TJ'sMOM

TJ'sMOM

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  1. Working out and Nursing..

    I work night shift 3 days a week. I drop my son off at school after work, work out for 1.5 hours, go play with my horses, go home and go to bed only on days that I'm not expected to be at work that night. On days where I'm working later in the even...
  2. What do you do to relax

    I have two horses that I enjoy.
  3. Haunted Hospital??

    Our hospital floor was a pediatric floor many years ago. Although I have never experienced anything here, many patients see children or hear them. I used to work in an old TB hospital as a corrections nurse for youth. I never experienced anything t...
  4. Bladder Training

    How do you guys "bladder-train" your patients prior to removing the Foley catheter? Thank you!
  5. Yes! I work in a hospital setting and this is 2016! We are still charting on paper and it SUCKS! So inefficient and I feel it interferes with time that can better be spent with the patient! 8-10 pages of ********. No kidding. Sorry for the prof...
  6. Hobbies off duty as a Nurse?

    I love watching my son play football and I love spending time riding and training my horses.
  7. What Kind of Threads Do You ENJOY Reading?

    Yes! I like learning from the mistakes of others.
  8. What Kind of Threads Do You ENJOY Reading?

    Nursing ghost stories!
  9. Written up and confused.

    You did nothing wrong! It seems the unit manager needs educated. And she seems like a bully.
  10. are there nurses who ACTUALLY care ?

  11. Bullies at the work place.. vent

    I beat myself up EVERY DAY over a medication error that cost me a job that I loved. I was ordered to administer a bolus of normal saline because the patient was having hypotensive problems. I confused the line-A and line-B on the IV pump and the pa...
  12. Finally feeling human again!!

    Congratulations Sunny! Good luck with your career!
  13. Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC): FAQ

    I think a career as an LNC would be rewarding and exciting! However, I am fearful that the attorney-client would present me with a case and I would be unable to find anything relevent to report! I have had six years experience in hospital/med/surg ...
  14. Total Disregard for Visiting Hours

    What about the obnoxious family members with a pen and paper who write down EVERYTHING the staff does; hoping for a mistake, so they are able to sue the hospital?
  15. You sound like an honest, compassionate, conscientious nurse. Everybody makes mistakes.