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  1. Is there still a nursing shortage crisis?

    Absolutely is there a nursing shortage. Unfortunately it is being resolved as hospitals are forcing larger workloads on the staff they already have. Eventually, they will see it does not work as even more nurses than before begin to leave the profess...
  2. Dr anxiety...ridiculous!

    I never apologize for calling a physician. It's BOTH of our jobs to care for the patient whether it be 10AM or 2AM. I will clearly state that A) I am concerned about a change in the patient's status, B) I have a direct order to notify the physician i...
  3. How do you manage your time?

    Working nights and going to school full time together is really, really hard. I did it myself and had a really hard time. I think you need to grab a schedule book, time out blocks of when you're in school or when you're working and pretty much just s...
  4. How can I prevent myself from having a nervous breakdown?

    The first year is tough, from what I heard, and I definitely have had my fair share of near nervous breakdowns in my 6 months so far. I think that is contributing to how you feel, but your job does not sound safe. I would run. And run fast.
  5. Toileting Morbidly obese patients?

    I agree with ordering bariatric equiptment for your patients. Also, for females on a bedpan, have them bend/spread their legs as much as they can and place a pad between their legs. Any urine that doesn't make it into the bedpan will be absorbed by t...
  6. Yelled at yet again

    Where I work, we have a fantastic tool that allows us to report incidents such as these. The physician receives a warning and is tracked for further incidents. Many nurses I work with have even received apologies from these same reported physicians. ...
  7. Ill And Depressed Working Night Shifts

    Lexapro
  8. Ill And Depressed Working Night Shifts

    Nights can be really rough. If I didn't absolutely love the people I work with on nights, I would definitely be wanting a Day/Evening position. Evenso, many times I wish I lived a more normal life. I also think that being a new grad more than likely ...
  9. scared of being in a code

    I myself am anxious for my first code. I've seen a few in progress, but have never actually been in on the action. Most of the time, the residents take over with compressions, respiratory already has the airway covered and the nurses are all drawing ...
  10. I always ask for Bipap and Vent settings and am always, always amazed at the responses I receive... mostly "I don't know. Respiratory deals with that down here." I don't understand how a nurse can feel safe not knowing what settings their patients ar...
  11. What's a typical orientation schedule like?

    For me, 10 weeks of orientation (8 weeks on days, 2 weeks on nights) 1 on 1 with a preceptor plus 2 weeks of classroom orientation. I was hired for FT nights. I was anxious about being on my own, but felt prepared.
  12. How often do you do vitals and I&Os?

    I work on an ICU stepdown floor. Vitals are every 4 hours and I&Os every 8 hours.
  13. Big issues with the charge RN.. what to do?

    I am so sorry you are having to deal with this. I am even more sorry because I know exactly how you feel. I found myself in an eerily similar situation over a year ago when I was a tech. I was bullied on by a nurse for a very, very long time. She tot...
  14. I wish sombody would have told me......

    :chuckle I don't even know what I would do with myself!
  15. I wish sombody would have told me......

    I wish somebody had told me that nursing school is not even close to real-life nursing.