futurenicunurse2008

futurenicunurse2008 specializes in addictions recovery, tele, peds.

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1. Do you chart lies?

   futurenicunurse2008 replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

2. Do you chart lies?

   futurenicunurse2008 replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

   Could you tell this to my hospital. We do medical detoxes on my dual diagnosis unit. We are not monitored and I have had patients come up to the unit in DT's. Their BAC will be 0 and they are stumbling around with no idea where they are. Hallucinatin...

3. Do you chart lies?

   futurenicunurse2008 replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

   [Another example is charting "patient was turned q2h" when they were turned maybe twice in the shift. Another big one is entering in a CIWA assessment for a sleeping patient. I'm sure there are lot of excellent nurses out there who wake their patient...

4. Why do some nurses use their titles as a big ego boost?

   futurenicunurse2008 replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in Relations

   Can someone pass the popcorn please

5. How long do your credits last to pursue higher education

   futurenicunurse2008 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I graduated from an ADN program in 2008. Should all of my credits still be good and able to transfer to a BSN program?

6. The Mockery of Nursing

   futurenicunurse2008 replied to Old.Timer's topic in Relations

   "my cna" is lazy what do I do?

7. Nursing and Fibromyalgia

   futurenicunurse2008 replied to CaLVN530's topic in Disabilities

   I am right there with you after years of being told i was "depressed" I finally had a doc suggest FM. nsaids and alternative medicine is how I treat there are days I hurt so bad I can barely move. it sux ((hugs))

8. Dreaming about work?

   futurenicunurse2008 replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

   mine is always about charting.lol im forever charting and doing admissions with lots of charting

9. Two-minus-one pregnancy

   futurenicunurse2008 replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am pro-choice but this article makes me sad I respect her right to choose but it feels wrong. Maybe she should have thought of these things before impregnating herself,especially when she had older children. I guess it felt very selfish to me. Its ...

10. how old were you when you realized you weren't going to make real money as a nurse

    futurenicunurse2008 replied to pilotstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think its up to each person and depends on where you live. Where I live 20 is pretty much what all the new grads make. Ive been an RN for 2 yrs and without my night differential only make 22. So its all relative I make fairly decent pay for where I...

11. Brown Mackie Nursing-Lenexa KS??!!

    futurenicunurse2008 replied to BSB1981's topic in Kansas

    the program involves alot of self teaching and it is hard because of the accelerated pace but its doable. I graduated there with my RN in Sept 2008, passed my boards the first try and have had no issues finding work. Hope this helps:)

12. love my job hate the hours

    futurenicunurse2008 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know some are going to think Im crazy but I hate the hours at my job I work 3pm to 11:30pm 5 days a week. A lot of people have said they envy the hours I wish I had my 12's back . I work in a detox unit and even though it's not what I originally wa...

13. Very Concerned (please read)

    futurenicunurse2008 replied to CuriousGreorge7's topic in General Nursing

    I agree I am not trying to be a nasty person and I understand making mistakes but there is such a thing as personal responsibility and thinking about the consequences of your actions. I see this sort of thing alot in our out pt program (im an addicti...

14. Nurses not speaking english at work

    futurenicunurse2008 replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

    personally I dont see the problem with the language as long as it is on breaks. However the thing that bothers me is the cliquiness (sp) thing. I see this everywhere regardless of nationality. There always seems to be those one or two nurses that are...

15. lazy cnas

    futurenicunurse2008 replied to marielina85's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously lets not argue we all can admit that there are lazy people in the job place PERIOD regardless of title. I have had cna's ignore call lights and not turn patients when I am extremely busy and overwhelmed (i worked on a stepdown unit for awhi...