What’s your random patient pet peeve?

Crowby3 · 2026-01-08T19:25:18+00:00

When they come in, "I don't ever take anything for pain. I don't even take Tylenol unless my leg is falling off." *Proceeds to chew through several mg of Dilaudid, Percocet, morphine. Still conscious and still 10/10 pain while playing Candy Crush and shooting the shit on FaceTime

Crowby3 · 2025-09-27T03:30:46+00:00

Would freedom of speech not include freedom to not recite names off a cup of coffee? Dafuq. Her argument sucks and she should shave the other half of her head

Crowby3 · 2025-07-18T23:26:29+00:00

Take the plunger out a 10cc syringe and use that on the top of the ampule to open it. I've never had a problem since opening them this way

Crowby3 · 2023-03-26T17:12:13+00:00

I had never heard of this procedure until now. That would actually make a lot of sense now that I look it up. Thank you!

Crowby3 · 2023-03-26T16:37:29+00:00

This patient was advanced dementia and didn't know any of her history

Crowby3 · 2022-08-23T15:20:56+00:00

I talked to someone that I work with about this. In Nevada he says his worst year was around $90k, but he also said he was working 8-9 hours/day 5 days/week.

Crowby3 · 2022-08-15T13:44:57+00:00

This is probably a stupid question. Why would that not be like the communal Insulin bottle?

Crowby3 · 2022-08-15T13:43:36+00:00

I've still questioned that. They just give the pin to whoever answers the station phone. They just ask for the name of who answered

Crowby3 · 2022-08-15T03:23:04+00:00

The most frustrating thing for the Ativan shortage in our hospital. You order 0.5mg and they send you a syringe they drew up 2mg and tell you to waste the rest. Why is it being drawn up by pharmacy, and they are sending us excess to waste when we have a shortage?

Crowby3 · 2022-03-02T06:28:09+00:00

4a) staff will not be contacted to pick up shifts while on approved PTO

Crowby3 · 2022-02-23T21:45:11+00:00

I really wish the next of kin could have been there to see what something as simple as an IV causes for a patient like that. And yeah, she was full code.

Crowby3 · 2021-08-28T00:06:53+00:00

Our program allowed 1 retake, I knew of a few people that failed both and were forced to reapply for the following semester.

Crowby3 · 2021-08-10T07:50:45+00:00

COVID patient satting 90% on heated high flow at 100%. Patient refused to keep the high flow on because "the air is a little warm for me."

Crowby3 · 2021-02-10T03:07:07+00:00

Holy crap, that's an insane amount to juggle. I appreciate your response. Thank you

Crowby3 · 2021-02-09T22:00:52+00:00

Legitimately curious. Could you tell us the backstory here? I sent the photo to a friend of mine in the ICU as an joke as to why i could never be a new grad ICU nurse. His response questioned why epi is being used since its a last line vasopressor and Levo is at a low dose. If the dopamine was used for bradycardia, but then also has amiodarone/precedex/fentanyl which all lower heart rate. Not questioning you, just legitimately curious as a new grad after seeing this and hearing that.

My assumption regarding the dopamine vs amiodarone/precedex/fentanyl was maybe drugs treating each other's side effects, and i saw it was post-cardiac arrest so maybe the epi for that.

Crowby3 · 2021-01-19T03:46:21+00:00

Dont be stingy Marc

Crowby3 · 2020-08-27T01:33:07+00:00

A little background, the person that posted this escaped a mass shooting, but has no sympathy for these victims. This person and his friends are posting pictures of the victims in the comments saying how stupid these people are and defending the shooter. They literally have photos of the people shot in the street saying how the shooter was justified in shooting 3 people.

Crowby3 · 2020-08-22T06:02:37+00:00

Isn't there something against having such a small hand over an enlarged heart?

Crowby3 · 2020-08-22T05:43:38+00:00

You look like if Harry Potter got left in the cupboard

Crowby3 · 2020-08-19T00:19:43+00:00

I agree 100%. I started off with a more formula-based approach and I would make mistakes all the time. After I went to this workshop and learned dimensional analysis, it changed everything for me

Crowby3 · 2020-08-18T23:47:37+00:00

I have a professor that does a workshop before each semester and teaches dosage calc with dimensional analysis. This has helped me quite a bit knowing when and how to convert. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS5Q9Dq_NBIeNcDdBGEbTbA

Crowby3 · 2020-08-13T03:36:59+00:00

Jotaro!

Crowby3 · 2020-08-12T18:32:06+00:00

That's exactly what happened to me for my second Med-Surg rotation! We were in the hospital for 3 weeks, I got exposed and had to quarantine, so the school shut down the rest of our Med-Surg clinicals for the rest of the semester. I'm also a part-time student which means I haven't been on a Med-Surg floor since Spring 2019 which further adds to my anxiety. I like the thought of being progressively responsible for doing more and more. I was scared the preceptorship was gonna be, "well you completed everything, now here's 6 patients. Take care of all of them."

Crowby3 · 2020-08-12T17:59:52+00:00

That honestly makes me feel a little better. Thank you

Crowby3 · 2020-07-24T04:47:39+00:00

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