preciousnurse

Latest Activity

1. Anyone with Masters Degree

   preciousnurse replied to Jeftek's topic in General Nursing

   I recommend getting it if you pan to do something other than bedside nursing, because I have a BSN and continued bed side nursing and did nit get any greater reward, recognition of benefit. The only thing that i do not have to worry about is if they ...

2. are you on anti-depressants?

   preciousnurse replied to 1996RN's topic in General Nursing

   I believe that antidepressants are a way of life for most nurses. Face it, we have tough jobs. I believe that all nurses should be on them and i also believe that it should be taught in school more about how to deal with people, not patients, but mor...

3. Thinking of changing my mind......

   preciousnurse replied to wannanbnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing is true hard work so if you are questioning yourself you better think twice about it. Now is the time to do that. do not wait until you are older and have no other career options. I have had the same issue latley, but you must realize that ev...

4. Have you ever felt that you have too much work to do for just one nurse

   preciousnurse replied to debbie17368's topic in Med-Surg

   We do our fair share of our job and everyone elses also. We take care of anywhere between 3-6 patients on day shift. MED- SURG nurses are nortorius for taking on a whole slue of responsibilites, especially if they have an aide that does not like to h...

5. Shoes ? ? ? ? ?

   preciousnurse replied to obillyboy's topic in General Nursing

   I am a total New Balance fan, best shoe for arch support and protection from the possibility of the 12 hour aching feet syndrome!

6. Those lovely belegerant patients who are A/O . . HELP!!!

   preciousnurse replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

   I have had a similiar situation happen to me and I finally asked the family member, " why are you being so mean to me, I am just trying to help" This usually will work because it puts them on the spot and addresses the issue up front.

7. Anyone with effective HA remedies?

   preciousnurse replied to delirium's topic in General Nursing

   Have you ever considered your diet and the types of foods that you eat. My advice is to start a bland diet and then gradually add the foods that you eat on a regular basis and see what happens? Another question that I have is are they related to the ...

8. Ever gone back for your BSN? Questions!

   preciousnurse replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Mine was also a RN-BSN program. It is really different than getting your ADN, there is much more theory involved and not much memorizing terms and values. It is a lot of term papers and presentations. I throughly enjoyed getting my BSN and I think th...

9. charge nurse duties?

   preciousnurse replied to shannonRN's topic in Med-Surg

   Our job as charge nurse from 7a-7p consists of signing off doctor's orders and putting the orders into the computer. We usually do not take any patients however float between and help the other nurses on the floor. We are a resource for others. We ro...

10. Does anybody...

    preciousnurse replied to NICURNtobe's topic in General Nursing

    I am 25 years old, weigh 175 and would come home with 2+ pitting edema of the pretibial area. Support hose are a blessing!!!!!!!

11. Termination of employment

    preciousnurse replied to DanielMark's topic in Med-Surg

    In my state I believe the policy just changed and that if a patient is already a DNR the nurse can pronounce the patient and the time of death.

12. Admission paperwork

    preciousnurse replied to deespoohbear's topic in Med-Surg

    Where do the patients go after they leave the ER? DUH, we are busy too!!!!!!!!!!!!

13. mixing up medications????

    preciousnurse replied to acarlrn's topic in Med-Surg

    I agree with indynurse, I would not expect someone to give a medication that I had mixed without them being there, and vise versa.

14. Assigning patients to rooms on Med/Surg Floor?

    preciousnurse replied to Mito's topic in Med-Surg

    Mito, It is a hard chore sometimes when it comes to room assignment especially for us because our rooms are not private. Like deepoohbear says, keep infectious patients together, etc. We have some private rooms (4 to be exact) and this is bad because...

15. Stethoscopes

    preciousnurse replied to Mito's topic in Med-Surg

    I have a Littmann Cardiology III. This is a really good stethoscope. My advice to you is to order it from a nursing uniform catalog vs buying it in a store. It will be about 20.00 cheaper on the wallet :)