GaleSRN51

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1. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   GaleSRN51 replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   It was my first day of orientation in the ER. A woman was brought in for overdose. We had a doctor on duty who always wore freshly ironed scrubs. His hair was perfect, and he was a real jerk. Never wanted to get his hands dirty. Anyway, OD lady comes...

2. Help a year later and I am still obsessing about my med error

   GaleSRN51 replied to Nurse1102's topic in Emergency

   I have always carried my own malpractice insurance. It at least, gives me some peace that I will not lose everything if I am sued. You were a new nurse. You learn from the mistakes you made. The longer you dwell on it the worse it gets. Let it go. I...

3. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

   GaleSRN51 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   IV conscious sedation, such as versed is, requires 1:1 monitoring. I found it totally unfathomable how someone could mistake Verconium, with all of it’s danger labels, as Versed. Anyone who has been to nursing school knows you do not leave a sedated ...

4. What was nursing like in the year of 2000?

   GaleSRN51 replied to jezun's topic in Student Assist

   The biggest change is paperwork vs computer charting. Much harder to get medical records, etc. I think the newer Med School graduates respect us more. Even 20 years ago, a lot of MDs had the G-D complex. In 1999 I was working at Stanford. I felt res...

5. Women's Right to Choose

   GaleSRN51 replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

   I am prolife, as you call it. I am also supportive of free contraception, free “morning after pill”, childcare assistance, more liberal adoption laws. I have done abortions and will never lose the images in my head from that very brief stint. It made...

6. Just another "no friends in nursing school" rant

   GaleSRN51 replied to prettywishes's topic in General Students

   I never made friends in school, either. I never quite fit in. In reality, I didn't make that many friends at work. However, I have had an amazing career for the past 40 years. I have always been the odd duck, but I have made contributions throughout ...

7. Already been told I shouldn't be a nurse (Rant)

   GaleSRN51 replied to misskayy's topic in General Students

   Please don't let this person affect your decisions. You sound like just the kind of person we need in the Nursing profession. There will always be people in your life and in your career who will try and put you down. What this person did was bully yo...

8. Lied to in Interview

   GaleSRN51 replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

   As a manager for a dialysis company I would totally understand if you came to me and told me what had happened. Take the new job and be glad you did!

9. Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

   GaleSRN51 replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

   I was so glad to see this. One of my biggest issues with RNs is their failure to delegate those tasks that can be done by others. I was a patient for 4 months this past year, intermittently. The one thing I noticed above all else is the failure of nu...

10. I Should Be in Jail

    GaleSRN51 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Any of us who have been in nursing for any length of time share your feelings. I do want to add that along with the bad are the times when we cry with loving families, help families make end of life decisions, and see grieving families come together ...

11. Screaming match with my preceptor

    GaleSRN51 replied to jherd's topic in Relations

    First of all, I want to start by saying that your "preceptor" doesn't seem to know how to precept. I can see how you could lose your cool. BUT that does not make it right. You may very well have gotten yourself into a losing situation. I am a nurse m...

12. Habits you picked up from work...

    GaleSRN51 replied to Brian's topic in Rock

    I line everything up in order of use. I use my "manager" voice when I am perturbed about something. ( My husband tells me to stop using my manager voice with him!). I eat in minutes (left over from being a Trauma Nurse in the ER). I sign RN after my ...