txgal34 replied to Jennifer in Cali's topic in Relations
on my med surg floor vs are taken at 2000,0000,0400. i had a similar situation where the midnight vs (got at 0030) were high with no PRN's ordered for the BP. when i called the hospitalist he asked if they were sleeping. when i answered yes, i jus...
txgal34 replied to venousr3tuRN's topic in Med-Surg
this is my first hospital job...so this place is all i have to go on. we are med surg nurses, obviously trained, but not cardiac nurses....possibly why it is the way it is. i know larger hospitals that have a true "tele" only floor, we don't. we h...
txgal34 replied to venousr3tuRN's topic in Med-Surg
First, it is not a "tele only floor." They lump two floors... one is medical, one is surgical and if tele is ordered, tele box is on. On one floor our tele tech sits and watches the monitors which are for both floors. While this in not a rural hos...
txgal34 replied to EquinoxSolstice92's topic in Relations
....i love it! i had a family member track me down as i was standing in front of the elevator to leave. just a simple hug and thank you for the attentiveness and explaining care and the planned care! i love the education part of nursing, and alway...
txgal34 replied to venousr3tuRN's topic in Med-Surg
My med-surg has LVN's and RN's. We have tele on both floors. While the acuity is higher on a tele pt, both RN's and LVN's get tele pt's and it doesn't change the amount of pt's we get. All nurses have PALS and ACLS. We also have a tele tech on th...
I don't think people hate nursing, it's just sometimes the longer you do it the more frustrated you get. I work on a busy med surg floor and deal with a crazy busy shift most nights, then add on top of that more and more pt's and/or family either tr...
thank you everyone for the positive comments. i now have a little over a week under my belt and am feeling much better. my confidence is growing every day! sometimes i think you just need to hear "it's going to be ok" and i thank you for that :)
thanks MomRN0913, I asked the DON to review my documentation as I have done LTC documentation but this is different system. I asked and wanted the input to ensure i was documenting correcting instead of going on for a month and finding out that I wa...
Thanks for the comments....I guess it's hard feeling lost and feeling like I don't have the answers so often. I am so used to be "in my element" that now I am definitely out of my comfort zone. I love learning new skills, but it's challenging not k...
I have worked LTC for 3 1/2 years and decided to get out of the rat race and try some HH. I love the idea of spending one on on time with my pts and actually being able to talk to them instead of the crazy rush of LTC. I was given some training, an...
i think you have to look at several factors. I am in TX, so it may be different here. I choose the LVN route because it can be done in 11 months (fulltime student). Here, there are crazy waiting lists to get into RN programs. LTC is EASY to find ...
not all LVN's/LPN's are "jealous" of the RN. I graduated with a 4.0 from an LVN program. I CHOSE the LVN route. I will in some point in the future probably pursue my RN, however I am quite content in the LVN role. TX is very liberal state "we work un...