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Caffeine and Xanax: back to school
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Thursday, June 5, 2014. I got admitted to grad school this fall! I applied for Winter, since I missed the fall application deadline. But they called me and told me they were willing to consider me for Fall if I was interested. And there you have it! I got the acceptance letter from the School of Nursing and I'm just waiting on the actual Graduate School to give me my ID and PIN and whatnot so I can register. My thoughts prior to school are a mix of excitement (who doesn't love a fresh notebook? 28-year-o...
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Caffeine and Xanax: when a nurse has to do what a doctor shoulda done
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Sunday, June 8, 2014. When a nurse has to do what a doctor shoulda done. The doctors signed out for the day, a lovely warm Sunday evening with clear blue skies. The attending, who had promised to come back later, decided he wouldn't be returning after all. The cross cover team didn't know the patient, and besides, they were stuck in a room placing a difficult line. The daughter said to me, through shaky tears, "thank you for being with him when we couldn't be". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Emergib...
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Caffeine and Xanax: August 2013
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Sunday, August 18, 2013. You don't want to let go. You've held him all of his 23 years. You've bathed him, wiped his forehead, learned to decipher his mouthed words. It was your genes, wasn't it, that did this to him? You have lived your whole life in penance, your devotion to him is your self-flagellation, it is your salvation. Don't take it away, you think, because then what? Herniated. We say the words. Keep my child alive, even if he's not really living. Peace of the universe to you, mother. 3) The p...
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Caffeine and Xanax: June 2014
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Thursday, June 12, 2014. What's the matter with you? Get it together. No one likes you. The patients yes, you, no. You are wasting our time and making it so that staff runs when they see you coming. Please send in one of your saner siblings. And yes, that was me, running across 5 lanes of traffic to get the fuck away from you. I hope tomorrow I do better in the patient family lottery. Sunday, June 8, 2014. When a nurse has to do what a doctor shoulda done. They were ready to let him go, but they didn't k...
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SURVIVING CLASSES: THE BASICS – the nursing school grind
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The nursing school grind. SURVIVING CLASSES: THE BASICS. August 12, 2015. August 12, 2015. Here it is, straight up. Nursing school is hard. The professors are tough, the tests are brutal and the material is endless. However, you can do this. YOU CAN DO THIS. These are my most basic nursing school survival tips. They’re my go-to rules for success and sanity. Your health, your grades and the safety of your patients depends on you getting plenty of rest. Learn to Manage Your Time/Prioritize. Every nursing s...
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Caffeine and Xanax: what I'm learning from g̶r̶a̶d̶ ̶s̶c̶h̶o̶o̶l̶ YouTube
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Friday, January 23, 2015. What I'm learning from g̶r̶a̶d̶ ̶s̶c̶h̶o̶o̶l̶ YouTube. So yeah, as it turns out, my grad school program right now isn't so much "teaching" me anything as it is facilitating subjects and content matter for me to teach myself. I have no idea. One of them creates powerpoints which she emails to us (fine, better than being read to! I guess this is part of the times, right? Finding resources. And I'm lucky there are so many free, graduate level presentations out there to just str...
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Caffeine and Xanax: May 2015
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Monday, May 11, 2015. My problem with the NP program and why I'm quitting (not really). My problem with my chosen field. I like being a nurse. I’m not. About it but it’s ok. I like critical care, just not the hours. I’d prefer to be making more money, because duh, who wouldn’t? Thus, I’m in school to be a nurse practitioner. Nurse practitioners are. Do a lot of them have better people skills? My problem with my current NP program. Why I’m changing my career goals (somewhat). I was so intrigued to find ou...
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Caffeine and Xanax: September 2013
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Sunday, September 29, 2013. Bring in the mother. It's one of those days when a patient codes repeatedly, and the other patients nearby decide to try to follow. Pressors are flying, crash carts are rolling, and alarms are going off. We've been severely understaffed, and our patients have been even sicker than usual. So sick that we've been triaging filters. who needs one the most? Take from sick to give to the sicker. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bring in the mother. EDNurseasauras, Still in the Trenches.
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Caffeine and Xanax: October 2013
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Monday, October 14, 2013. MICU: no babies allowed! We were going to admit a woman on propofol and pressors who was 27 weeks pregnant. This was not MY patient, but she was coming to my side of the unit so my hands were starting to sweat just thinking about it. I mean. little baby heartbeats that could stop any minute, emergency c-sections, placentas flying, baby coding. Just no, no, no, no, no. NOTHING. I said to L, the assigned nurse, "oh my god please don't tell me they can't find a heartbeat." ...Not t...
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