threebrats46

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  1. leaving my job gave a 2 weeks manager very rude.

    Do what is right for you. It's not professional of her to be "mean" as well. Dont take it personal. I worked my last day for my coworkers because I was close to them honestly.
  2. Home Health IVs w/new grad nurse

    I get many PIV patients,and one particular one was a very hard stick that even her MD was surprised we were able to get anything in. If i can't get it in after 2-3 tries,they send another RN to try. I also brought a vein light I use and sometimes it ...
  3. Where does the job end?

    I feel the same way. I am putting in too many afterwork hours,i am burning out. I feel like work is always on my mind because there is always something to do: call pt,call MD,send in reports,schedules etc..then they always call to ask if I can work m...
  4. Written up and confused.

    This is shocking! Im sorry this happened to you. I always did mouth care-it is comfort care!
  5. Trouble with SorbaView Dressing

    I use a lot of alchohol preps and soak the alchohol on sides of dressing and it lifts easier. Then when you get to where the statlock is stuck on dressing,use alchohol to seperate it. There are also adhesive remover preps which make it easier!
  6. We always use vacutainers on PICCs,what is the reasoning behind the advice of not to?
  7. Bullies at the work place.. vent

    How do you know the medication wasn't given? Did you speak to the RN first? We all make mistakes,if I had a pt tell me a medication wasn't given I would ask the RN first. Quiet possibly it was given and pt was confused,or she forgot to sign it out. I...
  8. Name Badges Worn Backwards

    Sometimes my ID just turns itself. If I notice that,I flip it back to my picture. Our first name is in big letters and underneath in very small print is the entire name. Barely noticeable but its there.
  9. How to handle lazy LPN's on the team

    LPN's are not lazy! Maybe that particular one is. I have worked with LPNs who have done much more then I can say for some RNs.
  10. My anger

    you may be doing nothing wrong,some of your classmates may just have connections. Have you attended any job fairs? Dress up in a suit!! I am shocked at the people I see going on interviews dressed in scrubs (after work I suppose). I know I recived my...
  11. New grad struggling with receiving/giving report

    Do you use report books? We write in report books and basically copy patient's name,age,diagnoses and history and then add -on what every happened during shift ( last vital or any abnormal vitals and which MD is aware,what was done,drops/rises in lab...
  12. So...you've had a bad day?

    YES YES YES!!! The "entitled" patients are the ones! Also each time I got a drug seeker--I thought to myself--I did not go into nursing for this!! I want to help the sick and needy!!
  13. The soul crushing part about nursing

    I feel the same way. It breaks my heart! We had one 80 yr old lady on a vent who was blistering and leaking from her skin,the son refused to DNR her. When she finally passed,there was a code and of course she didnt make it and the son refused to acce...
  14. I don't think I want to be a nurse anymore...how about RT?

    Much truth to that, if they ever have to budget cut,nurses are capable of taking over RTs role. I know in the past I have done RTs job along with my own!
  15. I don't think I want to be a nurse anymore...how about RT?

    \Some RT's are putting in PICC lines as well!