#1orthoRN

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1. Calling yourself a "nurse"

   #1orthoRN replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

   The state authority I am in prohibits anyone who does not hold a nursing license to identify themselves as a nurse and all through the 4 years of school it was beat into our heads the importance of appropriate identification of what one was.

2. Calling yourself a "nurse"

   #1orthoRN replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

   We had a patient care aide on our floor and I witnessed her telling more than one confused patient how she is a 2nd year nursing student... it really bothered me because these patients were not of sound enough mind to understand she is not a nurse no...

3. Do you envy 1:1 sitters?

   #1orthoRN replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

   I don't want to do 1:1 sitting and I really get annoyed when the sitters take off for an hour or more without telling anyone (not all do that but there are 1 or 2 who do it and drive me nuts).

4. new nurse going to night shift

   #1orthoRN replied to megster's topic in New Nurse

   Love nights! Unfortunately my manager won't let me do all nights yet because she has personal issues of having people work 4 nights in a row. That is what she told me. Um... guess what. Am working my 6th shift in a row tonight, 4th night consecutivel...

5. Looking for my 1st RN job - question

   #1orthoRN replied to Clarise's topic in New Nurse

   Can't hurt to ask people you know if they could help. That is odd that all those places you applied to are not hiring... esp. with the nursing shortage everywhere and the fact that a new hire would be cheaper than hiring a seasoned worker. Wish you ...