bezany

bezany has 20 years experience and specializes in ER, Home Health, PCU, Med/Surg.

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1. Travel nursing with a tiny house?

   bezany replied to DeenieRN's topic in Travel

   I am a travel nurse living in an RV. I love it. Cheap rent, so I take the stipend giving me more money in the bank. My husband can often get work for the park which makes our rent free. There is something to be said for getting rid of all your "stuff...

2. Who's ready for a hospital hurricane party!?!

   bezany replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in General Nursing

   during charlie, the hospital where I worked allowed family. The accomodations were not good, many did not have beds and it was very crowded and chaotic. Food was in short supply. I would recommend having your child stay with relatives. Who will watch...

3. Being an ugly nurse

   bezany replied to mofomeat's topic in Relations

   You wrote the solution right in the paragraph: "The people I work with now love the crap out of me because I'm good at what I do, I'm good at understanding what THEY do, I'm good at getting everyone and everything to work together and I make the work...

4. Anyone a member of National Nurses United?

   bezany replied to kerussll's topic in General Nursing

   The nurses at my hospital are represented by the National Nurses Organizing Committee which is a part of National Nurses United. National Nurses United is the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in America. Its purpose is ...

5. Anyone a member of National Nurses United?

   bezany replied to kerussll's topic in General Nursing

   I am a member of this union, you get a bonus for belonging to a union? Most hospitals in this area would not be pleased with it!

6. Do nurses have a responsibility to keep their Facebook professional?

   bezany replied to Bortaz's topic in Professionalism

   I have a fb page for my friends, and a separate one i keep mainly for family and peers. The friend one does not list my association with a hospital and i dont talk shop there at all. The friend page is heavily private. On a second note, I cannot imag...

7. Pyxis (almost) nightmares. PLEASE be careful.

   bezany replied to dudette10's topic in Medications

   I would not want to be pulling narcs for agency staff, thats crazy! temporary codes can be given to agency staff and if i were in a facility where they didnt have access, i would be advocating strongly for that.

8. Pyxis (almost) nightmares. PLEASE be careful.

   bezany replied to dudette10's topic in Medications

   bedside scanning is a lifesaver, as long as we dont bypass it. At my hospital we scan the patient armband and then the med, we use an electronic mar. It is virtually impossible to give the wrong med if we follow the procedure. I still do a 5 rights a...

9. Family Members and their pearls of wisdom...

   bezany replied to R!XTER's topic in Relations

   My favorite of all time is: if the doctor doesnt come to see me right now, I am leaving! I want to say "do you promise?" But what I actually do is grab the AMA form. LOL

10. Handling rude or dishonest patients

    bezany replied to wildlaurel's topic in Emergency

    With patients like this, it really does no good to argue with them. I can humbly apologize whether I am right or not. I then ask them if there is something that would make their stay easier, remind them of how to get help, and offer comfort measures ...

11. For Nightshift Nurses...

    bezany replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I have done nights for a long time and I live 50 minutes from work, when I feel sleepy while driving, i find that if I get out of the car and walk around it a few times, it wakes me up enough to make it home. 1st shift after a few nights off is alway...

12. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    bezany replied to northmississippi's topic in Medications

    Lovenox, omeprazole, metoprolol, amlodipine, dilaudid or percocet and restoril or ambien med surg tele ortho neuro night shift hence the sleepers for everyone!

13. need ideas for nights off

    bezany replied to abg.icu.rn's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked nights for over twenty years now, i switch back and forth, i take a nap on my first day back to work and i stay up longer on my first day off. I try to do three in a row so that my days off are all in a row too.

14. Going before the board

    bezany replied to tashanwrn's topic in Recovery

    I think my best advice would be to take an attorney with you who has experience before the board. Whatever the cost it will be worth it.

15. asked for help and got fired

    bezany replied to cantgetrite's topic in Recovery

    if you are working in a "drug free workplace" you have protections if you reported rather than being "caught", so i would suggest you lawyer up. The drug free workplace designation would be on signs in your facility probably in HR and it would be in ...