ChristaRN

In reference to the previous post that you are referring to, I just wanted to point out that back in nursing school I was taught that the decision to give or not give a cardiac/blood pressure med SHOULD be based on your own assessment of vitals JUST ...

Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU! I have to say the posts you were referring to actually kind of hurt, I try my best to provide great care for my patients and relieve as much pain and anxiety in my patient's as possible. It stings to basically be ac...

I love the idea of a Psychiatric Medical Surgical type unit and while they do exist in small numbers it's unfortunately unrealistic to hope for such combination units in all nursing specialties so I don't think we'll be seeing any psych-OB, psych-reh...

She went to rehab for several weeks after leaving the hospital and then eventually went home with her dad and sister. I assume she's doing well because we haven't seen her since!

:saint:I posted this story in another type of thread a while back. I think of this a little more as a story of undying love rather than a ghost story but I do think it fits here. Last year, I cared for a 3 year old child who had been in a MVA with ...

I don't know how much Peds experience you have but in MY years in peds and PICU they are NOT always easier to care for. Many of my patients are adult size teens who either are severe MRCP that create messes as big as any adult or could be a teen on ...

:uhoh3:I hope your boss never went home and said they had a bad day. Ridiculous!

Since we're no longer in flu season I realize that my comment may be a bit late. I personally have no problem with the flu vaccine being required for me to work. I also realize that some people have to be exempt, especially for severe allergies, no...

First off, please don't attempt to be a nurse manager without a MINIMUM of 5 years (10 is better) as a bedside nurse. No nurse has ANY business trying to be another nurse's boss without having been in their shoes for a significant amount of time. S...

Good point. I hadn't thought about that side of the coin; my only response to your post is that, if she was a professional, good supervisor she should have come to the OP and said something along the lines of "I recieved a phone call from xyz hospit...

I personally LOVE whoever it is who is sitting with my confused/suicidal patient (in my hospital sometimes a NA, sometimes a dedicated "sitter") They are helping me be able to get all the rest of my work done which I wouldn't be able to do if I was ...

I think there's no real answer to the question of whether or not having a visitor in bed is ok, certainly no answer that covers all situations. With teens, I think I tend to be more strict and 'suggest' that the boyfriend/girlfriend is welcome to mo...

The whole "which specialty is harder" topic is something I really, really dislike and am sick of. Through my almost 7 years of nursing I have worked Med-surg, Peds and PICU full time (and of course floated here and there like most of us have to). I...

Lets fast forward to when/if you become a nurse - you have a little old lady with signs/symptoms of CHF, doc is notified and wants no changes to therapy. You decide a little Lasix wouldn't hurt and go ahead and give some Lasix. Patient experiences ...

Please don't mess with oxygen! If this man had a history of COPD turning the oxygen all the way up could put him in a life threatening state. In nursing school you will learn that oxygen is a medication and you must be extremely careful with when a...

As a STNA you are not yet able to do the thorough assessment that is required to know whether or not a breathing treatment is necessary. Obviously not being there to see the patient myself I can't provide an accurate assessment either but what I can...

My PICU is usually a 1:2 ratio unless a child is extremely unstable or just won't sedate well and is a risk of self extubating. Once we had a child who actually required two nurses initially with an open belly, numerous chest tubes, vented, maxed o...

just a quick interjection. where i work friday and saturday is the weekend for night shift, saturday and sunday for days. we just have it in our contracts that day shifters must work 1 friday also per schedule and night shifters 1 sunday per schedule...

First off, not being Bipolar myself I won't even venture to guess how the disease can effect ones life - I just don't know. I do commend the OP for her obvious successes in passing school and the NCLEX which isn't easy for anyone. I imagine the OP ma...

Congrats to the OP on passing the NCLEX! I wish you luck in finding a job that makes you happy! I have worked medsurg units, general peds units and now in PICU and I have given blood routinely on ALL of the units I have worked on for reasons from ca...

Oh gosh, I am so glad to know that I'm not the only one who's ears are playing tricks on me! I am not really waking up because of the "noises" but many times I have "heard" IV occlusion alarms, cardiac monitors/pulse ox's.... one time at home on a p...

I don't think anyone said that only RNs can do this at all. I know I as a person would be grateful for whoever would stop and help me and my family, I don't care if it's an RN, LPN, doctor, McDonald's worker, stripper, truck driver, etc etc etc J...

I always stop at accident scenes (unless the first responders are already there) and make sure there is nothing I can do to help. Like others have said, I can do CPR, I can stabilize a c-spine, I can help hold open an airway - I can even try to get ...

In my job with the pediatric population we do try to draw from existing IV lines whenever possible. These's little ones are tough sticks for size of vein, amount of veins you can find and also it's difficult to hit a moving target! We find on my un...

Doesn't sound like that PCT was busting anything. Sounds mote like she was collecting a paycheck for not doing her job.