TeflonNurse

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1. Leaving the bedside

   TeflonNurse replied to Newbie4567's topic in General Nursing

   I left for Poison Control and I love it! Find your local center's website and look into it. I'll never go back to the floor.

2. BEDSIDE...run, don't walk!

   TeflonNurse replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

   RIGHT ON! Agree with you 100% don't listen to any idiots who tell you bedside is the only "one true form of nursing". Self care is far more paramount than anything else. You can't help others if you are personally suffering. I'm actually ticked ...

3. Quit While in Orientation (New grad)

   TeflonNurse replied to SillyFever's topic in General Nursing

   Some are ready some aren't. I went straight into ICU as a new grad and did fine. It was other things that got me burned out and lead to my leaving (I had already been a CNA for several years prior and during nsg school, also lateral violence, pressur...

4. Those Who Have Left Nursing

   TeflonNurse replied to harumi22's topic in General Nursing

   When I got completely burnt out after years as a CNA then as an RN I went PRN and was seriously looking for something either outside of nursing or super chill and away from people like a job with animals, etc. What ended up happening was I stumbled o...

5. What's the dumbest thing you've done that you got written up for?

   TeflonNurse replied to The0Walrus's topic in General Nursing

   Not me but my friend had booked a trip to Hong Kong or Tokyo or somewhere similar a year in advance and when the time came for the trip we had a staff meeting scheduled during the time she was away. Our Nurse Manager tried to write her up for not be...

6. if you graduated in the last 5 years

   TeflonNurse replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

   This is almost my exact story! Except i graduated last year. Best graduation present ever!!!

7. How do you feel about professors locking the door?

   TeflonNurse replied to Amnesty's topic in General Students

   Im feeling two emotions right now : I'm absolutely enraged at how the OP was treated (assuming her side of the story is 100% how it happened) and I'm honestly flabbergasted at the gall of all the self righteous folks swaggering into this thread to p...

8. January 2015 Caption Contest: Win $100!

   TeflonNurse replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   "Wow... It's like standing inside a Rorschach inkblot test." *World famous art critic happens to be strolling by* "The colors, the shapes, the intricate fluidity of the medium as it slides down the wall...THIS IS ART! "

9. How to not make patients nervous as an orientee

   TeflonNurse replied to JustAdmitToObs's topic in New Nurse

   You know I realized this when I was going through orientation (only a few months ago.) In school they make a big stink about "never tell the pt this is your first time doing anything!" This all goes out the window when you walk into the room with you...

10. Why do you think nurses leave the profession?

    TeflonNurse replied to Nacki's topic in Professionalism

    Won't quote the whole thing for space but: I 'Liked' this comment so hard I almost broke my touch screen. What you said.... ALL of it!

11. My patient dropped her baby!

    TeflonNurse replied to perfexion's topic in Ob/Gyn

    maybe he said he just wanted to give the baby a tour of the hallway or get an early start on drivers ed but when he didn't come back within minutes the mom panicked....I mean I don't know that's all I got.

12. Nursing home as a new grad

    TeflonNurse replied to mathia2171's topic in New Nurse

    From what I've seen and heard yes its normal and yes it sounds crazy to me to! It seems to be purely based on which piece of paper you came out of school with. Where I worked (unless a rare agency RN came in) the only RNs I saw were in Admin. LPNs...

13. Nursing home as a new grad

    TeflonNurse replied to mathia2171's topic in New Nurse

    I'm sorry but I don't understand what you mean about not being comfortable with giving BP/heart meds without vitals.It appears to be my post that you are quoting and I said that that was one of the few situations where we DID get BP. So we are in ag...

14. We're supposed to be perfect everday?

    TeflonNurse posted a topic in New Nurse

    *Everyday (thanks for messing that up autocorrect) I mean, that's it right? No mistakes, no foul ups, customer knows best, CYA x1000, smile (always smile, even though you feel like crying), *sigh* I promise I'm not always this cynical but these new...

15. Do I take too long to learn new skills?

    TeflonNurse replied to lorichka6's topic in New Nurse

    You are not alone in feeling this way. I too have to have hands-on experience to truly 'get' things. Oddly enough it's not the hands-on stuff holding me back and causing problems right now, it's the stupid freaking computer system we use. There are s...