Dachshund9

Dachshund9

Neurology, Med/Surg, Orthopedic, Telemet

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About Dachshund9

Dachshund9 has 19 years experience and specializes in Neurology, Med/Surg, Orthopedic, Telemet.

After high school I was a Medical Assistant. I did that for almost 6!years. It sounds funny because that was 20+ years ago. Now Medical Assistants are seen everywhere, this is good:). I then was a nanny for many years, actually until I decided to become a nurse. I became a CNA then and worked on a Critical Care unit. That was the best experience I could have gotten. I was in school and working. I was offered a job while doing my clinicals on the hospitals Neuroscience unit. When I passed my test I just transferred up to the neurology unit:). It was great! I Sam still currently employed on the same unit, and I love it:).

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  1. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    Dachshund9 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that quitting is not the answer. It is frustrating. The one thing to always remember effective communication and teamwork is essential for the delivery of high quality, safe patient care. Recognizing that everyone's job is important also is...

  2. Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    Dachshund9 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked at the same hospital for close to 18 years, and it's my observation that CNAs (we don't have Techs on our units), are getting more of an attitude simply because management doesn't back us up. Depending on how the unit is set up, on my u...

  3. Neuroscience Nursing

    Dachshund9 replied to dianah's topic in Neurological

    I am an RN and have been working on a Neurology unit for close to 18 years. It does take a lot of patience, more on some days than others. It's can definitely be a very sad specialty to work in, seeing young adults in there early 20s being admitted f...

  4. Why did you come to allnurses? What made you stay?

    Dachshund9 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I actually just signed up a few days ago. I have done many searches for one medical reason or another and Allnurses shows up as one of my options. I have read a few of the posts and I always thought they were interesting, and so I finally joined. I h...

  5. I passed my NCLEX with 75 questions on the first try!!!

    Dachshund9 replied to Wallace2014's topic in NCLEX

    Congratulations on a job well done!!! I knew you could do it:). I remember sitting on a airplane, on my way to CA for a wedding. We had not taken off yet and my best friend was waiting by her computer for the results to show, which was suppose to hap...

  6. Passed NCLEX in 75 questions, and I am a terrible test taker. MY TIPS

    Dachshund9 replied to soulshine101's topic in NCLEX

    It sounds like you wracked your brains like the rest of us:). The test automatically shuts off at 75 questions. Not to scare you and make things worse for you because I bet you did fine. The 75 question shut-off of the computer is when the test taker...

  7. Medication Error Question

    Dachshund9 replied to BonnieSc's topic in Med-Surg

    The pharmacy should have taken the medication off the MAR since the patient was no longer taking it. Things like this do happen though, I have had it happen to me many times. If I'm doing my 5 checks before giving the med, it's then that I realize I'...