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Wife. Mom 💖💖💖💙. ICU RN. Ravenclaw. ENFJ. She/Her. Fuck Covid. Wear your mask. 🖤
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Pt & family at beginning of Covid admission: “Covid isn’t real. You are all just conspiring against us. The vaccine is poison”.
Pt: a month into admission: 16 PEEP 100%, maxed on levo, epi. Paralyzed for the last 3 weeks.
Family *begging*”can’t you just give him the vaccine?!”
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One of the fathers I had to call to tell him that his son had died had said how the fact that his son was alone when he died is something that will haunt him. He wasn’t alone. I was sweating in my PPE but I was holding his hand, stroking his hair,
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Just got off the phone with the pediatrician…baby boy has covid AND RSV. Please talk me off the edge here. I’m freaking out.
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WE ARE GOING HOME!!! Everyone everyone everyone. Thank all of you beautiful souls (with the exception of one or two trolls) who expressed concern, love and well wishes. You are amazing and my son is coming home. I am so blessed.
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So today was a really horrible day at work….I mean truly and honestly horrible. One of my worst fears came true today. I’m mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually broken after the last several weeks and today was the cherry on top. I’m going to take a little break. 💔
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Okay guys, I did it...I finally stood up to the doctor who consistently is rude and condescending to me. I didn’t stutter, I didn’t waiver, I stood my ground, said what I needed to, turned around and walked out before he could utter a word.
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And talking to him. He was not alone when his heart stopped. I told the dad this and he sobbed saying that I was an angel that God sent to be with his son. I am not an angel, I am a nurse, I am human. 💔
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UPDATE: fluids been running all night… WE HAVE A WET DIAPER FINALLY. And he is eating! Fluids are off. If he can do another feed or two and have another wet diaper and maintain his oxygen we can be discharged!!! 💙💙💙 prayers!
I do have to say. These little IVs are cute. 🥺🥺🥺 also I haven’t slept in like 35~ish hours. 🙃
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Omfg it’s so sad when family refuse to transition to comfort care when pressures are 40/20 maxed on all pressors and the pulse ox is reading 12% on 100% and 16 of PEEP….wow. I hate this.
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If you don’t believe in Covid….fine. If you don’t believe in the vaccine….fine. If you refuse to wear a mask….whatever. If you go against every CDC recommendation…go for it. But on that same note, don’t come to the hospital and take away a bed from someone who needs it.
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Wanna hear something sucky? I got a call my aunt was admitted into the ICU. 15 minutes later I get a call that she died. I guess she had stage 4 ovarian cancer and didn’t tell anyone. I didn’t get to say goodbye. And I am at home grieving all alone
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Told my husband about stoma sex and he doesn’t believe me…. 🙃
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Soooo last month I got written up for missing too much work d/t being sick. Today I got in trouble for coming into work sick because I was warned I couldn’t miss another day for another 3 months.
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Sometimes just because we can keep someone alive doesn’t mean we should. Medicine now a days teeters a line…especially in the ICU.
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I just had a patient say “in the power of Jesus Christ I condemn you to the fiery pits of hell you came from you evil demon woman”. That is a first! I’m usually just called a bitch or something.
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We hired a new grad several months ago. They rocked orientation and really showed potential. Smart (and I mean friggin smart), funny, kind, great with patients and families. Now they are wanting to leave nursing all together because the ICU broke them.
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7 drips hanging, 5 liters given, 4 dressing changes, 3 pressors maxed, Q4 labs, Q 1 blood sugars, constant replacing of potassium, calcium, magnesium and one 15 hour shift later...I am done and my pt is still alive!!! I’m going to sleep for 3 days now.
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I am tired. I am tired of coming into work with the entire hospital busting at the seams. I am tired of the unit going under and you are supposed to “sink or swim”. I am tired of the constant demands admin has that only increases our work and charting load. I am tired of being
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My baby sister (13 years old) was in a boating accident. My mom just called. We don’t know anything but that. They are rushing her to the hospital but are an hour away. Please please pray.
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Intubated a 32 yo with Covid who was crying because they are scared they are never going to see their baby girl grow up. We held off for enough time for him to say his possible goodbyes to his wife. Fuck today. Fuck Covid. It’s still here and it’s not going anywhere.
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After a VERY VERY fast and yet another traumatic labor and delivery our baby boy was born last night:
July 22nd at 2358
8lbs 15oz
22 inches
14 inch head
He is perfect. I am doing okay. That is all that matters right now. 💙💙💙
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I do have to say. These little IVs are cute. 🥺🥺🥺 also I haven’t slept in like 35~ish hours. 🙃
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Covid patients who I had died in the last week on our unit:
36 yo who went into full renal failure. Stayed Intubated, proned, and paralyzed on 16 PEEP and 100% for 2 weeks.
47 yo severely immunocompromised from another facility who went into hepatorenal failure. And was
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Im doing my best to embrace this new little life. It is insane that after almost 2 years of infertility, 3 different fertility specialists, we were able to get pregnant with the twins. Now here we are 9 months later, not even trying and I get knocked up. Send your prayers please.
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Dude. AITA? My mom wants to take my 4 year old twins camping with her. I told her I wasn’t sure how well they would do with camping at nighttime without my husband or I and I just think it would be best if maybe we came up for the day and hiked around and maybe do
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Grabbed the nurses hand and said “enough…..enough. I am done. I dont want this anymore. I want to die peacefully and not waste away….enough is enough. Please just stop”. He died at 1855 tonight. It’s been an emotionally hard day and bringing up some horrible Covid memories
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We are getting our asses handed to us in the Covid icu. Even tripling up on patients and admin has the audacity to scold us for not having our white boards updated….in our sedated paralyzed and proned patients room where we don’t allow visitors. I just can’t today.
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Just had a patients family member (not my patient) come out to the nurses and complain because we are “sitting on our asses in front of computers” instead of massaging their loved ones feet because the patients feet hurt.
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Ughhhh, new doc who is a dick tried to belittle me in front of staff. I shut that shit down fast and hard and left him speechless. RESPECT YOUR NURSES.
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3 deaths so far on the unit today. Screaming/crying families on the phone because they couldnt be there for their last moments. I am not okay.
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I get my 2nd Pfizer vaccine next Friday. Not going to lie, I’m a little nervous. So many people I know got their ass kicked by the 2nd dose. I know it’s better than getting Covid, just hoping it’s not as bad as I’m thinking it’s going to be!
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Is it just me or are patients and family members meaner or more aggressive since the pandemic?
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People: omg you’re due any day now and still working?! You are super woman!
Me internally: actually no. I’m working up until I literally give birth because US maternity leave/baby bonding time is an effing joke and if you want any real time healing and with baby,you have to work
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Guys, I’m struggling. I got wrapped up in some shit at work. Even though I’m anon I don’t want to go into detail since lawyers are involved (don’t worry I’m not in trouble). I can’t say much more than that, but things are just even more stressful now. 💔💔💔
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It’s so cute that if my daughters are still up when I get home, they come running up to me and I say “no no, don’t touch mama” and they go “oh, mama you in cobid today?!” And I say “yes momma was in Covid today” and they go “no touch mama until mama showers!”
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EVERYONE!!!! EVERYONE!!!!!! Doctor called my gallbladder is wrecked and I am getting it out Friday!!!! I could cry, wait I am crying!!!!
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From when we were surging. I don’t know if I can do another round of this. It might destroy me. 💔
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pH 6.56
Lactate 14
Procal 17
LFTs >3,000
Cr 3.7
Temp 88 F
Maxed on levo, vaso, epi
100% fiO2 12 PEEP satting 68%
That’s it. That’s the post.
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So baby boy has only had 4 ounces of milk and one wet diaper since 9pm last night. We are closing in on 20 hours. He has been sleeping most of the day and refusing to eat. Thinking about going back in. I don’t know what to do.
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To be direct and let the patient know fully what is to be expected and not beat around the bush. I’m not “threatening” them or trying to scare them, I am being honest.
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Another story today from Covid icu. A gentleman has been In our unit for weeks with Covid PNA. He was extubated on Thursday of last week and then extubated again on Thursday. He was starting to deteriorate and we were getting ready to tube him. He ripped his mask off and
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I’m the ED with little man. We tried pedialyte and he still refused. Been sleeping and quite puny. Going to start an IV. 😞
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Update: my sister is okay. She is kind of beat up and definitely fractured her arm in a few places and possible minor concussion. Other than a few bumps scrapes and bruises she is okay. My mom is with her now and my little sis is flying high in morphine land. Thank you so much.💖
My baby sister (13 years old) was in a boating accident. My mom just called. We don’t know anything but that. They are rushing her to the hospital but are an hour away. Please please pray.
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How would you all feel if your kids’ school or daycare sent you messages about how unhealthy the food you send with them is. Our daycare newsletter said they are going to start doing that…idk how I feel about it.
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Legitimately a genuine question: why on earth do pts and family feel the need to be incredibly rude/abusive to nurses? I am astounded with how I am treated and talked to on a daily basis at work.
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Curious what you all think
How do you all feel about morbid/dark humor at the work place. Being in ICU 99% of us have developed a sense of dark and twisted humor. Mind you it’s not around family or patients but just amongst ourselves. Our new cohort of new grads
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Fuck guys, my breathing is becoming harder and harder. I am hoping it will pass but if it doesn’t I’m going to have to go to the ED...which I want to avoid at all costs.
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Our unit intensivist came up to me and thanked me for my quick action on a code that we had not too long ago. He added that I acted so quickly and efficiently that I (and these were his exact words) “single handedly saved that patients life”. I really didn’t know
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Burnt out that it’s impacting my view on nursing or if I just need some time to heal and clear my head.
Long story short, I’m tired.
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Fuck us nurses, right? P.S- I don’t care if I get roasted for this. There are policies and procedures that we have to follow to ensure safety for our pts (such as rounding, giving meds, Q1 checks depending on orders). The comments on here are ridiculous.
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104 year old TPA and a full code….what the fuuuckkkkkkkk…..
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Admin is starting to implement floating us ICU nurses to peds/PICU/NICU AND TAKE ON FULL PATIENT LOADS?!
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I had a patient who was debating if they wanted to be intubated or not. They asked me what would happen if they didn’t get intubated (he was severely hypoxic on bipap and would die soon). I answered “if you do not want the breathing tube, then you will die.” The family
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Fuck. Guys. My dad had my grandparents over for thanksgiving (remember the ones I didn’t invite over for their health and safety). I just found out my dad has been sick since Wednesday with no taste or smell. So yeah.....
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My aunt died a couple hours ago from Covid. She hung on for so long. Her pain and suffering is finally over.
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How shall I ask for a raise? I am finding out some of our new grads and nurses with less than a year of non ICU experience are getting paid 3-6 dollars MORE than me and some of my colleagues who have been there for years.
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So at least half of my family that partook in my dads thanksgiving dinner now is sick with no taste or smell. I hope to God my grandparents will be okay. I fucking told them.
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Sending a 29 year old off to hospice after being in and out of the icu for years....💔
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Member was mortified that I was “so blunt with my words”. They felt I should have been less direct and said “passed away, or passed on” and they were seriously upset about my choice of words. I’m sorry, when it comes to these choices I fully believe it is my duty
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DO NOT sit there and stimulate my TBI pt when I have asked you not to, especially when I spent the last half of the shift educating you all on what “brain healing” precautions are. I don’t care who you are, if you keep at it, I will ask you to leave. Sorry, not sorry.
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A friend of mine is cutting and coloring my hair (first time I’ve had it done in over 3 years!). so this is what I want it’s definitely a bold change from my boring brown hair but I want it so bad!!! A 30 some year old with 3 (soon to be 4) kids can still pull this off right??
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We opened up the hospital to one visitor, per patient, per day with the requirement to wear a mask. It is infuriating because now I feel like I am watching defiant toddlers in addition to trying to care for their loved one. “You need to put your mask back on”,
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Surprisingly my test came back NEGATIVE! Huge relief and I am able to return to work starting tomorrow. They are thinking it was a bad case of bronchitis. What I’m worried about is that if bronchitis took me down like that, what would COVID do to me? A relatively healthy
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Being treated like shit by patients and families, being thrown into the world of short staffing and overworking, constant work meetings, education requirements, call shifts and the general BS nurses deal with just broke them.
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My hot take: If you are a new grad in the ICU (no hate, I was a new grad) please do not act like you are hot shit and know it all. You don’t. I don’t care how smart you think you are, you need to humble yourself and realize you have a long road of learning and growing.
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We lifted our visitor restrictions from 1 person per day to 2 people in the room at a time (unlimited amount of people a day) and it’s pure chaos and I’m not a fan. We had to lock the unit down because people are just disregarding the rules and coming in groups.
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Yesterday’s shift was so draining/taxing that my husband said I woke up on several occasions trying to run out of bed. He was trying to keep me calm and I kept saying over and over “ they are coding, my patients are coding!” I have no recollection of this.
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My husbands response to my meltdown text. I am so lucky. ❤️
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My family is mad at me. My cousin who is a flight attendant will be flying in for the weekend here in a few weeks. My aunt is having a huge get together with family and friends and I politely declined stating I was not comfortable going to a function where there
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So I got my first scan today at 5 weeks and 5 days....and found this little surprise out. I still have no words ❤️
#twins
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I made it through my first full shift since I was hospitalized. I know it’s not much, but it was a big step for me.
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Something to
#think
about.
#nursing
#futurenurse
#shiftwork
#futurenurse
#foodforthought
#nursingstudent
#hospitalthoughts
#ICU
#Retweetthis
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There’s this spam caller who calls every day. I’ve blocked the numbers but a new number calls. Today, baby boy was having an absolute meltdown. Shrieking, screaming, crying that was ear piercing. Spam person calls. I answer and put the phone RIGHT to baby’s angry face. 😂
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Our covid unit is starting to fill up again. Covid census is higher than ever. We are very short staffed. My manager texted me asking when I am coming back....uhhh it hasn’t even been 4 weeks since I gave birth and I am taking the full 12 week FMLA. Sorry, not sorry??
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To my Covid patients dying. However, I am noticing it’s burden. Little by little. I can feel like slowly changing me. I am far different from who I was 2 years ago. It’s a change that I’m sure no one else sees. It’s a change I am sure no one else will notice.
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When a pts family calls and goes “hi yeah how is my dad?” And you go “I’m sorry, what is your dads name?” Then they get pissed and yell at you “YOU DONT KNOW MY DAD?!?!”
Miss just tell me your dads name and I can help you out…it’s too early for this.
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So here we go: my patient coded and died. Another patient ripped his femoral sheath out, I ran in and tried to stop the bleeding, blood is legit spraying all over me. He punches me in a fit of delirium rage then kicks me while I am down all while still losing blood.
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My friend calls me freaking out thinking she is pregnant because she had unprotected sex. She says she made an appointment to get a blood pregnancy test. I asked when she had sex unprotected and she said Saturday…like a couple days ago Saturday. Now I am educating
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People: why did you marry your husband?
Me: because I love him
***me secretly*** 😍😍😍
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Oh for fucks sake people. There is a gal who is selling crochet masks she made for 12 fucking dollars. CROCHET masks people. Like you can see through that shit I can guarantee it’s not going to stop anything. AND PEOPLE ARE BUYING THEM IN BULK.
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You yelling at me in the hallway because I did not leave MY intubated/sedated/critical patient that I was in the middle of rolling down to CT to go get your husband on the bedpan (who isn’t my patient) is not cool.
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I must say, this hospital stay is a stark stark contrast to my last stay. From the ED doc to the Hospitalist, to the GI doc, I have been treated so well. I’m being listened to, my concerns matter, and I feel like I am being heard.
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I have to say nurses can never win. We get yelled at for waking pts up too much for assessments/checks, then when we vent frustrations about getting yelled at by said patients, it is us nurses are the ones with terrible attitudes, being unreasonable and “annoying”
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Yay for emergent c section on a covid + 30 year old and is now vented paralyzed and proned and baby in NICU.
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By the looks of things I have CELIAC disease. Which explains the pain, discomfort (especially after meals) and my elevated liver enzymes! I got my answer! Thank goodness. I can breathe. Now I just need a celiac friendly diet!
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You know, I don’t have it in me to care for you if all you are going to do is be hostile, tell me to fuck off, push me away, and refuse everything. I just don’t.
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We opened our Covid rooms back up again in the icu. We have 2 that were admitted in the last 24 hours. I cannot help but be extremely triggered by watching the nurse don and doff her gear and see those rooms be used for Covid again. My anxiety
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People I graduated with last December are already going to grad school for their MSN or DNP....jeez I am so traumatized by nursing school, I am going to need AT LEAST a few more years of nursing practice before I go back to school. 😅
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RN: so pt is in active ETOH DTs. I’ve given him his scheduled Ativan 2mg Q 4.
Me: what about PRN Ativan?
RN: I didn’t think they needed it.
Me: what have their CIWAs been?
RN: idk, like high 20s to high 30s.
Me:..........
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Woke up out of a dead sleep feeling like absolute shitttttt. Can’t go back to sleep. Covid is running rampant among our ICU staff and now I’m scared I have it. Off to get tested later this AM. I wouldn’t be as scared if I wasn’t pregnant. I’m a ball of anxiety right now. 💔
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Those days are starting to become closer and closer together. I hate this. I hate what this has done to nursing. I never imagined wanting to do something else. I loved nursing, I LOVED critical care nursing. I am not sure if I love it right now. I cannot tell if I’m so
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Cardiac floor nurse: the pt you are getting went into a fib RVR. Amio bolus and gtt was given. A couple hours into the gtt, they had a 3.2 second pause and went into NSR.
Me: okay, why are they coming down to the ICU?
Cardiac nurse: because of their heart stopped.
Me:
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How pissed would you all be if the facility you worked at increased the starting wage for new grads and you (who have been working there 5 1/2 years) only make 2 dollars more than them now?
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