lissyrn

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1. dazed and confused....and worried

   lissyrn replied to lissyrn's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the encouraging words. My facility is a small rural hospital with a good union, and pretty cool mgrs, as mgrs go. I think what bothers me the most is...what exactly happened? It's unlikely...

2. dazed and confused....and worried

   lissyrn posted a topic in General Nursing

   The other night, I got a phone call at home from the evening shift saying that Mrs. F's unopened am meds were on the bedside table, not given. The eve nurse asked me, "did Mrs. F get her meds this...

3. Scrub tops that don't shrink to your armpits; anyone know of any?

   lissyrn replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   sassyscrubs.com. Available on the web only. No paper catalogue or stores. Really cool prints, and they fit great!! Nice and roomy, don't shrink..nice big pockets. A little more expensive than...

4. Bad reference cost me a job

   lissyrn posted a topic in General Nursing

   The DON at my last job loved me and promised me a great reference. But the nurse recruiter where I applied insisted on calling the charge nurse on the unit (said it's "their policy"). Well, this...

5. shift change is killing us, Help!

   lissyrn replied to kelluvanurse's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I'm an RN in a large clininc (50 chairs divided into 2 nursing stations). Usually get an assignment of 3 or 4 patients. The "on-times" are supposedly staggered, but it makes no difference--0the...

6. Bad Eyesight

   lissyrn replied to military wife's topic in General Nursing

   ps in answer to ?--can't wear contacts. Have a condition called "steep corneas"..Contacts hurt like

7. Bad Eyesight

   lissyrn replied to military wife's topic in General Nursing

   Get this--yesterday she watched me draw meds. I stupidly forced myself to wear my new bifocals-(which I can't get used to al all) and held the syringe 4-5 inches from my eye...what a disaster!! Made...

8. Bad Eyesight

   lissyrn replied to military wife's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the support. I need it. I work in an ambulatory area. DON says that patients will see me holding things up close to my face, they will be worried about my vision and not want me taking...

9. Bad Eyesight

   lissyrn replied to military wife's topic in General Nursing

   Have always functioned just fine despite being VERY nearsighte. Never had trouble reading drug inserts or syringes, but often have to hold things up close and toward my better eye (right). Well, new...

10. Doctor in your next life?

    lissyrn replied to Hopegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely wish I had gone to med school. More autonomy, more respect. My interest as a doc would have been in research; probably medical genetics or oncology. I don't like bedside pt care. That's...

11. any ithaca nurses

    lissyrn replied to dwag's topic in New York Nursing

    Hi. I live in the Syracuse area. I am new here, too--I think it's about a 90 minute drive to Ithaca. Wanted to live in Ithaca, but Cayuga is the only hospital there and I did not get an offer....

12. Incident reports

    lissyrn replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm in New York state. The incident report itself is 2 pages, but then we have to go back 3 shifts prior (including current shift, so that's 4 shifts total) and have everyone who was on the unit...

13. RN or busperson?

    lissyrn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have NO feeding assistants at my facility. Feeding patients is one thing (not my favorite thing, but understand it's part of the job - there just aren't enough CNA's and the LPN is passing...

14. Question for Syracuse area nurses....

    lissyrn posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Hi...need info....anyone work/have ever worked/know anything about A.E. Lee Memorial in Fulton, NY (north of Syracuse). Currently working in LTC, want to go back to acute care(getting BORED) and...

15. Need To Vent

    lissyrn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Got my RN 2 years ago and have not found a job I'm comfortable with. HATED hospital nursing--too stressful. No time to have lunch, take a break, IV pumps beeping "air in line" constantly, having to...