Iheartadvice

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1. I need your ethical conflicts to help me write my paper please =)

   Iheartadvice replied to purple_zen's topic in General Nursing

   I remember what its like! Here's a good one... You'll have to decide which type of ethical situation it is though... I work weekends, and I've noticed that so much stuff stays on hold over those two days. We get a lot of admissions who sit until ...

2. What is the maximum number of patients per nurse?

   Iheartadvice replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Med-Surg

   21 beds, 5 RNs, 1 floating charge and we're supposed to have 3 but end up with usually just 2 techs... 1 on nights. Ratios with nurses stays pretty much the same between night and day shift. I also can't believe some of these ratios! When I'm ju...

3. Med-Surg and the Old Folks

   Iheartadvice replied to Iheartadvice's topic in Geriatric

   Noone ever suggested that we didn't know what you were going through... We're all in this together for the best interest of our patients...

4. Med-Surg and the Old Folks

   Iheartadvice replied to Iheartadvice's topic in Geriatric

   Wow, that definitely puts things in perspective... I'm so sorry that happened to you. And it is very helpful here. I'll remember that story when I get into a position like that again. I called my manager today and had a conversation I never had th...

5. Med-Surg and the Old Folks

   Iheartadvice replied to Iheartadvice's topic in Geriatric

   I think that in hospitals, these nurses that are our managers are so detached from what we do now... Our educators are the same. I've read a lot of posts on all nurses about it.. thank goodness for this site. Seems like a lot of nurses like us qui...

6. Med-Surg and the Old Folks

   Iheartadvice replied to Iheartadvice's topic in Geriatric

   I have known a change is in order for a while now... I'm a sh*t or get off the bucket sort of girl... but this has held me working under stressful circumstances... the last two months of changes has just about broken everyone. Not sure if addressin...

7. Med-Surg and the Old Folks

   Iheartadvice posted a topic in Geriatric

   By far my favorite population is the pleasantly confused, 80 - 90 yo... I know crazy. Especially because I work on a med-surg tele unit. The old ladies are always the sweetest... I can usually connect with them quickly and they are so cooperative a...

8. Bed Alarms

   Iheartadvice replied to LeloFallz's topic in Geriatric

   I work at a med surg/tele unit. We use portable "tabs" monitors and bed alarms on anyone that's confused or doesn't follow instructions (75%+ of our patient census right now) and the bed alarms are mandated at night. If there's a fall, that's the fir...

9. ACLS for soon to be GN? Advice please.

   Iheartadvice replied to sh1901's topic in General Nursing

   I took ACLS about six months after I graduated... I wish I would've done it sooner... The things that I took from that class are not the drugs, etc but more that I knew what I could do as a new nurse as soon as things started turning bad... I felt s...

10. Did you go to Trident Technical College?

    Iheartadvice replied to MagicalThinking's topic in South Carolina

    Good luck, make allies as soon as your start with students as focused as you are... they'll get you through the tough times when you're neck deep in clinical worksheets and tests! Just remember, it will be over before you know it...

11. How do you work with the "SUPERNURSE"!!!

    Iheartadvice replied to akrn70's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, quick follow up about my super nurse, "large and in charge"... She was admitted to the hospital with TIA symptoms! Should be out tomorrow and she's ok, but man, I feel bad. Looks like she's been at the other end of burn out that I would never li...

12. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    Iheartadvice replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX

    Haha, be careful, all the class I graduated with started getting crazy this time last year when the results were coming in, and hearing of smart people failing/ or so in so passing, it was so much unnecessary worry... Me and my nursing school buddy w...

13. Advice For The New Nurse Entering Med-Surg

    Iheartadvice replied to RNPATL's topic in Med-Surg

    This is long... but its so nice to be here with other nurses of all experience levels getting value from this site like me... I've been on the tele step down med/surg floor as an RN for almost a year now... about to hit my anniversary and I still hav...

14. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    Iheartadvice replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX

    I remember your anxiety and dread of telling everyone I had failed! I had already prepared my speech... but of course I passed, I worked my tail off for two years in school! I think I did buy the test results for that extra money and checked the ...

15. The Extent That You Will Go for Your Patient

    Iheartadvice replied to mwinstea's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, thanks for that awesome nursing story!