BookwormRN

BookwormRN specializes in Med/Surg.

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1. How many of you had to make a change recently?

   BookwormRN replied to AshtonsAunt76's topic in General Nursing

   I just finished my first week in my new surgery position. I left a med/surg unit after 5 1/2 years as an RN, total of 9 years on the unit (started there as a CNA). We moved to a new hospital in May, and the morale of the unit has gone downhill. Staff...

2. Littmann master cardiology or cardiology iii?

   BookwormRN replied to TeleRN311's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I have the Cardiology III and LOVE IT! IMO, the Master is very heavy and the diaphragm is large...harder to listen to my small little elderly/pediatric folks. With my Cardio III, I can use the pediatric diaphragm and it works great! (Plus, it is ligh...

3. Would you take a pay cut?

   BookwormRN replied to nicu4me's topic in General Nursing

   I have applied for/been offered jobs which would require significant pay cuts. I currently work in an acute care setting, averaging three 8-hour evening shifts per week. The new jobs were Mon-Fri, days. No weekends, nights, holidays. If I'd taken tho...

4. people seem uninformed....

   BookwormRN replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

   Along these lines...a few weeks ago, I was outside a Pt's room and saw a family member figure out how to work the over-the-bed table. Then she said, "Look, I could be a nurse!" I wanted so badly to go in and have a heart to heart conversation with h...

5. National Nurse's Week vs. National Hospital Week

   BookwormRN replied to kat7ap's topic in Professionalism

   Our facility had something fun each day last week (celebrated early), culminating with a special Nurses Day Mass on Friday, at which they had a Blessing of Hands. (Catholic Hospital) Not only did they bless the hands of those present at Mass, but one...

6. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

   BookwormRN replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Hunt

   Actually, I have given names of new grads to my manager when we have had a position to fill. And yes, we've hired new grads. (My nursing school friend and I were hired as new grads.) However, we were new grads who started as CNAs in this facility, wo...

7. Fustration with new technology on the floors

   BookwormRN replied to JDougRN's topic in General Nursing

   This post hits home! We are building a new hospital in the near future and am told that the nurses will be carrying cell phones, in addition to a new call system. I just cannot imagine the interruptions when in with a patient! It is bad enough when s...

8. pt was very upset about fluid restrictions

   BookwormRN replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

   "The CNA then wrote out her totals of fluids at the meals she'd had on the board to help her understand that she'd had too much fluid already, and she still got mad about it. I told the nurse and the nurse said do not give her fluids, she's had enoug...

9. discouraged at work, need to vent...

   BookwormRN replied to nurse nina's topic in General Nursing

   Hahaha! Usually I can figure out the initials; this one had me stumped :)

10. discouraged at work, need to vent...

    BookwormRN replied to nurse nina's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, but I don't know what A.L. means...

11. Is Med Surg hard?? New grad. starting soon- not looking forward to 12 hours!

    BookwormRN replied to Epona's topic in Med-Surg

    Not all schools have 12 hour clinicals. The school I attended did not have them; however I did do 12 hour shifts during my preceptorship during my last semester. Not all schools are the same, nor do all med/surg units have 12 hour shifts for their nu...

12. Going for it! RN to BSN

    BookwormRN replied to BookwormRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all of your well wishes! I will be attending the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay online. I spent several years at UW-GB and therefore have only the nursing classes to take for completion. I'm so excited!!!!!

13. helping pts after del

    BookwormRN replied to jctiabecerra's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Having had 3 c-sections personally, um yeah, those nurses should be assisting the patients! I was unsteady, in pain and at times unable to move quickly enough to pick up the babe from the bassinet, let alone get to the bathroom on my own to urinate f...

14. Going for it! RN to BSN

    BookwormRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi Everyone, I am just so excited that I have to share; I have finally decided to go for it and am applying to an RN to BSN program!! This has been a personal goal for me since before I finished my ADN. I put in a few years at a university right out...

15. Bellin College

    BookwormRN replied to NinjaRN's topic in Wisconsin

    "Bellin is good school but is private and quite costly. There prerequistes are quite specfic. It is affliated with a Bellin Health (hospital) and I hear there clinicals are great. There are several universities (UW) that are high ranked also. Have hi...