Hey Nurse

I'm a nurse. This blog is about the little things that make the job interesting .And just for clarification, I love being a nurse but sometimes it's hard. Ranting about the bad stuff just makes it easier to go back and do it again.

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Pushing adenosine...

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When you get a first try IV on a really hard stick and they say you did a great job.

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Anytime you have a patient who says please and thank you.

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When a visitor complains to you at 04:00 that they haven’t eaten all day.

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When you catch a family member touching the monitor.

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When you’re assigned to the trauma bay.

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When your “tooth pain” ends up being a STEMI...

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When your pt tries to beat up the staff and asks what you’re going to do about it. Then they get 4-points and a shot in the ass.

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When your relief tells you to go to lunch.

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Waiting for the bladder to drain during an I&O cath.

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When your pt is an inmate and you accidentally see their rap sheet.

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When two patients sign in separately for suspicious lacerations and then leave together.

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How I picture hospital administrators.

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When the psych patient realizes they’re on papers

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When Gravitopia sends yet another victim to the ER

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When your patient has bed bugs

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how hard was it to get into nursing program? my advisor is always telling me how hard it is and that my grades aren't good enough... so is it really that hard?

Yes, nursing programs really are that hard. Don’t bother with the program at all if you’re not ok with spending a majority of your time studying. You have

 to learn anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, microbiology, nutrition, chemistry etc. And then there’s the actual nursing courses where you learn how to document, how to set up chest tubes, the correct way to clean and lift and walk patients, start IVs, administer meds, how to recognize when a patient is crashing and what to do when that happens (because a doctor is usually not going to be there when it does and it’s your job to keep them alive until they get there)…the list goes on and on. The truth is, you won’t get how much it takes until you are in the middle of it, but yes, it is hard. Having bad grades now doesn’t mean you’ll make a bad nurse, but you better be prepared to work your ass off. Also, many programs are very competitive and/or have waiting list due to the growing number of aspiring nurses. The harder you work now, the better chance you'll have to get accepted. 

TLDR: your advisor ain't lyin’

P.s. It was definitely worth the struggle