ANH_RN

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1. hoping I get hospice position. any advice?

   ANH_RN replied to ANH_RN's topic in Hospice

   thank you so much! To be honest I really do not know what the position is like. On the site it just says staff RN, nothing about CM. I was anticipating it to be more of an inpt unit, which is what I kind of had in mind. How do those positions usual...

2. hoping I get hospice position. any advice?

   ANH_RN posted a topic in Hospice

   hey all! haven't posted on here in a while. I have been doing some job searching and I came across a couple positions at a hospice facility. I have been doing med-surg for over 4.5 years and I feel like this is my calling. I don't really have any clo...

3. Hoping that I get hospice position. Not sure what to expect. Any advice?

   ANH_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   hey all! haven't posted on here in a while. I have been doing some job searching and I came across a couple positions at a hospice facility. I have been doing med-surg for over 4.5 years and I feel like this is my calling. I don't really have any ...

4. Lots of blood... starting IV's HELP!

   ANH_RN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

   Just press down on the arm a little harder next time. I normally have to put a lot of pressure on the arm above the catheter insertion site to keep it from gushing out. Usually it works long enough for me to wipe it with an alcohol pad or a gauze ar...

5. Chest pain do you need an EKG order?

   ANH_RN replied to usRNs's topic in General Nursing

   In our facility the standard is if the patient suddenly complains of chest pain we call a 'rapid response' and a couple ICU RN's come over and that automatically gives us the right to obtain an EKG. Then according to how the rapid action response go...

6. Oxygen Question

   ANH_RN replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in General Nursing

   I probably would have dropped the oxygen down just a touch but I wouldn't have worried too much if I hadn't, either. It's not like he was on 10 liters and was being blasted away with oxygen. Generally if he's not a chronic oxygen user they do like ...

7. How in the freaking world are you a nurse???

   ANH_RN replied to Daisy_08's topic in Relations

   :rotfl: Sometimes I seriously wonder if people I work with have this same belief. It is so sad to see that there are actually nurses who are taking care of human beings and their lives that present themselves as being incompetent. Nursing really is...

8. Night Shift Differential

   ANH_RN replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

   presumably I would think this is how it works. the whole increase doesn't happen too often in my dept in my hospital though. We've gotten 2 raises and I've been there 3 years now. The second raise they gave us as a courtesy (I firmly believe for ...

9. Night Shift Differential

   ANH_RN replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Before our hospital joined another company we were paid $4 7p-7am. Now that someone else has kind of taken over we get 15% of our base pay which I took a pay cut by now only receiving $3.30 an hour. If I only received 0.75 cents an hour more workin...

10. Sick of all of the bullying.

    ANH_RN replied to ANH_RN's topic in Relations

    I had already planned on handling it just how you 'told me' to. Thanks.

11. Sick of all of the bullying.

    ANH_RN replied to ANH_RN's topic in Relations

    I think of bullying as putting down a person on a personal level not just how they do their job. They also act out their aggression to their face and are not polite. I see that as being a bully. And it's not always just that one person, it's a lot ...

12. Sick of all of the bullying.

    ANH_RN replied to ANH_RN's topic in Relations

    I think that says it best.

13. Sick of all of the bullying.

    ANH_RN posted a topic in Relations

    I just have to get something off of my chest.. I have been guilty of talking about other people behind their back but I am downright shocked at the amount of bad mouthing that goes on in my hospital on my floor. Is it like this everywhere? Seems like...

14. What are your thoughts on working PRN on top of FT?

    ANH_RN replied to ANH_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Update: I had the interview and I think it went great but the person I spoke to said that they didn't know if they would want to put so much effort into hiring and orienting someone that is only going to work 2 days a month (what?!?!?).. I asked he...

15. "They give the meds, we do the care"

    ANH_RN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    So apparently giving meds and monitoring the reactions of those meds and assessing the pts and how they are progressing and having the skill to know when the pt is not doing well is not considered 'care'??