RNLisa

RNLisa

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  1. Med Error

    I was actually going to say the same thing, suemom2kay. To the OP: I agree with everyone's posts here, the 5 rights and do a triple check. I always check everything twice before I go in the room, then in the room, I do the ID check, then as I say t...
  2. Do you call your physicians by their first name?

    The physicians where I work call me by my name, Lisa. Most don't even know my last name, since my badge only has my first name and title after it. I just feel that it is important to call them by Dr. that is how I was brought up and how everyone I ...
  3. Do you call your physicians by their first name?

    Where I work, at two hospitals, everyone calls the docs by their title, Dr. so and so; I haven't heard any of the docs called by their first name by any of the nurses. I think it is kind of disrespectful, but that's my opinion.
  4. do you actually wait?

    I have to agree, I am still a new nurse, and I do wait and get ahold of the doc. In my case, the doc is usually the hospitalist and he is readily available if I need him. I will do O2, obviously if they need it; that is within our scope of practice...
  5. what to do...

    [quote=amiejayrn;2264438 i understand what you are saying... i too, graduated last december and went to work at a small community hospital as a "transition nurse". my job is to go to all the deliveries which is anywhere from zero to 5 on my shift an...
  6. uniforms

    I work two jobs. At one of my jobs, we can wear whatever, just not characters on our scrubs. At the other job, we can only wear white tops and bottoms, but can wear colored or print scrub jackets.
  7. what to do...

    Thank you everyone who posted replies. I am still feeling that way, but I so feel my heart is OB nursing. I just wish I could get my feet in the door of that specialty. I just am having no luck with getting in that area around here. I cannot relo...
  8. what to do...

    Thank you WeebabyRN
  9. what to do...

    ok, I haven't posted a thread in awhile. As some of you may remember from my previous posts, I work as a Staff RN at a very small hospital, and have since last fall. I graduated last summer. Because my hospital is so small, we don't see alot of d...
  10. How do I handle this?

    If it were me, I'd ask her directly. You deserve to know why she was thinking that, and to defend yourself and your reputation. That's my opinion. It would have bothered me to the point, that I would have gone back and demanded an alcohol test too...
  11. Smelling Cancer?

    I don't mean to sound ignorant, but schizophrenia has a certain odor?? I never heard this.
  12. Smelling Cancer?

    I had a patient that had mets cancer to the brain/ear/jaw area. He was terminal. His ear was draining and looked like raw hamburger. It had a smell to it, and the doctor told me it was the cancer that I was smelling. Sad situation. But, I do kno...
  13. Student Nurses

    [quote= I'm just amazed that they let students do suture removal. That would never have flown here. Hi, This is off subject, but when I was a nursing student, in my beginning of second year, I did suture removal and staple removal. It was on an in...
  14. Help! I need to interview an RN

    thanks
  15. Help! How Hard & How Many Hours?

    I got through nursing school with 3 children at home, and a husband who worked 2nd shift through most of my schooling (then went to nights), so I was the only parent here when they were home from school in the evenings, I also had a small child at th...