unicoRNurse

unicoRNurse has 3 years experience.

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1. How stressful is a career as a Nurse?

   unicoRNurse replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

   What makes this job stressful? Let's see... Life and death. Constant short staffing. High acuity patients, and too many of them. Families. Doctors. Management. Too much to do and not enough time to do it. Very long hours, often without break...

2. Time Management Woes!

   unicoRNurse replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in New Nurse

   I'm glad to have found this post, so I didn't have to write it myself! I am a new nurse on a busy stepdown unit and I am having trouble managing my time as well; it is so frustrating. On one hand, it feels like "time management" means "wizardry" --...

3. How long did it take for you to get your job after license?

   unicoRNurse replied to kimmy20's topic in New Nurse

   I was licensed in July, contacted by recruiting in September to start the process, had interviews and shadowing in October, was officially offered the job in November, and started in December. I was called to interview by the other hospital system ...

4. for those who work 12 hour shifts, how long is your lunch break?

   unicoRNurse replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Nursing

   30 min, unpaid.

5. What gear/utensils/supplies do you carry in your scrubs

   unicoRNurse replied to gelibean's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I know this is an older post, but I wanted to add that I have one of those nylon pocket protector things in which I keep my pens, scissors, penlight, hemostats, alcohol pads, Sharpie and dry erase marker, and it's proved invaluable. In addition to m...

6. advise requested

   unicoRNurse replied to janders2003's topic in Medications

   I would be surprised if your facility's policy didn't require you to report something like that to management.

7. Key lanyards around neck

   unicoRNurse replied to rickbren.lds's topic in General Nursing

   So this person is willing to sacrifice patients' and staff members' health and safety to ensure she isn't awoken again at night. Nice. I wouldn't wear it on my neck. I would do lanyard in pocket, as suggested by a previous poster, or put the keys ...

8. Step down units: what's your ratio?

   unicoRNurse replied to ixchel's topic in Critical

   1:4. General, but lots of cardiac (we recover cardiac cath with intervention), and there are also 4 dialysis beds.

9. Mantra?... Whats yours??...

   unicoRNurse replied to PrayingToPass's topic in Spirituality

   Let go or be dragged.

10. New nurse and feeling discouraged by older nurses?

    unicoRNurse replied to x28y31's topic in Relations

    TBI = traumatic brain injury.

11. tips on finding a job

    unicoRNurse replied to nanley138's topic in Job Hunt

    In my area, and in my experience, knowing someone is key. Despite a stellar academic record and receiving awards for my clinical practice, I couldn't get the time of day until a friend who works for the company emailed the recruiter for one system s...

12. What color are your scrubs?

    unicoRNurse replied to Iliauna's topic in Uniform/Gear

    Nurses in all white. :/

13. Asked to shadow a day after interview completed... Just need some clarification...

    unicoRNurse replied to edwardsrn62's topic in New Nurse

    Milysa made a good point; I wore white scrubs because the NM asked me to. I would definitely ask someone what to wear (if it weren't specified) rather than guessing.

14. Asked to shadow a day after interview completed... Just need some clarification...

    unicoRNurse replied to edwardsrn62's topic in New Nurse

    I agree with Swellz. When I shadowed, it was strictly observation (I'm sure there is a liability reason for that), and the NM told me straight out that the purpose was for me to get a feel for the culture of the unit, and see if I think I would be h...

15. Exam question - Heparin Side Effects

    unicoRNurse replied to luv2run851's topic in General Students

    In some places (Canada, for one) they say they "wrote" an exam instead of saying they "took" an exam. I don't believe the OP is the author of the test.