Nurses General Nursing
Published May 15, 2020
And what is your least favorite?
My favorites: changing IV dressings , wound care, Foley D/c (is just good to see a patient can void without that tube in), trach care ( I love when I can help someone breath better instantly)
What about you?
rehabRN16
2 Posts
working in inpt rehab...
Favorite - Sterile intermittent cathing: having fun setting up the sterile field hence playing "mini OR" =))
Least favorite: wet-to-dry dressings (soak gauze in dakin's for 15 mins..who has time for that LOL), trachs, always trachs (pre-COVID and now)
hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I
4 Articles; 5,072 Posts
I love any kind of wound care!
BlessYourHeartt
26 Posts
Favorite: Foleys, trach care, assisting with intubations, cardioversion, ABG sticks. Least favorite: IVs (just cannot get great at it), femoral arterial sheath and chest tube removals. Absolutely least favorite: doing chest compressions on an elderly patient whose background suggests very little hope of meaningful recovery. I just...#moralinjury
MikeMelt
5 Posts
Favorites: esophageal manometry, pH impedance, Bravo placements, starting IVs, and administering moderate sedation. I’m an outpatient GI nurse and love it
Dln14
97 Posts
On 5/16/2020 at 9:13 PM, blueskiesandsunshine.PRN said:Of the few I have learned so far in school, probably I.M injections. It's just very satisfying IMO, LOL. ?
Of the few I have learned so far in school, probably I.M injections. It's just very satisfying IMO, LOL. ?
Unless you hit bone ?
Serhilda, ADN, RN
290 Posts
Wound care! Give me all the worst wounds. Stage 4 pressure ulcers, maggots in dead tissue, doesn't matter to me. The more extreme, the more satisfying it is to fix people up.
coffee&scrubs, BSN, RN
15 Posts
I LOVE helping with a good thora or paracentesis! Nothing more satisfying than watching those big glass bottles fill up ? least favorite is probably tracheal suction when they're not on the vent ?
tubaman86
6 Posts
Cardioversions are electrifying ;). I also the satisfaction of a balloon or stent placement that goes from 10/10 cp to none, sts fixed and they don't die like they were trying to before.
RuralRN1967
3 Posts
Wound care-watching it improve and blood draws!
klone, MSN, RN
14,802 Posts
I'm kind of digging (no pun intended) doing Covid swabs. I always volunteer whenever we have a PUI on the unit.
barcode120x, RN, NP
729 Posts
Doing ultrasounds IV's. Setting up and cleaning up is a chore, but I just love getting them in 1 shot. If it wasn't for this covid thing, I would be doing PICCS right now!
I always dread doing NGs. I can never get them in one shot.
PsychNurse
On 5/17/2020 at 10:45 PM, Trampledunderfoot said:Removing stitches is my favorite, staples too.Ear flushing is only satisfying for me if huge chunk comes out, love that.Don't think I've found a least favorite yet. Clipping toenails can also be cool.
Removing stitches is my favorite, staples too.
Ear flushing is only satisfying for me if huge chunk comes out, love that.
Don't think I've found a least favorite yet. Clipping toenails can also be cool.
I LOVE removing staples! So satisfying.