nola1202

nola1202

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  1. 1st RN Job, feeling discouraged and disappointed

    Hang in there baby! It's not you it's Health Care these days (profit driven, not acuity driven.) Survive for a year then get out! Look for a Hospital position that lives up to it's Magnet Status PR (not all do) Getting in will take a long time be...
  2. 1st Psych Nursing Job starts Monday, any advice?

    Be afraid, be very afraid .
  3. April 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    "He says he was replaced by someone named Jimmy Kimmel."
  4. A Phone Call

    well done!
  5. Hee, Hee, Hee, we talk about this at work all the time....my answer is yes, no, yes, maybe, no...mmmm I'll get back to you on that. Like many other "lifers" (over 24 years) I have taken time off to work in other careers, some low paying (retail at ...
  6. Is this what night shift really does to us?

    I do nights, but I feel it. The sleep deprivation is the hardest, even when I sleep well I still feel deprived. Usually I come home, stay up about an hour or two, lie down around 9 or 10, sleep till 2 or 4p then I'm up. If I only work an 8hour shi...
  7. Heel stick on side of foot/medial ankle

    Excellent advice from all the other posts, just wanted to address your anxiety. Thankfully, 99.9% of our less than stellar interventions have no adverse effects. You are learning and that's what's important. I notice with the square lancets for he...
  8. Tips & Advice for a Brand New RN Starting Out in Pediatric Med/Surg

    Respiratory failure in kids can be easily missed. They compensate very well for a long time, then poof! Respiratory arrest. I was a new grad who had the wonderful fortune to have a Ward Clerk who was also an experienced CNA who warned me one of my...
  9. Tourniquet with heel sticks?

    I also had this experience, and wondered about it. I guess there's the prefered method, and the unconventional that works that one time. Glad the labs ended up comming out fine.
  10. Peds nurse with no kids

    Also childless, mostly by choice. I was on the fence about having kids, never really was in a good enough relationship to want to risk it. If I had it to do over again, I think I'd think more about just being a single mom, but....I see how difficult ...
  11. For the longest time I would start to walk in a geriatric patient's room and she would wake and holler "look out for the dog!" I would stop mid-step and lurch to the side in an attempt to avoid the non-existent? dog. I swear to you, that dang dog wa...
  12. "thanks for sharing."
  13. How to promote tolerance and support teamwork,

    ditto. I thought I'dfound the perfect job, now I find out someone has lied about me to management and mangement believes them. I'm stuck with a "performance improvement plan" and having to go through more "orientation" so I can learn to be more supp...
  14. rofl. This seems to be really common. The other most common is the grab a quick break after am report, chart checks and assessments. I used to get so annoyed at the smoke break and breakfast break right after report people and say nothing. I was one ...
  15. How to explain depression/PTSD to young children

    dad/mom is sad. It's not your fault, and it's not your job to fix their sadness. You don't have to be extra good to make things better. PTSD: Something bad happened to mom/dad and sometimes something reminds them of that and they act like or look li...