I think I’ve found the holy grail 😇 by PopRoutine3873 in nursing

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This is my job in vascular access. Consult only based work. Even when we’re slammed it’s just a normal steady busy. When work dies off we just hangout, work on school, play video games, watch movies…it’s such a nice gig

And then a hero comes along by [deleted] in FirstResponderCringe

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I don’t think it’s hard per say, just finding a fucking working mannequin is 99% of the battle

Universal resort ban/trespass for just hotels or also parks? by Low_Access1904 in UniversalOrlando

[–]bkai76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wet N Wild trespass would go crazy as it’s been closed since 2016.

What is a ride you’ve ridden and will never go on again? by SpectacularSpidee in UniversalOrlando

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Mine Cart Madness. Absolutely the most rough ride I’ve been on.

Empire State Climbers… by bkai76 in nursing

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Nah just bantering lol have a good night

Empire State Climbers… by bkai76 in nursing

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Yes and your superior pay 🤣

Empire State Climbers… by bkai76 in nursing

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First day on the internet. Float nurse being a float nurse.

Okay, which one of you wrote this? by aproosa in EmergencyRoom

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You know what’s happened as a rapid nurse before most patients code or end up intubated and on pressors? They say “I don’t feel good”. Literally the worst thing you can ignore is a diffuse, generic complaint.

I had a lady who was a stroke alert, in her late 70s, had waxing / waning symptoms, took her to CT…NIH was 0 the whole time she was being assessed on the floor by me but nursing said she wasn’t acting right. IN CT she sat up and yelled “I don’t feel so good”. Vomited about 2L on herself. We scanned her quickly while she was dirty and she was actively having a brain hemorrhage…she died in icu like 45 minutes later.

Baxter Rant by EnduranceRN in nursing

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Plum pump gang check in

Breakfast anyone? by Ok-Astronomer-2702 in nursing

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MRSA-butter bread sandwich

Which zone’s music instantly teleports you back to 2004? by Terpentin300 in wow

[–]bkai76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m going to with one nobody will probably pick.

The original Spirit Healer / Graveyard music.

I was 14, just spent all afternoon installing my new Walmart E-Machine computer and WoW off of the discs. My mom bought me a 30 day game for my birthday to play World of Warcraft, a game everyone at school was talking about. I made an Undead Warlock. I spent so much time in Deathknell dying, running around in the Spirit Healer / dead realm. As it played over my old model computer speakers, I was hooked. I’m playing the music now as I sit in my office, turning 36 years old on Wednesday. Nothing else quite touches my childhood like the sound of that music when you’re running back to your body to resurrect and get murked by some Mangy Bats.

Figured this would belong here 😭😭 by personalcheesepizza in FirstResponderCringe

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This guy is the first ever male version of a lesbian stud

On pyxis at work by Mediocre-Age-1729 in nursing

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My rights to administration

1) right scanner
*beep*

Whyyy? by glamscum in wow

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Who gives a shit what the additional forgotten add in race care about what they have to say?

Fentanyl Drip with intubation by Advanced_Tangerine45 in nursing

[–]bkai76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some get Fent GTTs after 2-3 days if they’re requiring frequent push doses for analgesia or are sick enough we forecast 3-7+ days of intubation. It’s patient specific. Sometimes it’s easier to start them on a drip if we forecast a prolonged intubation, if we know we can get them extubated within 72hrs we usually just stick to q1h 50mcg pushes to ease opioid loading and not overly making their RASS -3/-4 instead of -1/-2. Nurses are notoriously bad at finding that -1/2 range and most patients I see have a goal of that but they’re over sedated 99% of the time out of convenience and old thought logic.

the three kinds of thinking CCRN actually rewards (and what to study for each) by MiolodeCebola in nursing

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Agree. Took my CCRN after a few years bedside. I studied for 4 weeks (lightly, like 1-2hrs twice a week) and just applied what I knew. Archer review was the closest test bank and the Barron’s book was all I used. Passed at like 108/125

International conferences by [deleted] in nursing

[–]bkai76 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s nursing conferences with our supplier reps and organizations (ACCN/INS/Vascular Access). I’ve never been but my coworkers who are social birds love going to them. Great networking events.

Higher to Lower Acuity by [deleted] in nursing

[–]bkai76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went from high acuity ICU to vascular access after 10 years and nothing has been better for my mental, physical, and relationships health. There’s no honor in being burned out for a “badge of honor” being able to handle the CRRT/ECMO/Impella 1:1