rr82080

rr82080

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rr82080 has 3 years experience.


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  1. Dumb things new nurses do....

    At least once a month I hang a secondary, (antibiotic or whatever) return to a beeping IV to signify it's complete only to find I never unclamped it and the patients got saline from the flush bag. I'll never learn.
  2. Ouch

    Is there anything else financially to consider? I work 7 to 7 and make a shift diff from 3-7 of three dollars an hour. So It's like I make an extra dollar and hour. My insurance is almost free which probably equals a couple of dollars an hour. My...
  3. Why RNs cannot say 'That's not my job'

    Yes, I am not the floor cleaner, plumber or remote control repair man, but I AM the one who has to listen to it for the next twelve hours if family thinks the floor is disgusting, or if people keep coming in and slipping on the floor because of the b...
  4. Washing patient's hair!!!

    One thousand kudos!
  5. Washing patient's hair!!!

    One of the ladies I work with actually turns the bed so the patients head is lined up with the sink, boosts the patient so head is off bed and in sink, and washes hair in sink. Its great but the patient has to be alert and strong enough to support t...
  6. do you make sure your pts

    I'm also glad your mother is doing well. I feel bad about her hair, I'm sure she was upset but you said she was in the ICU for six weeks and almost passed. Six weeks is a long time in an ICU and so I imagine she was very sick. Should people have t...
  7. Admissions during change of shift

    For those of you who have stated rules or policies, I think that is great. When everyone knows what they are supposed to do usually it gets done with minimal complaint. I have worked on a floor and now in an ICU and on the floor admissions always c...
  8. Working with student nurses

    Superstarlpn and the student who held the gloves until she took them; You will see countless examples of people doing things incorrectly or just poorly. If you call everyone out you will become exhausted and make no friends. Friends are not more im...
  9. Over the next year my husband and I will be moving for his job to the Washington DC area. I am currently a staff nurse in a trauma ICU at a level one trauma center. I have three years nursing expirience and a BSN. My license is in NY. Could anyone gi...
  10. Is nursing really for me?

    Reading the posts from people who are brand new nurses almost brings tears to my eyes. I had such a hard time when I first started. I thought about work before during and after. I had nightmares about work. I cried often. I have been a nurse now...
  11. Need a new perspective here....

    Sounds like you've learned from this expirience. One more thing I'd like you to take away from it is: Don't treat your fellow nurses or any other hospital employees the way she treated you. It accomplishes nothing.
  12. Upstate NY Nurse Questions ?

    I also live in upstate NY and I say do it. You get used to the snow. You leave earlier in the morning so you get to work on time. Once or twice a year you get stuck at work late as the next shift trickles in cuz it snowed so bad. Every couple yea...