grandma rn38

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1. im really really worried, need some advice please.............

   grandma rn38 replied to uk_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   i hope everything will be o.k. i will keep u in my prays.

2. Can you believe this? 13yo and mom both pregnant

   grandma rn38 replied to seanymph's topic in Ob/Gyn

   i had a pt that was 71, and her daughter was 60.

3. What was your secret weapon for surviving nursing school??

   grandma rn38 replied to michelle_s_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   when i went to nursing school, i worked full time,and had 3 kids in school. my sercert was god, and lots of prayer. i have been a rn for 4 1/2 yrs now. thanks to god.

4. Any WV nurses here?

   grandma rn38 replied to amyslater's topic in West Virginia

   were i work, at boone mem i make 16 an hour and i have been there almost 4 years and do charge for that pd. we don't have resp, ivt,or a code team. we do it all, and when the er gets in trouble we leave the floor and go help them. we are a one floor ...

5. nurse to patient ratio

   grandma rn38 replied to StacyKingRN's topic in General Nursing

   on evenings it is 8 to 1 and nights it's 12 to 1 or more.

6. do you call this harassing someone?

   grandma rn38 replied to grandma rn38's topic in Relations

   up date on this the lpn, has now threaten me, stated she was going to beat the he?? out of me. i told my D.O.N. and nothing was done. when she was ask about it,she said yes i have been threatening her, but i was mad. i have ask to be removed from thi...

7. do you call this harassing someone?

   grandma rn38 posted a topic in Relations

   i'm a charge nurse on evening shift, and a lpn has been just walking out and going home. not tell me she is leaving. one night she left me with 22 pt and 1 other nurse. and we were getting admits about 4 or 5 d/t a school bus wreck. so some one that ...

8. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   grandma rn38 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   nurses that walk out in the middle of their shift, when you are already short hand.

9. Nursing Salary Hall of Shame

   grandma rn38 replied to eagleriver's topic in General Nursing

   hello were i work now, i get 13.50 hr.

10. note to Pittsburgh nurses

    grandma rn38 replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    hello pittsburgh nurses,i'm looking for a male nurse his name is steve if i remember right. he worked at the burn unit in 1981-in aug-nov. i was very young about 17. my husband had been burned and was a pt there. his name was ricky bailey, and my nam...

11. Surgical menopause?

    grandma rn38 replied to babern's topic in General Nursing

    i to had to have a hyster, i was bleeding so much i had to have two units of blood. i decide to leave my ovaries, because i had a hx of blood clot, and hormones were not a choice for me. it has been 3yrs, and i don't regeret it at all. i do have hot...

12. Im going insane!!!!

    grandma rn38 replied to Lovenursinganyx's topic in Geriatric

    i feel for you, were i work it"s the same. one day i came in and there were 6 admits and a d/c waiting for me with one other nurse on the floor, that day shift couldn't get, who had 4 nurses that day. Then i had a pt to die. with 22 pt's and 2 nurses...

13. I Hate Nursing School

    grandma rn38 replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    i hated nursing school also, i worked a full time job and had three kids at home. my last semester was the best, because i stoped working. i was glad it was almost over, wouldn't want to do it again.

14. Have you ever "caught" anything from your patients?

    grandma rn38 replied to RN always's topic in General Nursing

    i got hep-c from a pt that was confused, and hit my hand and cause me to get a needle stick from her.

15. help with suicide

    grandma rn38 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i had a pt that killed herself at the hospital. I have went over and over in my mind if i said the right things or done the right things. I work on a med-surg floor, and don't deal with this kind of thing very much at all. we had a suicide class but ...