savannahpam

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1. A Rough Nursing Shift...

   savannahpam replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   Boy was that me several weeks ago. Got a patient late 80's, full code, sepsis, EF 23, CHF IV, AKI, transferred from ICU at 0500 with admission diagnosis respiratory failure. It was Sunday. You get the picture. ResidentS were pouring in saline 100/h...

2. Suspended without pay for expired TB requirement?

   savannahpam replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

   Easy solution is to go to an Urgent care where you will be out of town and get a reading in 48 hrs and take it to work with you. Readings are 48-72 hrs. Problem solved!

3. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

   savannahpam replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

   We never had disposable supplies so had enema cans with hoses, glass syringes with reusable metal needles that we would have to sharpen to get rid of the burrs on the points. Also having an autoclave in the dirty utility room to autoclave supplies f...

4. A Push for the Return of Team Nursing in Medical-Surgical and Telemetry/Step-down Units

   savannahpam replied to Lev's topic in Med-Surg

   We had a rotation our Senior yr called Team Nursing. The team was an LPN, CNA and an RN for 6 Med Surg patients. It worked like clockwork. Then they got rid of it and we've been on our own since the 70's. I miss it for all the reasons previously ...

5. Will leaving this job hurt my resume?

   savannahpam replied to nursingjudgment's topic in Career Support

   I've only been in one agency assignment that I quit after 2 shifts. I went in and talked to my agency manager and she said that a number of other nurses had also quit that assignment. She gave me a different contract and I was offered a job there a...

6. Losing my way....how did you find your Niche?

   savannahpam replied to amazingme's topic in Career Support

   Suggest you try agency nursing. When I've tired of a specialty during my 46 years of nursing, I tried different agencies. It led me into research,rehab, and psych. Worked in urology office, home healthcare, loading data into medical records before...

7. Am I too old to be an RN.... or should I just stay an LPN?

   savannahpam replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   What age is too old? I'm 68, feel great, and still am working 3-13 hour shifts a week on a busy Med Surg unit and love it.

8. Losing my way....how did you find your Niche?

   savannahpam replied to amazingme's topic in Career Support

   I have been there a number of times in my career and have worked agency nursing for a break and time to regroup. Have always come back refreshed and renewed. Agency cotract have included a urology clinic for 3 months, a Hispanic clinic for 8 weeks,...

9. Psych nurses being forced to float to med surg and tele?

   savannahpam replied to lovetosleep's topic in Psychiatric

   I have been a psych nurse for the past 9 years and out of Med Surg for 13 years. We were told our unit was changing to Med Psych. The nurses were given only 2-4hr shifts to shadow on a Med surg unit for orientation. I volunteered to work on a neu...