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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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! "
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...
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.
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...
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...
*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...
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...