What is your Nursing Super Power?

Ruby Vee, BSN · Sep 30, 2017

i can look a doctor in the eye and respectfully refuse to comply with an order. especially if it is not in the best interest of the patient. the older i get, the easier it is

Good one! I think I have that one, too.

Ruby Vee, BSN · Sep 30, 2017

Not getting offended...by anything it seems. Insults, criticisms...most just roll off my back if I consider the source...and if they are right with that criticism, then I'm grateful they told me to my face rather than go behind my back and then I can work on it.
It took time to get this way, but life is much more pleasant now than it was back then. Switching to Psych definitely firm my spine up...but it was pretty firm when I came onboard.

That's an awesome super power to have -- one well worth developing!

elijahvegas, ASN, RN, EMT-P · Oct 2, 2017

pretty good at picking up on hyperthyroids

Zyprexa · Oct 2, 2017

I great with the psychotic/paranoid patients. Somehow, they trust me. And I love working with them.

OlivetheRN, ADN, BSN, RN · Oct 2, 2017

I am great at doing a kids' first IV when they're in the 5 and up age range. I always let them see what an IV looks like and I retract the needle so they can hear the noise and see what's actually going to be in their arm and feel and touch it, etc. Everytime I've had the time to do that, the kid may cry while I've been prepping their arm and while I've actually done it, but they 9 times out of 10 don't move and definitely don't thrash around. Don't get me wrong, I still have someone else there lightly holding their arm just in case, but it's usually not needed at all.

I'm also great at attracting behavioral patients when I work in that area. But hey, makes for an interesting shift lol

lindahartford · Oct 3, 2017

Good for you. It was years before I got an order like that but I didn't back down and he was more respectful to me as well.

BSNbeauty, BSN, RN · Oct 13, 2017

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