rnprincesstlo replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing
We can add hospice to that list as well. One of the best things about nursing is the diversity that is available both inside and outside of the hospital setting. This list barely touches the surface...
rnprincesstlo replied to Back2workRN's topic in School
Most districts in Ca have a stock epi pen for those who are not know to have an allergic reaction. Additionally, any student who does have a known allergy requiring epi must have their own pen. This...
I have been a school nurse over a couple of schools. Now I work with school & district nurses in several districts. Never have I seen a nurse pulled to substitute as a teacher. This is a first. I...
rnprincesstlo replied to scout mom's topic in School
On the other side of that, when parents find out that a child was found to have lice and was not sent home, then they complain "Why was he/she not sent home?" Perhaps some of these schools don't want...
rnprincesstlo replied to abnormal_saline's topic in General Nursing
We used to sign an "Assignment Despite Objection" form to protect us in case an incident occurred while working with more patients than we should be assigned since there was not that additional help...
rnprincesstlo replied to dianearc's topic in General Nursing
When I first started nursing, I worked 4 eight hour shifts/week, nocs. This worked well for our family for awhile. Then I chose to go to PMs, which did not work so well so went back to nocs....
rnprincesstlo replied to hello_nurse_mel's topic in Nursing Humor
I was reading my students' documentation during post-conference (a really bad idea!!!). One student wrote "pt ambulating on w/c." I had to leave the room and decided not to read anymore student...
If getting to know the variety of specialties available is what you would like to do, especially for future teaching possibilities, float nursing was something that I found enjoyable after my first...
rnprincesstlo replied to jodispamodi's topic in General Nursing
I remember an incident in acute care where we only had the charge nurse and myself with one nursing assistant for 25 patients. It was not long after this that the safe staffing bill was starting to be...
rnprincesstlo replied to Maureen Bonatch MSN's topic in General Nursing
Something as simple as picking out what you will wear the next day can be very useful as well (provided you stick with that choice). This can help the day start out with a little less stress and...