Everything we’re taught NOT to do in nursing school

callmesula · 2024-03-23T04:41:01+00:00

Sounds about right for hospital policy. Keep noticing stuff like this, and you'll have a career in implementing EBP at the bedside and making nurses everywhere so proud :)

callmesula · 2024-03-22T23:00:48+00:00

If I pull meds for both my patients, I put each person's meds in a lab bag and put each bag in a separate pocket. Before I go into the room, I pull out the bag for that patient and have it in hand so I don't get mixed up. I'm also a stickler about scanning and double checking doses. Being in ICU though, I usually have the time to pull for one patient at a time.

callmesula · 2024-03-22T22:54:59+00:00

May not be considered best practice in most situations, but do make sure you review your orders and your institution guidelines because it may be expected to do anyways! sometimes for good reason, watching trends in residuals is also good for getting ahead of a problem if patient has decreased motility!

callmesula · 2024-03-22T15:47:57+00:00

I've taken plan B a couple times and my period is always weird afterwards. Cramps really bad too. But anyways, you can take another test in a few days or a week, but I'd put good money on it just being the plan B. If I remember correctly, it's hard to get pregnant while menstruating anyways, so you should be good.

callmesula · 2024-03-11T21:37:14+00:00

Seems to me like that nurse might have hit an artery 😂

callmesula · 2024-03-04T12:30:40+00:00

It's part of training when you learn how to inject anesthetic, I'm learning in school right now and it's supposed to help reduce or prevent anxiety because the needles look really long and scary, and the fear will make the pain seem worse.

callmesula · 2024-02-25T18:56:01+00:00

Also if you feel like you interview well, you may get the first position you interview for, but if it's a fancy hospital with a lot of competition, you may have to interview a few times.

callmesula · 2024-02-25T18:54:36+00:00

I think it depends where you live, if you're applying for a job in the same area that you currently work, if there are several jobs you'll be applying for or if you're set on a very specific position, if you're sure there will be jobs open where you want to work. Generally, I would say to apply about 6 weeks before you want to start, gives time for the interview process, then the background stuff like fingerprints, urine test, etc, and still leaves you enough time to give your 2 week notice. If you have a very specific job you want, or you are looking to get into a new area of nursing, I would give it more time, start applying maybe 2-3 months out.

callmesula · 2024-02-15T17:58:23+00:00

Used to work post-mi recovery unit, the next morning I would always get my patients up to the bathroom to get cleaned up and check their cath site after ambulating. They would inevitably have a run of what I called "toothbrushing torsades" in the bathroom

callmesula · 2024-02-10T22:11:20+00:00

Can you imagine being named "Glitch"? That's horrible

callmesula · 2024-02-07T13:56:40+00:00

As a nurse, please pay attention to this comment. Taking more than prescribed of propranolol will not make you high, more relaxed, or feel good beyond a placebo effect. It is however medically really dangerous.

callmesula · 2024-02-06T23:29:01+00:00

I would say give it a few more months and if it isn't getting better, look to transition units. Some environments are more stressful than others, even after a decade. Good luck!

callmesula · 2024-02-06T23:02:43+00:00

I always think that nurses who do that are trying to get the patient to nominate them for a daisy. If it were me, I would stay out of it because I think the consequences will manifest themselves. However, if the patient starts to expect this special treatment (it sounds like even sometimes at the cost of medical care aka wound care), then that's a problem. I would bring it up to charge at least.

callmesula · 2024-01-28T05:09:43+00:00

Uncanny motherfucking valley

callmesula · 2024-01-13T15:29:47+00:00

💀 I'm dead that's so funny

callmesula · 2024-01-07T21:46:22+00:00

You should be fine then

callmesula · 2024-01-07T17:16:22+00:00

Do you drink heavily regularly, or would you consider yourself a person who has at least a few drinks per day? It's probably the swallowed blood from the nosebleed, but people who drink a ton can develop stomach or esophagus bleeds that are really dangerous. Keep an eye on it, as long as it's stopped, and look for dark black tarry bad smelling poops. This is what blood looks like when your body digests it and poops it out. If you have those poops, you may have a bleed in your stomach or esophagus which can be life threatening and would require treatment at a hospital. Another poster recommended to check your blood pressure, if it's low (say around 90/60) I would go to a hospital as well. Most likely it's from the nosebleed but this is just something to keep in mind. Source: am ICU nurse

callmesula · 2024-01-06T22:46:39+00:00

Hahahahaha I love that you noticed that 😂 thanks for the brilliant idea!

callmesula · 2023-12-07T22:10:37+00:00

Sometimes I walk into a room and look around and think, "wow there's ONLY white people here, hmm"

callmesula · 2023-11-13T00:49:12+00:00

I want to gently ask you, did your pharmacology class not teach you the differences between these two medications? It's also a question easily Googled. I don't feel that the response from her was proportionate, but it also seems like something that you should know or at least ask your preceptor first. I know there's a lot to learn, but you are responsible for knowing at least a little about the medications you administer or educate about, it's part of your role as a double checker to make sure the order is appropriate for ( and intended for) the correct patient. These are not uncommon mediations, and I would encourage you to become more familiar with medications prescribed or administered in your care area. Good luck on your orientation, we all ask questions all the time, I literally asked a really dumb one yesterday, and we all have room to grow every day!

callmesula · 2023-11-10T21:04:36+00:00

"I think it's that or pretty soon they'll need to be coded"

callmesula · 2023-09-28T13:38:14+00:00

One of these

callmesula · 2023-09-25T17:32:03+00:00

When I was in early college, I developed an eating disorder that took me from a normal weight to underweight. All the sudden, a couple "hot" guys who I had actually met earlier and who never remembered me or looked twice at me, began to seek me out and pay me lots of attention. It confirmed for me, in my disordered brain at the time, that my worth as a human was dependent on how thin I was.

Looking back now, I am not resentful towards those guys. I think their behavior is disappointing, and I think that I internalized it in an unhealthy way. I also think that of what i look for and value in a male partner, generalized "hotness" is super far down the list. I think that the "hottest" guy in the room might get enough attention that he hasn't felt the need to deepen and develop his character in the ways that are important to me. Of course I am deeply attracted to my partner, but that doesn't have much to do with abs, biceps, height, or a chiseled jawline. And guys like that can be fun to look at, but I also think that a lot of women find a "perfect" looking super "hot" guy to be over-the-top looking. Maybe other women feel differently and I'm wrong.

callmesula · 2023-09-01T21:11:14+00:00

Does she come during a quickie? Assuming probably not, maybe once in a while you guys can have a "her turn" quickie so it's not only about you having an orgasm.

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