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  1. My role in student nurse clinicals

    CCRN2BE replied to serenity now's topic in General Nursing

    I can completely relate...... I don't know when this shift to the following happened, but I know I, nor my fellow coworkers, appreciate it. Dump your student on my floor and tell them they're...

  2. A Change of Heart

    CCRN2BE replied to nursemike's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing the story of your beautiful, though difficult journey. Having worked with LVAD/heart transplant patients, there is no greater part of my job than when we get an update that our...

  3. Gastric Tube tricks no clogging

    CCRN2BE replied to kgreentelern's topic in General Nursing

    OP, do you know the rational for the applesauce, as in how it works? Just curious. I'm all for (safe) tricks to stay

  4. Gastric Tube tricks no clogging

    CCRN2BE replied to kgreentelern's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the pp, I think the thicker the concoction the more likely to clog. A trick we sometimes use if a corpak is sluggish or clogged is to attempt to irrigate with a small amount of a...

  5. To the nurse who was belittling and condescending to me today

    CCRN2BE replied to Wherearethelandmarks's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. At the end of the day, does what this random person think of you really matter in the grand scheme of your life? Rude people are

  6. Is it me or are these facilities really bad?

    CCRN2BE replied to nursebey's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    No, it is not like that everywhere. You need to run the other way and refuse to get involved in that

  7. Patient is a sex offender with a tracker on his ankle

    CCRN2BE replied to Alex_RN's topic in General Nursing

    This. It is important to pass it on in report for the simple fact that it is present and the area around it needs to be assessed for developing

  8. Nursing student with a criminal history

    CCRN2BE replied to Klowman8691's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I would guess that two factors will work in your favor, one being the time that has elapsed and the fact that you are no longer a teenager (as you mentioned). The other is that you were not arrested...

  9. Not loving nursing....yet.

    CCRN2BE replied to MrsJt's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just wanted to say I can totally relate to the patient assignment thing. There were so many times at my previous job (ICU) where a nurse would have 2 incredibly sick and very busy patients, while...

  10. IVDU pt kept asking for pain meds. Managment kept saying to just give it to her.

    CCRN2BE replied to ella2990's topic in General Nursing

    Well, obviously. My comment was an agreement to another poster and in reference to the patient in this

  11. Primary Care or Acute Care?

    CCRN2BE replied to future-peds-np's topic in General Nursing

    Based on your end goal, I would think primary care experience would be more aligned, although beekee makes an excellent point also. Can you be involved in both along the way somehow as they would...

  12. Need some advice please

    CCRN2BE replied to IamcertifiedRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you know that you counted and charted the patient's respirations accurately then let the others say and think what they may. Doesn't really matter at the end of the day. In this profession, you...

  13. IVDU pt kept asking for pain meds. Managment kept saying to just give it to her.

    CCRN2BE replied to ella2990's topic in General Nursing

    At the end of the day, you learned something from this experience and from the explanations provided by those here (that you unfortunately don't have readily available while at work). I see it as a...

  14. Gross Things Patients Do

    CCRN2BE replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in General Nursing

    Omg, I don't think your horror story pales in comparison at ALL! I truly do not think I could have sat there and dug feces out of her fingernails!!! You're a saint, lol!

  15. IVDU pt kept asking for pain meds. Managment kept saying to just give it to her.

    CCRN2BE replied to ella2990's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I was thinking

  16. IVDU pt kept asking for pain meds. Managment kept saying to just give it to her.

    CCRN2BE replied to ella2990's topic in General Nursing

    I must agree with the many good points of the pp's, especially seeking an order for continuous pulse oximetry. You would be amazed, truly amazed, at the amounts and dosages that opioid dependent...

  17. Gross Things Patients Do

    CCRN2BE replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in General Nursing

    It always grosses me out when patients choose to keep their urinal on top of the bedside table right next to their food and drinks. Convenient, yes. Sanitary,

  18. Gross Things Patients Do

    CCRN2BE replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in General Nursing

    Wow.....stomach turning for

  19. Zosyn Frenzy

    CCRN2BE replied to TheNGTKingRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I don't know, but I sure hate mixing it. Takes

  20. BIS Monitoring in ICU

    CCRN2BE replied to ECMO's topic in General Nursing

    We also only use BIS with patients on paralytics. I've never seen it used on a patient who is under the effects of sedation

  21. Question about who is responsible for an incident report

    CCRN2BE replied to horrorxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Yes they are wrong. I surely wouldn't document the details surrounding a fall without having been present. To document about an incident that one didn't even witness, wasn't present for, however you...

  22. Become a Nurse without Nursing School

    CCRN2BE replied to Longa's topic in General Nursing

    The question posed by the OP in this thread is quite insulting to nurses, in my opinion. I can just imagine handing my patient a cup of pills and when they ask what they're for, saying, "Hmmm, I...

  23. akinetic mutism - communication?

    CCRN2BE replied to Pfiesty's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    We had these boards in our ICU at my former job that didn't require the patient to write, but allowed them to point at photos with descriptions to relate what they need/feel/want, etc. They are...

  24. NPO with NG tube, no IV fluids?

    CCRN2BE replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    The OP mentioned that the NG was on suction, meaning that he was not receiving nutrition via that

  25. When patient sitters get pushy or meddlesome

    CCRN2BE replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Ironically, the one time I've been physically assaulted by a patient (A/O, just a jerk), was when they had a "sitter" at the bedside. A useless sitter, I might add. The patient knee'd (not sure how...