SpringerCab

SpringerCab specializes in med-surg,ortho,oncology,teaching.

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1. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

   SpringerCab replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   My mother says Tydenol for Tylenol and Eptilepsy for Epilepsy. She is now 85 and I have stopped trying to correct her.

2. Scary scary nurse

   SpringerCab replied to JavaMama98's topic in Geriatric

   I have had a similar experience as the OP. The nurse that I oriented went through three preceptors. We all tried to work with her. She called in almost once a week, she was asked to remove staples from a patient after she had been shown and she had b...

3. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

   SpringerCab replied to siringe's topic in Headlines

   We don't know everything she posted on her fb. In the article it also states that "She also posted another remark we can't repeat." It may not have been the "cop killer" remark but the other remark she made. I have several people from work on my fb b...

4. Repositioning/Turning Inservice

   SpringerCab replied to Mary C's topic in Geriatric

   I went to an inservice years ago where the nurse had us cross our ankles and we were to keep them that way until she said to uncross them. Of course it was to show just by doing that for 5 or 10 min the pressure area that is there.

5. Taking an unpaid vacation, is it possible?

   SpringerCab replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

   We have PTO at our hospital as well. Our policy is if you have the PTO time you can take time off, if you don't have any PTO then time off is not supposed to be approved. I would certainly ask human resources to clarify the policy.

6. skirts to work

   SpringerCab replied to eternalbride's topic in General Nursing

   I went to nursing school with a lady who was a Pentecostal and she wore a skirt or a dress. In fact we were the first vocational nursing class to be able to wear pants. We had a designated uniform we had to wear so we had to make sure that it was ava...

7. What tips would you give a new RN

   SpringerCab replied to SkeesB's topic in General Nursing

   In addition to what is written above, I would like to have been told don't depend on management to praise you. It is more important what your patients, family members, and co workers think of you than management. You need to take your 15 min breaks a...

8. Do you guys really hate nursing this much?

   SpringerCab replied to damaranicole's topic in General Nursing

   I didn't grow up wanting to be a nurse, in fact I wanted to be an elementary school teacher. Due to my parents I ended up in nursing. I don't love nursing and I am not doing bedside nursing now. However I have worked many areas in my 30+ nursing year...

9. Venting

   SpringerCab replied to MissyF_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Years ago when I was complaining about a patient and family members to my sister she got a little upset at me and said "you nurses need to understand that they patient is not at their best when they are in the hospital." I was upset with her and stop...

10. any tips or advice for new l.v.n??? tomorow is the first day of the first job ..???

    SpringerCab replied to princess007's topic in General Nursing

    My advice is usually to realize that you have to give yourself time to learn your new job. It may take up to 6 months or more to feel as if you know what you are doing. Don't be too hard on yourself and as vharris said don't be afraid to ask question...

11. errors

    SpringerCab replied to jennie kissinger's topic in General Nursing

    Ask yourself how you can change your practice so hopefully you won't make a mistake. I am always wary of any nurse who has nursed for a long time that says I have never made a med error. My question to them is so you have always given every med on ti...

12. RN working in as a Data Specialist??

    SpringerCab replied to aubreysmommy's topic in General Nursing

    I work for the HIS department at my hospital. I am one of two educator/trainer in our department. I was asked why I wanted to leave nursing and I told them that I loved to teach and wanted to learn something new. So I think your answer is a good one....

13. Tell Me What You Think....

    SpringerCab replied to jorla9903's topic in General Nursing

    It all depends on where you are. I live in Texas and LPN's at our hospital can hang the blood as long as two nurses have checked it and at least one of them is an RN. LPN's cannot do comprehensive assessments, which means here the initial admission a...

14. Am I too old to go back to school?

    SpringerCab replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric

    After 30 yrs of being an LVN I have decided to go back and get my RN and I am 52, so I don't think you are too old. I am taking one class at a time but I will get there.

15. Is it a sin to want a day off?

    SpringerCab replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    It is not your problem unless you make it yours. They are using peer pressure and that only works if you let it. Take the time off and get done what needs to be done.