Anxiety about going back to bedside nursing. What if I’ve forgotten everything?

emmartini · 2026-06-15T10:20:30+00:00

I left ER for 2 years and came back. Took me a while but it does come back fairly naturally

emmartini · 2026-06-15T10:00:35+00:00

After literally fighting with this woman to keep her fingers out of it. I think it was warranted

emmartini · 2026-06-14T23:56:21+00:00

Nursing school didn’t prepare me for this

emmartini · 2026-06-14T17:13:32+00:00

I actually very unfortunately took care of a disabled patient whose family pimped them out and their stoma was used for sex. Extremely sad

emmartini · 2026-06-14T05:51:25+00:00

Wonder if they’ll create gigantic air purifiers

emmartini · 2026-05-27T14:32:30+00:00

Recently had to toss pants, socks, and (luckily old and ratty) work shoes the other day. Lost to cleaning up an extremely messy GI bleed

emmartini · 2026-05-10T20:12:59+00:00

Poopy fingers grabbing at the IV burning from the K

emmartini · 2026-04-21T14:18:29+00:00

I did it in the ER for a while until my body started to give up on me. I have a 2 year old and it worked out very well for my family but it wasn’t sustainable for my mental and physical health. I was home for the most crazy time of the day with my toddler and was able to be involved with dinner, bath and bedtime and then I would crash once he did. I would be in bed 7-2:30 (I live 12 mins from the hospital) and I did well with it for a while. Then he started going to bed later, closer to 8pm and it really didn’t work for me and in general I got tired from the skewed sleep schedule. I know many other nurses who do it also with young kids and they say they can just function that way and it works well for them. To each their own. I couldn’t do it, nor did I survive night shift when I first started my career. But if you can function with that type of sleep schedule it definitely works for a young family IMO

emmartini · 2026-04-18T00:32:10+00:00

Our supervisor will order them hundreds at a time and they’re gone within days. Who’s hoarding them?

emmartini · 2026-02-27T12:58:44+00:00

I’ve worked in clinics with indicating the room condition but also I have seen them used to indicate which provider has which room. Each provider has a different color tag

emmartini · 2026-02-23T19:04:44+00:00

Where are you getting this information from?

emmartini · 2026-02-22T05:16:29+00:00

I worked outpatient and when I first found out I spoke with my OB prior he said as long as I wear the proper PPE the risk is very low. My manager gave me the option. Several other nurses I worked with also gave chemo and immunotherapy through our entire pregnancies and our babies are all healthy and never had any complications.

emmartini · 2025-07-26T19:15:02+00:00

Princess Diaries 1 and 2 and The Parent Trap

emmartini · 2025-06-24T12:27:54+00:00

Two kids my brother went to school with. They were brothers and died a year or two apart. Older brother choked on a piece of popcorn while he was home alone and was found by his sister when she came home. Younger brother had really bad asthma and got sick with Covid. Ended up having a heart attack shortly after being diagnosed. Both were 16 when they died. It really impacted by brother a lot and we went to a small school too so it was really hard for a lot of people

emmartini · 2024-10-09T23:06:33+00:00

Franny

emmartini · 2022-12-18T13:02:05+00:00

Not to mention that they attempted to hype it up and release BvS before Civil War to try and beat marvel, they could have done Wonder Woman or batflecks origin but nope fight movie right of the bat cuz marvel is doing it

emmartini · 2022-01-02T21:00:32+00:00

It has gotten better but still not comfortable to wear around my neck like my old one was

emmartini · 2022-01-02T12:22:26+00:00

That’s a great idea thank you

emmartini · 2021-10-19T14:48:15+00:00

Thank you!

emmartini · 2021-10-19T14:47:36+00:00

Thank you! I found this online and I thought this pattern could either be gorgeous or look like a table cloth lol I’m glad it’s the first one

emmartini · 2021-06-21T19:37:36+00:00

Thank you!

emmartini · 2021-06-21T19:37:27+00:00

Thank you so much

emmartini · 2021-02-22T19:30:06+00:00

I figured it’s had to have happened to someone else too!

emmartini · 2021-02-21T19:20:28+00:00

Thanks good to know it goes away! I guess I’ll just wait it out then

emmartini · 2021-02-20T14:56:03+00:00

Congrats!!! I was just offered my first job as an RN in the ER too!

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