hollyann12 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing
I love IV starts. Didn't always, but at my current job I start up to 20 a day. I just love seeing that flash on pt's with difficult veins and I love when I can make their day by getting it on the first try with little difficulty. The other thing I...
We do informal team nursing at my job (GI). It's one of my favorite things about my job--that you're never truly alone. We help each other out. It's never just my patient; it's your patient too. One of us will check the patient in while the other...
hollyann12 replied to Trama_junky's topic in General Nursing
IVs don't scare me at all. I've let many people start them in my hands and arms--I have really good veins but sometimes inexperienced people have trouble even with really good veins. I've personally hit my left AC many, many times and occasionally ...
If you can somehow make it work financially, I would say go for it! I switched from med-surg nights to endoscopy days about a year ago and I am so much happier. On top of being on days now, having weekends off is amazing and something I never thoug...
I don't really know what to call it because it's not my boss or my co-workers but, every time we get a young, male, hypersexual patient on our floor, he beelines straight for me. I have lived in bad neighborhoods in my life--I've been harassed on th...