RotorRunner

Hmm. If you like critical care with a little more excitement, consider flight nursing! I started in ED, did a couple years in a MICU, and now work on a flight team. You get a mix of trauma, cardiac, respiratory, neurological emergencies, etc. Lots of...

You know the doctors do not give a $@#% about the gummy bears. Like, seriously. If there is a single doctor on your unit who is upset that you took their gummy bears I will eat my weight in gummy bears right now. That is so ridiculous.

Yeah, I'm also still hung up on the fact that you guys call each other Mr and Ms. I've never worked anywhere like that. Interesting. While I certainly agree with the poster above me that people have the right to be called what they want, I think thi...

What is the question?

No. In my experience, the family is typically brought in while rescucitation is still underway at some point. However, once the code is called, and assuming it is not a case for the medical examiner, we tidy up the room and make the deceased person p...

Sounds like they'll fire you but I don't see how that's reportable to the BON. Sounds like a ludicrous and unsafe assignment. Good luck. Hope you find a less stressful job.

Don't email the director. That would make you look petty. I'd talk to the student or sit somewhere else.

I treat all my patients with kindness and respect, and if I tick off a guard for giving an inmate a warm blanket and a nicotine patch, so be it.

That's not true. I've participated in rescucitations where the patient had ROSC and ended up being discharged home without any deficits after therapeutic hypothermia.

Walking in to a room and seeing your patient unresponsive is scary for ANY nurse. It is natural to have some anxiety...it is a stressful thing. It sounds as if you have been in this situation before and rose to the occasion. You didn't freeze, you di...

I'm an ADN nurse with almost 8 years of critical care and ED experience. Never had any issues getting a job in my neck of the woods.

I think that's called sarcasm. 29 is not too old. Not at all.

Uh, no.

You've gotten good advice from others here but I will say this: 1. As a student, ALWAYS ALWAYS report abnormal vitals and changes in patient condition. 2. If you are getting a funky vital sign reading, stop messing with the machine and look at the p...

Flight nurse here. I do Versed and Fentanyl for nearly every sedation situation. Propofol is just too finicky, IMO. I never ever use it for peds. They respond well to benzos and opioids typically, and you don't get the dramatic drop in BP. P.S. This ...

That instructor was probably not even a nurse. Pay no mind. My first clinical nursing instructor told me I would never become a nurse after I turned in my first care plan. *eye roll*

Keep it! If you ever want to do critical care transport it will do you a world of good.

In triage you don't need to do a full assessment - nor do you have time. The triage nurse is only establishing severity of the patient complaint. Usually some sort of algorithm is used. https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/...

I seriously doubt that your heat pack caused the patient to go into hypovolemic shock and cardiac arrest half an hour later.

I had a similar experience in nursing school. Straight A's, knew all the content. But in clinicals I was awkward, self-conscious, etc. Nursing school is stressful. If you could handle yourself as a first responder, you can certainly make it through s...

I think you already know what job you want to take. I'll tell you, I opted for a lower paying job as a new grad because it was a specialty I wanted (ER). Do what you want. It's not all about money. You have to consider the schedule, work life balanc...

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Lol. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this.

It's always been my policy to lay my eyes on the patient first thing. I don't say that you shouldn't trust the outgoing shift report. I say, TRUST AND VERIFY. And there's nothing in a bunch of labs or H&Ps that you can't get at the bedside with ...

That would be totally inappropriate. I'd advise your coworkers against "googling" patients in the future.