SummerGarden

SummerGarden BSN, MSN, RN

ED, ICU, MS/MT, PCU, CM, House Sup, Frontline mgr

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  1. New Fiscal Year Decisions

    SummerGarden replied to New1LT's topic in Government, Military

    ok, maybe i am being a little too optimistic with post but here goes... has anyone noticed that there is a huge drop in interest on this forum to join the army compared to this time last year? last...

  2. Where to practice/review nursing skills

    SummerGarden replied to PedsNurseLA's topic in General Nursing

    i agree with the above poster. you need to refresh/practice on humans, not dummies (plastic objects). real people are complicated. for example, old men with huge prostates or large women with a very...

  3. New Fiscal Year Decisions

    SummerGarden replied to New1LT's topic in Government, Military

    As the above poster asked, where did you hear this information??? I was told by my recruiter that no one will know of the benefits and programs to be offered for F11 until about September. Was your...

  4. High acuity patients in Minor Care and low ER staffing

    SummerGarden replied to FNPveteran's topic in Emergency

    i work all areas too, which includes trauma. guess what? when i work the rapid/express area and am given a patient that is high acuity, i literally move that patient to another room. if there is no...

  5. question about RN-BSN online programs

    SummerGarden replied to aflac381's topic in Online Distance Learning

    you must check with the school. my university requires that a rn-bsn program student holds a license in the state. they make an exception for students who are in an adn program within the state and...

  6. First year nightmare...

    SummerGarden replied to shippoRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    14 patients? is this med surg or ltc? if it is med surg i would put in my resignation while on orientation since it is a probationary period for both you and your employer! in fact, find another...

  7. New Grad->Nurse Corps->CRNA

    SummerGarden replied to Z A C H's topic in Government, Military

    ummm .. small ers do codes too. we also transfer to floors and stabilize patients before transfer (floors and other facilities will not accept unstable patients in america). we like to transfer asap...

  8. Keep on Learning.....

    SummerGarden replied to SweetLemon's topic in General Nursing

    when i started working i was a med surg nurse who started to lose (well lost) just about everything i knew of peds and l&d. it was not until i started to work in the ed that i started to refresh...

  9. Army Nurse Corps

    SummerGarden replied to elumine's topic in Government, Military

    shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... positive thoughts only!!! some of us have waited for the next fiscal year for a long time now! op: from what i know, the army has filled all of its nursing quotas this fiscal...

  10. Pt.s threatening bad feedback on customer service surveys

    SummerGarden replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    i can honestly care less if a patient wants to complain. do not worry about what a patient writes on a customer satisfaction survey unless you are management!!! try your best to deliver great patient...

  11. Transfer from Stepdown to ED

    SummerGarden replied to SoilderofLove's topic in Emergency

    first of all, your extern experience will not mean a thing after you gain rn work experience. in order words, no one will care what you did as a nursing student/tech in future rn positions. your two...

  12. Terrified Patient

    SummerGarden replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    And I thought my ER was bad and my night shift had it the worse! We have at least one doc on shift at nights but no pharmacist. If patients are admitted we have no one but the on call docs and so we...

  13. Nurses from other units to start IV's

    SummerGarden replied to Daliadreamer's topic in General Nursing

    some times we cannot win no matter what we do or say to other nurses! for instance, the icu nurse you described sounded overwhelmed, stressed, and angry long before he/she came to your floor. thus,...

  14. nurse nonrecruiters

    SummerGarden replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    I love this post.. I laughed really hard! However this is not true. They actually do exist. The problem is that they get paid to duck and cover when an applicant responds to a

  15. Is it too early to switch from full-time to part-time?

    SummerGarden replied to ARRR10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    op: personally i do not see why it would mean anything... i know a few nurses who work part-time in ers within my area. guess what? those same nurses put their pt experience on their resumes similar...

  16. I think cutsey scrub tops look ridiculous on adult units

    SummerGarden replied to AZO49008's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    lighten up, op!! i loved wearing cute tops when i worked a cardiac step down unit and other adult med surg units at my former hospital. i also loved looking at them on my co-workers!!! they put smiles...

  17. Do Hospitals Ever Post Jobs That They Don't Plan to Fill?

    SummerGarden replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    op: sometimes hr will post positions just to have resumes on file. locally this was very common a few years back until they started to get complaints from nurses seeking positions from out of state....

  18. Not a New Grad anymore?

    SummerGarden replied to Gonzo13's topic in General Nursing

    the problems with being a new grad are universal!!! i felt the same way not too long ago and i have been a nurse going on two years (i was a new grad in med surg and the ed). the learning curve to...

  19. Should I Start Nursing School Now??

    SummerGarden replied to dhicks2213's topic in General Nursing

    not true!!! baby boomers would like to retire and many are at age to retire but not many have the money. in fact, most retiring nurses will be putting off retirement until after 65... possibly age 70....

  20. I hate my supervisor

    SummerGarden replied to kikwon89's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    this is a good question. like the others have responded to the op, there is no instance where we are allowed to withhold medications without a doctor's order. even within the er i will want to hold a...

  21. finally got a job in the bay area

    SummerGarden replied to 77EpiphanyRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    SF Bay Area? Nice. Unfortunatley, your New Grad nightmare has just begun because technically you are still a New Grad..... woooahahahahaha . Good

  22. Please is anyone willing to critique my resume!!!

    SummerGarden replied to tlc2u's topic in First Year After Licensure

    get a book on resumes particularly that focus on health care or nursing. there are some really good books out there that you can borrow from a public or academic library. such books helped me to...

  23. Dead end job

    SummerGarden replied to silentRN's topic in General Nursing

    i have given up on my current job being any source of happiness except for when my shift is over! with that said, i have found happiness outside of work through my extracurricular activities and my...

  24. Are you buying individual malpractice insurance?

    SummerGarden replied to NoblePath's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have it... As soon as I got my license I purchased liability

  25. Career advice: Med-Surg to ER?

    SummerGarden replied to JustEnuff2BDangerous's topic in Emergency

    uh, no. i drop my own ng tubes and foleys on the medical beds all the time. this is dependent on the er not the type of patient. my er uses primary care nursing. thus, techs in my er don't get to...