cardinalRN

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1. Charge nurse

   cardinalRN replied to Caleb_RN225's topic in General Nursing

   Not always, but often...

2. How to transition from floor nursing to OR?

   cardinalRN replied to Niki_RN's topic in Operating Room

   ArtClassRN, you're kidding, right?

3. Charge nurse

   cardinalRN replied to Caleb_RN225's topic in General Nursing

   I hate being charge nurse. I feel like I'm baby-sitting the majority of the time. When I work as a floor nurse, I only have to worry about my patients...but when I charge, I have the whole floor to worry about. It seems like all I do is answer que...

4. Fired for saying "under-staffed"

   cardinalRN posted a topic in Relations

   Two nurses at my hospital were recently fired for saying we were under-staffed. They were at the nurses station, not speaking to a patient or family members, and were overheard by a member of administration. We had been told not to ever say that to...

5. Hallway beds on the floor/overcrowding

   cardinalRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   My hospital is about to start a new program that will place 2 hallway beds on each floor to help relieve the number of ER holds. The patients that are placed in these beds will have to be ambulatory since they will have to walk to the visitor bathro...

6. How dare you!

   cardinalRN replied to sweetsleep28's topic in General Nursing

   And remember that your manager "has" to encourage you to take a lunch for legal reasons. In case anything were to come up, she can say "oh, I always tell my nurses to take a lunch." Even when she knows it's not gonna happen...

7. After my 12, I just want to go home! RANT

   cardinalRN replied to SweetseRN's topic in Safety

   I regulary have to report to several different nurses at shift change myself, so I understand what you are talking about. Do you use SBAR? This seems to make report much easier. Just be assertive with the "lollygaggers"! I simply walk in, get my b...

8. Going green makes me red in the face

   cardinalRN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

   I am so sick of this "green" crap too. All of our emails at the hospital I work at have this stupid little footnote at the end: "Please consider the environment before printing this message." It's so ridiculous!!!! Do people not realize what a r...

9. most troubling trend in healthcare

   cardinalRN replied to sophie09's topic in General Nursing

   Most troubling in my opinion? HCAPS!!! Quality of care is no longer the focus...now it is all about the patient's perception of how they were treated. So, the people with dementia, the psych patients, and the a**holes who can never be pleased all hav...

10. HELP!

    cardinalRN replied to aikz's topic in General Nursing

    Go with your gut. I work nights in a telemetry unit. It's busy and stressful and the turnover is high, but it's great experience! If it's where you think you want to be, you'll be happier making the change.

11. advice for new cardiac nurse

    cardinalRN replied to shacal228's topic in Career Support

    Learn about heparin drips, Plavix, Coumadin and Pradaxa along with the other cardiac meds. Brush up on your electrolytes and how they can affect rhythms (especially K & Na). It's so important to recognize the rhythms on telemetry...SVT, Afib, V...

12. Need Tips or Tricks on Remembering IV Stop Times

    cardinalRN replied to mrscoozy's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital I work at, the approximate time that the infusion would be done pops up on the EMAR in red, requiring us to chart a stop time. It never gets forgotten because it is always staring at you in bright red until you chart something and th...

13. Scared of the docs!

    cardinalRN replied to SweetseRN's topic in General Nursing

    It will get easier as you become more confident. Just don't take anything they may say personally. Remember you are the pt's advocate and the Dr.'s eyes and ears. You may be yelled at even when you are doing the right thing. However, it's more im...

14. How Do I Transfer My Texas RN to Missouri RN??? Afterwards.. any luck with JOBS???

    cardinalRN replied to estubbs07's topic in Missouri

    There are a ton of nursing positions in SW MO where I live due to the recent tornado in Joplin.

15. Help with Knowledge Deficit

    cardinalRN replied to kynursingstudent40's topic in Student Assist

    That doesn't sound like a very good "nursing diagnosis". Ha ha ha! I guess some interventions could be listening to a weather radio, getting in a storm shelter, going to an interior room on the lowest level without windows, jumping in a ditch and c...