greysage

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1. What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

   greysage replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

   I really become quite nervous around new grads who will NOT ask for help until a situation escalates into an emergency. I spend a lot of time watching certain grads because they have way too much confidence in themselves and not enough knowledge to b...

2. Night shift

   greysage replied to Spider Cat's topic in General Nursing

   Bless your heart...I remember my first night shifts and had a difficult time sleeping. Benadryl OTC was not available back then so I was in a real pickle. However,my biggest problem at the time was adjusting to what to eat,when. I remember smelling s...

3. Grumpy Charge Nurse!!!!

   greysage replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

   As a charge nurse, it is MY responsibilty to make sure that anyone who rotates to the floor or is new there is welcomed and informed of any unit specific charting,duties,the location of supplies,etc. A CN can get in some intense orientation informati...

4. Sleep meds

   greysage posted a topic in General Nursing

   are any of your patients experiencing "sleep med" weirdness?? such as ,walking the halls and "flashing" the staff and they are unable to remember any of this behavior the next day???? or they yell out and are confused as a bed bug ??? any specific me...

5. nurse to patient ratio

   greysage replied to bmbcyclist's topic in North Carolina

   would depend on where in NC you are...have heard of as many as 11:1 in one facility (hospital) on a med/surg/tele unit...the facilty, where I am working has maximum of 6:1...but that doesn't mean anythng when one takes into consideration " acuity "