Sonia,RN

Sonia,RN has 8 years experience.

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1. Vaccinated and Sick--But I'd do it again

   Sonia,RN replied to Sonia,RN's topic in COVID

   Don't think so. I'm definitely not as sick as I believe I would have been had I gotten the flu outright. No GI symptoms, no fever. Also, I had no symptoms at all until the day of my first vaccination. Still, you're right that I probably was expos...

2. Vaccinated and Sick--But I'd do it again

   Sonia,RN posted a topic in COVID

   Well, I went against all my initial outrage against the mandatory flu shots, and I got the seasonal live vaccine (nasal spray on Tuesday). This left me with a sore throat and runny nose, and very fatigued for 3-4 days. I understand these are within ...

3. Pricked with a dirty needle

   Sonia,RN replied to Jewl's topic in General Nursing

   Several nurses and one resident I know at our facility have been stuck with HIV-positive ABG needles in the last year, which have a much higher rate of transmission than insulin needles, and fortunately they were all ok, though they did go through th...

4. 13 things a nurse won't tell you

   Sonia,RN replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

   1. I know you are distressed because your family member is not waking up. But he has an 8 mm tube shoved down his throat, a catheter up you-know-where, an FMS to catch his soupy diarrhea and is fighting pneumonia and sepsis. Meanwhile he has been s...

5. An ICU With No Techs

   Sonia,RN replied to Sonia,RN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks! That's actually pretty helpful. I'm going to do my best to try to do that. Actually, if we just were correctly staffed, the tech issue would not be such a big deal. And we have had a lot of poopy patients lately.

6. An ICU With No Techs

   Sonia,RN replied to Sonia,RN's topic in General Nursing

   Our ICU/CCU has 17 beds and is divided into two sides, the ICU and the CCU. This makes the secretary situation more difficult, as when we have one, one side is also neglected. But the bottom line seems we are not alone, others are working under tec...

7. An ICU With No Techs

   Sonia,RN replied to Sonia,RN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your comisseration. I agree with you that even one tech would not change matters greatly. How would you suggest writing up matters (incident reports) without creating an atmosphere of blame and harming the reputations of my co-workers...

8. things management says

   Sonia,RN replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

   "We hear your concerns, and we will address them at our next -----meeting." After which, of course, things go on as before. Also, "That's not in our budget for this year, but we'll look at next year."

9. An ICU With No Techs

   Sonia,RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Have any of you ever worked in an ICU without techs. I do, and I can assure you it is no picnic. Apparently, techs were abolished by management before my time; I am not sure of the original reasons, and we have never been successful in bringing the...

10. Towson Nursing School

    Sonia,RN replied to MegoEgo's topic in Maryland

    Towson U has a good nursing program. I found it fairly easy (I graduated 8 years ago) too easy in my opinion...I believe (from speaking with the faculty) it has gotten a little more strict since then. I like the flexibilty of the faculty. Some of ...

11. Mandatory Flu shots

    Sonia,RN replied to CathyLew's topic in COVID

    My facility has also mandated flu shots and H1N1 shots this year. I am deeply disturbed, because, for many personal reasons, I have never wanted a flu shot and have always refused one, even writing letters to management when necessary. This year we...

12. New nurse - wrong specialty- very panicked

    Sonia,RN replied to ringtail RN's topic in General Nursing

    One field which prepares you for many different fields is telemetry. I recommend telemetry to any new nurse because you get enough patients to practice time management, but not so many they overwhelm you (med-surg has in some places 7-8 patients), s...

13. if i decided to be a doctor, i would be.....

    Sonia,RN replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    House. He says all the things I wish I could say.

14. New nurse - wrong specialty- very panicked

    Sonia,RN replied to ringtail RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry . . . what is a residency? Does a legal commitment keep you where you are? If it does not, I have some general suggestions. But I need to know a little more about your situation. Do you have your degree free and clear? Can you leave one po...

15. Question About Nursing

    Sonia,RN replied to BuckeyeGuy's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 8 years, I can say unequivocally that I get sick much less often than my husband of two years, who is also very healthy. I work with very sick (from an infectious disease perspective) patients in the ICU/CCU. The good thing ...