tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post112750272035241859..comments2023-06-14T03:36:55.988-07:00Comments on Head Nurse: Her: "Boy, you're mean." Me: "Boy, you're perceptive."Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-85172251103365814012013-03-14T19:12:35.784-07:002013-03-14T19:12:35.784-07:00Do you work at a correctional facility that admini...Do you work at a correctional facility that administers lethal injections? One of the first things we learned in our fluid and electrolytes unit is that that is the ONLY situation potassium would ever be administered by bolus. Maybe the instructor thought she was at ft Leavenworth. You might have encouraged her to admit herself to the unit, as she is clearly not A&OAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1128032912700930812005-09-29T15:28:00.000-07:002005-09-29T15:28:00.000-07:00Oy.I think I'd really like you IRL.Oy.<BR/><BR/>I think I'd really like you IRL.Lionesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066691544599972381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1127790526529539392005-09-26T20:08:00.000-07:002005-09-26T20:08:00.000-07:00I had some excellent nursing instructors and my si...I had some excellent nursing instructors and my sister, currently enrolled, says that 3 out of 4 of hers are excellent. <BR/><BR/>That means that, in her case, one sucks. Not good odds. She's in a really good program too. At least this particular instructor doesn't have tenure. She's already checked. I was relieved. I'm an alumna of that program.<BR/><BR/>While we're dissing nursing instructors (and admitting that really bad ones are in the minority), there are 2 I'd like to discuss:<BR/><BR/>1. I was in labor, first baby. The 2 students I permitted in the room were WONDERFUL - clearly in spite of the instructor. My husband warned the instructor repeatedly that I didn't want to be touched. Did she listen? Nope. I screamed once. Did she listen? Nope. I couldn't talk, I'd been panting for over an hour by the time she entered the scene. She started patting my leg during a contraction. My husband warned her again. She backed away briefly, then started patting again. I have a very clear memory of my foot on her chest pushing her across the room -- entirely beyond my control. As this was happening, the thought popped into my head: "this must be transition!"<BR/><BR/>My husband looked at her and said, "I told you she didn't want to be touched." <BR/><BR/>2. I never met this instructor. She sent a student in to d/c my husband's IV. NO instruction. No supervision. His nurse was in the room, so she gets included in this. Hubby's arm is rather hairy. I showed the 2 of them how to properly remove an IV catheter and tape from a hairy arm. His nurse asked why they couldn't just have shaved his arm prior to starting the IV. I guess more than one of her instructors sucked.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237756183010257014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1127715291875158832005-09-25T23:14:00.000-07:002005-09-25T23:14:00.000-07:00House rocks! Watch it if you get a chance, shrimp ...House rocks! Watch it if you get a chance, shrimp - with your sense of humor, I bet you'll love it. Snarky is a great description of him. ;) hehHypnoKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07625972900824755217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1127597790770828632005-09-24T14:36:00.000-07:002005-09-24T14:36:00.000-07:00Shrimpy, I worked at an abortion clinic. Also, out...Shrimpy, I worked at an abortion clinic. Also, out-Housing House means to be even snarkier than the title character in the wildly popular medical TV drama (mad props to Hugh Laurie).<BR/><BR/>"House" is the only reason I grieve my dead TV.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1127566660133682222005-09-24T05:57:00.000-07:002005-09-24T05:57:00.000-07:00Shot at or followed home? Were you, like, Russell ...Shot at or followed home? Were you, like, Russell Crowe's bodyguard or something?<BR/><BR/>There are a lot of practical reasons to run K+ as a secondary besides not killing the patient, although oftentimes that suffices as a clinical rationale. (See? I can be subtle.)<BR/><BR/>For example: a lot of patients say it burns like hell, even running abysmally slow. So sometimes I'll hold it and run a little of the primary fluid for a few minutes. Then run the K+ even a little slower. Whatever. <BR/><BR/>If I ever caught a nursing instructor hanging K+ as a primary or on just gravity, I would cap their knees.<BR/><BR/>Question: qu'est-ce que c'est <I>House</I>? and how do you <I>out</I> it? Is a stinky pun somehow involved?shrimplatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.com