MissourigalRN

MissourigalRN has 5 years experience.

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1. Invisible at work

   MissourigalRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Underappreciated is exactly how I feel. I have worked for a skilled nursing facility for over 7 years. I started at this facility fresh out of school. They showed me the ropes and taught me much of what I know. I have worked all shifts throughout my ...

2. Should I feel bad for not picking up shifts?

   MissourigalRN replied to cheesypuff's topic in General Nursing

   Nope not at all. If you are uncomfortable there then you are not going to be the best nurse you can be. You need to be able to walk into the facility with the confidence to know you can do what needs to be done. If you are losing sleep over it then d...

3. Miserable nurses

   MissourigalRN replied to FutureNurse0201's topic in General Nursing

   Now you know the type of nurse you DON'T want to be right? Some people just don't like training. Some people are not meant to train others. Some don't have the personality for it. Maybe this nurse is struggling with her career choice, second guessing...

4. Depressed and Disappointed in Myself

   MissourigalRN replied to Samx3's topic in New Nurse

   ATIVAN...Get some. Honestly though, reading through this you appear to be at a breaking point. This profession will take a long time for that confidence to come. There is so much to learn and the expectations of nursing are ridiculous. You are not t...

5. Nurse, clean up aisle 5 (rant)

   MissourigalRN replied to cleback's topic in General Nursing

   NURSES ARE GENERALLY THE MOST RESPONSIBLE. This is why we get stuck doing these piddly tasks that have nothing to do with nursing. In our facility the nurses are expected to mop up messes, clean humidifiers and oxygen filters, clean cpap/bipap machin...

6. Accepting verbal orders from another nurse?

   MissourigalRN replied to amberrenae, RN's topic in General Nursing

   BRAVO! It sounds to me like you have a good head on your shoulders. You worked hard for your nursing license and you need to work hard to keep it. You don't know if that other nurse even got a verbal order for the morphine, she could have been making...

7. Should nurses be able to listen to music at work?

   MissourigalRN replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

   YES YES YES! Music is so stimulating to our minds. I truly think that if you are listening to music you genuinely enjoy it will help you to be a better thinker and stimulate you. If its the hard stuff maybe put in an ear bud instead of letting the w...

8. Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

   MissourigalRN replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

   We just had this discussion at work today. You knew 24 hours in advance that you weren't coming right? Why couldn't you leave earlier in the day and hang around work until your shift started? When you call in for weather that you knew was coming it m...

9. Was I wrong?

   MissourigalRN replied to Munch's topic in General Nursing

   Once your took over for your co-worker YOU are responsible for that patient. Good for you for paying attention to YOUR patient and advocating on her behalf. Drug seeker or not...WELL DONE!

10. Thoughts on Covering Own Shift

    MissourigalRN replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    This is absolute ********! It sounds to me like management does not want to deal with it. A good management team would accept that "Beth" is already in a slump and help her get back to a healthy place so she can continue her work. I would not waste m...

11. Reporting for racial slurs/substance abuse

    MissourigalRN replied to guest563546's topic in Safety

    I would most definitely keep out of it. Meddling with someone else's career and life will be putting yourself in an awkward situation. This person sounds to be already unstable as it is. Let it be, cut yourself out of this person's way. It will handl...

12. How much is a normal raise

    MissourigalRN replied to Sully64's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work being a good employee, switching shifts, putting in the extra effort doesn't get you a raise. We do not get annual raises with our yearly reviews. We had a new company buy us out which resulted in a 2% wage increase for me. They decided ...

13. What HARD truth have you learned once you became a nurse and/or CNA?

    MissourigalRN replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    I have learned that you can never truly be yourself in the workplace. You have to take the role of being a knowledgeable professional and to be accountable for your actions. Outside of work I am generally an easy-going light hearted individual who l...

14. What nursing task do you loathe???

    MissourigalRN replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    Fall vitals and neuros after a patient falls Q15minx1 hour then Q30minx1 hour then QHx4 hours then 3x a day for 3 days. Too many vitals!!

15. If not nursing what other career would you have done?

    MissourigalRN replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in General Nursing

    A writer or a pharmacist. I think it would be really cool to write a novel. Pharmacists get paid really good and don't work holidays and generally the weekends. Either way you get to be your own boss.