AnLe

AnLe ASN, RN

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  1. Nurses make more than median salary, so you should be grateful for what you earn?

    AnLe replied to pecantreechipmunk's topic in General Nursing

    One of our coworkers left our unit after the initial surge died down and became a traveler. Their current year-to-date is double our salary. They have been a nurse for about 3 years. It's making us...

  2. Nurses are Fleeing the Hospital

    AnLe replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    No joke. We currently have our covid patients split up on multiple floors based on care level. I get 6 tele covid patients, but 3 are total cares. Confused feeders who are incontinent and don't appear...

  3. Patient Refusing Unvaccinated RN

    AnLe replied to Delia37's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I haven't had many patients ask if we're vaccinated, especially in our new growing covid section of the hospital. It's almost confession time, if you do. Most of them are unvaccinated for one reason...

  4. Thoughts On Eliminating Nurse Report

    AnLe replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Our policy currently states that ED will call to give report. If the nurse does not answer, ED will callback in 10 minutes. If nurse does not answer the 2nd time, charge will take report. Our current...

  5. Nurses Caring for Nondiabetics After an Insulin Injection

    AnLe replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Same in regards to TPN and patients receiving steroids. Another post mentioned IV insulin and IV glucose for potassium

  6. How much do you owe in student loans?

    AnLe replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I owe 15k/35k. It was in college for 10 years total; graduated in 2018. I wasn't sure what I wanted until I joined nursing school and didn't look into programs that could help until late in the game....

  7. Leaving Work / Nurse Duties Incomplete Passing To Night Shift

    AnLe replied to coffeeandvendingmachines's topic in General Nursing

    So much this. When dayshift says they're sorry about not getting to a task, it's fine, just tell me what it is and I'll do it. I get it. They talk to many individuals, get stat orders all day, and the...

  8. What’s with “researching” patients before clocking in?! Is this a standard?

    AnLe replied to NurseOrBust13's topic in General Nursing

    I don't get mad when that happens. The board can change any moment for balance. Secondly, it helps to get a 2nd pair of eyes on the board, like when people get 2 stroke patients or patients with the...

  9. What’s with “researching” patients before clocking in?! Is this a standard?

    AnLe replied to NurseOrBust13's topic in General Nursing

    I have a coworker who goes in 1.5 hrs before her shift. I'm not sure of she clocks on or not, but she calls the doctor to clarify orders or for anything extra the patient needs. She says she needs to...

  10. Bedside Nursing

    AnLe replied to poliwag48's topic in General Nursing

    I love the crazy mess my work is. Take that as you will. I experience great fulfillment some days and others I get burnout. I've been in medsurg/tele for 2 years now. The staff helps. If you have a...

  11. Putting in orders without an order.

    AnLe replied to Kastiara's topic in General Nursing

    I work night shift. I put in telemetry orders when applicable for one doctor. Stroke, chest pain, seizure, etc. She has stated if a chest pain patient comes in to do one troponin and an EKG. This...

  12. KCL and Mg sulfate

    AnLe replied to poseina's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't. Potassium is very irritating to the veins alone. Running them concurrently would definitely make them go bad. Is oral replacement not an option? There is liquid forms for potassium if the...

  13. Always sick!

    AnLe replied to daniela095's topic in General Nursing

    I have a few coworkers who are similar. One has had syncope episodes at work causing her to go home early although her bloodwork looked fine. She has also been out for the flu and other ailments. We...

  14. Saying No to extra shifts, is it bad if you're new?

    AnLe replied to AngelaB236's topic in General Nursing

    Don't feel bad for saying no to extra shifts. You are not obligated to say yes. As Rose_Queen said, staffing is management's problem. They can/will figure it out. I always considered how my schedule...

  15. New RN: Let’s Talk About Staffing

    AnLe replied to RNjuice's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a medsurg/tele unit in a 39 bed hospital. We're currently understaffed. Charge has to take 6 patients along with the other 5 nurses. We are supposed to have 3 aides, but usually it goes down...

  16. I made a mistake and I am terrified to go back to work

    AnLe replied to DH1234's topic in General Nursing

    What I found to be helpful for this is jotting down any prn BP medications into my brain sheet and when to give it. Example: hydralazine-SBP>160. It also helps when your patient has high BP and...

  17. Nursing Mistakes

    AnLe replied to tama18's topic in General Nursing

    I gave a patient hydralazine 20mg IV push instead of his furosemide 20mg. (I had the hydralazine for a different patient in my pocket.) I did not do my usual routine of labeling bags and storing all...

  18. New Grad Nurse and Overwhelmed

    AnLe replied to Wizkid3726's topic in General Nursing

    I expressed such feelings to my director when I first started. He said he expects me to have tunnel vision. Just to ensure my patients are safe and to know when something is wrong. If something is...

  19. What causes you to almost scream (internally of course) during your day?

    AnLe replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had 2 patients assigned to me with ulcers. These people had been in the hospital for more than 2 days and no one had: taken pictures, documented in the chart, or completed the ulcer paperwork we are...

  20. Questions About Staffing Ratios

    AnLe replied to snh2009's topic in Emergency

    I've been on my medsurg/tele unit for more than 1 year now here in Texas. I work nights. We always get 6 patients. Sometimes it is frustrating and other times it's an ok night. Our unit frequently...

  21. Turn Q2 and patient refuses

    AnLe posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    It hasn't even been a month since I passed my boards and I'm orientating at a hospital floor I wanted. I am currently stuck though. I had a patient who is to be turned every 2 hours, but they do not...

  22. Turn Q2 and patient refuses

    AnLe replied to AnLe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    All in all, I will go and speak with our director and get their input on a few questions I have; also to see how my performance has been. Thank you for your responses! It has given me more things to...

  23. Turn Q2 and patient refuses

    AnLe replied to AnLe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The patient was alert x4. They had cellulitis to the legs and they had received pain medication prior to me going in to turn them. I informed them why turning every 2 hours was important. They were...

  24. Question about medication return to pyxis

    AnLe replied to jcm2696's topic in General Students

    With the omnicell I frequently used and the meds I obtained during my final semester, I don't recall it having different dosages in the area it indicated. Sure, some meds had different packaging than...

  25. Question about medication return to pyxis

    AnLe replied to jcm2696's topic in General Students

    Oh ok, I'm sorry. In the hospital I'm at, they're extremely specific. I was very interested in knowing that you were able to administer meds without your instructor or a nurse present. We weren't...