graykitty

graykitty has 2 years experience and specializes in Med surg, Renal, & PACU.

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1. I'm lost without my clipboard! How can I remedy this?

   graykitty posted a topic in New Nurse

   I'm a new nurse with one year of experience, working on a med surg renal floor. I feel I've progressed a lot in this first year, but still have a ton to learn. There is one thing that really bothers me, though. I'll usually have 6 or 7 patients each...

2. most troubling trend in healthcare

   graykitty replied to sophie09's topic in General Nursing

   1-The people at the top who are only concerned with customer survey results. 2-The patients who view their experience as "hotel guests." The patient who you brought back from a code blue won't return a survey praising you, but the patient who was "n...

3. Night shift time management - new RN

   graykitty replied to graykitty's topic in New Nurse

   AlisRN, what area of nursing are you in, with those ratios. I'm interested in hearing from others too. On my med surg/renal floor, our ratio is 1 to 5-8 patients. Also, from midnight to 7a we have only 1 CNA for our floor (30 rooms). So, I end up doi...

4. Night shift time management - new RN

   graykitty replied to graykitty's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks everyone for all the tips and comments on my op. My routine is, get report, meet all my patients put my name & phone # on their board, I can then assess mentation, ck if IV bags are low, if they need pain meds, etc. Then I get all my sched...

5. Night shift time management - new RN

   graykitty posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi, I've been an RN for 7 months now, and still having trouble with time management. I work nights-- either 7p-7a, or 11p- 7a. It's a med- surge/ renal floor, 1 nurse to 6-7 patients, all computerized system, with physician order entry as well. My bi...

6. What do you do to destress?

   graykitty replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

   Pull weeds (VERY effective when you're agitated), run or walk, snuggle with my cats, or sink into my hot tub in the backyard.

7. Where Do You Study???

   graykitty replied to WandererRNBSN's topic in General Students

   I have a tiny 2 br home & share it with my hubby & 2 granddaughters. They are loud, Tv is blaring, and at night it's too quiet & I fall asleep as soon as I begin reading. So, I go to my nearby 24 hr restaurant. As long as I buy something ...

8. New Grad RN, BSN wants to know if working in SNF is a dead end?

   graykitty replied to FutureFlightRN's topic in New Nurse

   All of the posts on this thread are encouraging. Can anyone clarify something for me? I'm a new RN grad with no hospital experience behind me either. At a job fair I attended recently, I spoke with a Nurse Mgr in a hospital rehab dept about working t...

9. New Grad- should I accept an inpatient rehab position? Advice please!

   graykitty posted a topic in Career Support

   Being a new grad, I want to get as much experience as possible on a med-surg floor. I have an interview for a position in inpatient rehab. I've been advised that I should think twice about accepting the rehab job while continuing to look for a med-su...

10. I failed Med Surg

    graykitty replied to Unique87's topic in General Students

    The best way to learn is from our mistakes. We are not perfect. However, many find someone or some thing to "blame" it on. You are accepting responsibility: You get a huge pat on the back! My intuition tells me that you will do your absolute best...

11. New nursing student

    graykitty replied to kalhonaaho's topic in General Students

    Yes, I agree also! Your first semester can be difficult just getting into a routine, and you must study, study, study. The more you have on your plate, the more overwhelmed you may feel at times. I returned to school to make a career change; I'm 55!!...