TraumaKittyRN

TraumaKittyRN has 5 years experience and specializes in Trauma ICU.

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1. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

   TraumaKittyRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

   Do nurses make big money? No. That's not to say that I don't feel that I take home a pretty decent paycheck. That being said I am married with a spouse who makes a little more than I do and no kids so we are pretty darned comfortable. If you are like...

2. I Left Work Sick- Can I be Charged With Patient Abandonment?

   TraumaKittyRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   With staffing being such an issue I would rather call in, even if it was late then go to work and hope they could find a nurse to cover my patients so I could leave. The reality of the matter is that we are often so short staffed that there is no way...

3. Being blamed for fall after shift

   TraumaKittyRN replied to notyetnurse's topic in General Nursing

   So here are my thoughts. Technically once the night nurse has accepted report and is the room with the patient that patient is now her responsibility. Second your facility is responsible for providing you with the necessary equipment to keep your pat...

4. Being a pre-med is so overated

   TraumaKittyRN replied to Ambreree's topic in General Nursing

   Oh you bet I did and stood over his shoulder to make sure he did it right. I was nice after and told him what a great job he did, I think it dawned on him then what kind of work we do.

5. Being a pre-med is so overated

   TraumaKittyRN replied to Ambreree's topic in General Nursing

   The problem is that this attitude doesn't stop when they get into medical school. We get med students at my hospital and they can be seriously obnoxious. They expect us nurses to give them a full report at 6am when we are trying to get our last tasks...

6. The Nightingale Pledge - Still relevant today?

   TraumaKittyRN replied to Julius Seizure's topic in Professionalism

   "With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work," Yes I can see how this can be taken the wrong way, but lets face it folks we really DO aid the MD's with their work. I once had a doctor tell me "You are my eyes, my ears and my ju...

7. No pain meds in ER??

   TraumaKittyRN replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Emergency

   Having worked in an ER if you are in bad enough shape to need an opiate like morphine there is a really good chance you are going to need to be admitted. There are pretty good pain medications that will give a person relief until they get admitted. A...

8. Nursing has a high divorce rate

   TraumaKittyRN replied to Faada's topic in General Nursing

   Not really a surprise. Nursing is a demanding and high stress job. A nurse works 12 hours and is often not home to get kids to school, make dinners, clean house and laundry etc like other spouses are. Couple that with nursing being a very female domi...

9. Do Bachelor's Degrees Save Lives? - The Facts about Earning a BSN

   TraumaKittyRN replied to Rasmussen University's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with you! Also take a look who usually has conducted or funded studies that show a link with mortality and BSN educated nurses. It's always someone who stands to gain something from it like educational institutions. Shocker this article is w...

10. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    TraumaKittyRN replied to fangirl's topic in Relations

    I had a patient day he didn't want "No Ho Chi Minh sister" looking after him. Yup I'm Asian, just not Vietnamese and no he was WAY too young to be a veteran of that war.

11. What Can You Say to the Family When Your Patient Dies?

    TraumaKittyRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    There really is never anything "right" to say when someone's loved dies. What helps is simply what actions you take, sometimes it is to say something comforting, other times it is to simply slip away and let them grieve, other times it's say nothing ...

12. 'Right to Die', what's your take on it?

    TraumaKittyRN replied to Shari888, BSN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I found this amazing article and when I saw your post I thought you may enjoy it! It is written by a doctor about how she handles the withdrawl of care as carefully as a code situtation. A "Code Death" For Dying Patients I agree there should be a pla...