Nursing Problems

Am I busy bc I'm titrating multiple pressors and drips or bc I'm running around to get the patient's visitors coffee with 6 sugars?

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@LoveTheScrubs An attending at my old hospital called plasmalyte “mamas pie”

@Nursing_Prblems P-lyte.... aka plasmalyte My old hospital called blood sugars ‘dexi’

Are there any slang words on your unit that obviously aren’t legal terms but you see nurses use them in notes?

Saw a nurse write that their patient is on house wine in their note. Wonder how that would hold up in court 😂

For example, we call D5NS w/KCl “house wine” because it’s our most used IV fluid

By the end of the time it takes to recover from the emotional trauma of work it’s already time to go back 🙃

Has any one out there ever have a physician put a patient on comfort care and not make the patient DNR?! Is this okay ever? I was under the impression a comfort care order implied a DNR status and you would never start comfort care on someone who is full code.

Hour 1 of work... call attending at home. Hour 2 of work... call medical director. Yes that kind of day.

When you’ve just finished your 0300 feeds and assessments 🏥 but it’s not quite time for 0500 labs 🧪 🤣.

I really hope no one replays the EEG videos and hears me saying “fuck this shit” under my breath 20 times a day

Election Day! #MA residents we urge you to get out there and vote NO on #Question1

Massachusetts Nurses Union Urges Mandatory 3 Nurses to 1 Patient Ratio to Boost Lagging Union Dues - gomerblog.com/2018/11/31-nur…

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@nursebarbie1 “DONT. BITE!”

I’m really good at brushing my dogs teeth because of all the intubated patients over the years I’ve had to do mouth care on

@Goofydad I think that’s our issue too! 😫 No other reason to have an “open unit”

Any ICU nurses work in a unit that’s not locked 24/7? Is this a conflict on your unit between staff/management etc ?

On/off/on/off/on night shifts are particularly disgusting. No sleep ever in between and no having a life or getting anything done outside of work for about 6 days 🤮 thank you timekeepers for all you do 🙄

Do you ever start a day shift and you have the worst assignment on the unit, you already know it’s going to be an awful day, but thank GOD the nurse before you put out & dated a new g-tube syringe and med cup 🙄

I love giving report to nurses who don’t write anything down. So quick!