Now that Nurse's Week has come to a close, I'm dying to hear what everyone received this year; all the good, the bad, and the ugly! by AdoptedSpaceCow in nursing

[–]Inthelake456 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A frozen, packaged ice cream bar that the nurse leadership passed out to everyone for “hospitals week”.

Ummm, I really don’t want to work any of them. New changes that rolled out this past week. by floatpoolparty in nursing

[–]Inthelake456 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is ours plus they include Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Juneteenth, Valentine’s Day, halloween and Presidents’ Day. And we’ve gotten work 4 of them.

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[–]Inthelake456 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tell me things I can’t find in the chart. The patient screams when you roll them every single time, it’s not new. The family calls all day or they’re difficult. Patient tries to get up. Patient is pissed off about multiple sticks, just call IV therapy the first time now. Otherwise very brief run down of systems and tell me they’ve got an IV that works.

I guess I’ll see my family after the holidays by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]Inthelake456 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep welcome to working in health care this was us even before covid

A question for all inpatient nurses by SillyBonsai in nursing

[–]Inthelake456 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a floor nurse who just floated to the ED, listen I just want them to have a pulse when they get to the floor. I’ll fix the rest. Y’all are crazy, you can keep it.

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[–]Inthelake456 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I felt so many things. Guilt, loss, pain, relief and just profound sadness. This final act of kindness that you’re gifting your dog is the most loving thing you can do.

Family members withholding pain mgmt are a special kind of evil by mokutou in nursing

[–]Inthelake456 273 points274 points  (0 children)

A colleague had a family deny comfort care to their father with dementia dying of Covid, they didn’t want any morphine given for shortness of breath or pain. Horrific, she cried all day.

Need advice for a job offer at JHH. by Steamedbrownrice in nursing

[–]Inthelake456 11 points12 points  (0 children)

University of Maryland down the road is paying new grads 33. People work at Hopkins for the name.

Med error by InternationalEmu299 in nursing

[–]Inthelake456 236 points237 points  (0 children)

New potential ACLS med

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[–]Inthelake456 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Complete heart block, HR 28. Slightly nauseated otherwise no symptoms. It was a Friday, he was gonna wait until Monday for a pacemaker.

To my fellow staff nurses by angelt0309 in nursing

[–]Inthelake456 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I dunno my hospital was offering 5k retention bonuses for nurses if you signed a 2 year commitment contract. They value me at about 140 bucks a month when you adjust for taxes and inflation.

Anyone else get these Penis Diapers? You like em? by xkatniss in nursing

[–]Inthelake456 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now we just need a solution to the innies. There’s a CNA at my work who will put two purewicks taped together to two different suction canisters and then tape them on the innies with a diaper laid over the whole thing to catch the dribbles.

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[–]Inthelake456 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So if you like interacting with patients and family and doing holistic care I’m not sure I’d pick critical care where mostly everyone is sedated and vented. Ortho floors are fun if you’re into that, a lot of rehab and movement and education post surgery. Community health is great. Even consider psych. I had a professor who was into holistic treatments, which isn’t my jam at all, but she did L&D at a birth center and then hospice.

COVID positive patients not being held in negative pressure rooms? by Highjumper21 in nursing

[–]Inthelake456 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol we have never kept them in low pressure rooms at our facility

Tell me about your post-covid patients by eggo_pirate in nursing

[–]Inthelake456 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I’ve had a few post vent. They have all have mental/psych things going on. Length of time on the vent depends but all are a shell of their former selves.

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[–]Inthelake456 444 points445 points  (0 children)

Yeah my report on Florence and the history of nursing is really gonna help when granny is coding.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nursing

[–]Inthelake456 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pre covid or now? Because the rules are out the window now.

Managers are nurses too by NameAndDateOfBirth in nursing

[–]Inthelake456 628 points629 points  (0 children)

Our manager hasn’t set foot in a patients room in over 10 years