mestrela

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1. No visiting hours?

   mestrela replied to NursesRmofun's topic in General Nursing

   I'm posting this while laying in an uncomfortable sleeper chair for the 3rd night in a row at my husband's bedside. I think it's a good thing to have an overnight visitor as long as the visitor allows you to care for the patient and you don't need to...

2. The Worst Hospital Visitor I've Ever Seen

   mestrela replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Relations

   Wow. I have two that I can think of in the one year I've been working as an RN. The first was I had a patient who was going through withdraw. The patient had been taking such high doses of heroin that one thing led to another and their bowels perfora...

3. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

   mestrela replied to fangirl's topic in Relations

   I was told by a hard stick patient as I was trying to find a vein that she hoped I never had children because I wasn't gentle (this was said on my first shift back after I had a baby that was stillborn) I was told that I deserve to be eaten alive by ...

4. The Nightingale Pledge - Still relevant today?

   mestrela replied to Julius Seizure's topic in Professionalism

   Personally, I like it because it unites all nurses and connects us to those who practiced the profession before us. It's a great tradition that is old fashioned but is up there with "who gives this woman away in matrimony?" Old fashioned, outdated, b...

5. Every other weekend & holidays??

   mestrela replied to LuciaRN2b's topic in General Nursing

   Wait a quick minute. Some of you get paid extra to work weekends? I need to work at a place like that. I love working my evert other weekend. There's less traffic :) To the OP- I'm a new grad. It took me almost two years to find a job and I wasn't p...

6. Black Humour

   mestrela replied to Tenebrae's topic in Humor

   I had a patient that the family had taken off life support a week prior. He had a morphine drip and was on q2h ativan pushes. I had to keep from singing "let it go" when I was pushing the ativan.

7. The hardest parts of nursing?

   mestrela replied to calivianya's topic in General Nursing

   The hardest part for me is when a patient is actively dying and on comfort measure only or hospice care and the family still can't accept it. Instead they want to fight me tooth and nail to stop giving the patient pain medication or ativan and to all...

8. Officially giving up

   mestrela replied to CuddleFox's topic in General Nursing

   I know how you feel! I've been out of school for a year and a half, applied nation-wide, only have had 3 interviews, attempted to get into the Air Force where I was told that I didn't have enough experience for the new grad position, and I was finall...

9. New Grad Nurse, First Job Question

   mestrela replied to RN2bNicole1988's topic in New Nurse

   How long did it take you to get started? I was given a verbal offer of employment the week of Thanksgiving for their January start date but have not received any written offer. I found out from HR that there is no financial approval yet (??) Do you n...

10. Air Force NTP Boards July 2013

    mestrela replied to Blackhawks's topic in Government

    I didn't get selected. I though my GPA (3.78 ) would give me a boost even if I had no experience. Guess not. It's been a year since I've had my license and I'm still unemployed. Good luck to everyone and congrats to those who got a spot!

11. Air Force NTP Boards July 2013

    mestrela replied to Blackhawks's topic in Government

    My recruiter is going to get back to me tomorrow. I texted him after he left his office. I've already had 3 panic attacks. I need to know the answer! I'll be relieved to know if I am military or not :)

12. Air Force NTP Boards July 2013

    mestrela replied to Blackhawks's topic in Government

    I'm soooo anxious and nervous! Only according to a few of the people on here, the recruiters are saying that the information will be released next week (my recruiter said it should be on 8/21). Still anxious and nervous! I want this more than anythin...

13. Air Force NTP Boards July 2013

    mestrela replied to Blackhawks's topic in Government

14. Air Force NTP Boards July 2013

    mestrela replied to Blackhawks's topic in Government

    Maybe that's why I never got a choice. I told my recruiter that I would go whenever and wherever and that I'm ready to leave now. Seriously. I have everything packed up and in storage and we are renting a small room at my parents. My lease was up and...

15. Air Force NTP Boards July 2013

    mestrela replied to Blackhawks's topic in Government

    I never got to choose a date... Is that option only for FQ nurses or for NTP as well? My recruiter also originally estimated the 15th but the board met a little later than anticipated I guess.