RN-Doula replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing
Aide gave a bed bath and folds full of cheesy-fungus. Yak. Yes had my student nurses c/o to me during their rotations some patients had Belly Lint in various body
RN-Doula replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing
As a cna I was slow answering a call light on older dementia woman, entering her room, I ducked quickly as she threw her BM at me and was cursing. In the Peace Corps, Honduras, an 8 yo boy was...
Lots of women don't know. As an occupational nurse I answered all types of questions, made myself receptive to the folks who worked at the factory. A group of married ladies with children asked me one...
RN-Doula replied to Ashtimus Prime's topic in General Nursing
Back in my day new grads got top pay of $5 hr, added bonus $5 a week for BSN, but this was 1977, my first RN job in Boston. I was just coming off min wage of $1.60/hour as a cna, so I was thrilled....
I have heard talk about some hospitals going back to 8 hour shifts because the 12 hours is too long and leaves nurse physically exhausted and emotionally drained at times. As a new grad in the 70's 8...
I'm 60+, former L & D, now teach nursing school OB, but still call myself a L & D nurse. Many of my co-workers, 50 to 60 are still there but in charge positions so not the physical stuff. Lots...
I say at times "I work in a hospital" and leave it at that to strangers I encounter, chatting in a store, at church etc. I find when I tell some people I'm a nurse, they jack up prices for me. A few...
PEDIATRICIANS who examine the newborns before 24 hours of age, as is required, but leave the baby unwrapped in the crib, no clothes and no blanket on them, just after we told the new parents babies...