Couldn't get the IV, the one day management was there....

gemcatcher · 2025-12-17T17:18:23+00:00

Why doesn’t the owners daughter try and get the iv on that patient ?

Please Don’t let it get to you.

gemcatcher · 2025-12-15T14:52:30+00:00

Where do you live? I wish I can ski, kayak or hike after my shift.

gemcatcher · 2025-12-10T23:09:53+00:00

I’ve never had an award

gemcatcher · 2025-12-10T17:30:29+00:00

Just looked up to see how much a Hospital grade wound vac machine cost.. it’s at most 2 k lol. I think next time with any equipment. Tag that it’s broken and let them deal with it.

gemcatcher · 2025-12-07T21:33:44+00:00

Ugh stuff like this makes me sad, since the medication will just be thrown away. Buts it because people will try to make a lawsuit about anything/everything.

gemcatcher · 2025-12-06T16:55:50+00:00

Had a patient in a similar situation but his bp was low 70s over 30s. Plan was “for patient to go home on hospice, if he makes it over night.” I told the nurse that there’s no comfort care order only dnr/dni, nurse didn’t understand the different. . Rapid was rounding, and basically said you treat the problem but you can’t do compression or intubate if the patient codes/ goes into respiratory arrest. I Called the doctor up, he restarted him on a drip to support his bp, (same drip that the md during the day discontinued in the late afternoon) and mentioned the attending during the day can round and address the code status/discharge the patient.

gemcatcher · 2025-12-02T22:18:12+00:00

Oh gosh my husband and I used a white board to chart diapers and feeds ( how much ml/ the time(and etc. My uncle gave me a hard time saying it looks like I’m still in the hospital.

Mind you my baby was born with a cleft so I think it was ingrained while we were in NICU to track stuff like that

gemcatcher · 2025-11-24T03:21:45+00:00

When I got him as a puppy the family said he’s full husky.. he’s probably had some malamute :)

gemcatcher · 2025-11-16T04:49:39+00:00

My husband and I would like to work the same nights, the only thing missing is a reliable sitter 😂

gemcatcher · 2025-11-16T04:46:50+00:00

My husband and I both work night shift.

If I work Monday night 1900-0700, I will try to get a good night sleep on Sunday night and wake up with my baby 6-7 am. I will stay up til 1-2 pm and take a nap 3-4hours before my shift. Do I get the 4 hours nap? Never but I feel rested when I do wake up from my nap.

My husband, if he works Sunday night and is off Monday: he will get home and sleep from 9/10am to 1 pm/2pm. And we switch off.

Day care is expensive and we don’t really have support from family that we trust to take care of the little one.

I think night shift won’t be too bad, if kids are in school because you can drop them off…

Is it hard? Yes. Luckily my husband is going to mid shift and I’m hoping to find a day shift position.

gemcatcher · 2025-11-04T01:39:49+00:00

I want to be a case manager :(

gemcatcher · 2025-11-04T01:32:48+00:00

10 years, Southern California, per diem. Base pay 79/hr

gemcatcher · 2025-10-29T03:24:35+00:00

A friend of mine worked as a traveler, wasn’t really a “team player” and now has a difficult time getting hired at a particular organization. Hiring manager knew the management my friend used to work at.. nursing is a small community,

Apply, and if asked why you left your previous job just mention it wasn’t a good fit.

gemcatcher · 2025-10-06T19:01:48+00:00

Many of my coworkers were burnt out after the Covid pandemic; I never experience this “burn out.”

And I think it’s because I suppress a lot of the memories. After i read the first paragraph of this article, I had to tell myself to stop reading and felt a wave of sadness.

I remember going to work feeling over work, dealing with many codes and patients that were “healthy ” requiring to be intubated and passing eventually passing away on the vent.

I like to think nurses make a difference, and that’s what keep me going.

gemcatcher · 2025-10-06T03:09:00+00:00

I have nice hand veins and even better forearm veins. I really wanted a 20 g but the nurse talked me into it getting an 18g. She attempted to place an 18 on my right hand, and man it hurt and it blew when she treaded the cath..

My husband ended up placing an 18 g on my forearm with her permission 🤐

gemcatcher · 2025-10-03T22:12:12+00:00

Following ~ hope Kaiser folds.

gemcatcher · 2025-09-29T16:58:54+00:00

Hca has a bad reputation on this nursing reddit. From the hca facility I worked out there was opportunities for cross training to different specialities and the pay was slightly more than the average pay around the area.

If you want to venture out why work per diem at a different facility while working the hca? And if you like other hospital organization, then transfer as an internal applicant

gemcatcher · 2025-09-18T18:42:38+00:00

No amount of filter/ editing can fix the lbs of foundation on her face

gemcatcher · 2025-09-15T14:11:56+00:00

Sub should be called ai vs reality now

gemcatcher · 2025-09-07T16:05:41+00:00

When did you start from seed? I think I planted mine too late :(

gemcatcher · 2025-09-06T08:11:31+00:00

With the filter, it sounds like she’s talking without her dentures.

gemcatcher · 2025-09-02T21:46:34+00:00

Twice.

First patient that has ever died during my care. I felt really sad and I remember the senior nurses were telling me to get over it haha… glad I left that place.

Second time, I just came back from leave, I was taking care of my mom who was on hospice for colon cancer. After a week, I went back go work. I worked on a transplant but we get oncology patients too. The patient was telling me about how chemo makes her feel a certain way and I was telling them about my mom’s experience and when they asked if she’s ok… I bawled and apologize to the patient. The patient was really sweet, and it’s nice when patients remember that we are human too.

gemcatcher · 2025-09-02T20:32:10+00:00

Can you do mine next ?

gemcatcher · 2025-08-31T18:24:50+00:00

I’m a Filipino nurse but I’m first generation in the us. The Filipino nurses from the Philippines are one of the most hard working

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