colzanurse

colzanurse specializes in Med-Surg, Neuroscience, Home Health Care.

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1. Am I expecting to much from my nurse??

   colzanurse replied to wishinguponastarLPN's topic in General Nursing

   Nurses where you work have 12 patients? And they have any kind of time to stand around and chat? The most I've ever had at one time was 8 for a whole shift and I was nonstop running room to room giving meds, documenting, doing wound care and loads ...

2. Nursing School Hazing Stories

   colzanurse replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

   I remember being hazed by one instructor. Only one. The rest were very encouraging and supportive. I graduated with honors and awards. This one told me if she didn't already know me and how smart I was before taking her course, there was no way she w...

3. What info should be "tattooed" on a nurse's brain?

   colzanurse replied to rloh961's topic in General Nursing

   Always come to work prepared: clean scrubs, appropriate foot wear, calculator, good pens, stethoscope, pen light, patient reports sheets, drug book or PDA with drug/disease info, scissors, clipboard (if allowed by your agency), hemostats, healthy sn...

4. Can someone mentor me?

   colzanurse replied to aniandr's topic in General Nursing

   Check into nursing school scholarships. Also see if your state offers a nursing scholarship that kicks in after you are in school for a period of time and maintain a good GPA. I also agree with getting a nurse aide or nurse assistant position to le...

5. iPod use in LTC facility

   colzanurse replied to DDdove's topic in General Nursing

   I use my iPod in Home Care nursing. It's been extremely helpful for looking up meds on the spot and to assist with patient teaching about meds/disease processes. My patients like the technology and I've never had a complaint from any visit where I'...

6. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   colzanurse replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   To the nurse who says people who have paranormal experiences are only because of being dropped as babies, you're quite wrong. It's something you are born with. I used to work at a major hospital right out of nursing school. One night we had a patien...

7. Injections practice?

   colzanurse replied to NurseStudentHusband's topic in General Students

   Does the poster mean that she wants to do abdominal sub-Q injections, or force a needle into the stomach? Not sure if I understand. And she should not be calling him a baby. Needles aren't for everyone and he has the right to say no. Practicing o...

8. Injections practice?

   colzanurse replied to NurseStudentHusband's topic in General Students

   Ummm....did I read the post correctly, that this nursing student wants to do a needle injection into his stomach??? What is that all about???? I'd surely say a heck no to that one, although I have allowed many students to use my veins for practice...

9. Charge nurse with less than a year RN experience???!!

   colzanurse replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in Management

   The word "no" to taking charge position after it's assigned will get us written up, sent home and possibly suspended. I wonder if it's different in a union hospital?

10. Charge nurse with less than a year RN experience???!!

    colzanurse replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in Management

    Wow, well, let me tell you, as a new graduate nurse all of six months, one night shift I was ASSIGNED to be the charge nurse and was not allowed to refuse. I have beein in a code, I have done plenty of NGs, IVs, etc., and I don't believe that you ca...

11. I feel worse than when I started

    colzanurse replied to Eastcoast24's topic in New Nurse

    My 2 cents: You've all worked VERY hard for your degrees. Now that you have them and your RN license, you have the autonomy to take those two things and look for another job. Perhaps you should. No one should ever put up with verbal/emotional abuse i...

12. Venting about classmates with families...

    colzanurse replied to moncj66's topic in General Students

    I went through nursing school with a woman who had two small children, a husband, worked full-time as a Patient Care Technitian, and never ever once complained that she couldn't get her homework done because of her job or family. She busted her behin...

13. Most RN's first borns?

    colzanurse replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    Firstborn, dad not an ETOH. My step-mom is a RN, not the first born, but has older sister who is RN, also not the first born, but their dad was ETOH. My dad's sister, not the oldest, is a RN but her dad(my grandpa) not ETOH.

14. Paranormal phenomena?

    colzanurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone had strange or unexplained things happen to them during student clinicals or in their nursing career? I tried to locate other threads like this and came across one about strange phone calls. As a student, I was doing my Transitions clinical on...

15. Co-Workers Read My Medical Files

    colzanurse replied to nurse7272's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard of nursing supervisors warning the staff ahead of time that "so and so co-worker of yours will be admitted to this floor, and I will fire any unauthorized personnel who looks at their medical records." Pursue this matter, these nosy co-wo...