autumn_october

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1. After 10 weeks, my biggest fear has come true...

   autumn_october replied to katie92's topic in General Students

   This happened to me! It was a teaching hospital, and they were fine with student doctors, but God forbid a student nurse touch them/their mother. People do have the right to refuse students, so if they do, inform your clinical instructor so you can ...

2. Ready to throw in the towel

   autumn_october replied to autumn_october's topic in New Nurse

   Oh, definitely. I worked so hard for that license! My thought now is to seek some kind of office nurse job, where I can still use my medical skills but without the stress of running around on a busy unit. Thanks. I know, if Medicare gave us more ...

3. Ready to throw in the towel

   autumn_october posted a topic in New Nurse

   I've been working at my first nursing job in LTC for 8 months now, and I hate it. I am alone on the floor most times with 2-3 CNA's for 20-30 patients. Pool nurses from other floors come and ask ME what to do. Uh... I am so overwhelmed and stressed a...

4. First job at a LTC facility, too much responsibility?

   autumn_october replied to KellyRN2011's topic in New Nurse

   Yep, that seems about normal. Speak up if they try to schedule you for something you can't do, or if you need more orientation. I was also the weekend supervisor right out of school ... just make sure there's always someone on-call if you have a ques...

5. No soap?

   autumn_october replied to autumn_october's topic in General Nursing

   Whoa. I've never thought about it but yeah, those bath basins must be a haven for germs. I had no idea there were so many variations in washing people up! Wow. It's good that you have backups but I can't imagine a facility that doesn't stock lotion...

6. No soap?

   autumn_october replied to autumn_october's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the input, everyone. I'll check the dispensers in the bathrooms tomorrow to see if they're a special lotion soap.

7. No soap?

   autumn_october posted a topic in General Nursing

   I recently started at a new facility, and I had to do a treatment that involved washing someone. I looked in the patient's basin for his soap, and couldn't find anything. I looked in the supply room, nothing. Finally I went to another nurse and asked...