oliveralways

oliveralways has 3 years experience.

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1. Time to move on...

   oliveralways replied to oliveralways's topic in Emergency

   I've thought about ways to get more training, however, as I said the experienced nurses are leaving. The nurse that oriented me was not a good teacher and the orientation was not very defined. What is the average orientation for ER nurses (new grad...

2. Time to move on...

   oliveralways posted a topic in Emergency

   Hello All: I am working in a 20 bed ER at a community hospital that stays steady with the typical cough, n/v, etc complaints and a good number of traumas and other emergent patients. I started about 3 months ago after a 7 week orientation (with only ...

3. Orienting New Grad advice

   oliveralways replied to oliveralways's topic in General Nursing

   I just want to clarify that I was not asking her to falsify documents. I told her that she can check the dosage/attempt logs to find the attempts and dosages from 0000-0400 and correct it. She refused to do that.

4. Orienting New Grad advice

   oliveralways posted a topic in General Nursing

   Could I get some feedback on these scenerios: Just some background: This is my first year orienting (3.5 years experience in med-surg). I have a regular new grad that I'm orienting, but the other night I was assigned another new grad that is about 16...

5. Moving to ED

   oliveralways replied to oliveralways's topic in Emergency

   Thanks and the same to you...

6. Moving to ED

   oliveralways posted a topic in Emergency

   Hello Everyone, I browsed through the New ED Grad post, but wanted to get some feedback anyway. I have been a nurse for 3 years. First two years on an ortho/trauma/medsurg floor and the last year on a renal/medsurg floor both at Level I trauma center...

7. Time for a change...

   oliveralways posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello- I've been a nurse for almost 3 years and have worked in orthopedics, trauma, and renal (in the acute care setting). There have been many instances when a patient has taken a turn for the worse and I have had to call the Emergency/Rapid Respons...

8. nclex nmemonics

   oliveralways replied to kjmj03's topic in NCLEX

   I'm not sure of any websites (it would have helped while I was in school), but there are few books the Memory Notebook of Nursing that are very, very good. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=memory+notebook+of+nursing Hopeful...

9. You're JUST a nurse

   oliveralways replied to oliveralways's topic in General Nursing

   I'll have to use the I'm a highly educated health care professional line next time.

10. Those who love working in ortho

    oliveralways replied to anneles's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I came out of Nursing school and went to an ortho/trauma floor, in hindsight, it was the best move. I gain a good med/surg background (a lot of patients come in with various complications) and gain a speciality (ortho) and learned a LOT about pa...

11. You're JUST a nurse

    oliveralways posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, How do you handle that situation. I work on a renal/med-surg floor and I have a patient with left flank pain. Her and her husband are frustrated as to why the doctors haven't found the cause for the pain. He is certain it is kidney stones. I'...

12. Honestly...Did I over-react?

    oliveralways replied to oliveralways's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the responses everyone, at this point and in the short hind-sight, I know that I did everything correctly. I was contracted to the hospital, so the following morning, when I did go to occupational/employee health, I was told that they(occ...

13. Honestly...Did I over-react?

    oliveralways posted a topic in General Nursing

    Here is the situation: During my 7p-7a shift, confused pt becomes combative when myself and care partner are trying to help her to the BSC. I reached out to help her and she grabs both my arms and scratchs me (took off the skin, small bleeding). Aft...

14. norton healthcare, louisville

    oliveralways replied to daysleeper1's topic in Travel

    Hey, I don't know much about Norton or Jewish. I just left an assignment in Louisville at Baptist East. It wasn't bad, they (Baptist East) are moving into a new tower, lot of growth there. Good luck

15. Traveling Too Soon?

    oliveralways replied to MSUnurse's topic in Travel

    Hey, I just started traveling after about two years of med/surg/ortho experience. I haven't had the offers that some of my fellow nurses with more diverse experience. I have accepted one more assignment and afterwards am going back to the floor for...