anotherneonurse

anotherneonurse

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  1. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

    Document EVERYTHING accurately, well and thoroughly. Stay late if you have to. Fill out every possible form. In my career I have had several incidences now of people trying to get me in trouble for no appearant reason, in some cases with flat out lie...
  2. Would you call in because you didn't get any sleep?

    No, I would have to call in way too often.
  3. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

    Yes I was infuriated to learn this had happened at a charge nurse meeting at my hospital. It was horribly unproffessional and I really don't think much of our leadership for not only allowing it but participating at some level by listening. They just...
  4. Entitled Generation

    It may have something to do with the area of nursing you're working in more than the generation per say. For a new nurse, if you want something popular like L&D or NICU you are aware you have to take whatever you can get and just be happy to find...
  5. "You are getting very good care"

    It is for the patients to decide if they are getting good care or not. This might work on some patients but your more mentally with it patients may think its rude when nurses try to tell them what to think.
  6. New nurse here...slapped today by patient.

    Absolutely you should press charges. I feel bad for you that your preceptor didn't guide you accordingly. If I saw this happen to an orientee I would stick up for them and the only thing I would explain to the patient is that they would be talking to...
  7. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

    Just wait till you get a few fecalfeliacs that with leaky bums that want to pick and smear all day. Then a little diaper chage or help wiping won't seem so bad. I have actually put people in restraints before, just because I couldn't make them stop s...
  8. Should assaults on medical personnel be a Felony Offense?

    In most cases these patients are not mentally competent so how do they deal with that in Florida?
  9. How hard is it to get back into nursing?

    I am considering stepping out of the proffession for a few years to take care of my babies. I will want to go back after the kids are in school. I am worried about keeping up my liscence and things. I would love to hear from people that have done thi...
  10. pt vs staff abuse

    You should get a lawyer and not only to protect your liscence but I would press charges for slander against this other nurse. It might be hard because it is just your word against hers but if you really slapped the patient people nearby should have h...
  11. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

    Not every nurse eats their young but in every department in every hospital you will find at least a small group (and in some cases a large group) that does. If no one in your department is calling it out, its probably happening a lot. Have you seen ...
  12. Any Kansas City RNs?

    There is no easy way to get started in OR. Nurses in this specialty are notoriously territorial and some of the surgeons aren't very nice either. However, I would think a teaching hospitla like KU be your best bet. The OR dept at KU is so huge you ar...
  13. RN's rarely scrub??

    Hmmm, gues I was trying to give 90021nurse the bennefit of the doubt when I assumed that by stupidity he/she was refering to the way the circulator gets jerked around where as the scrub gets to just stand there and do their job. Obviously that's not ...
  14. What company do you use?

    You will either need to have a lot of jobs in every specialty or focus on one type of nurse or a smaller geographic area. Specialized nurses often choose agencies that they normally wouldn't just because it gets hard to find work with a smaller agenc...
  15. Graduate Nurses...?

    There is no such law and none being passed. However I would support it if there were because I think nursing students would be so much better off. I think its ridiculous to have to worry about getting a job in March that won't even start until June a...