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  1. How to eat on night shift

    Birdy2 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys! I need some advice on what and when to eat while I'm working 7-7. So far I've gained 10 lbs since starting work and I'm just so out of shape because I rately have time to workout. Most of...

  2. How to eat on night shift

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking I should eat breakfast when I wake up, then maybe lunch when I finish first rounds which sometimes is 10 o'clock. Then that would leave dinner for about 4 in the morning. Ugh it just...

  3. How to eat on night shift

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to start doing the same. THe problem is I just don't know what eating schedule I should be on. Especially since I'm up during the day on my off days. I guess I should be eating when I wake...

  4. How to eat on night shift

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    I have a 7 year old and have to make time for him. He stays with a sitter so I can get some sleep. I usually pick him up at 2:30. Then have to drop him off again at 6 to make it to work by 6:30. So...

  5. Correcting low sodium too quickly

    Birdy2 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well I got yet another patient with a critical sodium and potassium. K was 3 and sodium 113 when she came to me from the ER. She was alert and oriented, BP at 189/102. She also had gastroperesis and...

  6. Would you send this patient to the unit?

    Birdy2 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Patient gets sent to me after getting report and learning that she was dehydrated with acute kidney injury. Vitals stable, but labs were a little off. Ok so the patients slow but she's a&o....

  7. I think I cry too much

    Birdy2 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Here lately I have been falling apart with my patients. Most of the time I'm fine and can keep it together. I don't know if I'm just super stressed or what. Or maybe it's these pitiful people i take...

  8. I made a big mistake

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well thanks you guys! This kinda made my day. I don't know why I was so worried and didn't realize that she had made me feel like it was my fault. Even when I read your first few responses I didn't...

  9. I made a big mistake

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks guys! This made me feel better about it. Let me try to explain though. I asked the patient if he was having any sharp, dull, achy pain or discomfort. He said no I'm not hurting I just feel...

  10. I made a big mistake

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    And as for my explanation for "we give them out like candy" > most all of my patients are getting Xanax and only because they asked if they could have it or said they take it at home so the doctor...

  11. I made a big mistake

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I did a complete assessment before assuming anything. The patient wasn't in pain, respirations even unlabored, 02 sat 97%, breath sounds same as they were before. I ordered a chest X-ray and he...

  12. Doctors vs. Nurses

    Birdy2 replied to MsPebbles's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So why are we not allowed to have drinks? I always carry a cup with a lid on my cart because I hardly ever have a chance to sit down in the break room during my shift. I have been told not to leave...

  13. Med compatibility

    Birdy2 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I was looking up nexium compatibilities all week because our hospital was short on Protonix and so we were giving a lot of it. I usually never see it. So anyways, it's apparently fine to run it with...

  14. Would you send this patient to the unit?

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You are all such great nurses and so smart. I hope one day I'll be able to come up with this stuff off the top of my head. I feel like I've forgotten so much. What I wouldn't give to be in school...

  15. What's the best pulse ox brand to get?

    Birdy2 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    There are tons and the prices are all over the place. Anyone have a clue which type is most

  16. Med compatibility

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Medications

    I usually handle it pretty well, but here lately it seems like that's all I do. I was in the middle of a rapid with a patient yelling that she hadn't gotten her pain

  17. Would you send this patient to the unit?

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well I'm not sure but I get confused trying to make sense of the labs. Sodium would be high if she were dehydrated which she was. And yes, potassium would be high with renal failure. Couldn't the...

  18. Would you send this patient to the unit?

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well I'm just wondering if that's acceptable? Some people said that it should have been done in the ER before she came to our floor. What concerned me the most was her potassium and sodium. I think it...

  19. Med compatibility

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Medications

    Haha if they ask me for that they are getting the exact opposite. That's ridiculous. Here lately I feel as if I went to school to give dilaudid and sprites out

  20. Med compatibility

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in Patient Medications

    Oops auto correct screwed the title up....yes I talked to pharmacy and they didn't have a clear answer. Just that it was unknown so I guess that's a no. I always clamp and flush just in case if I...

  21. How long before being charge nurse?

    Birdy2 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all. I'm wondering how long nurses usually work before they're considered ready to be charge nurse. The reason I ask is because I have been a nurse for approximately 4 months and I was put in...

  22. How long before being charge nurse?

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    I will be glad to be charge and do want to one day learn how to do all that comes with that title, but right now I'm just learning how to take care of my patients. I don't think it would be safe for...

  23. How long before being charge nurse?

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    Well I was gonna have 6 patients to take care of too and there's just no way I would have been able to answer all of the calls or give the right answers. I don't think it's right that a very...

  24. How long before being charge nurse?

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    Thank

  25. How long before being charge nurse?

    Birdy2 replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    Farawyn...thanks for agreeing! That was my exact thought when they said I was in charge. What if someone codes, which by the way is pretty much a few times per week on my unit. We are supposed to be...