HappyApple replied to ToothFairy(5)'s topic in Psychiatric
Our unit holds 14 pts. Depending upon the acuity & medical comorbidities, it can definitely be extremely overwhelming. I also have two techs unless we have 1:1 pts. We currently have 11 pts. & 4 techs due to having two 1:1 pts. I started off ...
HappyApple replied to Sweet charm's topic in Psychiatric
I am an associate degree RN in UT. I worked med/surg in a hospital in PA for 4 yrs. & was making $27.78 an hr. when I quit. I am making $28.00 an hour at a psych hospital that I have been at for almost 6 mos. We do not get a shift differential. I...
HappyApple replied to emptyboxcars's topic in Psychiatric
I agree with all the above posters. I was lucky enough to be a CNA in a hospital when I became an RN. Resultantly, I easily & luckily got a job there. It was a med-surg floor in a big hospital. We dealt with pts from 20->100 , predominantly ge...
HappyApple replied to sabrina_RPN's topic in Medications
New nurse that I worked with did not know that secondary IVs needed to be connected to a Y site above IV pump in order to control rate of flow & hung a potassium fast drip piggy-backed it into a Y site below the pump. Pt subsequently began compla...
HappyApple replied to Mike A. Fungin RN's topic in Men
I have not read the entire thread but just wanted to throw in my two cents. To take the embarrassment off the pt & family requesting that they have a female nurse instead of me I just put on a smile & say " Less work for me!" This lightens th...
HappyApple replied to hfullerCNA's topic in CNA/MA
Wow... I was a CNA for 3 yrs in LTC & 4 yrs in a hospital before becoming an RN. Previous posters are correct in that the RN really does take the brunt of it all. I have gotten hit & spit on just as often as an RN, if not more, than when I wa...
HappyApple replied to Bonnie86's topic in Med-Surg
Our floor has a policy where we give anti hypertensives, psyche meds, & pain meds while NPO. We also give 1/2 or all of long acting insulin if NPO dependent upon if they are DMTI or DMTII. For organization I have a list down the side of my brain ...