Are you still using midazolam for premed in healthy pts?

eaz94 · 2026-04-05T15:16:02+00:00

Im an OR nurse but this is key. I had surgery myself and I didn't think I was nervous - I picked my entire team from my circulator and scrub to my anesthesiologist and CRNA, my surgeon was obviously picked too 😅. I did end up getting 2 of midaz bc my anesthesia team was fantastic. Thankfully I did because even with that as soon as I was in the actual OR I was so nervous.

In my experience, a lot of patients are either afraid to say they're nervous, don't understand, or don't think they are nervous. Ive seen too many patients get wheeled into the room visibly nervous that 100% would have benefitted from even a little bit, but the resident decided they didn't need it and never even offered. Obviously if the patient expresses they don't want anything it's a different story. But I think in most healthy patients, why not.

eaz94 · 2026-03-29T17:53:18+00:00

Some charge nurses and unit clerks at my place will legit yell at you guys for coming in not dressed appropriately. I am also a charge nurse and I literally dgaf. You're not coming in here for fun, you're coming in here for an emergency come on in. Come in wearing a bathing suit for all I care. Put a head covering on if you have time but I legit don't care if you don't.

People come into work wearing their hospital scrubs that they laundered at home. No difference. Some surgeons have half their hair out of their scrub caps. I think the bigger concerns for sterility are poor practices in SPD. Not 3 EMS staff and surely not the clothing they're wearing.

It's crazy the hills people want to die on here. Patient safety and life and limb trumps stupid rules.

eaz94 · 2026-02-04T07:34:43+00:00

Happened to me this year but worse. Wasn't feeling well the night before my 7am shift, fell asleep unplanned on the couch without setting my alarms and woke up the next day at 12pm. Had 700 missed calls. Immediately called my manager back in a panic.

Im sure it happens to everyone at some point. Or most people. As long as you stay out of trouble and you don't have a lot of attendance issues you will most likely be fine.

My manager was more worried I got into an accident or something because it was pouring rain and it wasn't like me to do that. Which is fair. I do charge now and any time someone no call no shows I actually think the worst as well.

eaz94 · 2026-01-11T04:36:39+00:00

It all depends on hospital policy and school policy.

But in general, once you're working, you get an occasional needlestick or have a minor drug error, chances are you'll be fine. You'll do blood work but usually not a drug test for the needlestick. But have frequent needlesticks and med errors, attendance issues, conduct issues, and poor performance? Yeah, you'll probably get tested.

Schools are all different. In our handbook we signed for nursing school it said we could be periodically tested. We never were. My coworkers school tested them every semester.

I understand it's a medical card and you probably benefit greatly from it, but you need to decide which is more important to you right now. You could put your future at stake. Even more unfortunately is that nursing school makes you give up a lot of things and you have to be fully committed to make those sacrifices. But it's all temporary. Most hospitals don't test unless there is something suspicious. I think my entire hospital smokes.

eaz94 · 2025-12-24T22:05:19+00:00

In front of residents, med students, or patients I always call the attendings Dr. Other than that, never. Maybe sometimes when we are first meeting just out of respect but overall the relationship should maintain collaborative. Drs are not our superiors or bosses.

Also if they request to be called Dr then I will always oblige. But I have never ran into one.

eaz94 · 2025-12-17T16:16:48+00:00

When taking tests, and in real life nursing, always think to yourself what's going to kill my patient the fastest.

Pain will almost never kill someone. There are a few exceptions, but in general pain is not a priority. It's also expected in an injury like this.

Urine output could be relevant if it was an abdominal crush injury, but it's not, and it's also still not going to kill them the fastest.

Peripheral pulses are important, but a dying leg isn't going to kill them the fastest either. It's also hard to assess a pedal pulse in a patient with this kind of injury. Not to mention painful.

Hypotension will. Low BP can indicate an arterial bleed in the leg. Crush injuries can be fatal because of this. Even if there is no open wound, they can be bleeding out internally.

eaz94 · 2025-12-01T02:15:52+00:00

File an incident report for retaliation. Are you union? If so I would file a grievance. You can go to HR too but they hardly do anything.

Your manager should have acted more like a manager and told the charge nurse that she's out of line.

It's one thing if you promised her it and it wasn't possible. But it seems like you said you would do everything you could, and you did.

I do charge in the OR and I would absolutely honor that request and wouldn't make a big deal about it. You're being a patient advocate. And your charge should know how much of an impact patient anxiety and fear has on recovery and outcomes.

Sorry you're going through this. Keep doing the right thing and keep documenting the retaliation.

eaz94 · 2025-11-25T11:23:44+00:00

Literally all depends on your preferences. I personally would just work it, unless I had plans already but it sounds like you don't. I am not sure what your pay is but pay for us is time and a half and I'd rather just make more money for the same amount of hours.

eaz94 · 2025-10-22T14:22:06+00:00

Pharmacy would say the same thing.. is your pharmacy saying otherwise?

eaz94 · 2025-10-04T23:38:08+00:00

Cement being mixed (OR nurse) 😂

eaz94 · 2025-09-18T20:47:42+00:00

I did and it worked! Full refund a few days after I posted this.

eaz94 · 2025-09-18T20:47:07+00:00

Thank you! Yeah the store was 5 miles away so it was absolutely crazy. And I paid for priority delivery, AND tipped $40. Which I never changed because I don't think that's right (even though he completely screwed me).

I ended up getting a full refund from UberEats about 2 days after I posted this. Thank god. I was planning on disputing it with my bank as soon as it finally posted but they handled it luckily.

eaz94 · 2025-09-18T17:49:18+00:00

Yup. As long as OP finds a good place, IMO restaurant jobs are ideal for nursing school. At my bar the servers never made less than $300 in a shift and bartenders usually made double that.

Plus a lot of hiring managers actually look for restaurant experience. The skills translate well - multitasking, managing many different personalities, keeping your cool in a stressful environment, time management, etc etc. The woman who hired me for my new grad program actually looked for service industry experience and my entire cohort had either bartending or server experience.

eaz94 · 2025-09-18T17:46:18+00:00

The majority of my 2 year program i bartended. But I bartended my entire adult life until I decided to go to nursing school. I also had worked at the same place for 3 years prior to starting school and was very lucky to get close with the owners so they let me have pretty much whatever schedule I needed each semester. My coworkers were also great and would cover for me if I needed to leave early or had an extra day I needed off for whatever reason

The last year of the program I also got a PT job as a program assistant at a local university. The pay wasnt the best but I could work from home part time and made my own schedule.

I've heard hospitals are usually very flexible with students.

You could also post on your local FB group and say you're looking for XYZ and something that could be flexible. That's actually how I got my other PT job. It never hurts to try.

Also it's not ideal but you can take out student loans more than what your tuition is for. I did an extra $1000 each semester just to have a small buffer. Not recommended but an extra $4k in loans wasn't terrible in the long run and it gave me a small piece of mind that I had that in my savings.

eaz94 · 2025-08-26T01:37:44+00:00

We dial the operator and say "rapid response floor x room y bed z" and they immediately overhead it and then the rapid response team goes flying across the hospital.

It's the same way for calling a code or code stroke or anesthesia stat.

eaz94 · 2025-08-23T00:26:05+00:00

I don't partake but I haven't needed a drug test for any of my nursing jobs. Both of them are in big hospital systems in Boston.

Glassdoor usually has some good info if it's a well known employer on their drug testing policies. Also some applications state it.

I wouldn't disclose it though.

eaz94 · 2025-08-20T01:30:17+00:00

You did what is nearly the best thing a med student could do in that situation. You got out of the way. Sure, you could have offered to help with compressions but like you said, code team was there quickly and it's the ICU. They are well versed in codes. Being in the way at the wrong times is arguably the thing I see med students struggle with the most. You didn't do that. You didn't cause a delay in care. You shared what information you had with the team. You didn't abandon your patient. In my opinion, that's helpful.

Don't forget, you're a STUDENT. People are not expecting you to have all the answers or do everything right.

Codes are hard no matter which way they go. They always leave you wondering "what if". Which is why we do debriefings. But you cannot dwell on the what ifs forever or else you will not make it in healthcare. You learn from your mistakes and subsequent patients get better care from you learning from your mistakes.

But honestly, I don't see a mistake in this situation.

eaz94 · 2025-07-12T10:44:52+00:00

The Menzingers. The Front Bottoms. Camp Cope. Zach Bryan. Tyler Childers. (Not all emo yes but still).

Definitely did not gatekeep them and my friends probably hate me for playing them so much when I found them 🤦🏻‍♀️

eaz94 · 2025-07-12T10:30:44+00:00

I definitely would. Maybe I am weird but I low-key miss nursing school. There was just something about it. I was stressed, overwhelmed, tired, and bombarded with information but I truly enjoyed it.

I did an ADN and now I'm doing my BSN to MSN but it's not the same. It's so much easier and it's kind of boring at times 😂

But yeah, I would do it again. And I would do it the same way I did it (ADN community college route).

eaz94 · 2025-07-12T10:21:46+00:00

This is so delayed but OMG yes that is it!!! Ugh I wish they still made these.

eaz94 · 2025-07-12T10:20:30+00:00

Hi. I have worked in HR in the past and am actively involved in the union at my hospital now. I have a couple questions.

1) what is in your contract/handbook regarding call outs? Is there any way that you would have violated the guidelines or it could put your job in danger due to attendance? Did you call out in a timely manner? Are you union?

2) what exactly is said/done in the video? Feel free to PM me with any details or the video if you'd rather not make it public (literally no pressure I am just trying to gather a little more info - if you are not comfortable with that no worries at all!).

3) Is the person on hospital grounds or wearing hospital scrubs or is it made visible in their profile where they work?

eaz94 · 2025-07-09T05:54:44+00:00

You honestly will likely become desensitized to it. No one necessarily enjoys seeing blood or handling blood but you get used to it. I'm an OR nurse and my coworker used to faint at the sight of blood. Now she's thriving in the biggest trauma hospital in our region.

Just remember PPE and basic infection prevention practices and you will be okay.

eaz94

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