GregRN

Hi Everyone, I am graduating in December with a BSN, currently living in Denver, CO. I am doing my senior practicum in the SICU at a local hospital. I visited Boston in May and fell in love with the area and have pursued some positions there. Tod...

I'm a new RN/BSN having just graduated in December '05. This is a second career for me and I'm now looking ahead to CRNA schools and the various requirements of each. Of course, any ICU experience will satisfy the experience requirement. However, in ...

I figure I should graduate with about 70K in loans for CRNA school. YMMV depending on lifestyle, family size, frugality, etc.

Tired, I have to tell you that I really appreciate your posting on this site. You offer a "bigger picture" perspective not always seen when in the trenches and you have a way of reaching your audience with your information in a way that isn't always...

From my own observations I have seen a number of unwritten rules when it comes to nursing practice. Policies and procedures are fine but often times these unwritten rules are more powerful. Here are some I have noticed: 1. Your nose will not itch o...

As a group I don't notice one service to be particularly more pompous than another. There are good and bad eggs within each. I do, however, notice a significant difference between private and teaching hospitals. A disproportionate amount of "tude"...

I linked to this thread from the front page of allnurses.com and didn't realize it was the Geriatric section. Not to spoil the mood but when I read the thread title: "Sad Residents, what would you say" I kept thinking it was about Medical Residents....

The point is the same though. Even if educated that Tylenol will hurt, then the person will take enough to hurt. Tylenol is safe. Trying to kill or hurt yourself is what isn't safe. That's where the focus should be. I'll advocate the spending of...

I hate to play the role of Captain Obvious but it's not Tylenol that's unsafe in this story, it's suicide that's unsafe. She didn't mistakenly take half a bottle of Tylenol because she thought it was safe and would be an effective way to treat her w...

Are you sure?? Source? A blue bracelet, code for DNR, is protected information under HIPAA (not HIPPA...pet peeve) but putting DNR on that same bracelet is protected information? You might want to research that one...

Not to be rude but...so what? What's wrong with patients making their wishes known to the entire world? I would think that's what the patient wants, that if they were to code in such a manner that required intubation or "heroic measures," they woul...

Your hospital almost certainly has an ethics committee. They can help apply ethical perspectives to sorting through issues like a different doctor, second opinions, transferring to another hospital to provide care, etc. If your husband is worried a...

The worst gift I ever received was the one never given. It was my birthday, and while I have never made a big deal of it I always appreciate when people say, "Happy Birthday." Where I work there were a number of people celebrating birthdays this pa...

I've seen some very passionate people, for whom nursing is their calling, do some very mind-numbingly, stupid things and compromise safety with patients. At the same time I've seen some money-grubbing bastards provide care in such a way that their p...

Agreed. The way I've gotten around this is to bring it to the attention of the patient. Should a patient not meet the computerized form's assessment of a social work consult, for example, but I feel they need one, the conversation might go like thi...

Well, I guess if an earle can be a leslie, then an Emmanuel can be an Emmanuella.

Please don't wish that on me...

EG, for some reason, this is exactly how I pictured what you look like in real life.

You'll have to add an extra column to your flow sheet:Facial Hair: □ Absent □ 40 Grit □ Willy Nilly

?????

What if you left the question open: "Ms. Hirsute, what can I get you to help with your morning grooming?" This avoids being obtrusive and allows you to meet the patient where they are.

This entire thread reminds me of the words that have provided me so much energy-saving over the years: "It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into." -Jonathan Swift

Finally...something intelligent and wise said on this thread.

I would question both of these heavily. A "W" or "I" showing up on your transcripts has to do with the rules set forth by the administration of the college, not the professors. Colleges/universities spell this out very specifically and one can find...

there is no reason to think a person can't be successful going straight from school to the icu. i did it in a high-acuity micu, then transferred to a high-acuity sicu 9 months later. med/surg nursing if far, far different than icu nursing: the focu...