Crazy Nurse Escapades

When my patient continually screams out "nurse" instead of using the call bell...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:24:13 -0400

jrabbit85:

I’m like…

This is one of my biggest pet peeves at work.

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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:58:22 -0400

WHEN SOMEONE ACTUALLY SAYS THE Q-WORD

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:18:36 -0400

whatshouldwecallnursing:

cranquis: numberneededtotreat: YouTube | The History of...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:59:20 -0400

cranquis:

numberneededtotreat:

YouTube | The History of EHRs

Excellent, short description of one reason why electronic medical records are terrible—the original development has not been driven by creating a clinical tool for doctors, but more of an administrative tool for others in healthcare (i.e.—administrators and payers)

Agree, agree, agree. My particular thoughts on this video:

“Meaningful Use” — HAHAHA! What a waste of time. Do you know that my EHR now REQUIRES me to enter a blood pressure on any patient AS YOUNG AS 2 YEARS OLD before I can actually “see” the patient? Even though no study shows that measuring BP in all kids under 12 provides any useful data to improve their health? “But it’s required, for meaningful use” whine the EHR people. FACE-SLAPS ALL AROUND.

Yay Epocrates!

Have you ever tried to read an old visit note in an EHR? Think about how much scrolling and scrolling and scrolling you did before you finally found the one tiny sentence or phrase which actually gave you any clinically-useful information. The rest of that crap? Coding and Billing fluff.

@ 2:05, I love the woman who is just standing there staring at the white board in the background. That would be me if I was ever trapped in one of these types of meetings. Maybe doodling a tiny Cranquis curb-stomping a tiny laptop, Office Space style.

Dr. Dombrowski’s idea of “getting all the governmental agencies… on the same page” about EHR is nice and all — but unless doctors/nurses/PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY SEE PATIENTS are in charge of those much-needed revisions, things will never ever improve with EHR.

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Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:15:49 -0400

"You either like me or you don’t. It took me twenty-something years to learn how to love myself, I..."

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:34:25 -0400

“You either like me or you don’t. It took me twenty-something years to learn how to love myself, I don’t have that kinda time to convince somebody else.”

- Daniel Franzese (via gnarbie)
This. Forever.
(via fayedaniels)

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Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:06:29 -0400

Agreeing to come in on your day off...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:03:52 -0400

adventuresinnursing2:

…and walking into a shit show

IdleDancer: NURSING: What frustrates new nurses (about some experienced nurses)

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:10:07 -0400

IdleDancer: NURSING: What frustrates new nurses (about some experienced nurses):

almostanrn:

idledancer:

….But they may secretly admire…..

1. How they just KNOWthings

2.They can smell trouble down the hall

3.They do everything twice as fast. Plus they remember to cap the peg tubes after flushing them.

4.They’re always done early

5.They know every doctor and can smooth talk even the toughest ones.

6.They get the best assignments. And interestingly enough, limited admissions.

7.They can spot a lying patient

8.They can spot a lying doctor. Scratch that, who can’t….They can actually spot a lying nursing assistant, plus they know all their hiding spots.

9.They justKNOWwhen a patient will code. Right down to the hour. Plus they already have the crash cart ready.

10. They know every damn medication and its side effect. Plus they remember them from when they were dispensed in glass bottles, and can calculate drip rates without blinking.

10.25. If they’re one of the kind ones; they will swoop in and save the day of the struggling new nurse

10.50. They get breaks

I want to be this

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Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:05:29 -0400

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Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:00:51 -0500

md-admissions: 300poundcountdown: lower-end-of-onederland: hid...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:01:48 -0500

md-admissions:

300poundcountdown:

lower-end-of-onederland:

hiddlestonhug:

thegabbittycave:

themaraudingdetective:

grapefruitshampoo:

THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING AND BRILLIANT THING EVER

This is what happens when women write ad campaigns for other women *dies from the hotness*

this is still my favorite ad of all time

Well this ad gets an A+

and its even for something important … but still EYE CANDY!

This might be the greatest ad ever.

Hands down greatest ad ever. Especially since I am learning repro right now? BRILLIANT.

thedaysofforever: “EMS: 90% bullshit, 10% oh shit!” EMS quote of the day.

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:46:08 -0500

thedaysofforever:

“EMS: 90% bullshit, 10% oh shit!”

EMS quote of the day.

cupcakern: ER Trauma Assessment, ever wonder what was after...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:41:56 -0500

cupcakern:

ER Trauma Assessment, ever wonder what was after ABC?

idledancer: SPEED NURSING: Things Nurses Could do with Safer...

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:08:02 -0500

idledancer:

SPEED NURSING: Things Nurses Could do with Safer Staff Ratios

January 3, 2013

IdleThoughts from an idealist.

1. Catch subtle symptoms before they progress to an RRT or Cardiac Arrest

2. Be able to spend more time with patients, so they don’t feel neglected, and heck; maybe even bring up the scores on the patient satisfaction surveys

3. Answer call bells promptly

4. Be able to round on patients a lot more, potentially preventing more patients from falling.

5. Be able to pee more frequently than once a shift (if that)

6. Be able to eat on breaks at leisure, and not suffer reflux from shoveling food down so fast just to get back out on the floor

7. Be marginally more friendly, from lack of stress, or time to actually socialize a little with the people you spend many of your waking hours with.

8. Maybe help out other nurses when they have one difficult patient, rather than numerous patients in a district of insanity

9. Have a charge nurse without patients of their own, so they can assist in districts that really need it.

10. Have a less sore back from the increased and arduous work, and maybe get home at a decent time

10.5 Interpret the not-so-obvious lab values, radiology, and rather than “speed nursing,” spend more time utilizing the critical thinking process and maybe save a life

….list is endless…..

Wayfaring MD: Just coded a terminal cancer patient.

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 02:10:33 -0500

Wayfaring MD: Just coded a terminal cancer patient. :

wayfaringmd:

It was their third time coding today. Each time they were brought back weaker than before and a little more brain damaged. The family was watching the action through the ICU room window and refused to let us stop.

Y’all, let this be a public service announcement. Breaking your loved one’s ribs,…

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Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:25:42 -0500

freeskywarp: Someone just sent this to me from facebook and I...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:16:16 -0500

freeskywarp:

Someone just sent this to me from facebook and I haven’t seen it on here yet.

25 year old male. Self inflicted knife wound to neck. Transacted trachea and esophagus. Missed carotid, external jugular, and internal jugulars. Cut thyroid artery.

That takes some serious skill.

nprglobalhealth: ‘How Will You Respond, When Death Calls Your...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:40:13 -0500

nprglobalhealth:

‘How Will You Respond, When Death Calls Your Name?’

Lisa M. Krieger and Dai Sugano of the San Jose Mercury News tackled this question in a year-long series, The Cost of Dying.

Photos and Videos by Dai Sugano / San Jose Mercury News.

South Florida is coming together. Job interview. Check ✔ Met awesome realtor looking for places for...

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:27:08 -0500

South Florida is coming together. Job interview. Check ✔
Met awesome realtor looking for places for me ✔
Got some sun ✔
Can not wait to move! Omg! By April I’ll be down there! 😆