ElectricHellfire

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1. Factory worker one day ... nurse the next?

   ElectricHellfire replied to helikias's topic in General Nursing

   In my unit (ICU) we have no LPNs. Everyone either has a BSN or is working to get a BSN. We don't even hire LVNs anymore. It ain't easy money and postions are available but experience is required. I am not sure what to make of the male vs female c...

2. I want to try out Home Health.

   ElectricHellfire posted a topic in Home Health

   Hello everyone, I am currently working in a ICU with one year of experience there. (Grad in 08) I have my BSN and generally work 3 days a week. For about the last 3 months or so I have grown increasingly disillusioned with ICU to the point of being ...

3. texting at work

   ElectricHellfire replied to questionsforall's topic in Professionalism

   I honestly feel like something is wrong with me sometimes because I am actually working all 12 hours that my shift entails while other people talk and seem to have all the time in the world to do whatever (smoke, take breaks, surf the internet etc). ...

4. texting at work

   ElectricHellfire replied to questionsforall's topic in Professionalism

   And as an aside, I see a lot more nurses leaving the floor entirely multiple times during the shift to go OFF CAMPUS to smoke. Appearantly nothing can be done about that either. Its much worse to be completely absent from the unit than to go in a c...

5. texting at work

   ElectricHellfire replied to questionsforall's topic in Professionalism

   Like it or not, texting is here to stay. We had a rule implemented that there were to be no cell phones on the unit (ICU). It lasted about one shift. While I agree texting, while in a patient room or when other things take priotorty, is inappropr...

6. Nurse Educator Chronicles: Male Student Nurse on the OB Floor

   ElectricHellfire replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   Yep, I felt like an extra coat rack during my OB rotation. Pretty much useless as though I was on the outside of a very private joke. Its ok. I never wanted to do OB anyway I ended up in ICU where dying people don't care what gender you are.

7. Physical Assessments: Do Any Nurses Do Them

   ElectricHellfire replied to romie's topic in General Nursing

   Definately not the norm. Ive been doing ICU for about 8 months now and Ive not seen anyone skip a PA. That being said, the routine PA we do on the floor is not what we did in school but then again nothing much else is either. It is quick and dirt...

8. To aspirate or not to aspirate?!

   ElectricHellfire replied to RNStephNicole's topic in General Nursing

   We were taught to aspirate. I do it as a rule. Better to take that extra fraction of a second than to mainline a drug thats supposed to be IM.