tellis6645

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1. New rehab nurse with no experience

   tellis6645 replied to ctbui's topic in Rehabilitation

   Disclaimer: I also cant spell apparently

2. New rehab nurse with no experience

   tellis6645 replied to ctbui's topic in Rehabilitation

   You bring back memories! It comes with time. There were some days in the first two weeks on my own where I was crying in the med room and conteplating quitting. It was very overwhelming. 1am isnt that bad, my first 3-11 shift on the rehab floor I was...

3. New to LTC, does signing off MD orders mean something different here?

   tellis6645 replied to auntiedebe's topic in Geriatric

   Obviously every facility is different! At my facility if you take the order, you take care of it. If our manager takes an order from the doctors, she is the one to make sure its carried out. I have on occasion signed out orders that werent carried ou...

4. Up-credentialing: Why the move to the BSN is inevitable.

   tellis6645 replied to chuckster's topic in Activism

   I agree that BSN is going to be the new normal. This is because there are just more and more nurses out there looking for work. Extra education never hurts. Im an ADN right now, but looking forward to going back for another 15 months and getting my B...

5. New grad too stressed about the job- Is this normal?

   tellis6645 replied to sail2boat2002's topic in LTAC

   When I first started nursing I went home in tears more often then not. I was very stressed out. I originally started in LTC on days 7-3. After 6 weeks I transfered to subactue nights (what I was originally hired for). It was the best thing that happe...

6. Did I miss something?

   tellis6645 replied to MimiLPN's topic in LPN/LVN

   There are so many other factors here that are missing. Was she on oxygen? Did you increase it? What did you do to get her sats above 90? If you just left her sating in the 80s and did nothing for her, then I agree with the other nurse. 80s is too low...

7. Just graduated from LPN, how soon should I start RN bridge?

   tellis6645 replied to yolandalpn's topic in LPN-RN

   I would work as an LPN for a few months to a year first. This gives the you chance to pay down some of the debt (after all the longer your debt sits on credit cards, the more you owe). The most important thing however is that it will give you real wo...

8. Regrets about Nursing?

   tellis6645 replied to 1IndecisiveStudent's topic in General Nursing

   I agree not all nursing homes are the same. I work in a skilled nursing facility, but I work on the subacute rehab floor. So our patients come to us a few days out of the hospital stay for 1week-3months depending, and then go home. I only have 16 pat...

9. We need to advocate for better mental health

   tellis6645 replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

   I was watching CNN when all this was happening and they had Dr. Phil on there. He was saying.. "If you know anybody who might seem to be mentally unstable, please call your local law enforcement, they can help you". This is your responsibility. I had...

10. How do you think like a nurse?

    tellis6645 replied to Born2Care4All's topic in General Students

    I really struggled with this in nursing school and I ended up failing out of the program because of it. I got my LPN and working as a nurse for a year before I went back in. The class I failed the first time (critical care.. last semester), I got a...

11. Too soon to feel burnt out of LTC?

    tellis6645 replied to Isitpossible's topic in Geriatric

    I worked days in LTC straight out of school and it almost killed me. I felt the same way you sound. I think the biggest thing that I had trouble with was the fact of safety. There just wasnt enough time to do everything, and since I was rushing, I ...