After a week of deliberation on the WILTW threads, I can honestly say I'm glad for a new week! I have only worked one day this week so far, so not a very giant list to share.
This week in nursing, I have learned....
There is a very sad line between moral and legal decision-making in healthcare. When a DNR can be revoked by family only to prolong torture and a DNR not granted on an already terminal suicide attempt, we really need to find a way to make moral and legal stop being mutually exclusive.
After a month of horrible patient acuity, I'm realizing that now "normal" days actually feel a bit slow. Amazing how being pushed beyond your limits teaches you to increase those limits.
I've learned what pleurx drains are. Now I want to play with one.
It takes a lot longer to bring up a 2.3 potassium than a 1.1 mag. A lot.
I have a way about me that makes patients confess very, very strange things to me. (Apparently?)
I'm going to learn tomorrow if short hair is easier at work than long in a braid, bun or ponytail. Also, tomorrow I will get to compare my steps at work on my new Fitbit vs. the app in my phone. And..... Tomorrow is my last day in the 18-34 demographic.
I've realized that hospitals would be more mom-nurse-friendly if shifts were 9-9.
Looking at community health job postings has made me realize I have no idea how to figure out government pay scales. I understand the grade, but how does your starting step get determined?
I've included my children in the "daddy's schedule is changing, so mommy's might have to, too," conversation. It was hard to say no when my girl asked if I could "just" not work for awhile.
Crack is a hell of a drug.
Almost 1.5 years since graduation. I think I've decided I know how to nurse now. It's an amazing feeling!
How about you? What have you learned?
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I have learned that between my super heavy course load this semester, my pregnancy, my two (paying) jobs, my job as a wife, and my job as a mother to my toddler- I have about 30min to spend a week on AllNurses.. It's downright pitiful. I mean for god sakes, I haven't even been able to use the Halloween emoticons.. :Evil-Pumpkin: :Mummy: :Frankenstein: :Emoticon-Devil: :Skull: :Ghost: :Fella:.. Ahhhh... That feels better...
I cannot wait until this awful semester is over. My maternity leave should be in Jan so you will all get sick of me between Jan-Feb.. Maybe then I can catch up on the months of fun I've been missing..
My reminder for this week is that common sense REALLY is NOT all that common anymore..
Those are cute. We are uniformed and I do miss fun scrubs.
They're just for lab. For clinical we have to wear all white. The top they provide is button down. I have to wear a sleeve shirt because I am "haunted" by tattoo policies, but I was having a crap of a time finding not totally see through white pants.
I learned this week that impaired gag reflex and olfactory system prevent me from getting grossed out easily.
On same note, I found that I absolutely love wound care, as I assisted with a dressing change this week. Am now wondering if that is a field I can go into.
I learned homemade sauerkraut tastes better than canned. Canned sauerkraut tastes like fermented rubber. I now want to try want to try lutefisk, after the rave reviews it received on this thread.
No more care plans until next semester, so only unit tests and clinicals!!!!! It is extremely rewarding to hear an apical pulse after missing it for 3+ weeks on my pts AFTER getting an amplified stethoscope! I learned not to chart that said pt does not have an apical pulse!
Though I am slowest of my classmates, it is rewarding to connect with my pts and make their day a little brighter. I learned that kindness does not make grades.
I learned that I still love AN so much that I keep on coming back.
They're just for lab. For clinical we have to wear all white. The top they provide is button down. I have to wear a sleeve shirt because I am "haunted" by tattoo policies, but I was having a crap of a time finding not totally see through white pants.
All respect to our heritage, white is a ridiculous color for scrubs and I feel bad for you. On the other hand, if you're anything like me you'll never want to wear the color of your student scrubs ever again after you graduate so then you'll be better off. I can never wear hunter green again.
All respect to our heritage, white is a ridiculous color for scrubs and I feel bad for you. On the other hand, if you're anything like me you'll never want to wear the color of your student scrubs ever again after you graduate so then you'll be better off. I can never wear hunter green again.
I'm sure I'll be fine never wanting to wear white scrubs again.
The local university students wear red head to toe. It's a bit scary.
No matter how much one tells herself that sashimi is just like pickled herring minus the pickle...it's not. (I wish I liked it. I don't. I can't do cold, slippery aquatic muscle. Although I have to admit, nothing from the sea can ever match the revolting nastiness that is Lutefisk.)
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I bought frog scrubs today.