elysRN

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1. suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

   elysRN replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

   I am am seeing a trend. That's why I asked. Colleges are offering classes to teach hope to cope. Google it

2. suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

   elysRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   A new grad, young nurse landed her DREAM job. Or what she thought would be her dream job in ICU. After orientation and on her own, she quit and said she thought she was dangerous and could kill a patient. The training was poor and the bullying was se...

3. Mean girls....OR Bullying

   elysRN replied to DoingGodsWork's topic in Operating Room

   Hang in there. First I was told that after orientation it would take me a year to be competent. Someone else said 2 years. Another said after 4 years I would be able to to a good job. HA! Then there are the nurses doing this 25 years and we have a tr...

4. advice for newbies vs experienced nurse culture

   elysRN posted a topic in Relations

   Hi! So long story short I took a periop course and paid out of pocket and never really landed an OR job with no experience. So after two years on the floor, I applied to an internship at my hospital. Finally, Im in the OR. So, Im new to the OR with 4...

5. How many air bubbles required to endanger patient?

   elysRN replied to lauderek's topic in Infusion

   my experience as an echo tech... looking for ASD or VSD we would routinely agitate 5 cc of air with 5cc saline and inject several times with and without Valsalva. Sometimes we would push it 5 times. (5x 5= 25 cc of air) I did that over 5 years to so ...