oceangirl1234

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1. Master of Nursing and Salary

   oceangirl1234 replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you @Rose_Queen for the information!

2. Master of Nursing and Salary

   oceangirl1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am currently completing my master of nursing (generalist) for right now. I am debating specializing in nurse research...but I am curious to hear of anyone's experience in this area. Of course if I am spending a good chunk of money to go back to sch...

3. Medication order correct or no

   oceangirl1234 replied to Mqnurse13's topic in General Nursing

   See this all the time, and I have caught a few medication errors because of this...

4. Athabasca University

   oceangirl1234 posted a topic in Post Graduate

   Hi! I am looking into doing the General Master's of Nursing degree at Athabasca University. My goal is to get into the research field. I am interested in it as it is an online school, and I move quite frequently across the country. I am just wonderin...

5. Oxygen therapy

   oceangirl1234 replied to Raj777's topic in Canada

   I work acute care (surgical)-if needed we just put the O2 on. If they are not maintaining their sats, then we page RT to come assess and the docs as well.

6. Gave medications too early is this an error?

   oceangirl1234 replied to daniela095's topic in Medications

   Yes. As people have already pointed out, incident reports exist to identify patient safety issues. Which this definitely is.

7. Switching to night shift sleep schedule

   oceangirl1234 replied to eric3148's topic in General Nursing

   The night before I start my twelve hour nights I will stay up until about 3 am and sleep until 11 am. Then I have a nap from about 2-4 pm. I use my black out blinds, white noise machine, and make sure my phone is on silent.

8. Can I please get a Parking Spot!

   oceangirl1234 replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Nursing

   On day shifts I take the bus ($2) so I don't pay the $16 rate. On night shifts I take the car (as it is also $2).

9. How to Support the Next Nursing Generation: The Z's

   oceangirl1234 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

   Every generation has desirable and undesirable traits if we all wanted to nit pick. This article fosters bad attitudes towards newer nurses.

10. Not just a waitress

    oceangirl1234 replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the replies and great advice everyone!

11. Not just a waitress

    oceangirl1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone! Quick rant (that has most likely been vented about before). Had a post-op patient on the floor the other day. She rang her call bell and asked for some water, to which I went and got some. I entered the room with a smile and handed her h...

12. Fainted while watching blood being drawn... Advice for nursing student?

    oceangirl1234 replied to LindseyPar's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand this comment. I have never fainted (yet), and I am doing just fine...some might even say I "get it."

13. Working in MedSurg with ONLY RNs...

    oceangirl1234 replied to newgradnurse2018's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a RN and LPN unit, no aides. I do my own chemstrips, vitals, bed baths, etc. It's just a part of my shift now, though.

14. Everything Sucks: Red Flags?

    oceangirl1234 replied to missmagee's topic in General Nursing

    It blows my mind that I have to get another nurse to witness my one whole unit of correction insulin. Such a waste of time. To OP, what a horrible attitude, I hope you are not like that with your patients.

15. What nursing specialties do you admire most?

    oceangirl1234 replied to bandbunny's topic in Relations

    Hmmmm....paediatric oncology nurses.