ShelbyaStar

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    We are human too

    This made me laugh because I'm an LTC nurse that would never do any such thing, though I can see why some would. Incidentally, I was recently a L&D patient coming in for potential preeclampsia concerns, crying because I was worried about my preg...
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    40 weeks pregnant and working alone

    I meant to update this thread and didn't get around to it. The plot thickens. I did call in the next day (I think?). The nurse that would have supposedly taken my shift answered the phone. I told her I wouldn't be coming in that night and she said s...
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    40 weeks pregnant and working alone

    Thank you all. Sometimes some validation via internet is very nice to have! To update, last evening I texted the scheduler to ask what this plan was. He said sorry, New Nurse would pick up. I immediately asked if her number was in the phone list sinc...
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    New Nurse anxiety on the job

    What shift do you work? I am relatively new as well and started on evenings. It was too much! Days are busy, but at least there are people around to ask questions to. I frequently worked by myself on evenings and it was so crazy, a lot of times I wou...
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    40 weeks pregnant and working alone

    I'm a new nurse that started working at this facility in July. Census has been hanging around 40 and I work nights. Acuity is not super high, most of my time is spent giving PRN pain meds and dealing with behaviors, and on some other random tasks tha...
  6. When I started nursing school I had the idea I was interested in L&D or being a school nurse. I knew I DIDN'T really want anything to do with ER or surgery. Still pretty much following these same lines, though I've also realized I think that I'd...
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    Shift work PROBLEMS??

    I started on evenings and hated it. Switched to nights and like it much better, but I don't think it's sustainable over the life of a career. It works for now. It is hard to stick with- on my nights off I end up falling asleep and then screwing up my...
  8. You don't internet much, do you. This is kind of the tone that i see as very normal across the many forums I've participated in since I was 14 years old. Horse ones, nurse ones, wedding ones, baby ones, general interest ones. People tend to be prett...
  9. Yes, planning on getting some and surrounding myself soon, especially now that I work nights! I've been meaning to look into this. Thank you for the kind thoughts.
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    Nurses at Allina to strike: What's at stake?

    Wow. I'm a new grad with an ADN and got offered $26/hr from one LTC facility, the same from an agency, and $28/hr plus retention bonuses from the LTC I did go to work for. That's crazy. I watch job sites a lot and it's rare to see jobs post their wag...
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    How did you spend your first nursing paycheck?

    Proof of income to go buy a house. We attempted to go through the process in the past but the banks don't like part time income and wouldn't even count it, even when I was working two part time jobs with way more hours than I currently work. Still in...
  12. I think it's pretty well established that healthcare workers are at a little bit higher risk of suicide than others, though I wouldn't call it a trend, and I think this tends to address doctors more than nurses. I saw an article the other day about v...
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    How is like working in an SNF?

    As others said, you aren't going to lose your license unless you are doing something seriously dishonest or negligent. TBH, you'll make a lot of mistakes and so will everyone else, but mostly it'll be missing giving someone a Senna or something like ...
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    What do you consider a heavy patient assignment?

    This does sound like a lot to me. At my facility we utilize TMAs quite a bit but it wasn't unusual for me to be the only person on one floor that could do meds or anything for 20 patients, and then I'd have to go to another floor to do insulins and o...
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    Working in former nursing home as new grad

    I think it is a good route to take, and am doing the same myself, though I just have my ADN and therefore didn't have a great chance of getting hospital work. Some say that once you start working in LTC you get stuck there and hospitals won't want yo...