nurse nessie

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1. On-call and pt acuity

   nurse nessie posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work at a small hospital and usually we only have one med-surg nurse. In CA, our nurse to patient ratio is 1:5. However, occasionally we'll have our on-call nurse come in to work when our census does get higher. Whenever my nurse supervisor is on-c...

2. Time to admit .. things you've said to pt's/family members that you shouldn't

   nurse nessie replied to kiszi's topic in General Nursing

   I live in a not-so-diverse area with me being Asian, a lot of my patients ask where I'm from (meaning, do you speak English?). My pt was being discharged and on the way out he asked to be weighed. As I was trying to balance the scale, he asked if I c...

3. Does My Forehead Say "I AM A Door Mat--Walk All Over ME!"?

   nurse nessie replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   I also have this problem with my CNA. She doesn't respect my authority and brushes it off. I think she mistakes my kindness for weakness. I finally got fed up with it the other night when I asked her to put a pt back in bed who was screaming, and she...

4. Transitioning from Accounting to Nursing

   nurse nessie replied to lalah's topic in Career Support

   I personally would go straight to an RN program, although many RN programs are impacted right now. First, if you were to get your LVN, it may be more difficult for you to continue with your education and go through with going for your RN. Second, the...

5. Transitioning from Accounting to Nursing

   nurse nessie replied to lalah's topic in Career Support

   I am an RN and have actually been wanting to go into accounting. I'd work as a CNA for a few months and see if it's really for you. If you still like it, you can take some prereqs at your JC.

6. Contractual Nursing/Summit Health

   nurse nessie replied to KourtneiNurse's topic in Career Support

   I worked for them last season. I liked it. I only did two clinics bc they filled up pretty quickly. It's not too difficult, in my opinion. Both times I worked alone.

7. I hate nursing..

   nurse nessie replied to flygirls2's topic in New Nurse

   I feel the same way. Every morning I work I groan and worry if the day will be easy or hard. I think what makes the most difference is the people I work with. Sometimes I'm extremely busy, but as long as I'm with good supportive coworkers I feel like...

8. take a phlebotomy class while waiting to be hired?

   nurse nessie replied to emille's topic in New Nurse

   I was considering taking an IV class even though I'm already working. I'm still afraid to start IVs. My work never offered an IV course, and I think it's a basic skill every nurse should have.

9. Feelings at the three month mark! How do/did you feel?

   nurse nessie replied to juststartinout's topic in New Nurse

   The first day I felt like med-surg wasn't for me. I feel like I need to push through it for another few years so I can do something more administrative. If you feel like rehab isn't for you, there are many other areas to explore. Even though I know I...

10. co-worker making me crazy

    nurse nessie replied to NamasteNurse's topic in Geriatric

    I'd be lucky if someone micromanaged my CNA ... she would actually be doing her work. I have a coworker who is like that, who IS the CNA talking about people's and patients' business. She is also BFFs with the nursing supervisor, CNO, and CEO. That's...

11. Changing schedule and not telling me

    nurse nessie replied to nurse nessie's topic in General Nursing

    I only had one person's phone number, our ex-nurse manager who resigned and went back to floor nursing. I called her to see if she had an updated schedule and she said no. She actually told me to call back and if the same nurse answered to hang up. L...

12. Waste of Time

    nurse nessie replied to casper1's topic in General Nursing

    I spend a lot of time doing tasks my CNA should be doing. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to delegate each task to my CNA or if she should "just know" she's supposed to. I do vitals on everyone and the CNA expects me to unless otherwise told. I do the v...

13. Changing schedule and not telling me

    nurse nessie replied to nurse nessie's topic in General Nursing

    The place I work is rural and not my hometown. I have two places so on my off days I go back home. Our schedules are flexible enough that we get several days off in a row.

14. Changing schedule and not telling me

    nurse nessie posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been off work for 2 weeks on vacation since the end of the month. I looked at my schedule and was planning on working the next day. I called my work to see how many pts were on the floor, hoping that maybe I'd get another day off if the census...

15. Depressed and Lost

    nurse nessie replied to Trying23's topic in New Nurse

    I feel you on this one. I've made several med errors since at my hospital all of our charting and MARs are still on paper. We don't even has a PYXIS either so it's very easy to make med errors. My first error was giving a med after it's automatic sto...