silverbells_star

silverbells_star has 1 years experience.

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1. Patient Discharges

   silverbells_star replied to MsSocalRN's topic in General Nursing

   I can have you out in the amount of time it takes me to print your paperwork, however to the pt it feels like it took hours, because the darn residents tell the pts on their 0600 rounds they are being discharged but forget to mention that the attendi...

2. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

   silverbells_star replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

   1. Ohio 2. 1 year 3. Hospital - med/surg 4. $24.15 5. 7pm-12a - $5, 12a-7a - $5.50, weekends $2.50, double on holidays 6. No

3. RNs who guide nursing students during clinicals (and do a dang good job of it!)

   silverbells_star replied to sarahdanielle14's topic in Rock

   I love nursing students, love having them on the floor, love having them work with me to take care of my pts.

4. Do your Charge RNs take patients?

   silverbells_star replied to RNMomma22's topic in General Nursing

   we just changed and our charge is not to have pts except for weekend nights (cause I guess people aren't sick at night??) They claim our ratios are 4-5 but it's really 5-6 and management has been hinting that it could go up to 7. We are a med/surg,...

5. Difference between night and day nurses

   silverbells_star replied to Joe V's topic in Rock

   Yes! Pepper the Cat, totally agree, I will work a crazy stressed day shift any day over working nights, any day.

6. I get out on time...

   silverbells_star replied to nursedanny614's topic in General Nursing

   I work day shift and 95% of the time I leave right on time. The people on our floor that don't are the ones that are constantly talking about their families, their vacations, exclaiming loudly to everyone how busy they are. If they would just shut ...

7. No Visitors

   silverbells_star replied to Morainey's topic in Relations

   Then the pt needs to request to be listed as confidential and they can proceed to inform those certain people what room, etc.

8. Do nurses usually work 3 12-hour shifts a week for full pay?

   silverbells_star replied to gentlerain's topic in General Nursing

   I work full time at a hospital (3-12s), graduated last year, then hourly pay was $23.15 (Ohio) now it's $23.50, I also work casual at a hospice agency ($25/hr). I just tell the casual position the days I'm available after I get my hospital schedule....

9. Electronic charting vs. Hourly Rounding vs. Bedside Charting

   silverbells_star replied to AngeliqueR's topic in General Nursing

   We have computers in all the rooms, but I don't like to do bedside charting because I feel like I'm only looking at the computer and am ignoring the patient. I rarely stay past my shift, so for me it's not a time issue to do it in the room or an hou...

10. No long distance for patients?

    silverbells_star replied to MunoRN's topic in Relations

    Our patients can't call long distance either but depending on the situation we might let them use our portable phones that we carry. But really it hardly ever comes up, most people bring their cell phones.

11. Second career nurses: Do you like nursing better?

    silverbells_star replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    This is my second career and I'm loving it, there are definitely days though where I wonder what the heck I did to myself but overall it's a love. I like the variety of the job, I like how everyday, even every hour is different, I like seeing people...

12. Surgery floor nurses

    silverbells_star replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Where i work, ER and PACU often do this to us, some days they even call report early, but then the patient doesn't show up until 5 minutes before shift change or after, so we're in the same boat. Thankfully, we haven't had any bad outcomes. Often t...

13. Things pts say that make you scratch your head.

    silverbells_star replied to Mommy&RN's topic in Relations

    "Unhook me from that IV pole, I feel like a damn pin cushion" - IV heroin drug user with multiple admissions for cellulitis

14. How do you make new hires feel welcome on your unit?

    silverbells_star replied to RN-ing's topic in General Nursing

    I just finished orientation and it meant a lot to me when, while expressing my worry about being on my own, one of the other nurses said to me, "honey, you're never alone, we're all here to help." that really made my day and helped. I agree with ev...

15. 2nd degree nurses

    silverbells_star replied to grantchatt's topic in General Nursing

    I went back to become a nurse because I always wanted to be one. My family pushed me towards management for many reasons and I enjoyed running social service programs for 12 years, but I still wanted to be a nurse. It was also getting to the point ...