floatRN

floatRN has 4 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg.

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1. Health insurance that restricts employees from receiving care outside of employer owned ho

   floatRN replied to floatRN's topic in General Nursing

   We have 2 options: a high deductible plan or more expensive POS plan. Both options have the same restrictions regarding which hospitals are covered.

2. Health insurance that restricts employees from receiving care outside of employer owned ho

   floatRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work for a hospital that is part of a large and growing healthcare system consisting of multiple hospitals. Currently, employees have health insurance through a large national health insurance company. We have coverage for any care provided by hosp...

3. Any good "nurse" shows on tv? Netflix?

   floatRN replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

   I love Call the Midwife.

4. Nurses forced to work as aides

   floatRN replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Professionalism

   Can the extra nurse be given an assignment instead? That way each RN has fewer patients but acts as aide and RN for some of those patients? That was done occasionally where I work and it worked out ok.

5. One RN alone on Unit

   floatRN posted a topic in Med-Surg

   At the hospital I currently work for, it is common to have one RN alone on a unit when the census is low. This RN would have 6-7 med-surg/tele patients. There is one CNA on the unit with her. Sometimes there is a secretary but not always. The nurse a...

6. How long until you were pretty good at IV starts?

   floatRN replied to sweetER's topic in Emergency

   It took a full year before I started to feel comfortable with it. Now after 3 years, I am just starting to get the more difficult ones.

7. Those in Med Surg

   floatRN replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

   5:1 on days but usually only one tech for 3-4 nurses.

8. Holiday Nursing

   floatRN replied to lsad78's topic in General Nursing

   That doesn't sound fair. Everywhere I have worked Christmas day was the holiday. If you worked Christmas, you were off Christmas Eve. If you were off Christmas, you worked Christmas Eve. Every year it rotated. The holiday rotation would trump the wee...

9. How to deal with constant calls to come into work?!

   floatRN replied to magn1jes's topic in General Nursing

   When I see work on the caller ID I don't answer ever. When they leave a message I will listen to it and call them back if I want to pick up the shift. However, I do not allow myself to feel guilty about not answering the phone or not coming in on my ...

10. What is the safest way to record vitals in an isolation room?

    floatRN replied to ABSN35's topic in General Nursing

    I usually write them on the dry erase board in the room or I get an extra pen and leave it in the room and write vitals on a paper towel.

11. How do you care for yourself??

    floatRN replied to dixiebelleRN's topic in General Nursing

    I try to get 7-8 hours of sleep a night, get a massage a couple times a year, go for walks or do pilates on days off, eat healthy, bring my own lunch to work so I dont buy junk in the cafeteria. I work 3 12's a week and rarely pick up extra time.

12. Who is to blame

    floatRN replied to Finallydidit's topic in Geriatric

    When EMS arrived, wouldn't they have asked why they were called? Doesn't EMS also give a report when they arrive at the emergency room? If one of the nurses reported the fall to the paramedics that did the transfer and they didn't pass that on when a...

13. First Med Error in 15 years

    floatRN replied to danursern's topic in General Nursing

    What is a G tag? Is that a name bracelet? Anyway, don't beat yourself up about it. We have all made a mistake. We are only human. The patient wasn't harmed and you did the right thing, admitted your mistake, called the doctor. I doubt you would have ...

14. personal cell phone and the internet and impact on staff moral

    floatRN replied to 24 yrs and counting's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen alot of nurses texting at work. They will leave their personal cell phones right on their med carts and will text standing in the hallway where everyone can see. It looks very bad and unprofessional both to other staff and to patients and...

15. Headaches the day after work

    floatRN replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you are hungry and need to have a snack mid morning and mid afternoon. Maybe you are not getting enough sleep the night before. Do you wear your stethescope around your neck all day? I found that was giving me neck and shoulder pain, so I try n...