jesshopper12

jesshopper12

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  1. ICU vs. assist. nurse mgr......

    What do you think, fellow nurses? I have been a nurse for >5 years now, and I'm ready for a change. There is an assistant nurse mgr position open on m current floor, but I am not sure if I want to do this or proceed to ICU. I need to learn. I need...
  2. Needle Stick Injury on HIV+ pt

    I am so so sorry you are going through this - you are not at all overreacting. Please know we are all thinking of you - keep us updated. -- Hugs --
  3. Quirky Habits?

    I have to set my clock for a time that "feels right". Strange, I know. . .
  4. Day/Night with young children at home

    The thing of it is that the day/night part of it will be a 70/30 mix. 70% of your preferred shift, and 30% of the less desired (nights). And I've been told that there are enough RNs there that like to work nights, that they will often trade. I trust ...
  5. do you skip your lunch break routinely?

    All of the time. There are days that I don't eat until 3 or 4pm, and even then it's just a snack.
  6. So I am looking at transferring to another unit at the hospital that will require working day/night. I currently work straight days. I did the swing shift deal when I first started nursing, but I had no kids at the time. (My kids now are 1 & 3) D...
  7. The worst code you've seen?

    I was the charge RN one weekend with a patient assignment and an orientee. As charge RN, I was helping out another RN by transferring her patient to another unit to initiate bipap (can't do it on our unit). This patient had some sort of bowel resecti...
  8. The worst code you've seen?

    This did indeed give me goosebumps - AMAZING.
  9. The worst code you've seen?

    Hello fellow nurses - I have been a nurse now for almost 5 years, and I've seen quite a few codes. So I am wondering: what is the worst code you've seen/been involved in?
  10. The worst code you've seen?

    Hello fellow nurses - I have been a nurse now for almost 5 years, and I've seen quite a few codes. So I am wondering: what is the worst code you've seen/been involved in?
  11. how long is your commute?

    90 miles round trip/50 min-1 hr (depending on parking/traffic)
  12. DNR - What would you do?

    Very ill, 50-some year old man, single, no children, few friends, unable to walk, many, many health strikes against him. This patient is VERY ill, and at one point was DNR. Since this admission, code status has been changed to full code. Patient refu...
  13. Need some support

    I can relate to how you feel...I started my job in July as a new grad and hated it pretty much from the beginning. I too wanted to quit...I would cry before the shiftand contemplate calling in sick...I started looking around at other hospitals - even...
  14. first week of night shift over...

    I work a day/night rotation, so I get to see both worlds of nursing. I hear day shifters complaining about night shifters, and visa versa. I just stand back and smile, because I know the world of both! I try to do my double checks and other "night sh...
  15. Essentials of Critical Care Orientation via AACN online...

    Does this cost anything? Or do you need to become a member of the AACN?