mrscoozy

mrscoozy

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  1. charge pay

    No extra pay...no assignment...25 beds...MedSurg but also must help in OB, ER, and wherever else there is a crisis. Lots of responsibility for no extra money!!
  2. gifts

    We would get fired for accepting a gift over $3.00. We had a patient bring in about 30-40 books one time for a few specific departments, and the hospital had their lawyer "look in to it" and see if it was ok for us to take one of these gifts. After...
  3. Just wondering if anyone can help me and my fellow nurses on how we can remember to chart our stop times for fluids and ATB. We have a new computer system and there are so many stop times getting missed, and when we don't chart them the hospital doe...
  4. Changing shifts

    Rotating shifts is tough. I did it for over 2 years. I work 12's so it was 7a-7p and 7p-7a and it was all over the place. Even having to switch during the same week. I now work straight NOC because I couldn't do it anymore. Even though nights isn...
  5. Abdominal Pain

    How about Fear...R/T hospitalization....most kids are scared to be in the hospital.
  6. Don't know what to do......

    Well I am an RN of 2.5 yrs with no previous medical experience, and where I work the EMT's basically do the same thing as the ER nurses....besides going out in the ambulance....triage pts, take vitals, history, that sort of thing...they are our savio...
  7. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    metoprolol, lasix, omeprazole, synthroid, insulin
  8. What to do by constantly asked to cover other shifts?

    I get called a lot too...have overtime almost every week. But when they called the other morning at 10:30 after I had worked 3 12hr nite shifts...one nite off...then 3 more....I was sooo mad they woke me up I may never do overtime again! Have some ...
  9. No I am not going to massage your inner thighs.....You ******* Pervert! And would you please, for the hundredth time, keep your gown down. Trust me...your little sausage does nothing for me or the other nurses.
  10. What do you have to wear???

    We USED to be able to wear whatever we wanted, but as of Jan 1st now we are color-coded. RN's navy and white...CNA's burgandy...Lab hunter green...Respiratory tan...and so on. We are a small rural hospital and our pts loved the bright pretty scrubs...
  11. Any Prison Nurses???

    i would love some feedback from any rn's who work in a prison....likes and dislikes??
  12. i just interviewed today for a job i applied for 2 yrs ago...called me out of the blue on monday. i am currently employed and wasn't really looking to change jobs. now i'm confused of what to do if they offer me a position. it's more money and bet...
  13. well i am hoping the computer charting will be user friendly and less time consuming than the paper charting. i have worked with computer charting at other facilities that were a nightmare...so i guess i have to wait and see.
  14. my facility is still living in the stone age....paper charting! can you believe it? although we are moving to a new facility in the near future with actual computers. 21st century here we come!
  15. Huuuge tax refund...bye NS debt!

    well between the 2 i have to pay in about $1200....and i have 3 kids. sometimes that makes me want to quit my job so i can get $thousands$ of dollars of everyone else's money. but i'm not bitter or anything.