Our trackers turn off the call light as we enter the room, it's much easier than climbing over the bed to push the cancel button. We also use Vocera, like a walkie-talkie. It makes it easier when I have phone calls: the US calls me on Vocera, tells...
If you are horrified at the thought of assisting an incontinent patient with skin care, you need to either deal with it, or rethink your career. I started out as a CNA and I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. As a RN, I wipe butts on a da...
First born. Dad's not an alcoholic, but he's a very sick man and has been since I was a kid. During his many hospitalizations, I realized that it was the nurses that really made the difference. My original major was electrical engineering; I chan...
rktele replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric
Get out now! Go get a job in a hospital where you'll hopefully get a better orientation, and have some support. I started out in LTC, went through their CNA class, then went to school and got my LPN, then RN. It was great there as a CNA, but as a...
I started out at a ECF and it was like that for me too. I was made an LPN charge nurse on a 38 bed unit after being an LPN for 1 month- all the meds, daytime skin treatments, all the orders, and the phones- all by myself. The day after I took my RN...
Sounds like someone I went to school with- she didn't pass! Go straight to your supervisor/ director. This is a health issue, and just plain GROSS:barf01:I can't believe no one has said anything to her yet.
She also told us a simple way to remember the SE for cholinergic drugs: Can't See Can't Pee Can't Spit Can't Sh*t. Thanks- I'll never forget this now! Lighten up a bit. Would you speak in front of a group for 4 hours without a drink? I'm lucky to...
We're non-union, but we're paid for staying late, which happens often to new grads and experienced RNs alike. Of course, it probably helps that we're a Magnet hospital. I even received the night shift premium when I was there 2 hours late one night...
I ended up with an epi though I was dead set against it originally. My water broke at 0430, and after using up all of my pads and towels at home, I went to the hospital at about 0700 (I was getting a headache and had been on bedrest for PIH for 5 wee...