What is your "favorite" procedure?

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Wound and Ostomy care

CampyCamp, RN

259 Posts

14 hours ago, JerseyTomatoMDCrab said:

Favorites when I worked with adults: foley insertions, mouth care on REALLY crusty long term trach patients who clearly hadn’t had good mouth care in a while, smooth IV insertions, accessing ports.

Least favorites with adults: trach care, wound dressing changes, IVs that would flash but not advance.

Favorites in the NICU: intubations, changing the whole face of a super spitty CPAP kid, suctioning a gigantic goober from an ETT.

Least favorite in NICU: PKUs, any blood where the heel won’t bleed, inserting NGTs on big cranky kids who hate it and fight you.

I hate PKUs. That's another thing where I used to be efficient but now I make a mess. I'm happy if I don't get any blood on the front/outside of the card or the baby's nose, LOL.

GE90

88 Posts

administering urokinase into chest drain or putting catheters in

Specializes in NICU.

Going home.

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nursel56

7,078 Posts

Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.

I don't really like suctioning generally but when I can get a particularly nasty plug out of there the relief on the patient's face is pretty cool.

I worked in clinics quite a bit and I really loved to do allergy testing. The grids, the tray of tiny bottles, how sometimes on the intradermals you could literally see the response as it happened...

EDNURSE20, BSN

451 Posts

Specializes in ED, med-surg, peri op.

I was a surgical nurse for years, and now I’ve moved to the ER I’ve realised how much I loved wound care. What I would give to remove a wound drain.... so satisfying. On the bright side I can finally say I’ve mastered cannulation, was always my weakest skill.

On 5/16/2020 at 11:49 AM, Nurse Trini said:

I have to say a lot of the D/C's are very satisfying. Removing a foley almost always is greeted with the appreciation of the patient. But even pulling IVs and the like when the patient is going home is satisfying.

I completely agree with that. Despite all the paperwork I have to do, it is so satisfying to D/C an IV , get the paperwork ready and educate the pt on what to do next. Everyone (almost) is so happy to go home, it is extremely satisfying.

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On 6/4/2020 at 6:57 AM, nursel56 said:

I don't really like suctioning generally but when I can get a particularly nasty plug out of there the relief on the patient's face is pretty cool.

I worked in clinics quite a bit and I really loved to do allergy testing. The grids, the tray of tiny bottles, how sometimes on the intradermals you could literally see the response as it happened...

Ohh no! Even the thought of urticaria or any pattern like skin bumps make me almost pass out. I think this is my weakest point in nursing, patterned skin inflammations! I really can't explain why, maybe because I had contact dermititis a few times and even a mosquito bite give a super big welt, I am not OK seeing these things!

gonzo1, ASN, RN

1,739 Posts

Specializes in ED, ICU, PSYCH, PP, CEN.

cardioversion

conscious sedation to reduce fractures or dislocations

Specializes in ER, Tele/Medsurg, Ambulatory PACU.

Absolute favorite tasks: IV insertion/phlebotomy, Accessing Ports, PICC dressing changes (especially when they’re super dirty or bloody), and Assisting in Intubation.

Least favorite: inserting NGT (I feel like it’s so much harder than OGT esp. if pt is awake), Trach Care, wound care, doing Orthostatics LOL, and Surprisingly even as an ER nurse I don’t get super thrilled with codes. I’ll do the timingg/documenting, give the meds, but I usually am the last to offer To do compressions.

Favorite thing I WISH I was great at: US IVs LOL I’ve done quite a few but still get nervous when I do them because I’m afraid I’ll mess up.

kdkout, BSN, RN

163 Posts

Drawing blood on a baby in the NICU after you've given sweetease and making it happen the first (or 2nd) time with the baby barely noticing, much less crying......but never in front of the parents. Cuz, scalp veins, yay!

Scalps can have great veins, + you can hide evidence of the poke (hair).... but if the parent sees you, they freak out.

Cashing the paycheck. Sorry, I couldn't resist. ?

I absolutely love scrubbing in the OR.

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