unknownjulie

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  1. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    You make some excellent points, but until there is a system in place to prevent retaliation on an individual basis, I will not be the one speaking up at my workplace. It is an imperfect system, but I...

  2. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate the advocacy talk about the breaks! I will keep following the policy of my hospital and I actually disagree that WC wouldn't cover a nurse during a lunch break if she was providing...

  3. Drowning on the floor...only 2 months in. HELP!

    unknownjulie replied to NewKidOnTheFloor's topic in Nursing Career

    I should also have mentioned the sleep problems. I can't work full time in a hospital because I have nightmares about it. When I was a new nurse, it took me several years to figure this out. I...

  4. Drowning on the floor...only 2 months in. HELP!

    unknownjulie replied to NewKidOnTheFloor's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi AppleWhite, you are as old as me! Yes, back in the day I was also put in charge of units after only a couple shifts of orientation but things are different now. It was so much more simple then!...

  5. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    Two more weeks have gone by and I am still not off orientation! Had I known how difficult this was going to be, I am not certain I would have done it. I am still making rookie mistakes. I did not...

  6. Good idea or not?

    unknownjulie replied to TinyDancer01's topic in General Nursing

    You could work weekends and have the baby for 2 or 3 days a week. I don't know the situation with your daughter and if she has a husband or not, etc but I'd help her out as much as you can. The...

  7. Commute!

    unknownjulie replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    I've done various long commutes. Part time is no problem but fulltime is too hard without a place to stay over. I had a job with a two hour commute each way where I took a ferry for part of it. I...

  8. Which areas in hospital least physically demanding?

    unknownjulie replied to TinyDancer01's topic in General Nursing

    Do you do couplet care? I floated for awhile a long time ago on postpartum and liked it but now they call it couplet care and it seems a much broader job description. Is that the

  9. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I'm glad I am doing this! I am bored to tears at my other sit-down job. I like the variety and the exercise. One day a week should be good, and I also like feeling like "I have options". I was...

  10. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    Another week gone. This orientation just will not end. I am working four 12's every week. I wrote longer post but was not still signed in, did not have the presence of mind to screenshot it, and I...

  11. Which areas in hospital least physically demanding?

    unknownjulie replied to TinyDancer01's topic in General Nursing

    This is an interesting thread for me, because some of the suggestions did indeed used to be "easy" but aren't anymore. I would specifically note the telephone triage ideas and inpatient psych. I...

  12. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    So, just to underline how clueless I am . I did not even know there was a chamber to look at. I'll go find one the next time I work and take some time actually looking at it!

  13. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, this job is hard! I hit the wall this week. I made it through my two, 12 hour shifts but I feel just barely. The first night it was almost 9pm and then I had to go back the next day. Not only...

  14. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, there is very little leeway for subjective analysis by nurses now. I suppose I understand why but in some ways it is annoying. Things like measuring I+O to the decimal due to the exact pumps...

  15. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    I have a job 2 shifts a week that is easy. My plan is to work one shift a week on the medical floor. I've lived all over and maybe will again someday. Or maybe I'll be a "supercommutor" to a state...

  16. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    I live north of Texas but South of

  17. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    I am not mistaken about the lifting test for getting hired. They used actual weights that were labeled for the gym and stacked them in the crate... When I ran over and read my job description it...

  18. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! I am absolutely pacing myself. Just incredible the breakdown in our society and the hospitals are the front

  19. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    unknownjulie replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I have had many things happen over the years. I normally don't share due to fear of people thinking I am crazy but something just happened to me a few weeks ago. I got a job back on a medical floor...

  20. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    This will be my last post until someone else replies because I don't want to be appearing to talking to myself. (well obviously I am- haha), but I wanted to put another update. Things are going...

  21. Away from Bedside 4 1/2 years

    unknownjulie replied to dizzyray822's topic in General Nursing

    I recently got hired on a med/surg floor after being out of acute care for 15 years. They appear to be putting me through a standard new grad orientation although I didn't ask for this. In my view...

  22. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still up and unable to sleep. Not like I need my rest or anything, so I thought I'd post a few more details. The first full-time week was spent in a lab, so not very strenuous. The week I just...

  23. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    Well I'm finished with my first week. I have been clear about not being able to orient full-time. I am still working my other job. This week I was scheduled for five, 12's in a row. I managed to...

  24. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, nurses have many skills. So true, but I was referring to starting IVs, caths and things you really only see regularly if working on a hospital floor. The technology is really changing and...

  25. Back on med/surg after 15 years

    unknownjulie replied to unknownjulie's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I am done with a week of lab orientation. I had never used dummys to practice IVs or NG tubes on etc. They also had an anatomically correct female to practice Foley's. It all seemed very low...