Biogirl4

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1. Confrontation with bullies at work place; need advice with next step

   Biogirl4 replied to lululucy's topic in Relations

   I'm in my final role transition and working as a nurse assistant on two different pediatric intensive care floors. I've run across some of the bullying you are talking about. I've learned to confront nasty behavior with positive`no-nonsense' behavio...

2. Not staying on top of pain - confusing orders - myths?

   Biogirl4 replied to Biogirl4's topic in Safety

   Thanks everyone for your advice and well wishes. Just an update. I found out that one big part of my pain was damage to the perineal branch of my sciatic nerve which can happen if someone inadvertantly leans on your leg during surgery (while it is ...

3. Not staying on top of pain - confusing orders - myths?

   Biogirl4 replied to Biogirl4's topic in Safety

4. Not staying on top of pain - confusing orders - myths?

   Biogirl4 replied to Biogirl4's topic in Safety

   My doctor didn't get there till day two and by then I was told my meds were taken care of. He didn't really react to my recount of events except to say he was sorry. Crazier still, both residents wrote orders for meds, the nurse threw one set out w...

5. Not staying on top of pain - confusing orders - myths?

   Biogirl4 posted a topic in Safety

   I am a first year nursing student who just finished a class about pain management. We were taught, that everyone has an individual pain tolerance and it should be treated if the patient expresses their pain. Fine. I was afraid when I was going int...

6. HELP!! My husband is killing my study schedule...

   Biogirl4 replied to ginmarada's topic in General Students

   Wow! I just started a MSRN program. Before I started I and preached to my hubby for 6 months about what he would be doing while I was studying. And darned if my first week didn't come around and I was cooking supper, doing dishes, helping the kids...

7. No one thinks I can do it!

   Biogirl4 replied to MKO90's topic in Pre-Nursing

   If you really like nursing, you will find a way to make it happen. If you have a good support system to help with your little one it will be easier. My advice - do what works for YOU. Everyone does things differently so take advice with a grain of...

8. Safe PT to Nurse ratio, what is yours?

   Biogirl4 replied to rudeRN's topic in Safety

   "Talking to her is like trying to nail jello to the wall. May seem to stick at first, but then it will all be gone after a min" That's a hysterical analogy:yeah:. It is crazy to think that everyone we are going to work with will be rational. Why do...

9. ADVICE...? Please help me think of a way to solve this issue.

   Biogirl4 replied to babymason2008's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not even a nurse ---yet, but the idea of using a bar code scanner was a godsend in my former job. We had to count thousands of toys everyday and record what was wrong with them. We had a sheet of barcodes that represented the problem, and all o...

10. Safe PT to Nurse ratio, what is yours?

    Biogirl4 replied to rudeRN's topic in Safety

    Another thought. I am an engineer with a QA background going for my Master in Nursing as a second degree. I see administration making decions all the time based on 'numbers' and the 'bottom line'. My first instinct would be to present the DON with...

11. Safe PT to Nurse ratio, what is yours?

    Biogirl4 replied to rudeRN's topic in Safety

    I start my nursing program this fall 10'. I am currently working as a part time cna in a nursing home on a dementia floor. One night we had 27 patitients with one nurse and one cna. I don't know what nursing things differ from just a nursing home ...

12. Dear future nursing students,

    Biogirl4 replied to BeeFree963's topic in General Students

    :) I agree and think the post was GREAT - we can all admit that that at some point someone just gets on our last nerve in one or all of the ways she described - OR - realized at one time or another that we offended someone with one of the annoying be...

13. Dear future nursing students,

    Biogirl4 replied to BeeFree963's topic in General Students

    :) Unfortunately I fall into the category of a know-it all but funny enough I have to study constantly and I hate the people who seem to sleep on their books and by osmosis (I'm convinced of it) they 'just get it'. I really appreciated what you had ...

14. Already burned out...

    Biogirl4 replied to eveningsky339's topic in CNA/MA

    I really do understand what you mean because that is my attitude normally. I am just dumbfounded with what I encountered on my job this week that I can't imagine keeping up. The problem is very systemic in the nursing home I'm working in and I'm no...

15. Already burned out...

    Biogirl4 replied to eveningsky339's topic in CNA/MA

    It was third shift overnight - which you would think would be easy. But all of the residents were dementia and totally dependent and all had to be changed every two hours (or when we could get to them). It was never ending and really hard. It just...