lhall92

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1. Mental health patients and smoking

   lhall92 posted a topic in Emergency

   In my ER, we see mental health patients just about daily and a fair amount of them smoke cigarettes. At some point during their stay, the question of stepping outside to smoke comes up. As a non-smoking campus, we do not allow for patients to step ou...

2. Lost my new grad job 3 months in

   lhall92 replied to lhall92's topic in General Nursing

   I did not go back to ask. I was given a letter saying that I had a hard time making a difference between EMS and RN. I discussed these challenges with my new boss and she was very acceptive of my struggles and how I planned to go about resolving them...

3. Lost my new grad job 3 months in

   lhall92 replied to lhall92's topic in General Nursing

   Lessons and experiences have been learned from all of this. I can understand 15-16 weeks for a new grad going onto the med/surg floor but for ICU? I personally feel like I was shorted. I felt like I just got my feet underneath me when they let me go....

4. Lost my new grad job 3 months in

   lhall92 replied to lhall92's topic in General Nursing

   The director wanted to increase my hours for the last month to 80 ppp from 72 because I had not taken care of a patient with drips or something requiring very close attention to as the patient census in the ICU wasn't so. Got moved to the PCU and had...

5. Lost my new grad job 3 months in

   lhall92 replied to lhall92's topic in General Nursing

   Previous evaluations were very good. Each preceptor had their own take on what I could improve on and what my strengths were but each on (except for the last one) saw improvement and progression every shift. I was notified in a progress meeting a wee...

6. Lost my new grad job 3 months in

   lhall92 replied to lhall92's topic in General Nursing

   You are correct in that being an AEMT in nothing like being in a ICU. My challenges were getting medications in on time, documenting assessments in the computer faster, discharging patients in a timely manner. This is all stuff that came up on the da...

7. Lost my new grad job 3 months in

   lhall92 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just graduated with my BSN in May and was able to get a job at the local hospital in the ICU. I was beyond stoked since very few, if any, new grads get into that right off. With 5 years of EMS work as an AEMT, I figured I could handle what got thro...