EmpathyInAction

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1. Post Acute Care Nursing

   EmpathyInAction replied to Hooligan's topic in Rehabilitation

   II don't know about the "resort" part.... generally post acute care facilities you will facilities get 15 o 20 patients with most anything you might see on a Med surg unitunit, if that helps. Its very busy and patients are very needy because of their...

2. You know your nurse brain is still at work when....

   EmpathyInAction posted a topic in General Nursing

   You see a curved tube from a broken shampoo pump on the floor and your first thought is "Why is that trach tube on the floor??" Feel free to add your own.

3. I start next week!

   EmpathyInAction replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

   I'm assuming that you would still start out working with a preceptor. Typically orientation is a lot of hours of facility policy and procedure, not really job training. If you are not starting with a preceptor then I wouldn't start. You need on the ...

4. WHATS THAT SMELL???

   EmpathyInAction replied to lumbarpain's topic in Geriatric

   They may not be flammable, but at least one man has killed himself with his own farts, per the Darwin awards.

5. Unsafe Practice by Coworker

   EmpathyInAction replied to EmpathyInAction's topic in General Nursing

   Although I didn't explicitly say so, I've still been working with a preceptor as Im very new to the facility. I guess I thought it was an obvious inference. My preceptor is one of the other nurses who treated this as normal. So as I said, I felt un...

6. what's wrong with me

   EmpathyInAction replied to kittykitty49's topic in General Nursing

   While I agree with this, it's not appropriate for the Dr to "yell" at the staff in the facility, assuming the OP literally meant yelling. If what was actually meant is "got my butt chewed out" that's a different story. It's well known that some doc...

7. Am I a new nurse, or a new nurse with lots of experience

   EmpathyInAction replied to medicbroomer's topic in New Nurse

   I haven't read every reply but here are my thought: a well written resume, if completed properly and professionally (sparing the boasting and attitude of deserving better) should speak for itself. I had 2 interviews as an STNA based on my resume alon...

8. Confession

   EmpathyInAction replied to learningnsgstudent's topic in New Nurse

   There are tons of options with an nursing degree. Not everyone enjoys being a floor nurse. You have a lot of options though. I'd look into other job possibilities that might suit you better while still making use of your degree.

9. **POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

   EmpathyInAction replied to Bell13's topic in New Nurse

   Started first job at a LTC facility at 22.74 with shift diff. Left after 3 mo. and just started a new job at an SNF at 24.50 with guaranteed raise over the next year if I stay I'll be at 25.75. Live in OH. This it pretty typical for my area.

10. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    EmpathyInAction replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    I will make this short and sweet. Just because you do not wish to be brought back to life does not mean you wish to suffocate and die painfully at home. I did most of my clinical on telemetry floors as well as my role transition where we had several...

11. patient complaints

    EmpathyInAction replied to psmithlove's topic in General Nursing

    The best advice I can give is to report these things to the charge nurse when they happen and document the interaction. I had a patient at my last job that was difficult and argumentative. She'd regularly insist I hadn't given meds, checked her BS lv...

12. Unsafe Practice by Coworker

    EmpathyInAction replied to EmpathyInAction's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly it! Something feels off. Either she has a complete lack of concern for procedure or she's intentionally not doing things properly. Either way, it's bad. I went ahead and spoke with the shif nurse manager last night. She apparently had...

13. Unsafe Practice by Coworker

    EmpathyInAction replied to EmpathyInAction's topic in General Nursing

    Jadelpn I think you really summed up some of my thoughts better than I did. It really sounds like you understand my very real concerns. As for the narcotics count being off, it happens like this: When we do the narc count, she is reading the logs whi...

14. Help, I hate my job

    EmpathyInAction replied to TiffTiffRN's topic in LTAC

    I work in a SNF that takes acute care patients from hospitals, often fresh from surgery and/or with significant problems. On any given day I can have between 10 and 16 patients. It is tough, tiring and keeps me very busy. The patient population is c...

15. Unsafe Practice by Coworker

    EmpathyInAction replied to EmpathyInAction's topic in General Nursing

    I had not yet addressed the other RN. This is my first time encountering a situation like this, which is why I was seeking advice.