FNPtobe2020 MSN

FNPtobe2020 has 28 years experience as a MSN and specializes in Critical Care, Corrections.

Latest Activity

1. How to Successfully Advocate for Better Staffing

   FNPtobe2020 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

   SB? Why are you still at this job? It’s sucking the life out of you: you try & make suggestions to upper management to no effect. My advice is to leave this place. It’s NOT the only game in...

2. Has the staffing clerk ever made you feel guilty of calling in "sick"?

   FNPtobe2020 replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

   Where I live in northeast Ohio where we got hit with two feet of snow overnight the Staffing office was sending out text messages Sunday afternoon offering Monday dayshift staff a place to stay within...

3. Am I crazy or too old for considering this??

   FNPtobe2020 replied to Seaturtle01's topic in General Nursing

   I was away from acute care nursing for 7 years when I got hired at my current job, a 12 bed CCU taking care of STEMIs/NSTEMIs, CABG pt, etc. Things have changed. But not enough that Ididint remember...

4. When the Nurse Becomes the Patient: What I Learned Sitting on the Other Side of the Triage Desk

   FNPtobe2020 replied to echmorrill's topic in General Nursing

   I was at the ER with my husband the day after Christmas this past year. That was after we had already gone to an urgent care center who referred him to the emergency department where I work in the...

5. Newbie Nurses: How to Rock Your ICU Assignment Like a Boss

   FNPtobe2020 replied to BuckeyeICUNurse's topic in General Nursing

   As a current ICU RN, I agree with most of what you spelled out. What worked for me is to look over each patients VS’s, because they are on the monitor in their room and on the units monitors as...

6. Mandatory Overtime

   FNPtobe2020 replied to ChknWing's topic in General Nursing

   I work in an acute care hospital. They pull staff to cover my unit. Including the charge RN to take a pt assignment. We cannot be mandated to stay for OT per our union contract. The M-F charge RN is...

7. Best Shoes for Nursing

   FNPtobe2020 replied to curlygirl898's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   Hoka one one Bondi 7’s! Danskos make my ankles roll, Cloves just hurt my feet. Crocs? With holes? Just no, because body fluids. I’ve worn Sketchers and while they’re cheaper, they don’t Hold a...

8. What was your motivation that made you become a Nurse?

   FNPtobe2020 replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

   Speaking of awful nurses, I had my wisdom teeth removed under general anesthesia at a surgery center when I was 15, since they were all impacted. When being taken to the PACU area, as my mouth was...

9. What was your motivation that made you become a Nurse?

   FNPtobe2020 replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing

   I’ve been an RN half of my life now. I KNEW I was gonna be an RN since I was 5. How I knew that back then, I can’t explain it. But I knew. I’m good at what I do. Even though as a night shift RN,...

10. Your Help Needed: Give A Tip To A New Grad Nurse

    FNPtobe2020 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Document document document! If a patient comes to your facility from a long term care facility or home make sure you document a complete wound assessment if they have one upon admission. That way the...

11. I called in sick today, they didn't accept it.

    FNPtobe2020 replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    I had a former place of employment call my phone TWICE after I called out sick as they had no one to replace me. I gave them 6 hours notice. Their staffing issues are NOT my problem....

12. Is Anonymity Important to You?

    FNPtobe2020 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I’ve been on this site since 2001. Mostly now as a browser but rarely a poster/commenter . So this is not my original user name. I have followed @Davey Do & his Wrongway Saga and @SilverBells...

13. Assigning Admissions Among Nursing Staff

    FNPtobe2020 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Patient comfort comes first. To me, leaving a hospice patient sitting in a chair because his nurse who was assigned his admission seems unfathomable, but that’s just me. Why not just assign...

14. Do you ever feel guilty on your days off (not sick days)?

    FNPtobe2020 replied to Ele_phant's topic in General Nursing

    Nope! We all need our days off to

15. Weird Question: Are All Hospital Nurses Wearing Scrub Caps Now?

    FNPtobe2020 replied to K. Everly's topic in General Nursing

    I never wore a white hat. But I do wear a scrub hat when caring for a COVID patient. Then launder it once I’m off duty for the shift. I have a few