Harveyslake

Harveyslake

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  1. Using phones as a sitter-thoughts?

    Harveyslake replied to allinone's topic in General Nursing

    One can ignore current trends or embrace them. As nurse, I actually had my manager text me at work at ask me to do a double shift. I replied that as per hospital policy I could not respond to her text...

  2. Patients Say the Darnedest Things

    Harveyslake replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Had a 20 something female overdose patient on the mend in the ICU. Patient said she would marry me,.....her mother was at the bedside and immediately stated she would pay for THAT wedding! I was 50 at...

  3. I don't want to be a nurse

    Harveyslake replied to StudentA--'s topic in General Nursing

    I went through an accelerated BSN program. I had a previous degree in a hard science. I also hated every nanosecond of the nursing program. It was vapid. The instructors were one page ahead of the...

  4. Where to place an AER in the Endoscopy suite

    Harveyslake replied to The netfefe's topic in General Nursing

    Since the scope goes in "dirty" and comes out "clean", it really doesn't matter. Place it on the "cleaner" end of the processing

  5. TPN line change policy

    Harveyslake replied to carynhennelly's topic in General Nursing

    We change out tubing every 24 hrs. It's interesting to note, however, that the central line the TPN flows through may not get changed for weeks. Kind of makes how often you change the tubing a moot...

  6. Rate Your Pain

    Harveyslake replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, the 10/10 pain scale is meaningless. I was in the ER as a patient once with abdominal pain. I was asked the standard questions about pain. I honestly stated it was a 10/10 because it was the...

  7. NP's answering to Nursing Management?

    Harveyslake replied to ohiosam2's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    NP or PA, both are considered Physician Extenders. Most nurse managers I've known where incompetent to manage the nursing staff. The level of incompetence would only rise if allowed to manage...

  8. Topics relating to nursing and culture?

    Harveyslake replied to tranm95's topic in General Students

    Try: Cultural Aspects of Pain Management. Instructors will love

  9. Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    Harveyslake replied to francoml's topic in MICU, SICU

    Well,....lets see. Recently, an RRT was called on the Tele floor. I dropped what I was doing, ran up 3 flights of stairs and was told the patient was in Vtach. Looked at the patient,....seems fine....

  10. Micro Frustrations

    Harveyslake replied to YassQueen's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It has been said that the only way you truly understand a topic is when you have to teach it. Try preparing for exams by pretending you have to actually teach the material to others. If you can...

  11. Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    Harveyslake replied to francoml's topic in MICU, SICU

    Well,.....The fact remains that,....no matter WHERE in the hospital a patient goes bad,.......They end up in the ICU. There is a reason for that. I was having a conversation with a bunch of Residents,...

  12. Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    Harveyslake replied to francoml's topic in MICU, SICU

    Well,...sorry to say,....despite your inferiority complex,....ICU nurses are better. More skills, more experience, more ability. Please let the whining stop and give me evidence to the

  13. Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    Harveyslake replied to francoml's topic in MICU, SICU

    If you want nursing to be treated well,...you need to accept that better training should result in better pay. As it stands now,...a nurse is a nurse is a nurse. Just quit that

  14. Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    Harveyslake replied to francoml's topic in MICU, SICU

    Sigh,.......

  15. Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    Harveyslake replied to francoml's topic in MICU, SICU

    So,....if every new graduate is told to get a good foundation on a Med/Surg floor, does that not indicate that Med/Surg nursing is where neophytes belong? It is the entry level position for nursing....

  16. I am a new nurse trying to figure out how to get a doctor to stop bullying me at work.

    Harveyslake replied to Mississippideer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In my, going on 20 years, of critical care nursing, I've only been yelled at once by a physician. I'm a guy and I'm lucky, I guess. I had a patient that was made comfort care. I started a morphine...

  17. Clean stick needle change

    Harveyslake replied to Emergencyhotdog's topic in General Nursing

    Really???...........This is actually being debated???........YOU THROW BOTH THE NEEDLE AND SYRINGE IN THE SHARPS BOX!!! When in doubt, throw it

  18. New Grad trying to deal with stress

    Harveyslake replied to Newgrad665's topic in General Nursing

    For what it is worth, what you are experiencing is normal for a new Grad in an ICU. Will take AT LEAST a year to get better. Best advice is to find co workers on your shift who are approachable and...

  19. The "How was your day" question

    Harveyslake replied to dma13's topic in General Nursing

    When asked by my female coworkers to perform some task that they simply care not to do, and I refuse,...I have been met with "but my husband would do it for me!".........Sweety,...I am NOT your...

  20. Is it bad that I can't work holidays?

    Harveyslake replied to alieu4's topic in General Students

    We don't have 12 hour shifts. The full time people generally work 5 days a week. It has been the policy that even if you have, say, Thanksgiving Day off, you still are scheduled to work 5 days that...

  21. The "How was your day" question

    Harveyslake replied to dma13's topic in General Nursing

    I have only one, stock answer to that query,.......LONG. That about sums it up no matter the

  22. Is it bad that I can't work holidays?

    Harveyslake replied to alieu4's topic in General Students

    So,......in the hospital's I've worked,......nurses are NEVER allowed to take a weeks vacation from the week of Thanksgiving until after New Years. This is an utterly draconian policy! Essentially,...

  23. Pre-nursing student Disability Advice From Current nursing students and Nurses

    Harveyslake replied to Khanstoppable's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I can't say for sure how your vision loss in one eye will affect you but I can say that I worked with a student, who becam an RN with a below the elbow amputation of one arm. Didn't slow her down one...

  24. Given the boot 2 weeks before graduation

    Harveyslake replied to sealford's topic in General Students

    Just part of Nursings inferiority complex. No other Bacchelors program requires this of their graduates. Do Premed students, (In all the different majors that includes) have to pass a mock MCAT?...

  25. I'm So Over Nursing. I would rather work at Costco!!

    Harveyslake replied to rnfrombama's topic in General Nursing

    We should all bow out,...on the same day. That MIGHT get someone's attention. No bleeding heart, what about the patients, malarkey. If "They who are not us" really cared about the patients, things...