yellow rose

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1. Always finishing late, but is clocking out on time OK?

   yellow rose replied to wishingmary's topic in Safety

   I've been a nurse for about a year and I work on a very busy step-down unit!!! Time management is hugely important, but it really only comes with practice! And just when you think you're learning....tonight I didn't leave until 8:30 pm!!! :)

2. HIPPA violation.....question

   yellow rose replied to dragonfly954's topic in General Nursing

   When a patient is admitted, the nurse has to explain HIPPAA and the 4-digit PIN number to the pt. The number is given to them, and they give it out to whoever they want. If anybody calls asking for info, they must provide this number. It's not too mu...

3. Left-handed nurses

   yellow rose replied to Wuiteroz's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a lefty also...but not remotely ambidextrous The only problems I've had was in school. When I was first learning procedures, all my instructors were right-handed and I had difficulty copying their actions in reverse, so they'd try to show me usi...

4. What unit do you work in and why?

   yellow rose replied to Soonstudent's topic in General Nursing

   When I started nursing school, I was totally convinced that I wanted to be a NICU nurse! Pediatrics totally changed my mind. Then I did clinicals in adult ICU and loved it and thought that I could never be happy anywhere else. Well, when I graduated...

5. How many IVs....

   yellow rose replied to linfull's topic in General Students

   Our last semester we had to start Iv's on one another in lab..and it was terrifying! But it was a really good experience...nurses were then more likely to let us "attempt" while we were in clinical. When I graduated, I was the only new grad in my pro...

6. Why can't I be a nurse?

   yellow rose replied to Cali's topic in General Nursing

   I sympathize with you....I'm 22 and a new grad! I've been asked several times "Are you sure you're old enough to be a nurse?" On my 21st b-day, I was working as an lpn at the time, and I told a pt it was my birthday. The reply "Happy Birthday! You'l...

7. How much did your education cost?

   yellow rose replied to mrdoc2005's topic in General Nursing

   Approximately 20,000 for a BSN, not including books, lab fees etc...I don't even want to think about how much I spent on books!

8. GNs/NEW RN's-- How much $$ are you getting per hour?

   yellow rose replied to newfloridaRN's topic in New Nurse

   New Hampshire $18.37 6.50 -night 1.75- evening and weekends Nothing for having a BSN!

9. Nurses caps!

   yellow rose replied to FERTMYRTOBRN's topic in General Nursing

   Our nursing school required caps...as well as blue pin striped dresses.... and we all hated them! My cap fell off too many times to count, in addition to getting tangled in multiple IV lines. Getting the stripes on our cap was a very proud moment bu...

10. How much do you make?

    yellow rose replied to plumrn's topic in General Nursing

    New grad- ICU stepdown $18.37 base

11. angioseal

    yellow rose replied to aussie oi oi oi's topic in CCU

    Does anybody use a Perclose? When I was in school, they were used all the time- and I recall very few problems with them. Where I work, angioseals are the favorite- but our patients almost always bleed! Actually, the manual pressure ones do best!

12. Your School Curriculum

    yellow rose replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Students

    About drug calc... we had to take an entire class on dosage calculations. We did this our freshman yr (while we were still pre-nsg. majors) A passing grade of C- in the class was requried for entrance to the nsg. program. After we got thru that, we...

13. Men vs. Women

    yellow rose replied to BlueBear's topic in General Nursing

    Just thought I'd add my"student two cents" Someone mentioned that nurses have a great deal of autonomy in LTC. I have spent the last three months on an extended care/rehab unit, and this is definitely true. In all but the most serious of cases (which...

14. sticker shock and afternoon sleepies

    yellow rose replied to Bonnie Blue's topic in General Students

    Doodle!! I always found it so intersting when I went back over my notes to copy or study or whatever, to see what I was REALLY thinking about. It was interesting to see how little my mind was actually on Micro/anatomy/organic chem. etc... :) Good luc...

15. What's Your Favorite Brain food???

    yellow rose replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Students

    Popcorn + the never ending coffee pot!! Couldn't live without it!