Tell us what a *stellar* nurse you are!

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Specializes in ABMT.

Okay, time for us to boost our morales a little. What did you do this week that you feel good about? Come on, even the little things like "I found the cafeteria without asking anybody" count.

Here are mine:

-I administered meds via peg tube, IV, and SQ to an aphasic pt whose wife was present (she is a seasoned nurse). A family friend was also present who is a nursing instructor, and I smiled and did not spontaneously combust from the pressure.

-I sucessfully used non-pharm methods to help control a pt's pain until the percocet kicked in, and she told me "What you did worked. I couldn't think about anything but the pain and you helped me get my mind off it."

Your turn. Toot yer horn! :w00t:

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well, this week i have been on vacation and let me tell...it has done wonders to boost my morale! ha!

:balloons: jaime

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Specializes in Rodeo Nursing (Neuro).

Not a bad idea.

I did my first straight cath, hung three units of blood without killing myself or anyone else, and helped a 400lb man reposition himself more confortably in bed.

I am starting to wonder if the same depraved fiends who thought up careplanning for nursing students also dreamed up charting for nurses. Aaa-a-a-a-a-rgh!

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Today i came across a 40ish woman who was c/o chest pain shortness of breath and diaphoretic, tacyhcardic. I am the stupidest person in the world. I knew the local rescue unit was on a run. Decided to take care of matters myself . I knew every right move but when it came to me. I blew IT I could have put somone else at risk.

So I took my self. Nobody hurt just a whole lot of stupid!!!!!!!!!!:uhoh3: :uhoh3: :uhoh3: :uhoh3:

If you are ever hurt call an active EMS unit. Even if you have to wait.

Stellar nurses we all are but remember we are run by our fears.

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Specializes in ABMT.
I am the stupidest person in the world.

Stellar nurses we all are

Easy on yourself, now. You are not the stupidest person in the world; you are a *stellar* nurse. Yes you are. *Stellar*.

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Thank you I needed it. :) I was still ignorant to drive myself. Thank G_d no MI. Just a severe reaction to steriods injected into my spine last week. On a lot of meds to regulate heart rate and very tired. Scary part is I have to have another caudal/epidural next week.

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Specializes in Rodeo Nursing (Neuro).
Thank you I needed it. :) I was still ignorant to drive myself. Thank G_d no MI. Just a severe reaction to steriods injected into my spine last week. On a lot of meds to regulate heart rate and very tired. Scary part is I have to have another caudal/epidural next week.

Are you saying you were the patient, and rescued yourself?

If so, well yes, it probably would have been safer riding with someone who had a defibrillator and wasn't likely to lose consciousness,but: I have a cousin with 30 years nursing experience who was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy 3 days after she became symptomatic (unilateral facial droop, slurred speech). Thank God it wasn't a stroke, and it soon resolved, but it appears to me that you are simply following a time-honored but dumb tradition of great nurses making lousy patients.

BTW, I have a minor ear infection. Nothing real major, but sometimes it hurts a little. I've been treating it with home remedies and aspirin or advil when there's pain. I would go get some antibiotics, but I need to lose ten pounds before I see my doctor again...anyway, it's just minor.

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Are you saying you were the patient, and rescued yourself?

If so, well yes, it probably would have been safer riding with someone who had a defibrillator and wasn't likely to lose consciousness,but: I have a cousin with 30 years nursing experience who was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy 3 days after she became symptomatic (unilateral facial droop, slurred speech). Thank God it wasn't a stroke, and it soon resolved, but it appears to me that you are simply following a time-honored but dumb tradition of great nurses making lousy patients.

BTW, I have a minor ear infection. Nothing real major, but sometimes it hurts a little. I've been treating it with home remedies and aspirin or advil when there's pain. I would go get some antibiotics, but I need to lose ten pounds before I see my doctor again...anyway, it's just minor.

Yes. I was my own pt. Eptomie of stupid because I had just finished teaching an ACLS class(yes,teaching not taking.) The old saying that Dr. Nurses and Medics make the worst pts is true. I rationalized that I was only haveing palpatations every third beat and my pulse was around 120s. Hopefully I have learned a lesson. When I came home last night my husband asked me why I id not pop some nitro and start a line. So at least he is a little crazier then I am.

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Specializes in Med/Surge.

Best thing that has happened so far this week was that I haven't had to wrestle w/ the antiquated pumps that we have and look like an idiot in front of the patients!! Also, have had a pt the past 2 days that loves baseball (like me) and was expecting the All Star game to be on Monday night, unfortunately it wasn't on until last night, but, b/f I left work, I got his tv set up to the channel, had him comfy in bed, and when I left he thanked me for taking the time to make sure that he enjoyed his evening. That's why I got into nursing............... :)

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Specializes in Utilization Management.

Received a patient who was in for pneumonia from the ER with no O2 order. As soon's we hooked him up to the monitor, he began showing NSR with lots of PVCs. A quick check of the vitals showed he was satting at 85%. I slapped some O2 on him and got him a Neb treatment.

By the end of the shift, the PVCs were gone and he was just NSR. Amazing what a little oxygen to the heart can do, isn't it? :)

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Specializes in Rodeo Nursing (Neuro).
Yes. I was my own pt. Eptomie of stupid because I had just finished teaching an ACLS class(yes,teaching not taking.) The old saying that Dr. Nurses and Medics make the worst pts is true. I rationalized that I was only haveing palpatations every third beat and my pulse was around 120s. Hopefully I have learned a lesson. When I came home last night my husband asked me why I id not pop some nitro and start a line. So at least he is a little crazier then I am.

I was at work awhile back, before graduation, going through my second round of (self-diagnosed) acute bronchitis of the semester. I was a little diaphoretic, but I had been doing a lot of transports. One of the nurses remarked that I was pale, so I borrowed a pulse ox to check myself out.

I don't know why I felt so crappy. My pulse was 92, but my sats were 114!

Uh, maybe we need another thread for what bad pts we are.

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I probably saved a patient's life by taking the steps necessary to getting them transferred to the unit when they should have been transferred several hours before, probably even on admit. The patient's condition was completely ignored on the previous shift. I felt pretty good about myself and I felt more confident in my ability to care for my patients as a new grad.

This is a good thread. It's hard to brag about yourself as a new nurse because many will assume that you think you know everything. Although we need to brag about ourselves in order to build our confidence!

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