Lacey

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1. Experience with Critical Care Nurse vent

   Lacey replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry you had a bad experience with that ICU nurse. I don't know about your facility, but at mine the DOCTORS decide which pt. needs to go to the unit, not the nurse. And, if the ICU nurses are so smart, how many times have you had a pt. come out of...

2. How do you do it....working 12 hours and being a parent??

   Lacey replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

   I think this is a common problem for young families. You have to be creative, remember, there are single parents that have to work full-time and they manage! Have you looked into working agency, many of them offer 8 hour shifts, also how about weeken...

3. Can anyone help with this situation?

   Lacey replied to Shopgirl2262's topic in General Nursing

   Don't become rattled just because the situation is tense. Ask the doctor exactly what this procedure is. If it's something that you're familar with, then proceed to assist BASED on unit policy. If the physician is asking you to do something outside o...

4. Becoming a CRNA - From One Who Did It

   Lacey replied to kmchugh's topic in CRNA

   This thread has really taken off with invaluable info, thanks to all, especially Kevin, I would like to mention that the GRE has changed format. They have dropped the previous analytical section in favor of an analytical writing section consisting of...

5. Liking the night shift

   Lacey replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

   I like switching days and nights! On nights, there's no meals, less visitors, and less meds usually! We only have to take road trips( not easy for vent pts on a million drips!) to CT and MRI for emergencies. It's a nice change and on my last night, I...

6. Ever gone back for your BSN? Questions!

   Lacey replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I just finished a RN-BSN program. It was 18 months long, one night a week. The Diploma students were at a disadvantage for prior college credits but the college had a class to show us how to write and present a portfolio that demonstrated knowledge f...

7. A surgeon yelled at me...

   Lacey replied to MollyMo's topic in Relations

   We have one notorious idiot surgeon that has hissy fits in person and on the phone. Typically we get his post-ops to the floor and he never bothers to write for tylenol or diet instructions etc. One time the night nurse kept calling him because his p...

8. I know nursing is a 24 hour job but...

   Lacey replied to 502Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I see some nurses run around like nuts all shift and then AFTER report they sit down and do charting for the whole 12 hrs on the clock. These people are not organized! It's easy to get behind sometimes and then it's ok to stay late and put your I&...

9. How much do you make?

   Lacey replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   1. RN-BSN 2. 12 yrs experience 3. Adult ICU 4. $24.64 Hr reg rate, $5.00 hr weekend diff. 5. Good benefits. We also have a $32/hr for 2-12...

10. No charge nurse

    Lacey replied to perkines's topic in General Nursing

    I work part-time at a small hospital that has tried every trick in the book to cut nursing and call it "Quality Care". We had the cellphones and beepers (eventually they all were "lost" and never replaced). They had team nursing which I liked when th...

11. Your most amazing wounds and gore!!!! Anyone care to share?

    Lacey replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in Wound

    I have a story of when I was a teenager working at an animal hospital part time. One hot summer, a lady called and asked if we could send someone to her home to remove the remains of her dead St. Bernard as she was unable to dig a hole big enough etc...

12. Dealing with a retired HH nurse...

    Lacey replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    Intrusive family members are the pits! I remember taking care of one woman that kept telling us her daughter was coming today and she used to be a nurse. Well, the daughter shows up and starts with the Why this and why not this? stuff, and when I was...

13. Right Direction??

    Lacey replied to TootyFruity's topic in General Nursing

    Tooty, You have it right but I might add some other options, hope it doesn't confuse you. There are currently 3 different types of education( in Pennsylvania anyway) that will you get you prepared to take the NCLEX. A diploma program is usually asso...

14. omg omg!! Can I do it?

    Lacey replied to TootyFruity's topic in General Nursing

    Tooty, The secret to doing a lot of big things in life is to make not doing it unthinkable! Go ahead and become obesessed with all things nursing. Also look at Springhouse's website for more books. Classes in Medical Terminology are sometimes availab...

15. Who "Owns" the "nursing shortage?"

    Lacey replied to Norbert Holz's topic in General Nursing

    I think the thing that I hate he most is the previously described scenario when they called people off and then "like magic" the ER fills up and the matrix goes out the window. I think when the supervisor goes over the matirx, he or she better find ...