What I learned this week (7/4/15)....

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Specializes in critical care.

I can't wait to see what our ED nurses might contribute to this thread tomorrow morning.

This week, I learned.....

1. I understand anorexia comes hand in hand with laxative abuse, but I'm pretty sure my non-anorexic self may consider an abuse of laxatives habit after the number of little old ladies I keep getting with bowel obstructions. For reals, y'all.... This never ends well.

2. A rat will dissolve in Mt. Dew in 30 days.

3. I have officially created a "do not touch me" list with two MDs names firmly on it. I have made my wishes known to my coworkers.

4. Every now and then, one of our hospitalists will comment to how great our nurses are - how they're supportive of the MDs, attentive, alert, etc. I always figured they just say that so we don't turn on them. lol We had a MD leave last week, though, and he expressed this same thought. The supportiveness of the nurses is the exact reason I came to work at this hospital, so its very awesome to hear that my instincts were good from people who have experienced nurses at other facilities.

5. People with insecurities will project them on to people they feel jealousy toward, especially in the professional environment.

6. I need to meet ZDogg.

7. Lorazepam is a hell of a drug.

8. To all the MDs out there, if nurses are telling you something big is being missed with a patient, PLEASE listen. We don't want to bug you over and over just as much as you don't want us to bug you over and over.

9. Never underestimate the power of counter transferrence. I saw an MD cry this week as he informed a patient she may likely have cancer.

10. Regarding the patient, cervical cancer looks very icky "face to face".

11. Also regarding that patient, it is so weird what people will lie about. Its better to admit you haven't seen a GYN in years than to pretend you were just there. By the size of that black icky spot, you haven't been in awhile.

And for my PSA, ladies get your paps and pelvics whether you've bumped uglies since the 90s or not.

Be safe on this holiday, loves!

What have you learned this week?

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I can't wait to see what our ED nurses might contribute to this thread tomorrow morning.

This week, I learned.....

1. I understand anorexia comes hand in hand with laxative abuse, but I'm pretty sure my non-anorexic self may consider an abuse of laxatives habit after the number of little old ladies I keep getting with bowel obstructions. For reals, y'all.... This never ends well.

2. A rat will dissolve in Mt. Dew in 30 days.

3. I have officially created a "do not touch me" list with two MDs names firmly on it. I have made my wishes known to my coworkers.

4. Every now and then, one of our hospitalists will comment to how great our nurses are - how they're supportive of the MDs, attentive, alert, etc. I always figured they just say that so we don't turn on them. lol We had a MD leave last week, though, and he expressed this same thought. The supportiveness of the nurses is the exact reason I came to work at this hospital, so its very awesome to hear that my instincts were good from people who have experienced nurses at other facilities.

5. People with insecurities will project them on to people they feel jealousy toward, especially in the professional environment.

6. I need to meet ZDogg.

7. Lorazepam is a hell of a drug.

8. To all the MDs out there, if nurses are telling you something big is being missed with a patient, PLEASE listen. We don't want to bug you over and over just as much as you don't want us to bug you over and over.

9. Never underestimate the power of counter transferrence. I saw an MD cry this week as he informed a patient she may likely have cancer.

10. Regarding the patient, cervical cancer looks very icky "face to face".

11. Also regarding that patient, it is so weird what people will lie about. Its better to admit you haven't seen a GYN in years than to pretend you were just there. By the size of that black icky spot, you haven't been in awhile.

And for my PSA, ladies get your paps and pelvics whether you've bumped uglies since the 90s or not.

Be safe on this holiday, loves!

What have you learned this week?

Lorazepam is certainly one hell of a drug. A friend of mine is going through a lot, medically, right now. He's got klinefelter's, and has been basically going through fast-track puberty with the testosterone therapy. His emotions are way out of whack and he gets almost rageful sometimes. With the klinefelter's he's also got severe osteoporosis, so when he got mad the other day and punched something, he ended up with 3 fractures in his hand.

But anyway, I tell you that to tell you this. He recently got put on lorazepam and they started him at 1mg four times a day. I saw him last night for the first time since they put him on it and oh my....he was zonked. He told me it's a PRN right now and I explained to him that with it being a PRN he doesn't need to take it 4 times a day, that PRN means as needed. We talked and he's got a better understanding of the drug and the order he got with it but holy cow. He was a zombie. I couldn't believe they didn't start him at a lower dose, especially because he's not really ever been on anything like that before.

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Ps, ixchel, I love these threads. Keep 'em coming. :)

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Specializes in critical care.
Ps, ixchel, I love these threads. Keep 'em coming. :)

To tell you the truth, I've been loving keeping a personal list of highlights each week. I don't get to chat with people in real life about this stuff, and I've been cautioned to not share much personally at work. So, I have this place. :) I'm glad others find value in it as well!

P.S. I'm sorry for your friend's battle.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

I learned that my night shift PICU coworkers are the bestest. Ever.

I learned that my four kids are the most hilariously maladjusted group of young adults I know.

And that you should dial up YouTube versions of Darth Marenghi's Darkplace for your next marathon.

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To tell you the truth, I've been living keeping a personal list of highlights each week. I don't get to chat with people in real life about this stuff, and I've been cautioned to not share much personally at work. So, I have this place. :) I'm glad others find value in it as well!

P.S. I'm sorry for your friend's battle.

Thank you. He's handling it really well, honestly.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Academics.

That helping a patient take a good **** is strangely satisfying.

That properly introducing yourself to interns, shaking their hands, and saying "Welcome to St. Elsewhere" goes a long way for interprofessional collaboration--and remembering their names/faces!

That sometimes your boss needs a pat on the back too.

That having a wife as a nurse is a good thing. Conversation follows:

Riiiing. (Hubby, while I'm at my second office job.)

"Honey, my lips are swollen. Nothing happened--I didn't bite them or hit them or anything. They are just swollen."

"You're on enalapril, right?"

"Yeah, what's that got to do with anything? I've been on it for years."

"Did you forget I'm a nurse? Are you having trouble breathing? Is anything in your mouth swollen?"

"No. What's my blood pressure medication have to do with it? You're making no sense!" (He's getting frustrated...and so am I.)

"Dude, back off. I'm trying to help. It's called angioedema. It can happen any time when someone is on an ACE inhibitor, for reasons unknown. Get off the phone with me and call your doc."

Sheepishly: "Ok. I love you."

"I know...CALL YOUR DOC!"

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.

This week I learned that I love my husband dearly but boy can he push my buttons & I revel in the two weeks he is gone. Haha!

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Specializes in ICU.

I learned just how compassion from a nurse makes things feel better.

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Specializes in ICU.

I learned again that synthetic marijuana is really bad for the noggin and combined with a full moon makes for entertainment for all the family members in the ICU......even after we closed the little cupcakes door so his outbursts wouldn't be quite so audible.

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Specializes in Hospice.

I learned that even after 20 years or so, re-reading "Love You Forever" ("I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living my baby you'll be") still has the ability to turn me into a quivering lump of green Jello. ❤️😭❤️😭

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Specializes in Gerontology.
I learned that even after 20 years or so, re-reading "Love You Forever" ("I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living my baby you'll be") still has the ability to turn me into a quivering lump of green Jello. ❤️������❤️������

That book destroys me every time!

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