amylynn

amylynn

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  1. We also clock in and out at my hospital and they deduct 30 min automatically for a lunch. But there is also a code for "no lunch" and let me tell you, I use it freqently.
  2. flocks of white birds clogging our hallways

    I wish I knew of a solution too! I am always greeted by them at the end of my shift, 5a-7a--not the best time for me. I am tired, want to go home, and am trying to finish up stuff. I think after 11yrs in the teaching hospital setting I have perfec...
  3. How much do you make?

    1. RN, BSN 2. 11yrs ( 2 yrs adult, 9 yrs peds) 3. Peds ICU/Newborn ICU 4. I work "weekend option" which is Friday and Saturday night shift and make $37.77/hr. I also work as an agency nurse on Tues/Weds night shift in another local NICU making $37/...
  4. I know nursing is a 24 hour job but...

    despoohbear-I am so with you on the bath thing!! I work in Peds ICU where about 50% of our patients are open heart patients. Well, for as long as I can remember, we have to have our am labs done at 3am and our baths, dressing changes and weights don...
  5. Took my NCLEX today

    Julie, Rumor has it at the hospital I work at that if you get less than 100 questions--you've passed! Heck, my husband is starting his RN at IVY Tech here in Indianapolis, and we've been told they have a 99% pass rate. I know you did it!!
  6. mandatory night shift

    I wish I had some pointers. I am a night shift "vet", 11yrs and counting. I recently tried to do the day thing and by 11am, I was so nauseous I could hardly work. I do go thru bouts of not sleeping past noon...I have invested in melatonin. It doe...
  7. Blood pressure Help

    Mario is cracking me up! Would you all believe my husband came home last week from his first semester of nursing school disgusted because they were teaching him how to take a blood pressure with a sphygmo! He couldn't believe it because this was, a...
  8. GOD!!! is this legal??? about family members???

    Pamelita-Yikes! That sucks! I, too, am one of those that somehow always ends up on the "good" list and I am sure you don't like being on the "bad" list, even though you get out of the situation. I work in Peds ICU and this "list" thing with patien...
  9. Your most amazing wounds and gore!!!! Anyone care to share?

    A few years back I took care of a young boy (6-7 yrs old) on the PICU who was accidently shot in his wrist area by his older brother. His wound and healing did not progress as they thought it would and they decided on leech therapy. Not much gross...
  10. Where do you nurse?

    Peds ICU on Fri/Sat night shift, then as an "agency nurse" I work Tues/Weds night shift in a Newborn ICU. LOVE IT!!
  11. Night Shift ~ Greetings!

    I've worked nights for the most part of 11 years. Each time I go back to day shift, I hate it. Just seems like a whole different personality group works nights. I find that everyone is a little bit more laid back and relaxed at night. I work in a...
  12. I don't know much about these "locators"--never have seen them. But I would have loved to have them yesterday. Couldn't seem to ever find the nurse taking care of the two rooms next to me and her call lights, IV pumps, alarms...you name it, were a ...
  13. Tell the truth

    I will be honest--I have no idea when or how I decided to become a nurse. I was going to college, declared nursing as my major and that first semester I started my ASN program. School was always easy for me, so college was no different. I made som...
  14. 9-11 in Trauma 1 ER

    You know what I find really disturbing? That lots of us (nurses) have these experiences. So, don't you wonder about all the others who aren't nurses having these same experiences--only they have no idea!!! I don't get it?! Do you sometimes think...