KarenMS

KarenMS

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  1. Husband Wants to Become a Nurse Too

    KarenMS replied to GoodWifeLife's topic in General Nursing

    My FNP sister is married to an RN and I often wish my husband would go to nursing school as well. He’s a 41 year old carpenter so it’s probably not going to happen, but I know he’d be a good...

  2. Nurses secretive about getting another job

    KarenMS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, you’re kind of on the wrong side of this one. Not telling coworkers about other jobs isn’t being “secretive,” even if they have a friendly texting relationship. Just like it wouldn’t...

  3. Wastefulness in healthcare

    KarenMS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I was very frustrated when we got our new oral care kits and procedure. In an effort to be sure q4 oral care was being done on vented patients, we are to set up a new kit at midnight, date it, and...

  4. I am not good at nursing

    KarenMS replied to Lostinorlando's topic in General Nursing

    You are being insanely hard on yourself. Your story is no indication that you are unsafe as a floor nurse...you are NEW as a floor nurse. It’s literally impossible to be perfect 6 months (or any...

  5. Do You Remember...

    KarenMS replied to Feral.Cat.Herder's topic in School

    I’ve asked a few times that my daughter stop being sent to the nurse for every single tiny bump but they still send her a few times a week and I get a call and a paper sent home to

  6. 12 hr night nurses-how many recovery days?

    KarenMS replied to RatherBHiking's topic in General Nursing

    I’m part time, so I group my shifts together to 4 in a row as much as possible, then have 8-9 days off. When I get home after night 4/4, I sleep a few hours, kind of groggily get through the...

  7. Is there ever a time bedside report is inappropriate?

    KarenMS replied to NRNPH's topic in General Nursing

    I hate being pushed into a bedside report at 7:15am when the patient finally finally finally fell asleep at 5:30am. Then they wake up. How is this

  8. Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

    KarenMS replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    You must be joking. It’s entirely appropriate to be appalled at someone who claims they text and drive and that it’s really no big deal. If if you don’t actually text and drive, and it was...

  9. Write Up's and Potential Termination for Pain Reassessments

    KarenMS replied to MiralaxOnIceRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our system frustrates me most when I give acetaminophen for fever, check the “not given for pain” box on scanning it, then still am required to chart a pain level one hour later. And there is no...

  10. Trigger Warning!

    KarenMS replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    What does this have to do with free speech? You can still say the things you want to say, even if people decide they want to excuse themselves ahead of

  11. Drowsy patients

    KarenMS replied to viprn21's topic in General Specialties

    I think it's appropriate to chart what you see, in this case drowsy, and then trend the findings. The patient is consistently drowsy at 3am? Makes sense, not a

  12. New Grads in the ICU

    KarenMS replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Critical Care

    I'm a new grad in ICU (completed 12 weeks of orientation in May). I wonder about this myself. When I started, I was just one new grad. Then a lot of experienced nurses left for various reasons (CRNA...

  13. Allegation of Neglect

    KarenMS replied to jaortiz20's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    What do you mean it was impossible to

  14. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    KarenMS replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    Right? I'm not pregnant, but I did call my shift leader for help with transport the other night because the beds are really hard to steer

  15. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    KarenMS replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not even reading the comments before responding. I've been pregnant twice, my second child gestated in Zofran until delivery, and you know what? I felt disabled. I was nauseated all the time. My...

  16. Old nurse won't retire

    KarenMS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    It's not about older nurses in general. It's about older nurses who can't physically perform. That's not really hard to understand. An 86 year old took care of my daughter in NICU and she was awesome....

  17. Old nurse won't retire

    KarenMS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    wtf even is this

  18. I Desperately Want Out

    KarenMS replied to toxiktraktor's topic in Nursing Career

    Nursing hours are AWESOME for having small children!! I feel like a stay at home mom even on the weeks I work full time because I'm still home so often and get to take them to school and be present...

  19. Patients & Pet Peeves

    KarenMS replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

    What does this even mean? Also, you know a "pet peeve" doesn't have to be something serious,

  20. Can CNAs work one 12h shift a week?

    KarenMS replied to LindseyPar's topic in General Students

    I worked one 8 hour shift a week as a CNA at the hospital through school. (I also had another PRN job at another facility, but just saying it's possible to find a low commitment

  21. RN's and LPN's working as Nursing Assistants?

    KarenMS replied to blackmamba123's topic in General Nursing

    Same pay? Absolutely would work as a CNA. I don't see the liability issues. Nurses respond to patients who aren't assigned to them all the time, I imagine it would be the same as if you were "playing...

  22. Is it too early?

    KarenMS replied to OsceanSN2018's topic in General Students

    Plus, not only was it free, I actually got paid to be there so that was a

  23. Is it too early?

    KarenMS replied to OsceanSN2018's topic in General Students

    I think I got a lot more out of the ACLS class after orienting to the ICU. I could picture how things would happen and how I would fit into the team. I think everything would have been more abstract...

  24. Insulin error

    KarenMS replied to rn1924's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm always so confused about these accusations of homework. I never had any homework like this through all of nursing school through my BSN. Do other schools really send students home with these...

  25. I hate wound care terminology

    KarenMS replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I expressed my concern with using the wrong descriptive words when I rounded with the wound team during orientation. They assured me I really can't go wrong just writing what I see, in any words I see...