oinch97

oinch97 has 9 years experience and specializes in Renal, Tele, Med-Surg, LTC, MDS.

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1. Does your unit have to absorb the cost of sitters?

   oinch97 replied to NBMom1225's topic in Safety

   Wow, I wish we could use Posey beds where I work now. Our facility only uses them in psych areas

2. Disciplined For Helping With Disaster

   oinch97 replied to Blue_Elder's topic in General Nursing

   Were you called by the ARC to assist with the disaster? I understand due to your previous work as a firefighter, you felt the need to help out, and I do commend you for your willingness to help, but I have to agree with the other posters here. No...

3. What kind of nursing bag do you have?

   oinch97 replied to Sterren's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Cindy, the website is http://www.thirtyonegifts.com/

4. What kind of nursing bag do you have?

   oinch97 replied to Sterren's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I use the organizing utility tote from Thirty-One. It's got pockets all around the outside, and the pockets on each end have elastic and can hold a water or drink bottle. It was only about $25 and comes in lots of cute patterns. They have embroide...

5. How long to wait to take the NCLEX???

   oinch97 replied to jlshort06's topic in Tennessee

   Depends mostly on how quickly you get your paperwork turned in, and how quickly the school will send your transcripts to the BON. Our school took about a month, but I guess it can vary.

6. Do Nurses Still Make *Real* Beds?

   oinch97 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

   Really? I remember our instructors telling us that the pillow case thing came from an old superstition/old wives tale, something about evil spirits getting in, etc.... But back to original topic, I don't get the chance to do it that often on nights...

7. Nursing Shoes

   oinch97 replied to AlleycatLPN's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I have flat feet and chronic back/leg pain. On someone's recommendation I bought a pair of Alegria shoes and omg I could not believe the difference they made! Kinda clunky looking but they have made a world of difference for me!

8. Do you have to start everyone's IV for them?

   oinch97 replied to jimmy the P's topic in General Nursing

   I was a phlebotomist for 5 years before nursing school, and never missed an IV in clinicals (even on a patient some of the staff nurses were afraid to stick :)) But for a while after I came out of orientation I became skittish, mostly either because...

9. night shift is really hard on me...

   oinch97 replied to LuvPedsNrsg's topic in General Nursing

   I too would tend to agree that you should give it some time. I started as a "nurse intern" on a floor working days, then due to some staffing needs, was moved to nights. At first I thought I would never adjust, and my family truly worried about me ...

10. Urine test

    oinch97 replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

    Just an FYI you can test for nearly anything, drugs or otherwise in the right lab... Our hospital has begun testing for nicotine also, due to the fact that employees sign statements saying they are non-smokers for the lower insurance premiums.

11. Broke 2 year contract

    oinch97 replied to Shondacat517's topic in General Nursing

    The way it works in the facility where I am working is that they WILL take what they can from your last paycheck, but leave you with minimum wage pay for what hours you have worked on that pay period. HTH

12. Info on Johnson City Medical Center Please

    oinch97 replied to xdriggs's topic in Tennessee

    I worked for JCMC as a "Nurse Intern" before graduating, and my aunt has worked as an RN there for years. What unit are you going to? It's a nice little area there, and the hospital is pretty nice. Have you visited yet? What questions do you have...

13. Nursing school: Bizarre practice in learning to bed bath..

    oinch97 replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Students

    We practiced on each other, but were each assigned a body part (arms, legs, or face), wore tshirts and shorts and no one seemed to have a problem with it.

14. more than nursing professionals wearing scrubs

    oinch97 replied to wearingmanyhats's topic in General Nursing

    I think there was a bit of ignorance there, but the main issue was with people hanging out around the area, wearing scrubs, then when you called out or asked for something, the person would turn out to be from housekeeping or transport or some other ...

15. DO U HAVE......

    oinch97 replied to EILEEN456's topic in General Students

    We wore ALL white with a patch on the sleeve.