NickieLea

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1. Holidays - what do you do for co-workers?

   NickieLea replied to lovesmarissa's topic in General Nursing

   I head to Target after Christmas to buy for the following year. Last year I found cute tote bags with Christmas scenes on them for 39cents each after 90% discount. I put a votive holder with candle in each, candy canes, and a cookie cutter. I paid 40...

2. If you could change NURSING what would you change?

   NickieLea replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'd love to do this too, but I do not want to leave my family while I travel and do this. I also live in Montana in an area not very populated. There aren't many opportunites here and my husband won't be able to leave here until 2007.

3. Too busy for break?

   NickieLea replied to merae's topic in General Nursing

   I've heard that the two 15 minute paid breaks in a twelve hour shift are only if patient needs are met first. So, if you purposely understaff, give your nurses too many critical patients, then the break thing is not going to happen. So that leave the...

4. Can u be a good nurse if you've never worked as a CNA?

   NickieLea replied to retour_divin's topic in General Nursing

   Uh oh, I didn't work as a CNA either! Tell that nurse to keep her opinions to herself unless asked. Blow her off and go on your merry path. It takes more than snotty opinions to make someone a great nurse. Don't let her ignorance get in the way of yo...

5. 3 Consecutive 12 Hour Shifts

   NickieLea replied to loconno2's topic in General Nursing

   Welcome to my world for about 15 years. Remove maternity leave for two babies, and that's what my career was like. I worked night shifts and just left a job that routinely scheduled me for 5-8 12 hour night shifts in a row. I'm pushing 40, my husband...

6. STUDENTS: what do you want out of staff nurses? NURSES: vice versa....

   NickieLea replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

   When I am negotiating for a nursing position, one of the things I ask is that I do not precept students or orient new nurses. There are people out there who may enjoy that, but I'm not one of them and I don't want to be responsible for that in addit...

7. resignation dilemma

   NickieLea replied to mtnmom's topic in General Nursing

   Make them show you in writing where they have ground for this. Paid Time off is supposed to be paid out at the end of employment. Please contact your HR department (do you know someone nice down there who you'd feel comfortable asking?). I've had to ...

8. blood pressure on four extremities

   NickieLea replied to kaibigan's topic in NICU

   This is the third NICU I've worked in since I became an RN. I also worked L&D for a couple of years and ER for a couple of years. (DH is active duty Air Force, hence all the freaking movign around!) Some NICUs do it, some don't. Any cardiac kids ...