SunnyVet14 replied to Katbird2014_RN's topic in General Students
This instructor needs to be setting a better example of professionalism and RESPECT. It's obvious she is being unreasonable with threats and a poor facilitator of meaningful group discussion. Quite honestly, it sounds like she may be super stressed a...
SunnyVet14 replied to nursephillyphil's topic in New Nurse
Yes, this will get easier each week into your time on the job. Absorbing all the names/faces of the residents is what I found to be the greatest challenge and the second was learning the routine. After you get familiar with these, your nursing skills...
SunnyVet14 replied to whichone'spink's topic in New Nurse
Leaving a position is like going through a divorce. Never easy. I've thought of it as 1 of 2 choices: 1. You can focus on the life lessons you learned in that time, visualize and describe your future of moving forward into a new job with new challen...
I was able to function on nights for a little under a year on a med-surg unit about 30 miles from home and a parent of a toddler at the time. I averaged about 5 hrs/24 hrs of sleep with occasional help of Benadryl. Loved the work & learned so muc...
Mistakes are so hard to get past especially when it involves actual/potential injury. You sound sincere and empathetic, which are helpful qualities to have in LTC but your manager may be calling upon you to self-evaluate which is very scary for the ...
SunnyVet14 replied to MSN Student's topic in ADN/BSN
I've enjoyed the many viewpoints on this thread. However, I feel this boils down to one simple thing.... "restructuring". This happens so much in the business world and that's what managed health care has come to be; business. Consumer/customer/clien...
SunnyVet14 replied to eltamo2's topic in Geriatric
Usually the ordering physician automatically gets a copy of the labs, but it's best (as pinkiepink said) to ask someone in the know to be sure of the steps. Critical lab results have priority and most clinical settings have strict time guidelines fo...
You may want to assess the gauge and size of all blood collection devices (especially if it's a new shipment of equipment) used and the lumen of PICC, presence of any extension sets, etc... make sure they are large bore. For technique, slower draw m...
Get's a little serious (and long) but I had to laugh when I wrote this to cope with the stress of job hunting....:) As I sit in the kitchen of our home, I have a wave of sadness mingled with regret washing over my conscience. I have finally realized...
SunnyVet14 replied to nurseby07's topic in Home Health
One of the hardest parts of HH is remembering you are in a person's home. They will usually act how they feel at the time and initial visits are usually the roughest. It's so hard to tell at the first visit if the client will benefit from HH, but the...