Rensoul

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1. Would you commute an hour to a job you wanted?

   Rensoul replied to nursebythesea's topic in General Nursing

   Currently I live 2 hours from the my job. I don't commute daily though and have an apartment within 5 minutes of the hospital (Long story). If I could have an hour commute it would be pushing it IMHO. There are days I do well to stay awake an hour af...

2. Vanderbilt Medical Center to have nurses cleaning up

   Rensoul replied to DidiRN's topic in General Nursing

   While I know where you are coming from on this Argo (never ask your staff to do what you are unwilling to do), at our facility I don't even know where the mop buckets would be. Our environmental staff each have their own cart that they bring stocked ...

3. Vanderbilt Medical Center to have nurses cleaning up

   Rensoul replied to DidiRN's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a busy ortho/neuro unit. Nurse to patient ratio is usually 6:1 and sometimes 8:1. We rarely have 2 hours between a DC and an admit. I'm usually DC'ing a patient and w/in half an hour admitting another one. Our ANM's do all they can to space...

4. Getting Re-acquainted with Cardiac Step-down and the Darn Computer System Called EPIC

   Rensoul replied to Ginger35's topic in CCU

   Ginger, My facility went to EPIC this last year. At first it was a bit intimidating, but it does get better. Once you've practiced a bit it makes more sense. The biggest thing I've run into is knowing where to find where things are in the Order Entr...

5. Ever have a patient work your very last nerve?

   Rensoul replied to proud nurse's topic in Relations

   I've had patients like that, though usually it's the family members that get me going. I've also had a Dr. come to my "rescue" with a family member who thought that his wife getting discharged right this second was a higher priority than a code that ...

6. Dear Nursing Students/Orientees: A Love Note from the Preceptor from Hell

   Rensoul replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

   This article nails it. Having just come out of a 3 month orientation period with some awesome preceptors, this is really close to home. Some observations: 1) I didn't see the OP as being harsh. The goal is to assess what the preceptee knows and to w...

7. What makes nursing stressful for you?

   Rensoul replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

   Honestly it's that dang phone they hand us at the beginning of shift. When it's used as intended it's not bad. Numbers are in the pt room so they can reach us directly, which is great most of the time. Unless your UC is from the day when we had no ph...

8. Newsflash: Med/Surg RN's have the toughest job

   Rensoul replied to Guttercat's topic in Med-Surg

   I too landed on a med-surg floor. While I'm not up to full speed yet, I'm getting there. I wanted med-surg before I spring-boarded to another area just so I could have a really strong generalist foundation. I think I may just certify as a med-surg nu...

9. Students at MTSU?

   Rensoul replied to slynn77's topic in Tennessee

   Congrats!!!! I'm finishing up 5th semester right now. Ordered my cap & gown today in fact! Keep going it's worth it =) RenSoul

10. Students at MTSU?

    Rensoul replied to slynn77's topic in Tennessee

    Depends on which class & which semester. The acceptance rate right now is 64 per semester. Usually you have some that fail their one class that come back, in addition to others that have had to take leave & then come back. Currently our 4th s...

11. Could I be the only reformed misfit in nursing school?

    Rensoul replied to KatePasa's topic in General Students

    As a Non-trad & a bit of a misfit, I too worry about this. So far in clinicals I do great with the patients, but my fellow students less so. I think a lot of it is me having a chip on my shoulder about being judged to be not good enough. I droppe...

12. im selfish? hmmm

    Rensoul replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    As a mom of 3 kids of my own & various 'adopted' kids, I can say unequivocally that I have no interest what so ever working L&D, PP, or NICU. General Peds might not be too bad, we'll see how that goes after my Peds rotation this fall. I'm wai...

13. Is it possible that the shortened RN training causes more anxiety for new grads

    Rensoul replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I don't remember how many hours our program requires, but I do know that for fundamentals we spent 6 days in LTC learning how to pass meds and do ADL's (depending on the acuity of the patient) for med surg we got 2 days a week (8 hr days...ish) for 6...

14. Is it possible that the shortened RN training causes more anxiety for new grads

    Rensoul replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah:You hit the nail on the head. As a SN I dread clinical rotations. Not because I don't enjoy patient care (Pt interaction is a bonus for me), but because I feel like we don't have enough time to get our skills 'set'. This past semester (3rd, med...

15. Sharing a Pearl

    Rensoul replied to Flare's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for sharing this pearl. As for other posters implying that a CNA could do their job without breaking into tears, everyone is different and has different things going on in their life. What sets one person off, doesn't even faze another. Person...