crunchymomx3

crunchymomx3

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About crunchymomx3

I'm a crunchy mom of 3 kids, a wife, and a nurse

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  1. How does working major holidays go at your hospital?

    We had sign ups for holidays about a month ago. As long as you signed up for 2 out of the 3 you were pretty much guaranteed your request off. If not enough people signed up, they would have had to place people, but more than enough signed up. Money i...
  2. And then my hubby gets laid off. We were finally getting to a place where we were catching up on the bills we accumulated over the years with me in school full time and now we will be back to struggling again. This sucks. He got laid off basically b...
  3. What is your beginning of shift "routine"

    Night shift (7p to 7a) on a med/surg floor, here. I'll give you the basic run down of what I do on my shift. 7-730: get report 730-8: print up MARs and worklists(we're half computer, half paper at this point) and go over who gets what when. Starting...
  4. night shift

    I think I have been very lucky so far with working nights. I have no issues with it at all. I come home and sleep 5-6 hours and I am fine. No recoup time. I think for some people it either works or it doesn't, kwim. Last week I worked 3 in a row (We...
  5. piggybacking?

    Where I work, I would mix say Zosyn in a 50 ML bag of D5, run it in on a pump, disconnect the tubing when it's infused, and then flush the line at the hub closest to the patient with 10 cc of NS. We can't hang bags of fluids without an order so setti...
  6. May 2008 grads....how are things going?

    I started work on a med/surg floor on July 14th. I'm still on orientation (it's 16 weeks total) and I will be switching to my scheduled shift (nights) at the end of September. I really like my job. My preceptor is great, and has become a good friend....
  7. Timeline when you graduated

    Got my job in April.Graduated in May.Took the NCLEX on July 12th and started work on July 14. :)
  8. Anyone work in a "no smoking " facility?

    I work in a No Smoking Hospital. No smoking on the grounds. Staff must leave the grounds to smoke and they do. I've been there for about a month and a half (and it's a hospital that is a mile from my house so I drive by it all the time) and I have ne...
  9. Do you take the MAR into the patient's room with you?

    Yes. Always.
  10. Can i work out while in nursing school?

    I MADE time for the gym while I was in school and I have 3 kids
  11. Race during report.

    Why is mentioning race a bad thing. If your patient is a 45 year old Caucasian male you don't say the patient is 45 and leave it at that, do you? Why is mention race different from mentioning gender or age. It is part of who the person is. Sometimes...
  12. Nurses with tattoos?

    YES! Specifically this one :redbeathe:redbeathe:redbeathe My artist just added the legs and stool.
  13. Nurses with tattoos?

    EXACTLY! I'm fine with people looking at me like a hot sexy nurse, because, well I am gosh darn it!! :chuckle It's funny because the thought of people being offended by the portrayal of a nurse as sexy never entered my mind. I mean, I figured some pe...
  14. Nurses with tattoos?

    They ARE addicting! This was number 7 for me! LOL I have plans for a few more big ones too!
  15. Nurses with tattoos?

    Definitely post a pic when you gets your done! I was thinking of doing the Cadeus but I'm a huge Bettie Page fan and this one just fits me so well! She is going to add white and shading to the clothes, white nylons with garters on the legs, and some ...