faline1973

faline1973

Ortho and Med/Surg

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About faline1973

faline1973 has 3 years experience and specializes in Ortho and Med/Surg.


I am an RN currently working on an ortho/med-surg unit. I have an ADN, but will have my BSN completed by Summer 2010. I am also a wife and mother to four awesome kids. My intentions are to join the Air Force as a commissioned officer upon graduation.

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  1. What do you do?

    I went to the CNO. She listened with this huge cheshire cat grin on her face. Each time she spoke to me, she said my name first and followed with some fortune cookie advice. "Sherri, I think everyone wants a positive workplace" "Sherri, in most situ...
  2. You are quite fortunate to have a supportive director. Families like this one are the reason I have suggested Vanilla-scented Ativan Air Freshener :) One sweep across the room and they go from Grrrrrrrr to AAaaahhh. For some crazy reason, it still...
  3. Nursing Online

    Are you already a nurse? ADN --> BSN or are you trying to become a nurse?
  4. "Fired for NO Reason"

    This bold section is so true. I have often wondered if management felt they would be easier to control. We have a horrible nurse on our unit. She's rude. She's crude. She talks about her sex life out in the open and how she stole her best friend's h...
  5. "Fired for NO Reason"

    I want to add that there are good/bad preceptors just as there are good/bad nurses. Everyone learns differently and sometimes changing preceptors can help. In the case of "Sal" it appear they did everything possible to encourage her, but it is a two-...
  6. I have found that keeping a journal really helps me. I keep a private journal. Mostly it is letters that I write that will never be sent. I write them to the people I want to thank. The people I want to choke. I never send them. I even write them to...
  7. Need help finding a job at a Hospital

    At our hospital, Maternal Child Health is almost IMPOSSIBLE to get into. Every nursing student on our floor (an ortho/med-surg unit) has stars in their eyes and says "I want to work with babies". It really is difficult. You may have to start in a m...
  8. What do you do?

    What do you do when you feel you're being blackballed? About a year ago, our unit gained a new manager. She's 25. She's divided our once great unit into "My friends" and "My coworkers." She has let her friends go through personal files, use her ...
  9. help me choose

    No, I did not! But, I chose courses that would transfer. We were only required to take a very low math. Instead, I took Algebra because I knew Algebra was a University level class. Look at the classes on the University Roster that are required for ...
  10. help me choose

    If it were me, I would go for my ADN. :) Here's why: You have 2 small children. Keep on trucking with your ADN and you'll be working as a nurse sooner. That's more money in your wallet sooner! :) My hospital does not pay any different for new grads ...
  11. If they can ask for it..they aren't too sedated...

    Thanks for all the responses. I am much more careful with my charting now. It is difficult because we're ortho and we have 9-10 patients apiece at night. Other units max out at seven, but our last manager "severely underbudgeted" us and night shift s...
  12. I recently had a patient on my unit that had fractures to BLE. She had been high when she wrecked. This patient had surgery, then went to a physical rehab center. She was back again to have her external fixator removed. She was her for SIX weeks. Whe...
  13. UofP? Anyone else hate group projects?

    Thanks. I'm on my 3rd class. This group is so flaccid, and it is frustrating. We have one member who only checks in once a week even though you can see her posting to the main forum. Our final ppt is due Monday. I made the deadline for last Saturday...
  14. Are there any other U of P students here? I'm doing my ADN->BSN, and I am beginning to hate the group projects.
  15. Color coded scrubs?

    I do not know about California, but I know of one hospital in KY and the hospitals I have worked at in IN do. Nurses in my hospital must wear white pants. The tops are your choice, but the pants must be white. Techs wear teal. OT/PT wear beige pant...