Time4dilaudidyet

Time4dilaudidyet has 6 years experience and specializes in Ortho, Neuro, Spine, M/S.

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1. Looking for hospitals in Clearwater area.

   Time4dilaudidyet replied to gemberly's topic in Florida

   Check into any of the Baycare associated hospitals(Mease Dunedin, Mease Countryside, Morton Plant in downtown Clearwater.) There are a few HCA associated hospitals in the area as well....RUN FROM THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ! Good luck on your job se...

2. Transition to Nursing Home

   Time4dilaudidyet replied to Time4dilaudidyet's topic in General Nursing

   BTW, good luck on your NCLEX.

3. Transition to Nursing Home

   Time4dilaudidyet replied to Time4dilaudidyet's topic in General Nursing

   Wow! I have some serious soul searching to do. I have an interview with Sable Palms Monday. Based on your experience, do you have any advice on what type of questions I should ask of them to help me make an informed decision as to whether or not to a...

4. Transition to Nursing Home

   Time4dilaudidyet replied to Time4dilaudidyet's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a little concerned with reports of RNs getting a 20-25 patient assignment every night. How does 1 RN accomplish all the required duties of patient care, (charting, assessments, med passes, dsg changes, etc.) without risking his/hers license every...

5. Transition to Nursing Home

   Time4dilaudidyet replied to Time4dilaudidyet's topic in General Nursing

   I really like getting to know my patients. Starting with an 8 patient assignment every night, mostly high acuity, Im not afforded the luxury of really getting to any of my patients. I was told by an LPN on my floor that worked at a SNF, that I would ...

6. Transition to Nursing Home

   Time4dilaudidyet posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've received 2 job offers in the past 48hrs from nursing homes. I've been working as an RN on a very busy Med/Surg-Ortho-Neuro-Spine unit for almost 5 yrs. I'm looking for some pros and cons of this move from those of you with experience in this env...

7. Reporting med errors...

   Time4dilaudidyet replied to Time4dilaudidyet's topic in Medications

   Nope, not new. I've been an RN going on 5 yrs. I appreciate the responses, but still haven't received an answer to my question?

8. Patient Complaint

   Time4dilaudidyet replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

   At the hospital I work, it's all about the Press Gainey scores, nurses are guilty til proven innocent. These type patients can cost you your job.....

9. Reporting med errors...

   Time4dilaudidyet posted a topic in Medications

   So I commited my first med error, I feel horrible and own up to it. I pushed glucagon via IV instead of I'm into a hypoglycemic patient. This error did not result in any adverse reactions to the patient. I reported this incident to my charge nurse an...

10. Bedside Reporting starting Monday :(((

    Time4dilaudidyet replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in Professionalism

    I work for a large healthcare provider in the clearwater florida area, we've been doing bedside reporting for the last few months. Our hospital told us exactly what to say it to the patients when introducing them to the oncoming nurse. For example, "...