RNAngelus

RNAngelus specializes in Pediatrics.

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1. Any Peds nurses out there? I have a few ?s to ask...

   RNAngelus replied to RNAngelus's topic in Safety

   Kel - That's my concern exactly. Yes, sure, there are only two patients, but what if like you said, they're both very sick and one goes south... who watches the other? And since my Peds unit is very small (16 beds), there are only a few regular Peds ...

2. Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

   RNAngelus replied to Moogie's topic in Humor

   Nah, wasn't even the heart. She had confused the kidneys and liver. Or so she said.

3. Any Peds nurses out there? I have a few ?s to ask...

   RNAngelus replied to RNAngelus's topic in Safety

   Thank you, jahra, :) Your words are encouraging. I'll be waiting for the PM. I have my resume ready, I think, heh, but I wish I had someone to look at it before I send it out. Does this site offer that?

4. Help! Managing weight and energy during night shift

   RNAngelus replied to RNAngelus's topic in Stress 101

   Thank you guys for your advice! It is greatly appreciated. My problem is that working 8 hour nights leaves me with no energy, which makes me eat whatever is easy to grab (which 95% of the time isn't healthy stuff) which in turn leaves me with less e...

5. Any Peds nurses out there? I have a few ?s to ask...

   RNAngelus replied to RNAngelus's topic in Safety

   Nenja - I wish you the best of luck as well. Call me naive, but I wish administration would just drop the budget ******** and actually remember what all of this is really about. But that's just too much common sense I guess...

6. Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

   RNAngelus replied to Moogie's topic in Humor

   My sister: Ow, my back hurts! Me: Where? Sister: Here, where the kidneys are. Humans have two kidneys, right? Me: O_O *facepalm*

7. Funny things patients say !

   RNAngelus replied to TAM's topic in Humor

   I had a 1 year old boy one night, having been admitted with fever. We take vitals every four hours and for some reason, he was up and wired at 4am. So I go to the room and start chatting with mom and then turn to start chatting with the boy, who was ...

8. Help! Managing weight and energy during night shift

   RNAngelus posted a topic in Stress 101

   I am currently doing 8 hour night shifts and I can safely say I DETEST THEM. Worst idea ever occured to man. Now, you may ask why am I doing it when I hate it so much. Well, after spending 1.5 years searching for a job (in a big city, mind you) and t...

9. Are nurse patient ratio's safe with the numbers rising away?

   RNAngelus replied to Aubrianna's topic in Safety

   Where I work, the med surg units have gone to 32:2 with two NAs. The Pediatrics Unit has gone to 7:1 with 1 NA plus admissions. When asked for help, managers actually get angry at us and the Union just made changes to the policy to report unsafe staf...

10. Any Peds nurses out there? I have a few ?s to ask...

    RNAngelus replied to RNAngelus's topic in Safety

    KareBear - Don't say "just" a CNA. We couldn't work properly without you guys. Believe me, I know, because I've had to do it and those end up like one of the worst nights ever. kcksk - Goodness, can I go work where you are? Always having two RNs on t...

11. Any Peds nurses out there? I have a few ?s to ask...

    RNAngelus replied to RNAngelus's topic in Safety

    There is no second nurse, :-P Just me. Everything else is a combination of both. Officially, as part of the unit, there are only four of us. Two for day shift (can't remember the last time they left two RNs there), one for evening and one (me) for ni...

12. Any Peds nurses out there? I have a few ?s to ask...

    RNAngelus replied to RNAngelus's topic in Safety

    I don't know if they realize, and those that do have been vocal about it, but in my hospital, the Peds unit, its patients, parents and staff are the bastard, unwanted child. The biggest problem is at night, though all shifts really suffer from it. Wh...

13. Any Peds nurses out there? I have a few ?s to ask...

    RNAngelus replied to RNAngelus's topic in Safety

    This is one of the things that scares me every night... Did I mention that my hospital has 8 hour shifts? Overworked as is, and we also have even less time to be able to finish our work. It's ridiculous.

14. Any Peds nurses out there? I have a few ?s to ask...

    RNAngelus replied to RNAngelus's topic in Safety

    i am part of a union, but read above regarding how i feel about them. i'm not sorry to say that they have been utterly useless all the times i've had to deal with them (left me without benefits for nearly three months because they kept loosing my pap...

15. Any Peds nurses out there? I have a few ?s to ask...

    RNAngelus replied to RNAngelus's topic in Safety

    I haven't had very good experience with the union covering my hospital, so I don't even know if I should bother bring this up to them... Someone also mentioned something else that had me thinking. Nursing shortage is massively widespread in my hospit...