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.
Your second sentence: Good Lord, purp! Do you know how much surgery I had to do on the High school kids last year who did this very thing? Because why should BROKEN GLASS stop your from texting?!
I even has one girl stick her cracked phone in her Uggs, and of course she wasn't wearing socks because they are so damn fuzzy, so I had to dig broken glass out of her feet!
Give me your phone, purp. Hand it over.
Lol! I wasn't texting, I swear! I just wanted to see if it was dead dead, or just on it's way to death. Mainly to see if I could still use Google Maps.
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
I had the most confusing lab question in micro "Discuss three instances in which a Microbiologist must utilize a pure culture". It was really confusing especially since the lab & text book doesn't go into that much detail about pure culture.
Facing vigilance in potential kiddos that can crump is a learning curve for me.
Social cases in the ED is a magnet towards me-again.
I still have stalker families...and they make me want them out of the ED pronto.
It's okay to FB coworkers who can commiserate with you, especially with the right environment that allows for teamwork consistently-good, bad, or indifferent-not going to add the boss though.
Working almost 100 hours a pay period to go on vacation makes me count the HOURS I have off, instead of the days-my time is precious!
edmia, BSN, RN
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So far, I've been reading these weekly posts and learning a lot from them, but will admit I find the prompt very intimidating! Anyway, here goes:
This week I learned...
That I eat way more than I thought (thanks myfitnesspal) and so that's why I'm not losing weight
That I really should get my butt moving more now that I'm in my 40s and time is flying by
That I'm really excited to start my FNP practice soon! (Really excited)
That all the effort I've put in to my education is truly paying off and the kids are just fine
That this thread is fun to participate in and I think ixchel and farawyn are the kind of nurses I'd want to hang out with after work
Sent from my iPhone -- blame all errors on spellchecker 😉