kimcdo

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1. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   kimcdo replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   yes i think they do! but i dont think it's because they want to. at least at the facility i work at the orientation for new grads is just as stressful for the preceptor because the floors are so busy that you as the preceptor just dont have the tim...

2. Dumbest thing you've done in nursing??

   kimcdo replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

   i was a relatively new nurse and i had to cover the floor while my coworkers went to lunch. well a pt on our unit coded ,was sent to the icu but did not make it. (this was a pt i was covering and did not know the pt). in the meantime, amidst all t...

3. Getting through new grad orientation

   kimcdo replied to luvdancink's topic in New Nurse

   welcome to nursing! unfortunatley from time to time facilities will put pressure on administrators to crunch their numbers and tell the nurses not to get out late-what a joke! the best line we get in our hospital is, "nursing is a 24 hour job-what y...

4. Does anyone here actually like or "not mind" cleaning poop???

   kimcdo replied to MrsNursey2006's topic in New Nurse

   well at least in a hospital setting, you can clean and dispose of the "poop" and be done with it-(most of the time)-but when you have pt who are vomiting or bleeding, you not only have to clean it, but then have to go back and treat the problem. but...