sra27

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1. Favorite sayings

   sra27 replied to NursesRmofun's topic in Humor

   We put the "fun" in dysfunctional

2. Advice on Travel Nursing

   sra27 replied to Favor2013's topic in Travel

   Hello, Congrats on your first travel assignment. I did travel nursing for five years until I decided to settle in one place for a while and I really enjoyed it. Since you asked, here is some advice for you. First of all, be aware that you are just...

3. Com'on, you got one...What is your heart wrenching moment?

   sra27 replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

   One night on med/surg I was taking care of a 76 year old retired nurse. Helen (not her real name) was in excellent physical and mental condition. She had actually JUST retired 3 months before her hospital admission. Up until her retirement she sti...

4. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

   sra27 replied to ItsColduphere's topic in General Nursing

   1. Florida 2. 9 years 3. med-surg/tele per diem (no benefits) 4. 35/hr 5. 3rd shift 6.00 dollars an hour 6. non-union

5. Theme song to your Nursing career?

   sra27 replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Humor

   I have many different themes, but the most repetitive is the theme song to the old children's show "Fraggle Rock". I had a co-worker several years ago who always pronounced the antibiotic "flagyl" as "flaGull" (hard g sound). To this day, every time...

6. Nurses: Hospital Red Flags

   sra27 replied to Soliloquy's topic in Job Hunt

   When I was still doing travel nursing, I worked at a hospital that was 90-95% staffed by travel and agency nurses-that is aways a HUGE red flag. Some nights on the unit I was assigned to, we were all travelers and drew names at random to see who wou...

7. Patients that made you go "How are you even alive?!"

   sra27 replied to Cuddleswithpuddles's topic in General Nursing

   Had a young patient walk into the ER once, complained of feeling kinda dizzy and sob for a couple of days, drew labs and found out his hemoglobin was 2.2! We all couldn't believe that he was even talking, not to mention the fact that he walked in hi...

8. Name a stupid policy/idea your facility thought would fly

   sra27 replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

   I think the housekeeper/phlebotomist policy is going to be the winner... However I do have a "good" one to share. A certain hospital that I worked at for a short time stated that their nurses were perceived as "lazy" by the general public. To impr...

9. I couldn't believe what I was hearing!

   sra27 replied to sra27's topic in Relations

   Just to clarify, they were not roommates; both of the patients were in private rooms about three doors away from each other. I wish I could have moved them further apart per the son's request, but our unit was full.For what it's worth, I work nights...

10. I couldn't believe what I was hearing!

    sra27 posted a topic in Relations

    Just when I think I've heard it all from patients' family members... We have a young patient with Downs syndrome on our Med/Surg unit right now; he is very sweet to take care of and has a nice smile but unfortunately he has expressive aphasia and wil...

11. A decision has to be made...

    sra27 replied to brookeycookie's topic in General Nursing

    I was in your exact situation when I was in nursing school. I also had to be at 12 hours or more due to financial aid requirements. I took the opportunity to take "easy" classes that sounded interesting to me: physical conditioning, introduction t...

12. what the HECK is PBDS?

    sra27 replied to texascowgirl's topic in Travel

    I just got a job offer for a position in Florida starting January 4th. I really want to take it because I have a lot of family in Florida and the timing is perfect for me. However, I found out today that THEY REQUIRE PBDS TESTING!! I am scared t...

13. What is the worst thing a patient has ever said to you?

    sra27 replied to NurseStephRN's topic in General Nursing

    Working in med/surg for the past five years, I can think of quite a few memorable moments but there is one incident that really sticks with me: it was almost the end of my shift (I work nights 7p-7a) and one of my patients asked me to get her a cup ...

14. How did it come to this?

    sra27 replied to Southernurse's topic in General Nursing

    I also believe it is time for me to change careers. I'm feeling what can only be described as apathy towards nursing. I do my job well, but I'm only going through the motions, my heart just isn't in it anymore. I started travel nursing a year and ...

15. what the HECK is PBDS?

    sra27 replied to texascowgirl's topic in Travel

    The hospital was Craven in New Bern, NC. But.... I already have another contract!:w00t: This has got to be the fastest turn around EVER. I'll be working at Civista hospital in La Plata, Maryland.