nursejourney

nursejourney has 10 years experience and specializes in ICU, Rural & Isolated Practice, ER.

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1. Ethical Dilemmas of Agency Nursing

   nursejourney replied to Sassy5d's topic in Agency

   Lesson learned... yes.... but another lesson is this: we are patient advocates (even for hospice residents). Just because we are Agency doesn't mean we stop being advocates.

2. Ethical Dilemmas of Agency Nursing

   nursejourney replied to Sassy5d's topic in Agency

   I too have just started working Agency (mostly nursing homes). It was mentioned to me the other day that "Agency" nurses shouldn't write in the communication book! What! How am I supposed to convey a message to someone if I can't write it in the a...

3. C'mere and share your on-the-job laughs!

   nursejourney replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm starting a teaching job at the local Uni and will be tutoring the 1st year nursing students. I asked a fellow nurse for some simple advice to give the 1st years... she said "Tell them never to clean more than one set of dentures at a time" .....

4. Looking for some solid advice.

   nursejourney replied to nurseing4me's topic in General Students

   Hello and don't give up... To give you some inspiration... my friend (who was 40yrs old at the time) failed his final exam in nursing and was devastated. Fortunately, he was able to resit the exam and was helped through the study process by another s...

5. Please help, how do I handle this??

   nursejourney replied to pink2blue1's topic in New Nurse

   We all have bad days and it sounds like both of you had a bad day. Remember, we all have lives outside of our work and you never know what is going on in the life of another nurse... so always be patient. Consider meeting the other nurse on neutral ...