Dohardthings

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1. Second Thoughts on Becoming a Nurse

   Dohardthings replied to ThePrudentStudent's topic in General Nursing

   No, I would not become a nurse again, I love medicine but nurses have become expendable punching bags. From a perspective of an older new grad, I was 38, it has been horrible. I look older so people naturally assumed I was more experienced and trea...

2. Not being paid anything for overtime hours worked during orientation. Is this legal?

   Dohardthings replied to GbabyNurse's topic in General Nursing

   Those 4 hours are education. I have never gotten overtime pay for education. It is charged as base pay only. So if I work a 36 hour week and put in an 8 hr education training, no overtime. Also overtime is anything over 80 hrs in a 2 week pay per...

3. Best shoes for 12 hours

   Dohardthings replied to Karlie2114's topic in General Nursing

   Hokas, hands down the best shoes.

4. New Nurse, feeling depressed

   Dohardthings replied to jellybean570's topic in New Nurse

   My first year was on a med-surg floor as well. It was horrible for me. I then switched to critical care and pretty much started all over and it was horribly hard as well. I enjoyed other aspects about the switch, but the learning curve in the firs...

5. As a nurse or a student have you ever had a pt tell you that you won't be a good nurse?

   Dohardthings replied to RNintraining622's topic in General Students

   Your first patient sounds like she was withdrawing from alcohol and not delirious. Because of DTs, I have worked with hundreds of alcohol withdrawal patients in critical care and I have only met one who wasn't an jerk during the withdrawal period. ...

6. Why Do Nurses Quit?

   Dohardthings replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   I don't think that NETY intentionally exists... See I had a chicken coup with ten bantams (smaller type chickens). 1 Hen decided to get broody and sit on her eggs, and I let her. One day, while I wasn't around, one baby chick hatched, and for whate...

7. Hand Hygiene causing hand eczema

   Dohardthings replied to EternalFeather's topic in General Nursing

   I have issues with the soap because it is antibacterial and overly drying. I would ask about using Cetaphil instead.

8. How full do you fill your lab vials?

   Dohardthings replied to Exhuasted's topic in General Nursing

   If I have plenty of blood, then until the tube stop sucking blood in. If they are a hard stick, then to the bottom of the label. But if I had a vein blow or something, I try to send what I got and see if they make me redraw. So far they haven't.

9. Anyone ever been through an HCA buyout?

   Dohardthings posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm just curious as to what they changed, what they kept. Like I know that HCA hospitals tend to use Meditech. If our current program is not Meditch, will they switch it? Any info would help. Thanks

10. Want to go registry after baby born, when to ask manager?

    Dohardthings replied to Mlobo31's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto. Sour Lemons. BTW what is "registry status"? Is that PRN or something?

11. Who has taken the ATI OB exam?

    Dohardthings replied to mstaurus2016's topic in General Nursing

    Maternal Newborn (60 items) 55.0% – 65.0% Level 1; 66.7% – 78.3% Level 2; 80.0% – 100.0% Level 3 So 60 questions although there may be extra (not worth any points) questions. It was my easiest subject and I scored 93%, so i would study the hec...

12. Moving states after graduation

    Dohardthings replied to Marine2ERNurse's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine and I both got job offers before we graduated to a state we were moving to. It was a faster process to pursue licensure there rather than where we graduated from and having it transferred. It's done all the time, btw.

13. Breaching StaRN Contract

    Dohardthings replied to Bella_CO's topic in New Nurse

    I worked in a Magnet hospital and I typically had 6 patients on my med-surg teli floor (and we were the good floor, some had 8). Sometimes I had a PCT, Sometimes not. We had to do everything, including drawing blood. What you described sounded bey...

14. Would this be a good way to increase my chances at an ICU job?

    Dohardthings replied to AesthesiaSeeker's topic in Critical

    Here in Savannah, you definitely have a shot in our Med-Surg Intermediate and that is a gateway to our Level 1 trauma ICU. There is a shorttage here.

15. Accidental Pill Pusher

    Dohardthings replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    Super love your post. I have had 28 surgeries. I have adverse reactions to everything but Dilaudid. And do you know when the last time I have had Dilaudid? Yea, neither do I because it has been years. But I know what it is like to have pain so ...