bossman

I have spent the last 2 hours doing my job and hanging drips of medications to save peoples lives. I have spent hours holding hands with patients and talking to their loved ones. I have passed the bathroom 20 times but I have not taken the chance ...

So I altered your post and I wonder how many people would be upset about this.

Do you remember a sharp object going into your finger? If no don't worry. I don't know how you wouldn't remember it.

I stick to "no". Why not? "because I said no."

So first STOP WORRYING. Truly hemolyzed at best can report a K at 1 below the level (3.7) and slightly hemolyzed is more likely 0.5. There is no reason to redraw this patient and no need to lose a single minute of sleep. Take it as a good learning...

If they are your client/patient/underling then don't sell to them.

If a patients BP is 115/91 they will die a horrible death if you repot it as 116/92 so PLEASE report what you find.

I didn't realize this was high school. Get over it your friend is a flake and is not going to invite you. Make new friends because your friend is a less intelligent individual. You can let this "less intelligent individual" run your life or you can...

Can you sum this up in bullet points? If you are scared don't do it. If you want to put the *gasp* 2 years into being a surgical tech then do it.

Also it dilates

So why are we arguing about a pulse when they have a measurable blood pressure? No pulse means no blood pressure. Still book answer is treat the fatal arrhythmia. Real world do it all at once.

Really who needs a bigger pat on the back for doing their job? Who posts more about how much they matter and makes a bigger difference? Nurses or teachers?

never seen either of them post about how hard they work. Must be that they have a Cush job unlike us nurses that work 9 12's per week.

Probably not. I really doubt US schools would accept credits from another country. It is hard to get credits accepted from US schools let alone from other countries.

Which lab reports are you struggling with? This is really a broad topic and some context would help. I am not sure that a simple book or resources would be helpful. Take even hemoglobin for example. A Hgb of 8 may be reportable if their last Hgb ...

I responded to your questions

Nursing takes a lot of work and hard work. It takes countless posts on Facebook telling people how hard you work. It takes sacrifice to not pee so that you can post on Facebook telling people you don't have time to pee. It is hard to tell everyone...

Give it some time since you are a new nurse. If you still get anxiety heading into work in 6 months then acute care is not for you and you should head to something low stress like being a clinic nurse.

I showed up to tests and took them.

Don't be embarrassed. You obviously want the position and sorry you didn't get it. Still it is obvious they weren't going to offer it to you. Dust it off and find another position. Many places want experience and sometimes it means taking an undes...

I hate my whiny coworkers. Whine, whine, whine.

An arrest for underage drinking probably won't affect you. An arrest for 1st degree murder really is a deal breaker. Does that help? Probably not. No one can really weigh in unless you let us know what you were arrested for.

I suggest a wallet that fits in your scrubs. I also suggest a wallet that fits in your jeans or your suit. Hopefully it can also fit your kakis. Which wallet would I suggest? Any wallet they fit in all of the above.

So first you had a meeting that you were unprofessional and rude. Then after the meeting you got multiple complaints that you are rude and unprofessional. Really the first complaint may be an outlier but the second shows a pattern. Here are the tw...

Yea it tracked up the needle and into the syringe and then was injected into the patients body. Sorry no it didn't. Yea if you didn't get rid of the needle and the syringe you probably should have but really it still doesn't matter. The most you a...