tuxedopenguino

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1. need advice moving on from PCU tele

   tuxedopenguino replied to tuxedopenguino's topic in Career Support

   I'm revisting this topic..as it is now several months later and I am still on same PCU-tele floor, unsure of what to do... I recently got an interview for a CCU day shift position, and I am very nervous. I am unsure if I am ready to make the jump, bu...

2. Difficulty of NP education

   tuxedopenguino replied to studentFNP16's topic in Advanced

   @sauce, NP-good points, lmao at your delivery.

3. need advice moving on from PCU tele

   tuxedopenguino posted a topic in Career Support

   Hello all, I've been working on a PCU-tele floor for the past 8-9 months and it has been a very challenging and rewarding experience. I'm an impatient woman, so I can't help but look ahead at what I want to go for next. While I'm learning a lot and s...

4. Noncompliant diabetic patients

   tuxedopenguino replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

   @llg- What else can you do as a floor nurse besides education? You have a valid point. I've found many times the pt knows more than I do regarding how to control their blood sugars. So to lecture them on things they already know seems kind of pointle...

5. losing to nursing

   tuxedopenguino replied to tuxedopenguino's topic in New Nurse

   thanks for your responses...it's been such a mixed bag so far. Nights that really stress me out and i feel like crying, but then I learn something new and it gets better even if just a little bit. I used to be so anxious when I first started and I st...

6. losing to nursing

   tuxedopenguino posted a topic in New Nurse

   I'm still a pretty new nurse, in that I started my first hospital job a few months ago after working in a nursing home for about a year. I'm proud that I was able to get off orientation on a busy tele floor, but like every newish nurse I'm always fee...

7. I'm a nurse and I don't like people.

   tuxedopenguino replied to addylpn's topic in LPN/LVN

   The title sounds like something I would write! How comforting to know nursing is full of introverts. It often doesn't feel that way at work. I always feel like the oddball. I'm an introvert and it's been a struggle to force myself to connect with peo...

8. cell phones at work

   tuxedopenguino replied to tuxedopenguino's topic in General Nursing

   different sounds for certain types of calls is an interesting idea. I'd like to have it just vibrate if its a call light, and have a certain tone for a critical lab, and maybe a tone and text message for things like escort. I think anything to lessen...

9. cell phones at work

   tuxedopenguino replied to tuxedopenguino's topic in General Nursing

   so it is fairly common huh...I wonder what nursing was like before all this. It's just one more aspect that really leaves me drained a the end of day. I'm new too so it adds to my panicked feeling haha. Personal cell phones? I don't have any issue wi...

10. cell phones at work

    tuxedopenguino posted a topic in General Nursing

    How common is it for cell phones to be assigned to nurses in other hospitals? They drive me crazy! Throughout the shift is filled with constant interruptions. I understand how useful they are with calling docs and other departments. And I work on a ...

11. Length of Nursing Shifts

    tuxedopenguino replied to KeitanTaylor's topic in General Students

    was not a fan of 8 hour nights FT...12 hour shifts are exhausting and the whole day is commute, work, eat, sleep...but I'm loving all the days off in between...!

12. Why are culturally stereotypical behaviors so tolerated?

    tuxedopenguino replied to mclennan's topic in Professionalism

    This is a really touchy subject. As someone who is partially of that background, I can see where you're coming from having experienced it not just in the work place but just in general...I've learned to be very cautious, distant...but friendly enough...

13. VENT!!

    tuxedopenguino replied to tuxedopenguino's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone recommend taking ACLS in the meantime? I've been going back and forth trying to decide if it's worth it to spend the money on and sacrifice my sleep for. I would like to learn it regardless I'm just not sure of the timing, as I hear it's ...

14. VENT!!

    tuxedopenguino replied to tuxedopenguino's topic in General Nursing

    if they could hire medication aids to hand out the pills, then that would help a lot. They would still need a nurse on shift to be able to recognize when someone needs to get sent out and take care of any changes in status, the multiple gtubes, ivs a...

15. VENT!!

    tuxedopenguino replied to tuxedopenguino's topic in General Nursing

    sorry for the misunderstanding. I mainly work the subacute rehab floor (17 patients) but bc there isn't enough permanent people for the ltc floor, we've been forced to rotate floating there (50+). It's just way too much to do there for one person in ...