1. I've decided to keep a tally of most critical labs in one admission, starting today (not including renal failure patients): hgb, glucose, potassium, chloride, PT and INR
2. Farawyn's what I learned thread was way cooler than mine are.
Adding an 80s song makes any thread way cooler.
3. Don't trust a 0600 portable chest X-ray to tell you if pulling a chest tube at 1600 is a good idea. It really sucks to tell someone they have a pneumo still.
4. If someone has q4h benzos and opiates, bring both when they ask for one because they'll just ask for the other after you've already run to the med room twice for them.
5. When someone's paracentesis site is still actively dripping rather steadily, it makes me want to squeeze that sucker and see how far I can shoot the fluid out.
6. This week, it actually was sarcoidosis.
7. I know what sarcoidosis is now.
Sarcoidosis sucks.
8. Doctors really need to stop saying, "we're going to go ahead and discharge you," without adding, "this afternoon", especially when they know full well they won't be putting in discharges anytime soon.
9. I think I've realized that the best docs we have actually enjoy my unit the best because they chart there.
Have you seen the the post 'RN challenge exam'? The OP dropped out of her RN program & became an LVN but wanted to challenge the RN NCLEX. Lol!
To avoid stirring the pot, I'll avoid posting on that thread. But is anyone else wondering if she's the one who is suing her Director of Nursing? That's what it sounded like to me.
Have you seen the the post 'RN challenge exam'? The OP dropped out of her RN program & became an LVN but wanted to challenge the RN NCLEX. Lol!
Yeah, and then called me rude when I gave her an answer she didn't want to hear; pass an RN program, sit AND pass Boards.
This culture in our society of letting every kid who simply shows up for something get a trophy, and there are no grades or scores so the precious ones don't feel bad about not winning (and therefore never have to learn how to deal with disappointment and setbacks in real life) simply has to end.
She hasn't been the only Snowflake who erupted in self righteous indignation in here because she can't do something just because she thinks she should be able to. She's just the first one I responded to lol. I should have known better. 😖
vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN
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That ankle tatt is so pretty!!!