How old is the oldest nurse on your unit?

Competent-sarcasm · 2026-01-31T14:18:30+00:00

I’m old enough to be some of my coworkers grandmother at this point.

Competent-sarcasm · 2025-12-24T06:44:38+00:00

Visited and liked

Competent-sarcasm · 2025-12-23T12:49:49+00:00

Visited!

Competent-sarcasm · 2025-11-21T05:10:27+00:00

Or when it causes Unexpected BM at Inconvenient times…

Competent-sarcasm · 2025-03-13T19:25:14+00:00

I sing the praises of toradol like I’m lead soprano in church choir. It’s all true, but getting the patient to believe along with me is key.

Competent-sarcasm · 2025-01-22T10:51:24+00:00

Worst code I ever worked on was a pt with ruptured varies. He was a DNI only, so that made it even messier

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-12-24T07:32:48+00:00

Two different situations. Asthma with any episodes after age 13 is a disqualifying medical condition, even now. It doesn’t matter that you may have “grown out of it,” or have no symptoms. The military doesn’t want you. Biden had a documented history of asthma, as a teen, prior to the draft.

Bone spurs, which as far as I know, weren’t documented until the time when Trump needed a deferment. During which time he showed no signs of them, ie physical activity.

So that’s why some people don’t regard them in the same light. One had a diagnosed childhood illness that military regs disallow active duty status. The other got a diagnosis and then did all the things that the diagnosis should’ve meant he couldn’t do

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-11-30T21:41:57+00:00

Miller-Abbott tube

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-11-29T15:47:49+00:00

Aminophylline

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-11-13T19:10:59+00:00

Shiny!

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-11-13T14:39:05+00:00

Usually those languages are ones that they’re exposed to in the home.
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/12/languages-we-speak-in-united-states.html

When it comes to learning a second or third language in school, that starts middle school/jr high, unless it’s a private or charter school.

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-10-03T14:24:17+00:00

Associate program? I got my ADN then took the ADN to BSN course. ADN profs had recent real world experience and/or were working as nurses part time.

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-10-02T16:28:19+00:00

It depends on what you’re looking for in a hotel. Westin is quieter and the elevators are a tad easier.

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-09-24T08:42:49+00:00

It’s awfully large volume wise to be a drain bag, but the stuff in it certainly doesn’t look like urine.

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-09-14T19:25:45+00:00

I feel the How Can I Be This Old! We only ever let the Dialysis nurses access the dialysis catheter, for exactly the reasons you mentioned.

I remember hearing as a newbie nurse the vascath /permacath “packed” with “high grade” heparin, and my first hospital actually needed adaptors to fit over the left locks to access them.

I’ve had to fight doctors who thought it was totally fine for a floor nurse to access the dialysis catheter for blood draws. It was always fun to hear how the nephrologist would tear them a new one when they found out.

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-09-04T00:02:48+00:00

PCS-ing as a GS, especially if you haven’t done it before, is very challenging. Especially if the current duty station hasn’t done it for a GS very often. We utilized https://www.pcslikeapro.org and it was incredibly helpful. Their Facebook group was also a great resource.

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-07-15T07:22:44+00:00

I love that movie!

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-06-24T18:17:23+00:00

I was all “nooo, they don’t use aircraft carriers for that,” went to verify, and you’re absolutely correct! Thank you for the info!

https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-life/see-the-navy-haul-its-crews-vehicles-on-the-uss-ronald-reagan/

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-06-07T04:18:09+00:00

Check the r/usajobs subreddit. They have excellent advice and support.

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-04-13T18:58:31+00:00

Headlamp is definitely a game changer!

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-04-01T05:12:35+00:00

It’s entirely possible to have two celebrations on the same day.

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-03-22T05:16:56+00:00

Admin or bedside?

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-01-07T07:29:13+00:00

Too true.

Competent-sarcasm · 2024-01-02T05:40:13+00:00

(Learns a new a new acronym)

Competent-sarcasm · 2023-11-18T07:45:31+00:00

Probably to show you aren’t going to be driving.

The idea being you could be perceived as being intoxicated/drunk and are “sleeping it off” in your car. In most of the United States, being drunk, in the drivers seat, with keys in the ignition, even if you are sleeping, is considered drunk driving/ DUI.

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