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1. Perspective: Taking a Step Back to Be a Better Nurse

   shawna.k replied to shawna.k's topic in Rock

   I am encouraging anyone and everyone to share this anywhere you can! That awareness it brings, reminding us what it must feel like to be the patient, is a necessary tool for a good nurse to have. We need to bring humility to the table, remember that ...

2. Perspective: Taking a Step Back to Be a Better Nurse

   shawna.k replied to shawna.k's topic in Rock

   As long as you get your work done, you can never spend too much time in your patients' rooms! I find myself leaving later than most, and of I'm ever asked why, my answer will be, "because I always go the extra mile, and help before I'm asked. I shoul...

3. Perspective: Taking a Step Back to Be a Better Nurse

   shawna.k replied to shawna.k's topic in Rock

4. Perspective: Taking a Step Back to Be a Better Nurse

   shawna.k posted a topic in Rock

   I have been taking care of a patient that requires total care, sometimes two hours of my time at once on a busy telemetry floor with a high census and a nurse/patient ratio of 1:6. Granted that's a ratio that's a blessing compared to other hospitals,...

5. New LVN on Med/Surg Floor.

   shawna.k replied to NurseLiz13's topic in LPN/LVN

   Thank you! April will be my 1 yr mark. I feel like I'm just now really hitting my stride and my shifts are going smoothly now. They were so stressful at one point that my migraines were bad. Stress is one of my triggers and I was having one nearly ev...

6. New LVN on Med/Surg Floor.

   shawna.k replied to NurseLiz13's topic in LPN/LVN

   Pay attention to how your preceptor/s organize for the shift to stay on track & focused. Then find what works best for you. After getting tired of writing a list down on extra paper every shift, I made an awesome flow sheet I wouldn't dare be wit...

7. Night nursing

   shawna.k replied to divaRN*'s topic in General Nursing

   I work 7p-a and struggled at first with my eating habits. I have to eat a small meal before I leave for work, usually a bowl of cereal. Or I drink a meal shake on the way to work. Lately, I've taken to getting a plate from the hot line in the cafete...

8. What's your weird quirk?

   shawna.k replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   I hate running IVPB on a primary line...it's sometimes difficult to prime without wasting these expensive and necessary meds!Most of my co-workers can't stand respiratory secretions....my killer: skin flakes! Nothing makes me want to retch like pulli...

9. When a Nurse has been reduced to tears!

   shawna.k replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

   I had one day that was emotional and heart-wrenching. I was a new nurse on med-surg, and still in my preceptorship. I had the privilege of one of our palliative care MD's asking me to be present with the rest of the palliative care team for a hospice...

10. Shocked...Confused...& Terminated=SAD "(

    shawna.k replied to NrsLucky's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that staffing should appropriately reflect the type of care provided. Having said that, I'm an LPN in Georgia. Our scope of practice has few limitations compared to that of an RN. To address another point...I'm a nurse...and that's that! It's...