emmjayy BSN, RN

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    Transition out of critical care?

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in Critical Care

    Thanks for sharing this! I did not really consider PACU because at my hospital, the general consensus is that you should have at least 3-5 years of ICU experience before trying to go to PACU. I will...
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    Transition out of critical care?

    emmjayy posted a topic in Critical Care

    Hi, all - I posted about feeling really burned out on critical care back in February or so in the MICU/SICU subforum. Things improved for a bit with switching to straight nights rather than going...
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    Women's Right to Choose

    emmjayy replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    As someone who had a baby as a teenager, after being raped by the "father", my position on the issue is that a baby's God-given right to be alive does not trump my (or anyone else's)...
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    Women's Right to Choose

    emmjayy replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    I consider myself to be pro-choice. I support a woman's right to choose abstinence, birth control, motherhood, or adoption. This new law does nothing to curtail these choices, therefore I don't really...
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    Home Genetic Testing - Should You?

    emmjayy replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely not. I remember that Facebook started out as good old fun and now it's just a data mining operation that sells your personal information to the highest bidder. I don't fancy having my...
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    Open visitation in the ICU

    emmjayy replied to Mini2544's topic in Critical Care

    My ICU has open hours and I hate it. I have had several situations where I've had to put my foot down and tell the family to leave because the patient was suffering due to the constant stimulation....
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    New Nurse..Lost a pt. I didn't know ID hurt so deeply

    emmjayy replied to BSN_Studnt's topic in General Nursing

    I recently lost a patient who was young but going to die due to metastatic cancer and many complications. Her blood pressure was very low (on multiple pressors) but her heart rate was SUPER high...
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    Nurse Accused of Taking Naked Photos of Nursing Home Patients

    emmjayy replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    How absolutely awful. There are times when I feel burned out and dislike my job and feel jaded over the horrid things and behaviors I see, but I always keep in mind that my patients are PEOPLE who...
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    How many care plans do you do?

    emmjayy replied to Rionoir's topic in General Students

    We did a care plan every single week in my program up until the last month of nursing school. Typically, you had to type up a bunch of stuff that was due before day 1 of clinical and then after you...
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    Burned out

    emmjayy posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I've been a nurse for 9 months. Started off in a MICU. I just feel so burned out. I've been off orientation for a little over 3 months. I feel stupid 99% of the time. I just had two bad weeks in a...
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    Burned out

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in MICU, SICU

    WOW, I can't believe you are already off of orientation! That seems like a very short time to be trained and they already want you taking IABP patients??? I had a 20 week orientation into the...
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    Alarm Management Practice Alert

    emmjayy replied to traumaRUs's topic in Critical Care

    I individualize my alarms as a point of habit. Like, I hate when I walk into a COPD patient's room and see the O2 alarm set to go off at 89%... WHY? Or, if my patient lives at a heart rate of 50-70...
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    I hate fake call outs.

    emmjayy replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Re the bold: I am a new nurse and my schedule gets all jacked up. My requests are almost never honored. I attempt to create a balance with my schedule and wish I could balance my schedule so my...
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    RN to BSN online...I am in a panic! Help me decide!

    emmjayy replied to ILoveHorsesRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I work 40 hours per week (night shift), have a kiddo in dance and sports, have a very small puppy that requires near-constant attention, and I still am doing my BSN online right now. It's whatever....
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    Cry me a river...?

    emmjayy replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've cried at work once because I was exhausted (no sleep), overwhelmed from my home life, feeling burned out, had an extremely confused patient who did not speak English and just would not stop...
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    How many people made it to the end of the program?

    emmjayy replied to Snatchedwig's topic in General Students

    97 started in the original class, 65 graduated, not counting people who joined in later
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    Burned out

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in MICU, SICU

    I do try to get 8 hours of sleep no matter what shift I work, but it's tough committing to that when I'm on night shift because then I feel like all I do is work and sleep and then I hate my life. I...
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    Burned out

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thank you for this response. I destress immediately after work by talking to my significant other and going to sleep. I work out, try to hang out with friends, do some self-care steps like planning...
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    Burned out

    emmjayy replied to emmjayy's topic in MICU, SICU

    It's funny that you commented on this today... I am actually now in the process of looking for other jobs due to witnessing a major ethics violation at my current job. I would like to report the...
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    emmjayy replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty much only in nursing for the money. Nursing was the quickest, cheapest, and easiest route to a comfortable salary, good benefits, and the ability to self-schedule/make my work schedule work...
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    Preceptor Needed for RN to BSN Arizona

    emmjayy replied to JaneDoll's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Are you sure you need someone in the community health field? I just finished getting a preceptor for my GCU capstone course, NRS-490, and there is no need for community health hours. The community...
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    CHG Preoperative Bathing

    emmjayy replied to ama11a's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Same as other posters. Preferably 2 CHG baths prior to surgery, 1 is acceptable if circumstances don't allow for 2. CHG only for all bathing while in the hospital (this goes for all patients, not just...
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    Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    emmjayy replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    I like to tack an extra overtime shift or two in every month because I'm saving up for a house - but I like to tack that on up front at the beginning of the month by perusing the holes in the schedule...
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    Does your school's coursework include anything on educating the students about the increased risk of substance abuse for nurses?

    emmjayy replied to RecoveryNurse2015's topic in General Students

    Yep, I had a whole two hour class devoted to it. I learned that high-achieving, type-A personalities that put pressure on themselves and work in critical care are most likely to divert/abuse...
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    Sick and whiny (long rant, but I'll summarize)

    emmjayy replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I call off sick if I have vomiting/diarrhea or feel flu-like symptoms and have a fever. I also call off if I am mentally unable to do it. I experienced extreme feelings of burnout a couple of weeks...