ClumsyOne ADN, BSN, RN

ClumsyOne has 6 years experience as a ADN, BSN, RN and specializes in Nephrology.

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1. Nurse manager without any prior training.

   ClumsyOne posted a topic in Management

   I've been working in chronic dialysis as a floor and charge nurse for a few years. Recently I interviewed with a different company and received a job offer for nurse manager position in chronic hd center. I accepted the offer, but now keep on thinki...

2. Pre/post treatment assessment in a chronic dialysis clinic advice/tips?

   ClumsyOne posted a topic in Urology

   How do you do pre/post treatment assessments in a fast paced chronic dialysis clinic? When I get to do a pre treatment assessment a patient's treatment is already running, some patients wear thick clothing and I cannot hear anything when auscultating...

3. New dialysis nurse in training

   ClumsyOne posted a topic in Urology

   Just started as a dialysis nurse. And as a nurse in general. Two weeks since I started. While first week was only computer now I learn to work on the floor as a pct for a first month and then the nursing part will start as well. Last week my precept...

4. Dislike towards the patient whom I know outside work

   ClumsyOne replied to ClumsyOne's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you! You are right, I am trying to look at it this way too, as an experience I will learn from. I wouldn't compromise patient care because of my personal feelings. I just know that I will be pretty cold towards him providing all the necessary c...

5. Dislike towards the patient whom I know outside work

   ClumsyOne replied to ClumsyOne's topic in General Nursing

   It's not about revenge. (not like I'm gonna have access to his teeth anyway (Tooth for tooth, right?) jk) I will provide proper care if I am assigned to care for him. I take my job real seriously and as a new nurse will be extra careful, no matter wh...

6. Dislike towards the patient whom I know outside work

   ClumsyOne replied to ClumsyOne's topic in General Nursing

   I am just starting in nursing, and have no previous experience, it is not like I have employers lined up waiting to hire me. If I had other choice than work there I would take it. As far as I know there are at least two nurses in the morning and at ...

7. Dislike towards the patient whom I know outside work

   ClumsyOne replied to ClumsyOne's topic in General Nursing

   Ouch! I am sorry you've gone through that.

8. Dislike towards the patient whom I know outside work

   ClumsyOne replied to ClumsyOne's topic in General Nursing

   Even if I put it behind (not quite sure yet how :), there is no guarantee that a person like him will be acting normal and not constantly complain about me, as someone else mentioned. I see your point. I did communicate a lot with difficult people, a...

9. Dislike towards the patient whom I know outside work

   ClumsyOne replied to ClumsyOne's topic in General Nursing

   Would you be able to put that aside and start anew with a patient? He is very experienced and expensive dentist, and that is why I went to his office, but the way he treated me made me think that he is rather a sociopath than just incompetent. I had ...

10. Dislike towards the patient whom I know outside work

    ClumsyOne replied to ClumsyOne's topic in General Nursing

    That is another concern of mine. I'm gonna have 90 day training in another clinic before I start working in this one.

11. Dislike towards the patient whom I know outside work

    ClumsyOne replied to ClumsyOne's topic in General Nursing

    Why? I'm afraid I won't be in a position to switch clinics for a while. Can the nurse though ask tochange the assignment and refuse to treat the patient?

12. Dislike towards the patient whom I know outside work

    ClumsyOne posted a topic in General Nursing

    I soon will be starting a job in dialysis. Yay! In the same facility my former dentist goes to. I feel really bad about this person. He really messed up my teeth and was very unprofessional and neglectful towards me. He has no ethics or conscience. I...

13. Uneasy about an rn job in a nursing home. No previous nursing experience

    ClumsyOne replied to ClumsyOne's topic in General Specialties

    do you carry any reference notebook with you or something? What do you do if you are suddenly required to perform a procedure that you have no/vague idea of, and there is no other nurse around? Did it happen often when you started?

14. Uneasy about an rn job in a nursing home. No previous nursing experience

    ClumsyOne replied to ClumsyOne's topic in General Specialties

    Where I live BSN is required for hospital positions mostly (NYC), I did apply to some hospitals to no avail. And I think it is pretty hard in the big city (especially) for a new grad to land a hospital position, and I graduated a long time ago.

15. Uneasy about an rn job in a nursing home. No previous nursing experience

    ClumsyOne posted a topic in General Specialties

    I graduated from a nursing school in Europe 5 years ago and relocated to the US shortly after. I haven't worked as a nurse yet and it's only a few months since I obtained an RN license. So I have quite a gap between graduation and licensure. I did r...