newohiorn BSN, RN, EMT-P

newohiorn has 8 years experience as a BSN, RN, EMT-P and specializes in Acute care, Community Med, SANE, ASC.

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1. What HARD truth have you learned once you became a nurse and/or CNA?

   newohiorn replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

   1. A good CNA is a lifesaver for the nurse and sometimes the patient. 2. Say thank you to the co-workers who are helping you and/or just doing their job well--lab, phlebotomy, dietary, techs, transport, MRI. All of them. All of these people can a...

2. Hygiene After Hospital Shift

   newohiorn replied to nifty_n's topic in General Nursing

   I'm pretty lazy about this but I see from skimming a few of the above posts that I'm not alone in my post-work hygiene habits. I do not change shoes or scrubs when I come home and can even be found lounging on the couch in my scrubs after work, and ...

3. best way for a nurse to manage cuts on her fingers?

   newohiorn replied to RNexplorer's topic in General Nursing

   As others said, look into Vetbond. Very similar to Dermabond and about half the price. This was a lifesaver for me last winter when my hands were very badly cracked. I was able to use it many times without the bottle tip getting glued shut like su...

4. Talky Nurse

   newohiorn replied to HappyWife77's topic in Relations

   If talkativeness wears you out or is draining, you may very well be an introvert. I am in introvert and too much chit chat and general noise makes me crazy. I self isolate (stole that term from one of the posters above) all the time and I don't ca...

5. Per Diem availability question

   newohiorn replied to Clovery's topic in General Nursing

   I'm per diem float at my hospital and I am required to work a minimum of 24 hours a month. At the beginning of the month I give them days and shifts that I want to work and they put me on their "schedule" but I am not guaranteed to work. I find out...

6. Nursing school anxiety - need advice!

   newohiorn replied to pandy4321's topic in General Students

   Don't panic. None of us retained every bit of information from nursing school. Cram, take those tests and pass, retain what you can. The truth is most of us really learn how to be a nurse on the job. Commit yourself to being a continual learner. ...

7. Nurses Who Don't Want to be Nurses

   newohiorn replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Relations

   It certainly sounds like you are judging. Exactly what would you "confront" such a nurse about? How is it your business to know why someone chose to be a nurse? Do you ask your doctor the same question, your attorney, your grocer, your mailman/wom...

8. Nauseous vs Nauseated (another grammar lesson)

   newohiorn replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   Regarding lay and lie: I finally learned this one with the following tidbit. Lay means to put or place. Lie means to rest or recline. In general (I think), living things like people and animals lie while inanimate objects lay. This thread is cra...

9. Nauseous vs Nauseated (another grammar lesson)

   newohiorn replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   I love perseverate! To me it sounds just like what it is. :-) My pet peeves: Advice vs. advise. People often come on AN asking for advise when they mean advice. Also loose vs. lose. A person can lose ten pounds and then their pants might be lo...

10. Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

    newohiorn replied to JBudd's topic in Professionalism

    Report! Get to it. I float, so every four hours I'm going to another unit. I find the night shift staff coming in at 7p to be worst about this. I recognize that they are just starting their shift and they want to chat and maybe don't care if repo...

11. Goodbye...

    newohiorn replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Relations

    I enjoyed your posts, but I understand. I have disappeared from AN for months and possibly years at a time. Every now and then I would come to post something knowing it was the only place people would "get" it. Please return if and when you like.

12. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    newohiorn replied to Nola009's topic in Professionalism

    To answer the original question, looks, of course, do matter. I have an acquaintance who had a difficult time getting hired which may or may not have been due to the fact that he had a lot of tattoos, including all the way up on his neck. I also w...

13. Would you like your job more if you were paid more?

    newohiorn replied to proud nurse's topic in General Nursing

    More money makes it more tolerable for me. I was working more or less at the bottom of the pay scale at my hospital since I'd only been a nurse 2.5 years when I decided to bump myself to the top of the pay scale by going to per diem because I didn't...

14. 4.0 in nursing school?

    newohiorn replied to RubySlippers:)'s topic in General Students

    Definitely doable. I graduated with a 4.0 while working full-time. I did not, however, get 100 on every test nor would I ever spend the time necessary to do so. In my opinion life is far too short to waste valuable time studying more than necessar...

15. how were you able to live (financially) while in nursing school?

    newohiorn replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Students

    I worked full time and went to school full time. It was very difficult with the first few quarters being the most difficult. I really did nothing else for myself. I didn't cook for myself, didn't wash my own dishes, etc. My husband pretty much di...