CAnurse2012

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1. Delegation

   CAnurse2012 replied to CAnurse2012's topic in Career Support

   CNA or PCT. Seriously, the pt was like 250+ lbs, even though that pt could turn okay but pt has fx legs, I am a small person so I asked CA for help and she was like she can turn ok yet she sat around...chatted while I did not get anything to eat or ...

2. Delegation

   CAnurse2012 posted a topic in Career Support

   Hello there, I am a new nurse and I have question regarding delegation. It may sound stupid but when do you delegate to a CA? I do not know if I am demanding...but I saw CAs on our floor sat around and talked while I ran my *** off. Should the job be...

3. Help please!!!

   CAnurse2012 replied to CAnurse2012's topic in Career Support

   To my knowledge I have never been written up...so I should not be on the "not eligible for re-hire right?"

4. Help please!!!

   CAnurse2012 posted a topic in Career Support

   Hello there, I am a new nurse who is going to have 1 year experience in few months. My question is when I apply to new job, will I need LOR like I did when I was a brand new nurse? I feel like I will not get a good LOR from my current nurse manager. ...

5. Is this normal or am I asking for too much?

   CAnurse2012 posted a topic in Career Support

   I am working at a unit where staffs do help each other, however staffs are splited into groups and I belong to none of the groups so I have no say in anything. I do not mind of not belonging to a group but I am getting sick of hearing them complainin...

6. When should I take GRE?

   CAnurse2012 replied to CAnurse2012's topic in Advanced

   The higher score the better but what they require is 40 percentile but does not say which one(s) they look at more. Do you by chance what score should I get to be above 40 percentile?

7. When should I take GRE?

   CAnurse2012 posted a topic in Advanced

   I am having hard time to decide when to take GRE. The lastest I plan to apply is beginning of January. I have two options for myself: 1. Take GRE at the end of November, however I only started to study this week which means I only have 3 more weeks t...

8. Hard to manage patients

   CAnurse2012 replied to Brian's topic in Rock

   The patient that I can not stand or manage are the ones who unwilling to work with you, give you time or tell you what they want but want things to be exact the ways they want it or how the previous nurses did...and everything is your fault no matter...

9. One lead off

   CAnurse2012 posted a topic in New Nurse

   This may be a stupid question, but one of my patients HR showed in the low 20, however 1 of the 5 leads was off. Is it a true heart rate or not?

10. Different Types Of Coworkers

    CAnurse2012 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Relations

    Don't forget "Princess", or the one who complains of staying an hr late or have not chart anything but sit around and talk or flirt with doctors (Grrr...can not stand those people because those who catch up because they bust their *** are the ones wh...

11. My unit is desperate for nurses

    CAnurse2012 replied to Anoetos's topic in New Nurse

    What hospital is this? Sound pretty interesting for a Step-down

12. Getting report from another department

    CAnurse2012 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I wonder how other hospitals work...but here is how my hospital works when a patient is admitted from ED or transferred from another department: house supervisor will book a bed and pager will go off. The problem is: Nurse called to give report immed...

13. What patients/behaviors/illnesses/injuries do you HATE the most?

    CAnurse2012 replied to JZ_RN's topic in Relations

    The patients I hate the most are the one who say thank you and agree to everything I explain to them but by the time I walk out the room, they talks s*** about me and complain about everything to other nurses (semi-private rooms) or request to have d...

14. Golytely

    CAnurse2012 posted a topic in New Nurse

    I am a new nurse and I had a patient with GI bleed. Patient also has fluid overload problem (pulmonary edema, COPD, and CHF). Patient had to drink golytely for bowel prep for procedure. I was scared to give the patient golytely because it made the pa...