wanda06211

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1. How to deal/cope with drug seekers?

   wanda06211 replied to wanda06211's topic in New Nurse

   I have done a few searches on drug seeking behaviors. Mostly what I was looking for was maybe like a class that is offered for health care professionals on how to deal with the situation. I could not find anything offered (if anyone knows of anything...

2. How to deal/cope with drug seekers?

   wanda06211 posted a topic in New Nurse

   OK guys, I am sure this is a touchy subject, but I really need some input before I loose my mind. We have 3-5 frequent flyers that are most certainly drug seekers. Believe me, I am not quick to jump to this assumption, bc I understand pain is a subje...

3. First med error!

   wanda06211 replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in New Nurse

   I am glad every thing worked out well for both you and the patient. It's not something any of us wants to happen, but these things do happen. My first med "error" was not so much a med error as it was a laspe in good judgement. Looking back on it, an...

4. nights vs days

   wanda06211 replied to wanda06211's topic in New Nurse

   I've worked both nights and days at my hospital as well. On days, there is a more steady flow of patients (discharges and admissions), but there is a ward secretary and a doctor around every corner it seems. At night, (depending on which doc is in th...

5. nights vs days

   wanda06211 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Let me start by saying that I L-O-V-E my job and I absolutely love working nights, but there are some things between night and day shifts that just irk me. At my hospital, day shift nurses (med/surg floor) get a max load of 4 patients, on nights our ...

6. looking for medication tray to pass meds

   wanda06211 replied to twintoo's topic in New Nurse

   I'm not sure what kind of system you have to work with or what you're looking for, but we have our meds in drawers under our COWs which are pretty easily transported from room to room. The one thing I do to save myself some time is that I go through ...

7. others' perception of us

   wanda06211 replied to wanda06211's topic in New Nurse

   you seem to really have it together, and I commend you for that That's the thing, I SO did not have it all together, and I was about ready to pull my hair out. At one point I even asked my charge nurse if we could call the doctor and get an order for...

8. others' perception of us

   wanda06211 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Thurs night was a crazy night for me. I only had 6 patients and most of them were good except I had one with a hemoglobin of 4.0 (that is not a typo). The 4.0 hemoglobin guy was getting blood all night and had a previous MVA that left him with just ...

9. nurse-patient ratio

   wanda06211 replied to dawn1rhino's topic in New Nurse

   I work night shift on med/surg in a very small hospital. Our rule on nights is 2 nurses for up to 18 patients. Once we get 18, we can have 3 nurses, but if we have say 17 "needy" patients, we usually call someone in to help with the 2100 med pass. I ...

10. My crazy day at work!

    wanda06211 replied to christvs's topic in New Nurse

    Christine-- Sorry that you had the rough day, but it sounds like you handled it really well.

11. Night from #@**

    wanda06211 replied to wanda06211's topic in New Nurse

    You guys are great! Yes, it does feel good to vent (to people who understand what I am talking about). I went in for my extra shift today and things went like clock work. I really needed that. My nursing supervisor pulled me aside for a few minutes t...

12. Night from #@**

    wanda06211 posted a topic in New Nurse

    Ok, I can now officially say that I have had the night from #@**! To start off with, my hospital is in the middle of some renovations (which makes things interesting to say the least). As soon as I hit the door yesterday, I had two patients fresh fro...

13. Pay Rates?

    wanda06211 replied to Paula7's topic in New Nurse

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14. Pay Rates?

    wanda06211 replied to Paula7's topic in New Nurse

    I work at a very small community hospital (43 beds) and my start off pay was/is $18.50/hr + $1.75/hr for nights and + 8/hr for weekends (love those weekends! ;-) There are 3 larger hospitals within 30 minutes of my home that start off in the $20/hr r...

15. If I can only get organized !

    wanda06211 replied to mzkede's topic in New Nurse

    I graduated in May 05 as well and started working a couple of weeks later. I know exactly how you feel. I work nights on a med/surg unit and I am often still hard at work up to 30 minutes after my shift and still leave every day feeling as though I f...