rnprincesstlo

rnprincesstlo has 25 years experience.

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1. 6 Places the Community Needs Nurses

   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...

2. Epi Question (new to school nursing)

   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...

3. Anyone Else have to Sub in classrooms??

   rnprincesstlo replied to rnknsn's topic in School

   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...

4. Lice checks

   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...

5. Being out of ratio. Is it legal in California?

   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...

6. What nursing specialty has the best work life balance?

   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....

7. funny charting errors

   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...

8. Jobs with shorter shifts?

   rnprincesstlo replied to silentwolves's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Homecare and Hospice are options. Many of them offer flexible scheduling. There may also be some school nursing jobs that may have some shorter

9. Student Nurse Advised to Slow Down

   rnprincesstlo replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   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...

10. Annoyed by commercial

    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...

11. RN hospice attire

    rnprincesstlo replied to Sarl86's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I used to dress in business casual with a lab

12. Decision Fatigue-the Struggle is Real

    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...