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1. New CNA has questions for RNs re: trauma-surgical floor

   golson replied to golson's topic in Critical Care

   Being lucky enough to have co-workers that saw a shift as a team event, rather than a clear division of tasks. Getting introduced to relatively "safe" people with altered mental status helped a bit,...

2. New CNA has questions for RNs re: trauma-surgical floor

   golson replied to golson's topic in Critical Care

   10 months on and things are going well. I'm bracing myself for the trauma patients to start coming in, since the weather has warmed up. They're a different stripe than my elderly falls and general...

3. Spring 2016 MANE programs

   golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

   I just called Carol about this and she said the dates would be emailed out some time after school starts with orientation dates in October. She also said not to worry about doing the Metro State...

4. Is it just me, or is this rude, sexist, and condescending?

   golson replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Really glad I haven't had to deal with anything this "feelings" intensive in the civilian workforce yet. The idea that somebody would correct me for toilet seat position (much less hunt me down to do...

5. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

   golson replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

   I always make it a point to get them to tell me what it is that they need. It took exactly one time for me to go get a nurse so the pt could ask for a cup of water to sear that into my memory. The...

6. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

   golson replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

   Old ladies that have issues with a guy toileting them or cleaning them up. Its really frustrating. *** am I supposed to do, let them lay in their own $#!% until the RN is done doing RN things?...

7. Spring 2016 MANE programs

   golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

   I'm in at

8. Spring 2016 MANE programs

   golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

   #%@! Nothing in the mail

9. Spring 2016 MANE programs

   golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, seriously, why isn't this handled via email? What takes 6 weeks to figure out? As with most things, there is probably more to it than meets the eye, but all they're doing is verifying that...

10. Spring 2016 MANE programs

    golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

    Got the mail. Its not in there. I'm in Blaine, so it's not like it had far to

11. Spring 2016 MANE programs

    golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

    Mmm. Morning beers to take the edge off the anxiety. Don't look at me like that, I work nights and I'm still

12. Spring 2016 MANE programs

    golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

    OK, I've played it cool, calm, and collected until the last few hours of the wait. Mailman is usually here around

13. Do you have dreams about your job?

    golson replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I had a dream where I punched one of my patients in the face. Some backstory: they got drunk and wrecked their motorcycle, the only fluid they will now consume is ice cold ginger ale, they've...

14. Spring 2016 MANE programs

    golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only one not sweating this? If you've got the previous cut off scores, you have a pretty good idea if you'll make

15. Spring 2016 MANE programs

    golson replied to MusicRN1791's topic in General Nursing

    I put in for ARCC's program only. I had an 11.5 composite, so here's to hoping. One of the advisers there told me that the lowest score accepted for the last two semesters has been in the mid