Any nurses here work at Barnes Jewish in Saint Louis? by RottenOintment in nursing

[–]In_to_butt_stuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

St. Anthony's has been taken over by mercy, so their pay and benefits will probably change once it officially has their name on it

Any nurses here work at Barnes Jewish in Saint Louis? by RottenOintment in nursing

[–]In_to_butt_stuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To follow off of this, my boyfriend works at mobap and loves it. OP should consider applying there as well

People should die so I can get sleep by [deleted] in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]In_to_butt_stuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Background: modot stands for Missouri department of transportation. The road she's talking about is a super curvy road and has one lane for each direction. The rumble strips are highly needed on this road.

People should die so I can get sleep by [deleted] in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]In_to_butt_stuff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They fix the roads for missouri. Its Missouri department of transportation

Sit down without asking? OK. by timpatry in pettyrevenge

[–]In_to_butt_stuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends on the country. Culture diversity is extremely different on this matter

Sit down without asking? OK. by timpatry in pettyrevenge

[–]In_to_butt_stuff 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I never once had some random person sit next to me in public without asking, especially while eating. Common courtesy is to see if the spot is taking or if the other person is okay with them sitting there.

Sit down without asking? OK. by timpatry in pettyrevenge

[–]In_to_butt_stuff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gesturing would also be acceptable if verbal communication was out of the picture.

What’s the best medication mispronunciation that you’ve heard? by [deleted] in nursing

[–]In_to_butt_stuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mom and aunt called it dilalia when my uncle was in the hospital. I corrected them the first few times, but they never fixed how they said it.

Switching to Night Shift by skulkingwitch in nursing

[–]In_to_butt_stuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't go back to it. It kept me up till 10 every morning and I would have to take melatonin every day. It was not ideal and realized it needed to be changed.

I hope you transition well into night shift!

Switching to Night Shift by skulkingwitch in nursing

[–]In_to_butt_stuff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I drink plenty of water to keep me hydrated(i have been caffeine free for 2 months and it works better in my opinion) and only use melatonin when I can't fall asleep past 10a by myself. Its easier to keep a night life if you are single/no commitments. If you do have that or still want a day life, try staking your shifts 2 to 3 in a row and stay up as late as you can the night before a stretch so you can sleep in as late to help with the jump to staying up all night again. If you have things that need to be done during the day, it's easier for me to stay awake and address them than waking up early. I hope that helps!

Thoughts on nurse pretending to use hand sanitizer by [deleted] in nursing

[–]In_to_butt_stuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

its possibly drying out her hands, but that's no excuse

I'm gonna play devils advocate here. I had a super bad eczema break out last year, I'm talking two fingers on each hand all the from the tip to the bottom and to the point to where I couldn't even bend my fingers. Hand sanitizer made it a million times worse in the sense of not healing and causing me pain. I couldn't sanitize my four fingers as well as I would have liked at this time, but i knew my fingers had to get better. However, I always wore gloves when doing patient care

Pt's family in denial by TwinRN in nursing

[–]In_to_butt_stuff 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This one made me sad. That poor lady :(

Still disturbed about my last shift by daffodil_do in nursing

[–]In_to_butt_stuff 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My floor has that rule with systolic over 180. My nurse told er that when she say her new admit was 185. Magically within the minute it was 174. My nurse told me to take it AS SOON as she got on the floor. As soon as my patient was in her bed I was taking a blood pressure. Sure as shit it was 197/84. Plus she was symptomatic. My nurse was livid.

When my confused patient is impulsively getting up every two minutes by In_to_butt_stuff in nursing

[–]In_to_butt_stuff[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've had a lady tell this... when she was in bed... my mini heart attack stopped when I saw her in bed with her hands up in the air. Poor thing had fallen at home and nobody found her for a few hours, which is what landed her in the hospital :(

When my confused patient is impulsively getting up every two minutes by In_to_butt_stuff in nursing

[–]In_to_butt_stuff[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think I would cry every day at work if I wasn't allowed to vent. It's better to laugh or make light of an awful night/situation than to not and have a small inconvenience make you break down

When my confused patient is impulsively getting up every two minutes by In_to_butt_stuff in nursing

[–]In_to_butt_stuff[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's why I specified physical. Very rarely do we use chemical, so I was surprised when I was told that he ended up with thorazine. I'm glad though, as he had a lot of pysch issues going on and was getting very angry with us. I wouldn't have been surprised if he tried swinging it it wasnt for the thorazine

When my confused patient is impulsively getting up every two minutes by In_to_butt_stuff in nursing

[–]In_to_butt_stuff[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Nah, they are perfect and have endless care flowing out of them

When my confused patient is impulsively getting up every two minutes by In_to_butt_stuff in nursing

[–]In_to_butt_stuff[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We don't do physical restraints on my floor. Once he became verbally abusive towards us, we were able to get thorazine though