GeminiNurse29

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1. Why do RNs choose to work in nursing homes?

   GeminiNurse29 replied to usethehaldol's topic in General Nursing

   Did it for 3 months. God bless LTC nurses and cnas and staff. I loved the patient population but not the politics of running that facility. They had major issues and still do.

2. How to "calm" down autistic pediatric patient?

   GeminiNurse29 replied to carti's topic in General Nursing

   I have an ASD baby who’s nonverbal. It’s a huge spectrum. Didn’t read all the replies but please talk to her therapy team (is she getting speech, OT, ABA?). And interact with her! Treat her like a normal kid.

3. Special Needs Facility Job With 20 Patients

   GeminiNurse29 replied to Elven_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Depends on acuity. Like are the patients ambulatory? Long term and stable? Tube feeds or no? What kind of meds? Aggression? And who’s training you? What about if you need orders or have to send someone out? Ask lots and lots of questions.

4. Would you consider this putting patient safety at risk

   GeminiNurse29 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So this weekend we were short staffed in urgent care. I do phone triage along with two other nurses. There’s usually a charge on days and one on evenings that does nurse visits (throat swabs, flu shots, IVs if needed). Im lowest seniority and have...

5. Seniority and preferential scheduling

   GeminiNurse29 replied to 1MoreCoffee's topic in General Nursing

   I feel like seniority is common. Where I used to work, inpatient psych, the senior nurses got to pick vacation and time off requests first yearly. Sucks about the day-night rotation. That’s why I worked straight nocs, I didn’t want to do ams a cou...

6. What was your first job as a new graduate?

   GeminiNurse29 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

   Very first job was a M-F 9-5 wellness RN position in a long term care facility on the memory care unit. Had no idea what I was in for as state came 2 weeks after I started. Lasted 89 days. The place has so many citations currently and will probabl...

7. New to working overnights

   GeminiNurse29 replied to CamMc's topic in General Nursing

   Clarify with the facility before you accept any position. Ask what their rotation is if any. I worked nights as a psych nurse. Do you have any kids? Young ones? Or spouse? Believe me, it’ll suck. I had two toddlers and was preggo and had my b...

8. Workplace Violence in Healthcare: Nurses, What is Being Done to Protect Us?

   GeminiNurse29 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

   He was a valet hired hired by a contractor for the hospital and was fired. Nothing is being done. When I worked psych with forensics patients (who were there bc they committed a crime of some sort) and on the geriatric ward, what could be done was ...

9. Real Talk- "Ideal" Nurse Personality?

   GeminiNurse29 replied to BSNbound21's topic in General Nursing

   Don’t take things personally. I worked in a forensic psych facility and those patients would do anything to push buttons once they figured out which ones worked. I do triage for urgent care now and the people experience I learned from psych helps i...

10. Is it mandatory to do an exit interview?

    GeminiNurse29 replied to NCCONFUSED's topic in General Nursing

    Is there anything in a contract about doing an exit survey? If not, screw it. You’re no longer an employee so you aren’t obligated to do anything for them. However, you should’ve give a 2 weeks notice (and since you were on orientation, they might...

11. Getting hired with no experience

    GeminiNurse29 replied to romans8:28's topic in General Nursing

    Here in my state, the state run facilities are desperate for Patient care techs who have to be CNAs that they will pay for your training and offer a sign on bonus. Of course, you have to pass the test to keep your job. Maybe there is something simi...

12. I was slapped by a patient

    GeminiNurse29 replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in General Nursing

    Report it and call security. And the police. File a report!

13. Is nursing for me?!

    GeminiNurse29 replied to Krissy86's topic in General Nursing

    Just my two cents: Some nursing schools require you to have CNA experience or at least care giving experience. I was not a CNA before going to nursing school (though I did work as a caregiver) but from what I’ve seen and heard, CNAs do very physical...

14. Medical Assistant vs. RN

    GeminiNurse29 replied to HTXTed's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Do you have a primary care doctor? Next time you go see them, pay attention to the name tag of the person taking your vitals and giving you shots. Most doctors' offices now employ MA's to do things like vitals, EKGs, immunizations, etc. You won't s...

15. Is this a fair holiday schedule

    GeminiNurse29 replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Last year, I worked Xmas eve, Xmas day, NYE, and NYD all on 8 hour nocs. My rotation was brutal. I was off thanksgiving Bc I was on maternity leave still. The year before, I got thanksgiving day off but not the weekend. Hopefully you get at least...