AlisonBSN

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1. Is 2 Per Diem Jobs unrealistic?

   AlisonBSN replied to brighella's topic in General Nursing

   Some people in my graduating class did that. I think it's a great idea. You'll have more of an idea what you want to do and where you want to go when you graduate. Good luck!!

2. Would this happen at your ER?

   AlisonBSN replied to AlisonBSN's topic in Emergency

   I'm the OP again (if you didn't notice my name) When I left I cleaned up all the stuff, and the guy that ended up helping me told me which stuff I could throw away and which ones needed to be taken to sterile processing, then I took the chart and too...

3. Would this happen at your ER?

   AlisonBSN replied to AlisonBSN's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for all of your responses. The doc said to take the patient down to the "treatment room" in the ER. So I went bouncing down there asking for the treatment room, and they just put me in a regular room. I found out later that there is no tre...

4. Would this happen at your ER?

   AlisonBSN posted a topic in Emergency

   I'm a brand new RN on a MedSurg floor. I had a patient last night that had an awful nose bleed around 5am. The doc consulted an ear, nose and throat doc to come in since the bleeding would not stop. The only thing was that I had to take him down t...

5. Are there any Oncology travel nurses?

   AlisonBSN posted a topic in Travel

   I can't find any for oncology. I think I might be transferring off of my MedSurg floor, and they mentioned this oncology floor on another campus. I guess oncology experience would still be similar to MedSurg experience, right? The reason I would NO...

6. Pt stole from a worker?/drama

   AlisonBSN replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

   There's a reason why people say not to leave your things lying around...because it might get stolen. Nobody's happy that it happened, but when you leave your things lying around someone that requires supervision in the first place, you can expect th...

7. Do you chart in the OR?

   AlisonBSN posted a topic in Operating Room

   If so, what do you chart?

8. Nurses: Who came from a dysfuntional family?

   AlisonBSN replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

   I think 75% of PEOPLE come from dysfunctional families. We're all a little dysfunctional though.

9. Is this normal?

   AlisonBSN replied to AlisonBSN's topic in General Nursing

   Someone asked what my preceptor was doing... She knew I was behind, and knew I still hadn't had lunch at 2pm when the cafeteria closes. She said she would like to help me but she can't do that because I need to learn how to catch myself up when I ge...

10. Is this normal?

    AlisonBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new RN and I'm in my 6th week of orientation on a MedSurg floor. I'm orienting on days, then I'll be going to nights next week for a few more weeks, then I'm on my own. It's been kinda hard for me. I've been staying over til like 9pm every day...

11. How would you have dealt with this situation...

    AlisonBSN replied to 1hotRN601's topic in General Nursing

    Some CNAs will say that even if you aren't new...You're gonna hear so much passive aggressive crap like that. You learn to laugh at it. That phrase is probably heard in hospitals all over the country. "We work together around here..." That was actu...

12. Any Computer Science majors out there?

    AlisonBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do any of you have two Bachelors degrees, one being non-healthcare related? If so, which was harder for you?

13. Dad says I have to learn to tune this stuff out

    AlisonBSN replied to AlisonBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I just don't think the whole family story is relevant. Neither is my belief that the daughter is a loser. I will say that the hospital knows this family, she's a frequent flyer and related to some of our staff. I have a pretty clear picture of thin...

14. Dad says I have to learn to tune this stuff out

    AlisonBSN replied to AlisonBSN's topic in General Nursing

    And I wasn't shaking my finger at you, Suesquatch. That was my personal rant about her putting Iodosorb on the sacral wound, and Dakins on the feet even after we told her it's the other way around. I should have been more clear, I apologize.

15. Dad says I have to learn to tune this stuff out

    AlisonBSN replied to AlisonBSN's topic in General Nursing

    The patient has MS and receives a check. She was alert and oriented, it was her decision. I felt sorry for the granddaughter because her mother has made a living from caring for her mother and has become dependent on that money, instead of developi...