RNAnna

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1. Hasten end so wife won't doubt DNR decision????

   RNAnna replied to markm739's topic in New Nurse

   Let's hear it for being a "do gooder"! I would rather be labled as a "do-gooder" than go against my pricipals, beliefs, and the law where people's lives are concerned. I know and understand the need for Hospice care and comfort measures - I adminis...

2. Did I take too long to job hunt?

   RNAnna replied to Billy5949's topic in New Nurse

   Hi I actually took a year and a half after I graduated to get my first job. It was a year after I was licensed that I started. Everyone wanted to know what I was doing during that time. Actually, it really is none of their business. They can't te...

3. Afraid of giving report, need adivse please!

   RNAnna replied to ImShelly31's topic in New Nurse

   Hello. We don't tape our reports. We do them live, which has it's own set of anxiety provoking symptoms. I'm always afraid that I'm going to leave something out, or that someone is going to ask me something that I don't know. Anyway, the report f...

4. med/surg with hospice rooms in rural Ia

   RNAnna posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi. I've been having a hard time lately. Not only because I am working way more hours than I am scheduled for and we are really busy at the moment, but also because at our rural hospital (25 beds) we also have some hospice pts that come in. A coupl...

5. Nursing Misconceptions

   RNAnna replied to allanina03's topic in New Nurse

   My favorite is that nurses are able to give medical advice in the grocery store. I live in Rural Iowa and in small towns everyone thinks that they can "get that looked at" by the nurse next door. Or the person who says "My sister-in-law says that s...

6. Help! Need Time Management Tips

   RNAnna replied to Serenyd's topic in New Nurse

   It is really difficult to have that chatty pt and have to leave because you have other pts to care for. I just got off orientation and admit that was one of my problems too. I'm just tooo nice for my own good. I don't want to cut someone off and ...

7. If I can only get organized !

   RNAnna replied to mzkede's topic in New Nurse

   I had to grin at Haunted's post. I'm just off of orientation, but I am an "older new nurse" so I can understand the humor and smile with her. We all go throught the time management crisis. The thing that bothered me soooooo much while in school an...

8. Thanks !Where R U from?

   RNAnna replied to is this heaven's topic in Iowa

   Hi - It sounds like a lot of you are from central and southern Iowa. I feel like the lone person from the beautiful Northeast Iowa bluff country - where nursing is not bluffing. It's Decorah for me. But I work at Mercy Medical in New Hampton, Iowa...

9. First year nurse having problems with the new "know it all"

   RNAnna posted a topic in New Nurse

   I just got off orientation. Things are going great. I love my job. I love what I do. I just am really frustrated giving report to the next shift and the new "know it all" who is just orienting. She is being oriented by an experienced nurse who w...

10. Anyone wearing support hose?

    RNAnna replied to jenrninmi's topic in New Nurse

    Gradiated compression knee hi's. I broke my ankle in three places in November and I have to wear them to keep the ankle stable and to keep the swelling under control. I've tried lot's of brands. In fact, I was wearing Nursemates when I broke the a...

11. Nursing Documentation

    RNAnna replied to redred's topic in New Nurse

    Hi Redred, The Nursing made Incredibly Easy series of books has one specifically on charting. I've never looked at it myself, but I've heard good things about it. There are also quite a few books about nursing and the law - which is what charting i...

12. hyper and hypotension question @ client.

    RNAnna replied to alliecat's topic in New Nurse

    At our facility we always ask the pt on admission what meds they take and when they take them. So, if the pt isn't taking X,Y, and Z together at home, they aren't taking them together in the hospital. I think every facility has thier own times as t...

13. piggybacked to death

    RNAnna posted a topic in Med-Surg

    Ok, so here is the delema. I have several charge nurses that are telling me different things about piggybacking meds. I'm a new nurse and trying to do everything right which is impossible since we are all human, but I am getting frustrated by this ...

14. Not excited to go to work as a new nurse...am I the only one?

    RNAnna replied to doxieraiser's topic in New Nurse

    It seems that there are quite a few of us that look at ourselves as the "old new nurse". I'm 41 and in my first nursing job. Sometimes I wonder why. I remember in school when we all were excited about the prospect of finally "being there" and now ...

15. In a lot of pain!

    RNAnna replied to SherBearRN's topic in New Nurse

    Believe me I understand how you feel both physically and emotionally right about now - or at least I have a bit of understanding. I'm 41 yrs. Three days after I was hired for my current position, I fell down some stairs (not at work) and broke my an...