amazing nurse directors and terrible ones.. Some...

  6. Ever left a nightshift hospital job for a day shift low stress job?

    BeatsPerMinute replied to saltymermaid's topic in General Nursing

    been there, done that. unfortunately, many places simply tailor or frame a job to appear a certain way in hopes of catching as many people as possible in their net. from there, they can be picky....

  7. Depressed RN seeking to learn from others. I would greatly appreciate your stories…

    BeatsPerMinute posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I’ve been a nurse approx 7 years; majority of experience in ICU, Cath Lab, IR. IDK what exactly I am searching for… I’ve felt a bit lost lately. Maybe I need to think about...

  8. Depressed RN seeking to learn from others. I would greatly appreciate your stories…

    BeatsPerMinute replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your response. Truly appreciate it. Certainly some things to think

  9. IV gtts and arterial line

    BeatsPerMinute replied to Kate96's topic in Critical Care

    no. maybe if you use a needle and syringe in one area and then use the same materials to draw a sample from an a-line... then you can contaminate things. never do that. keep it clean. if...

  10. Dying And Disputing Covid While Seeking Treatment from

    BeatsPerMinute replied to guest1163268's topic in Disaster Preparation

    ... we don't know for certain if, how, when they were in their right minds, either nonetheless I empathize with the empathy bucket running on fumes. It's tough right now. appreciate your

  11. Oncoming Shift Nurses Complaining about Assignments

    BeatsPerMinute replied to Joanne15's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    following. I've taken on hard assignments without complaint, precepted students and new nurses, participated in various committees, volunteered to do skills fairs, etc... one thing I avoided like...

  12. Dying And Disputing Covid While Seeking Treatment from

    BeatsPerMinute replied to guest1163268's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Maybe a bit of both? People who are gasping, probs low on systemic O2, feeling unwell, and are experiencing high levels of anxiety - they aren't exactly in their right minds. Both physiological...

  13. Traumatized by lateral abuse

    BeatsPerMinute replied to SpidersWeb's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I just recently submitted a post that was rather vague about being a depressed RN. I feel for you. Hope youre doing better. I experienced A LOT of the same things you described... A part of me...

  14. How to deal with management who "disciplines" you for no good reason?

    BeatsPerMinute replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an introvert and am not always excited to participate in these sorts of things... however, many jobs and careers both in and outside of healthcare do social events and team building exercises to...

  15. Nurse murdered patients with air in arterial lines?

    BeatsPerMinute replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    the article I posted earlier from AHA about strokes makes some sense to me on how this could be possible.... if the person successfully only killed 4 people, I wonder if he had tried this method on...

  16. Nurse murdered patients with air in arterial lines?

    BeatsPerMinute replied to MunoRN's topic in Nursing News

    https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.025340

  17. What are somethings to keep in mind during job shadows?

    BeatsPerMinute posted a topic in General Nursing

    I realize that there is a post very similar to what I am going to ask about - which is about performing patient care during a shadow experience - but coming from an experienced critical care RN. I...

  18. Bullying - Will HR help or make matters worse?

    BeatsPerMinute replied to EDNURSE20's topic in General Nursing

    That's great! Keep us posted on how things

  19. Working the floor after a job interview!? WOW!...

    BeatsPerMinute replied to CritCareTech's topic in General Nursing

    I have mixed feelings - especially with the whole liabilities issue.

  20. Is it really this bad every where?

    BeatsPerMinute replied to SunDazed's topic in General Nursing

    following

  21. Quitting without notice?

    BeatsPerMinute replied to Ovarychiever's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that trying your very best to give that two weeks notice and have another job lined up is the right thing to do. You're all covered. They can find a replacement and you have a new job to look...

  22. Bullying - Will HR help or make matters worse?

    BeatsPerMinute replied to EDNURSE20's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe. EAP couldn't hurt either

  23. The Wage Gap Myth

    BeatsPerMinute replied to car48's topic in Men in Nursing

    just

  24. Having A Nurse As A Patient

    BeatsPerMinute replied to SkyDancer77's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's hard not to get intimidated. I still get that nervous feeling at times. So far haven't had any terrible experiences, though. I've taken care of people who were in school for something...

  25. If you didn't have to bite your tongue?

    BeatsPerMinute replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    This is really good. Thank you for sharing