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He's usually interested in retro style stuff like this but has anyone had any experience with this nurse fob watch? His last fob watch broke in like 3 days and he can't wear a normal wrist watch in our country. Thank you in advance! submitted by /u/Badger607 [link] [comments]
Not sure if this is the right sub for this question but i thought y’all should see this at least. last night we get a patient for complications related to a foley he had placed during a bladder procedure (no idea what procedure it wasn’t my patient). then nurse was irrigating his foley and this came out. what in gods name is that? it was almost spongy but also hard but had give? def not a kidney stone (obvs? maybe?) maybe like an inch long. i’m thinking a piece leftover from the procedure ? but then what? surely they would have seen it on imaging? i’m at a loss. any ideas? (excuse any grammar mistakes, i’m a poor dayshift nurse covering on nights) submitted by /u/tlbpt2 [link] [comments]
It’s 1 a.m., and I think I’ve finally reached my breaking point with nursing. I’ve been a PICU nurse for a little under a year. In nursing school, I was incredibly motivated. My dream was to become a badass ICU nurse and eventually apply to CRNA school. That version of me doesn’t really exist anymore. I’ve recently started therapy, and it’s changed the way I picture my life and what I want my future to look like. Working nights is taking a toll on my body, and I chose weekends because it was the only way to have a consistent schedule. Lately, though, I’ve been dealing with constant floating sometimes multiple times during a single 12-hour shift. Add in being placed on call, staffing budgets, and the overall unpredictability, and I’m exhausted. At this point, I just want to be able to come to work, take care of my patients, and go home. I don’t want to spend every shift wondering if I’ll be floated, put on call, or moved around the hospital. I’m honestly at the point where I’ve consider
So I had NS running at 75 on a patient with zosyn y-sited into the NS. The zosyn was OFF and had been off before I ALSO y sited Doxycycline to the NS. IMMEDIATELY the IV infiltrated. Did I do anything wrong? I knew doxy and zosyn were not compatible but the zosyn was off. I’m kinda feeling like shit cuz the patient was in a lot of pain but part of me feels like I did absolutely nothing wrong since the NS was completely fine b4 hand. submitted by /u/Unlucky_Painting_173 [link] [comments]
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With Mitch McConnell in the news it got me thinking about the differences in care that he is receiving compared to a normal person. This is not meant to be a political post so please stay on topic. What happens when a VIP like a politician, a famous actor, or a billionaire is admitted to a hospital? I know some hospitals have VIP suits but what are they like? What equipment do they have? What type of nurses staff them? Like is it only critical care nurses, and how many? Do they have dedicated teams that see only the VIP? Do they pull dedicated staff off of their regular units to care for the VIP, and what if that makes their home units understaffed? What happens when the VIP has their own doctor that doesn't have privileges at that hospital? submitted by /u/KMKPF [link] [comments]
Like the title says, night shift is currently destroying my mental health. I have so much dread when I wake up everyday and I feel so deeply depressed. I worked night shift for a year and a half, then days for a year and a half, and I’ve been back on nights for 7 months. I feel so terrible that I can’t hack it. Some people do night for years or even decades and I feel like I’m being selfish and lazy for wanting to find a day shift job. submitted by /u/maddythegreat [link] [comments]
Hello! I’m a nurse in BC Canada and our union has called for job action, potentially starting tomorrow at 1201pm. To start, BCNU will be enacting a ban on non-nursing tasks (clerical/dietary/maintenance type tasks) For any of you who have been employed as a nurse during a strike, what was your experience? What should I expect? submitted by /u/panic-despair-dread [link] [comments]
I just accepted a very lucrative position. I am a new graduate, I am newly licensed. I received the job offer based on my experience in the workforce and my advanced age compared to most new grads (I am 31). The job is in a cancer centre and I will likely be working with chemo drugs. I am 10 weeks pregnant, I will be 12 weeks when I start. Are they gonna be mad? Am I allowed to give chemotherapy drugs as a pregnant nurse? Surely pregnant nurses have been chemo nurses before, right? Do I have to tell them right away? I'm not even out of the danger zone yet. Haven't even had my first ultrasound. Has anyone been in my exact scenario? submitted by /u/hueller [link] [comments]
Don't hand me an ice cold cup of "pee" and then get offended when I ask, "Is this urine?" I'm not stupid. submitted by /u/bwhaturlike [link] [comments]
I left my NICU job for a new specialty, but I wish I stayed. While I was sick of working nights and some of the stress of the high acuity, I miss working at a well-staffed and well-resourced hospital. My new job only really has one benefit: M-F, 8-4 and rotating weekends/holidays. My old job had a waitlist for days, every other weekend and I felt like I couldn't truly "control" my week-to-week because of my work schedule being flipped. Now I feel like this new job isn't a fit and I almost would rather go back where I came from than stay where I am (if my old manager would even have me). I'm aware that the same issues would be present, so I'm attempting to find something else, but the market is pretty tough, and I don't have experience outside of NICU (most NICUs hire into nights). It's basically been ~1 year of me trying to find a job I want to dedicate the next decade of my life to and I'm beginning to feel pretty down about moving around the way I have and still not being satisfied.
At our work ever since they implemented a new schedule system a year ago we have to get approval to work more than 3 days in a row. I would prefer to do six in a row and be done. Curious if anyone else work is like this? submitted by /u/Final_Minimum1443 [link] [comments]
This is actually what their sign said, we were misled by media. submitted by /u/bkai76 [link] [comments]
Been about a year since our hospital rolled out the spectrum IQ’s and I haven’t heard of other’s having issues with the pumps. Loads of safety features/alarm limits, almost feel that this model throws alarms even when there AREN’T issues. Anyway, had this larger (137.6 kg) patient with severe MVD for the last 2 nights now and has been running Heparin since the 28th. Had not had a single q6 UFH IIa within range during his admission yet, titrated up to 25units/kg/hr. Pretty high dose compared to our average therapeutic range which is usually around 11-16units/kg/hr. At shift change the first night, I swapped the bags with the off-going nurse because the pump was dry and alarming. Heparin gtt’s require 2 person sign off so it was just easier to do it with her. She did the bag swap and scanned it in, I double checked that the pump and MAR’s dose and pt weight were the same and signed it off. The only thing is I didn’t check the volume to be infused, which normally wouldn’t be an issue. Aro
EDIT: I have already, as of yesterday, resigned. I am simply looking for advice and what the events following a report look like and entail. Thank you to those who reached out to me. That being said, I have been a nurse for nearly a decade and this is the first time I’ve felt the genuine need to file a formal report to the state. New nurses, please don’t be afraid to advocate no matter how scary it seems, because it is, but there are times when it’s truly necessary. Anyways, again, thank you everyone. submitted by /u/Any-Diamond1459 [link] [comments]
I switched preceptors during my new grad orientation because we just weren’t a good fit. There wasn’t one huge incident, but there were enough issues that I felt I wasn’t getting the learning experience I needed. Management was supportive and I was reassigned pretty quickly. Now I’ve found out my former preceptor has apparently been telling people around the unit that she’s upset I “fired” her. On top of that, she’s been going up to my coworkers (some of whom are friends) asking what I’ve said about her and trying to find out if I’ve been talking about her behind her back. She’s even mentioned that she’s upset about the fact that she’s no longer getting paid extra because she doesn’t have anyone to precept. The thing is…I haven’t. I’ve vented to management and a couple of close people when I was asked for feedback, but I’m not walking around the unit gossiping about her. Meanwhile, she’s the one bringing it up to everyone. I’m trying to move on and focus on learning with my new precept
So I 33f am a CMA in a cardiology office. I’ve been in the healthcare field for the better part of the last 13 years. I have received multiple, I don’t want to call it an award, but they would pass out like little certificates if we received positive patient feedback. I get compliments from my patients almost daily. I am very friendly, very down to earth while also staying professional. I have excellent relationships with a lot of the patients that we have to see more often. Well let’s fast forward to today. Today I had a 22 year old female come in who was accompanied by her brother and grandmother. Our triage room is not very big so it’s pretty difficult to have more than just myself and the patient in there. Well when I called the girl to come back with me, grandma and brother came too. So I put the grandma and the brother into the room she was going to see the dr in while I take her to triage and all of that. Well it didn’t seem like a big issue. I got her in there took her BP asked
I am currently working on a medicine floor. I'm brand new (about 2 months) and getting used to shift work. Last night i was working and I went for a 45 minute break. Normally the nurses sleep during breaks for an hour and a half. I like to take 20 minute naps because more than that makes me feel groggy. However, I set my timer on my iphone and for some reason it didn't go off. I woke up 2hrs later. I was mortified. Do you guys think I will lose my job? My break buddy said he didn't care and the other nurses said it happens all the time but I cant help but worry. If i get called into management, do you guys have any tips? Feeling like the stupidest new grad ever. submitted by /u/NoCow7685 [link] [comments]
We have a patient with a very terminal tumor. He's a full code but parents refused interventions-repositioning, pain medications, assessments. Aspirating on all consistencies but family is allowing them to eat by mouth (which is totally fine, but relevant to the story). They're still getting chemo and steroids. They were sent home on hospice but readmitted with pneumonia and pressure ulcers (stage III) that are gaping wounds. Family is declining pain meds and telling people not to ask him about his pain. I understand this is an awful situation, but it all feels so unethical. There is one way this story ends, and the patient is suffering, but ethics has not been consulted and the medical teams are okay with continuing what's been going on. How do you navigate supporting a family through this difficulty while also trying to advocate for a pediatric patient who cannot advocate for themselves? submitted by /u/wayward-daughter75 [link] [comments]
I’m in nursing school right now and a number of my instructors have complained of the injuries they sustained while working. They make it seem somewhat like the trades, in that it is not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’ you get injured. Has this been true in your experience? Has anyone had a longer career and avoided physical injury? I wonder if this possibility is the main driver of new grads trying to get out of bedside as soon as possible (trying to go NP/PA/CRNA). How frequently would you say you get forced into “unsafe” assignments? Edit: To add, would you say that unionized hospitals do a better job with making sure RNs aren’t put in unsafe situations? submitted by /u/CelticNomad95 [link] [comments]
I need to know if I'm overthinking this because this whole situation has been so confusing. I've been a med-surg nurse for 9 months. I started on nights and later switched to days when openings came up because several people left. It's been a great learning experience, and I've learned so much. I genuinely appreciate my coworkers and manager for giving me the opportunity. A while ago, I asked if I could go part-time because I have young kids and needed a better schedule. I was told it wasn't an option. Since that wasn't possible, I applied elsewhere and accepted an OR position at another hospital. The schedule is much better for my family—no weekends, no holidays, and hours that allow me to be home with my kids. After accepting the offer, I met with my nurse manager June 20th and told them I was resigning, with my last day being July 5. I also said I would email my resignation, which I did. Instead of accepting it, they asked why I wanted to leave and why I wanted part-time. I explaine
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I’m an ER nurse with a little over 1 year experience and am precepting a new grad. I’m trying to use my preceptors strategy; see one, do one, teach one. That helped me I feel get to where I’m at. My unit really bands together to teach our new grads but of course they’re stuck with me for a while. It’s only been 2 days so we’re still getting a feel for each other. I really want to boost this nurses confidence. I’ve let them do a few easy IV starts to get us going but I can still see the nerves in his hands or in the way he speaks. I know confidence comes with time and experience I just want to make sure I help in that process. Any tips would be wonderful for helping this nurse become prepared, independent and confident! submitted by /u/BeneficialBanana5350 [link] [comments]
admin just denied my pto for november. Again. "critical staffing" as usual, but they sure have the budget to hire another middle manager we don't need. Im literally sitting in the clean utility room right now just to stop hearing the tele alarms for five minutes. Was zoning out on my phone and fell down a rabbit hole looking at those mobile medical vehicles they build for community outreach. kinda sounds like a dream right now tbh. Just packing up a rolling clinic, driving out to some quiet rural town, doing basic primary care and not dealing with endless audits and cold pizza in the breakroom The bedside burnout is hitting so hard this week. I think I just want to be left alone to actually do patient care without all the corporate hospital nonsense. submitted by /u/Italiancan [link] [comments]
To my nurses who work in oncology with pediatric; do you love your job? I always hear people saying it’s so depressing working with children who have cancer but it’s also gotta feel like a million bucks for the ones that do get better and knowing you were there helping them. I feel like you’d definitely need to balance your life in a healthy way outside of work. Any advice or experiences from the nurses who work this field would be appreciated!!! submitted by /u/Virtual-Paint-8138 [link] [comments]
new grad here waiting for my ATT and I receive this… I do plan on following up with my regulatory department but just wonder if anyone has ever gotten something like this… I’m left feeling anxious because now this is pushing my start date for my job back significantly and I don’t want to end up losing my position even though it’s genuinely something out of my control. submitted by /u/unknownsecret01 [link] [comments]
There was a rapid on my floor that I went to help with. The patient was going back and forth between SVT in the 180s and stable Vtach and completely asymptomatic. When in Vtach the MD running the rapid ordered 1mg epi given. No other meds were given up to that point. I was surprised to see them jump straight to epi rather than adenosine or another antiarrhythmic, and the house sup asked why not adenosine at the time, to which the MD said "it's VT, adenosine wouldn't be effective". The VT was monomorphic with a wide qrs, which I thought adenosine was appropriate for but I didn't say anything at the time. After the epi was given the patient was still in stable VT in the 180s and still alert but now "feeling like shit" per the patient. To which the MD declared them unstable and to prepare to shock. SBP was still in the 140s at this time and again patient was wide awake and scared. I was thinking "no shit he feels bad, he just got a dose of adrenaline". The MD said "everybody clear to shoc
Finally switching her out for a Pyxis. I prefer the rx but she’s out of date now. Farewell old girl. submitted by /u/JustCallMePeri [link] [comments]
Most of my coworkers give me this look (see photo) especially if I'm running around. Should I just leave? submitted by /u/Logical-Schedule-176 [link] [comments]
I’ve worked in healthcare my entire life, and while I know I still have plenty to learn, I’ve always been someone who adapts quickly, seeks feedback, and genuinely enjoys learning. I’m a millennial, so maybe I’m biased, but I don’t think experience alone should outweigh curiosity, collaboration, and the willingness to improve. Lately I’ve been struggling because my leader frequently comments that I’m “not experienced enough” or says things like, “Leadership sucks,” whenever I bring ideas forward or show interest in growing. The irony is that there is almost no professional development, mentoring, or coaching happening. I want feedback. I want to learn. But instead, it feels like experience is used as a way to shut down conversations. The part that’s frustrating is that I’ve met nurses with 30+ years of experience who are incredible mentors, and I’ve met others with the same amount of experience who haven’t changed their practice in decades. On the flip side, I’ve worked with newer nurs
Hi guys! Just curious about what your hospital’s med surg floor is like. I had an assignment the other day that I felt had way too many LDAs and want to know if other med surg floors are like this lol So in total (for a four patient team) I had 1 trach 2 PICC lines 2 Foley catheters 2 NJ feeding tubes 1 peg tube 1 JP drain 3 chest tubes 1 epidural 1 colostomy And on top of that there were multiple wounds, including a tunneled wound in an abdomen that required packing. I just felt like it was a lot of lines to manage for one team…. But I’m not complaining, it makes me excited to when I manage all of it well. I work in a large-ish hospital, but I’m curious if I went to a larger hospital that I would see more on med surg that I already do. Let me know your experience! submitted by /u/Inside_Maize_8522 [link] [comments]
I’m new to home health after working on a spinal cord injury unit for the last couple of years. Today was the second weirdest thing that has happened in the first month so far. (The first was the hoarder home… but that’s a post for another day). I’m going to see an 88-year-old male to basically just do a routine visit and make sure that he doesn’t have any exacerbation symptoms from his CKD and CHF. I’m staring at this great big tree in the backyard. I feel like it must be 100 million years old and it is surrounded by old lawn chairs covered in rust assorted other scrap metal and detritus. His wife answers the door and I introduce myself and ask her how she’s doing. She says “not good!” I ask her what’s going on and she says “my husband fell!” I find this poor old skeleton of a man lying supine on the bathroom floor between the toilet and the tub completely naked with his lower extremities covered in feces. I throw some gloves on get him off the floor stand him up while he holds his wa
Long time lurker here but I'm not a nurse or in Healthcare. Perhaps one day. How do you deal with all the pain, suffering, and death you see on a daily basis? Do you just get used to it or does it gradually weigh on you? submitted by /u/scorpion3510 [link] [comments]
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I’m a 25 year old female and have been a nurse for 4 years. I have always worked peds and started in a neurology and kidney/liver transplant floor then made the switch to peds ER. In the past 4 years I’ve seen death, learned about all kinds of diagnosis in children that I never knew existed, and seen a lot of kids suffer from poor quality of life. I love taking care of my kiddos but I have this guilty feeling all the time that I want to have children but I could not handle a kiddo with special needs. I’m scared to have my own children and go through pregnancy because of everything I’ve seen. I respect deeply all the parents I work with on the daily and see the way they go above and beyond for their children. Yet, I struggle with the feeling that I would rather let my child go than have them spend their life as total care patient and it makes me feel like I’m a horrible person. How do I let go of this feeling? I know I can’t live my life in fear but it truly scares me. submitted by /u/k
I have been a nurse for 11 years now. I’ve worked in the ER, maternity and now postpartum. I was at the pool today with my kids when I hear the whistle being blown and not stopped. I looked around quick and saw a child trying to hold/pull another child out of the pool. I threw my snacks and (not my best parenting moment) ran to the child and told my 7 year old to pick up the stuff I dropped and go get her dad. 3 of us nurses helped pull him out, myself and an ER nurse confirmed no breathing and no pulse and I just immediately just started chest compressions. He was so limp and pale, eyes completely fixed up when we pulled him out. Thankfully after almost 2 minutes he started breathing again was talking to us. I cannot stop questioning myself- I know I didn’t feel a pulse but I keep thinking I didn’t check long enough or maybe could it have been there and thready? I asked my husband how my cpr looked because I was so scared to do it on a child(pre teen aged), but he keeps reassuring me
One asked the other, “Hey, do you need more manure for your garden???” submitted by /u/MillHillMurican [link] [comments]
Permit me a little self praise 😂 I'm a plastics wound care nurse, I've got a long term plan to be a nursing lecturer at applied sciences uni, I asked about it here a few weeks ago. Anyways we had a 5th med student in our unit learning the ropes and their instructor introduced me as a really good teacher. I was shocked because that particular surgeon is a perfectionist and I took it as high praise. The student was with me and I threw her kind of in the deep end, debridement tools in hand with me watching over them, telling them what to do and not to do. We spent an hour together debriding the legs of an elderly man who had been two months without debridement. I must have made a big impression. They had their last day today and I got to my workstation with a hand written card thanking me for my excellent instruction and patience and a small chocolate. It's not much, but I'm proud of myself and I hope they remember something about wound care I their future career. It feels very cool that
I work per diem now at my old doctor's office, and the office staff asked me to help vet the resumes of nurses applying for clinic positions and NP students seeking clinical placements with us. I've noticed a huge uptick in these colorful, highly stylized resumes that include a headshot. Most of them seem to have the same template. To me, the photo just distracts from the actual content of the resume. It's especially common among NP students, particularly those coming from schools that provide little or no assistance with clinical placement *cough* Walden *cough*. I understand that headshots are common in industries like entertainment and modeling, but why has this become a thing in nursing? Is this a new trend, or are schools actually recommending it? submitted by /u/ExiledSpaceman [link] [comments]
Has anyone ever had to take a massive dump during a code blue? Recently happened to me in the middle of a code and I was the main nurse recording. FML submitted by /u/Bruce_Lee_Roy248 [link] [comments]
Been a nurse for 7 years; critical care and trauma. I quit my job in April and took a much needed break. Started applying for jobs these last 2 weeks and WHOOPS your girl had too much of a good time on this break 😅😅 6 weeks pregnant. My partner and I are gonna go forward with this pregnancy; I’m so nervous for everything. Despite it being super early, I don’t feel I should bring it up in interviews? If they offer me a position, do I tell them at that time? Also, i’m curious if anyone has worked ICU while pregnant - After finding out the news I applied for a cath lab job because I’m nervous the stress/adrenaline of ICU would mess up my pregnancy, and i’m also terrified of getting kicked. I’ve had my fair share of WWE days, and seen quite a few pregnant coworkers get kicked throughout my years. Any advice anyone is willing to share I would be so grateful for it. submitted by /u/hamsandwich18 [link] [comments]
I raise deadblueroses meal option. This was a safety tray breakfast. I honestly thought it was cat food. submitted by /u/Ok-Astronomer-2702 [link] [comments]
I leave em outside my door because i don’t want to bring that nastiness inside. A fucking porch pirate stole them. Now im in my regular shoes at work. What kind of asshole steals worn out disgusting crocs? submitted by /u/Mayor_Gubbin [link] [comments]
I know every ICU has its’ patient populations, but I was curious which is more challenging. Which ICU do you think can take other ICU specialties? I feel like it also depends what level trauma the hospital is too. submitted by /u/Weird-Flounder-5928 [link] [comments]
Has anyone ever put in their 2 week notice then called off your last day? That’s what I’m planning to do🤷♀️ submitted by /u/AlleyCat6669 [link] [comments]
**THIS IS A MADE UP STORY NOT BASED ON A REAL SITUATION FOR LEGAL REASONS** My last shift I had a terrible shift, had to have been my worst ever. I had a patient right at the start of shift after getting report, noticed the HR was alarming on the monitor in the 160s. I asked day shift nurse if HR had ever been that high, they said no. The pt had active TB so I threw on an N95 and went in there, not knowing I wouldn’t leave the room for 2 1/2 hours. The HR was increasing even to the 180s, quickly ended up calling a rapid. Because it was an airborne room I had to keep the door closed obviously and no one was coming in to help me. People were all standing outside and looking in but no one was actually doing anything. It was just me and 2 doctors. They were giving me many verbal orders and I wasn’t even able to document anything because I was facilitating them. Eventually I opened the door and said “I can’t be the only nurse in here.” Luckily one coworker came in and helped me. The rapid l
(english not my first language so i seeked some assistance translating) I’m a relatively new med-surg nurse (about a year in), and I’m honestly feeling sick over what happened during my last shift. I’m on shift rn and can’t focus… I feel so terrible and incompetent. We admitted a patient around 11:35 PM who had orders for PRBCs, platelets, and cryoprecipitate. She was a CCU transfer, transferred that pt with critical labs that time. I wasn’t very familiar with cryo since I haven’t transfused it before, so I asked my charge/head nurse for guidance. He told me to give the blood first, then the platelets, so that’s what I did. What I didn’t know was that the cryo was supposed to be transfused within a certain timeframe after it was ordered. I also didn’t realize cryo is typically only one bag and infuses pretty quickly. I had assumed it would come after the other blood products since that’s what I was told. By the time we got to it, the cryo had expired and couldn’t be used. I was later t
I’ve noticed this since the first time I saw a patient pass away. And not just the feeling of, “this patient is not doing good, their vitals are sh*t, labs are sh*t, and they’re tanking” but just by walking in the room it feels like death? I had two patients last week that I had bad death-y feelings about days before they started tanking, and they ended up passing. It’s like a quiet palpable electricity that gets louder the closer death is. I really hate my job currently and I just got a new one at a better network that’s a closer commute, better ratios, and better management so idk if this is just my misery and morbidity creeping out cause I’m so miserable at this job but does anyone understand what I mean? submitted by /u/44444cats [link] [comments]
Patient came in the ED. Saw he had an allergy. The allergy you ask? Pepper. The reaction was sneezing. Matched the tone of the ED that day honestly. submitted by /u/Capital-Scar [link] [comments]
She’s foreign and chose “bolognese with diced carrots” as her entree and didn’t know what bolognese meant I guess. She can’t have beef which is in her chart. So instead of giving her a sandwich or some other entree, they literally gave her diced carrots, with a side of carrots. Not gonna lie I laughed my ass off, but this is so ridiculous. submitted by /u/deadblueroses [link] [comments]